This text is tailored to teach us you can’t have God your way.
I. 5 Symptoms of the Disease Within
A. People “devoted” to God try to have God their way. (17:1-6)
B. People try to have it their way with God’s approval. (17:7-18:1a)
C. People, who should defend God’s way, defend their way. (18:1b-6)
D. People, who seek their own way, lose everything. (18:7-26)
E. People, who seek their own way, succeed, but only for a season. (18:27-31)
II. The Antidote: We must commit to follow the way of the True King, personally. (17:6, 18:1, 18:30 cf. John 14:6)
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