"Do not say in your heart when the Lord you God has driven them out before you, 'Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is dispossessing them before you.A very important way of looking at events is shown here. I know I easily fall into the trap of thinking that something good happens because I'm good, or because I'm following God's plan. While I'm sure that's true sometimes, there are other instances where that isn't the case. Instead, God is punishing someone else for their failures, and I just happen to be the beneficiary.
I do wonder how often this is true today for others. It always seems like someone else is being blessed for their righteousness when good things happen, but I don't know what's going on in the rest of their lives. Is it reward, or someone else's punishment? I know we're not nearly as good as we like to think, but are we as blessed as we like to think, or are others punished more than we think?
Worse, when bad things happen are we being punished for our failures?
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