Today's Reading:
Joshua 24:1-33
Acts 21:18-36
Psalm 68:15-20
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Focus Verses: Joshua 24:14-15
14
"Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the
gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve
the LORD. 15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then
choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods
your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will
serve the LORD."
Insight:
There
are many alternatives to being faithful to God and serving him. Living
for God requires choice and commitment. Joshua knew that many people
would be unfaithful—that serving the Lord would not be desirable to
everyone. He knew that many would choose the false gods of their fathers
or the new gods of the land they were entering. But as for Joshua, his
choice was made. He and his family would serve and seek the Lord.
Response and Action:
I
choose faith in God over everything else. I want to faithfully seek and
serve the one true God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. I
will not choose the false gods and failed pursuits of the world around
me. I will seek first the Kingdom of Christ and his righteousness.
O
God, help me to live for you and through you in thought, word, and
deed. Help me to turn away from what is wrong and do what is right. Help
me to love you with all of my being, and to love my neighbor as my
self. By the power and grace of your Holy Spirit, lead, teach,
transform, shape and strengthen me, that I might delight in your will,
and walk in your ways, to the glory of your name. Help me, by faith, to
do the good things you've prepared in advance for me to do--to be
faithful, fruitful, and effective as your servant, through Jesus Christ
my Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and forever. Amen.
Spiritual Formation Verses: Matthew 10:37-39
37
"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of
me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of
me; 38 and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not
worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses
his life for my sake will find it.
Resources:
Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
by Timothy Keller
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the person of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Friday, December 25, 2020
We Will Serve the Lord
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