Comment: It is
time for me to consider more seriously the thought of backing away from the
morning devotional, that is if I continue to make word errors such as the one
yesterday. Yet if I do, the thought of falling away from my personal meditation
with God our Savior looms in the recesses of my mind as well. The moments I spend
searching the scripture in the mornings are more precious to me than you might
imagine. In this life; there are ONLY two choices! One: to live for the glory
of God, or Two: to live for the glory of man. I must repeat this there are only
two choices, to worship God in TRUTH, or find some false god of idolatry. There
is nothing in-between and no grey area to hang out in. Joshua the Commander of
Israel’s Army and Leader of the nation after the death of Moses speaks this way
on the subject of loyalty to the God of heaven and earth. Joshua 24:15, “But as
for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” allow yourself time here, to be
even further blest and read the last two chapters of the Book of Joshua.
Devotional: Colossians 3:18-4:1 – Recapping; as the
apostle Paul exhorts the Colossians and the Laodiceans concerning the sins that
develop within church leadership, being philosophical views and legalistic
works. His focus turns to the personal sins of the people. Sins of carnality by
the children of God in chapter 3:5-9 within the churches members. As members of
one body (Ephesians 2:21) we are to grow in love for one another as noted also
by Paul in (Ephesians 4:16).
As we move on the apostle
addresses “home life”, this is where we tend to mess things up! You know as
well as I do that around the church we are ‘more saintly’ then when we are ‘at
home’! If you fail to believe this, ask your children or your spouse! Wives can
give an accurate account of their husbands and likewise the husband will
provide and accurate account of their wives, and the children are eye witnesses
to this truth.
If wives are not submitting
to their husbands, we tend to think that it is their personal fault. Thus, they
are not submitting to the LORD as well. Likewise, we tend to fault the husband
for not loving their wives as they ought. Thus, we say that they do not love
the LORD as they ought. Also as the downward trend of spiritual understanding
declines we find the children in the family who are provoked to anger and
discouragement by what they observe.
This trickling down of
obedience to the Will of God for each of us does not stop with the family. It finds
root in our character revealing this to the community and work place. Why?
Because we are not alert to the schemes of the devil. Our prayer
(communication) with God is not one of diligence with thanksgiving. How might we correct our prayer, one may ask? Matthew 6:9-13 –
In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your Name. Your
kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day
our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And do
not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the
kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
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