Lord, You are merciful and long-suffering to Your children…even when we aren’t worthy of it. Your unfailing love is ever there…even when we don’t love You back. You are trustworthy when we are anything but faithful to You. Thank you Lord for giving us everything we don’t deserve.
Month: February 2014
Mark 11:14 ” Then He said to the tree, ‘May no one eat fruit from you again.’ “
Jesus and His disciples were on their way to Jerusalem, when Jesus stopped to look for figs in this tree…but there weren’t any, which was very odd. Fig trees in this region of the world usually had fruit on them year round. So the next morning , as they passed by the fig tree again, they saw it was withered up. Jesus had cursed this tree to make a very pointed comparison between it and the fruitlessness of Israel. As Isaiah lamented…”All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good.” (Isaiah 65:2)
Deuteronomy 30:20 “and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. For the Lord is your life…”
Today, you may be needing an answer from the Lord. Which way do I go? Should I make this choice or another? Your mind is racing with ideas, but you truly just want God’s best in your life. It’s said that the greatest place to be is in the center of God’s Will, but how do we determine it? The Lord gave you an intelligent mind, He gave you His Bible as a road map…but He also gave you the Holy Spirit within as your Navigator. Make wise decisions, ever listening to the Holy Spirit for guidance…and when you have peace about the matter…you have the answer you were looking for.
Judges 8:27 ” Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshipping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.”
Just like the golden calf Aaron made in the wilderness for the children of Israel when they thought Moses was lost up on the mountain, idolatry rears its ugly head when we start worshipping the object rather than God. The lure of this object is always strong and enticing…we’ve some how gotten God into a small, neat package we can see and touch. But what sadly happens, is that we start treating the object with more love, respect, and honor than the Lord…this type of idolatry is called Spiritual adultery.
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