FOLLOW GOD ON A SOLITARY PATH My devotion for Thursday, July 17, 2014 excerpt taken from the devotional book, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. COME AWAY WITH ME for a while. The world, with its nonstop demands, can be put on hold. Most people put Me on hold, rationalizing that someday they will find time to focus on Me. But the longer people push Me into the background of their lives, the harder it is for them to find Me. You live among people who glorify busyness; they have made time a tyrant that controls their lives. Even those who know Me as Savior tend to march to the tempo of the world. They have bought into the illusion that more is always better: more meetings, more programs, more activity. I have called you to follow Me on a solitary path, making time alone with Me your highest priority and deepest Joy. It is a pathway largely unappreciated and often despised. However you have chosen the better thing, which will never be taken away from you. Moreover, as you walk close to Me, I can bless others through you. -------------------- My Reflections It has been said that it is a wise man or woman who lives life by “majoring on the majors” instead of “majoring on the minors.” But to do that, you and I must be able to figure out what things in life are major, what things are truly important, and what things are trivial or nonessential. One way to discover what is “major” is to find out what is important to God, to determine what it is that He attaches special significance to. And in Scripture, He does give us a clue. There is a phrase that comes up over and over again in the Bible, that lets us know when God is saying, “Hey, what’s coming up is especially important.” It is the phrase “take heed”. Whenever we find this phrase, we’ve come upon something that God considers vital. For example, in Hebrews 2:1 it says: “Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.” The word heed in the verse above is the same Greek word translated “take heed” elsewhere in the Bible. What the writer of Hebrews is telling us is that you and I need to give our undivided attention to the things that we have heard “lest we drift away.” And what are the “things we have heard”? God’s Word! God wants you and I to realize how incredibly important it is for us to stay focused on what we have learned from the Scriptures! The word earnest literally means “superabundant, excessive, and frequent.” You and I need to give superabundant, excessive, and frequent heed to the Word of God which we have heard. Why? Lest we drift away! The obvious question you need to ask yourself is this: Am I taking God’s Word for granted, or am I taking it seriously and giving heed to it? Many of us don’t realize the treasure we have in God’s powerful Word. There are some people who allow dust to collect on the cover of their Bible and then they wonder why their life isn’t what it should be and why their life is so empty. My friend, the Bible tells you who you are in Christ, it tells you what you have in Christ, it tells you what you can do, and it tells you what God has done for you. The Word of God is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among those who are sanctified. It is bread for your spirit and water for your soul! So it’s my prayer that you will make God’s Word the priority God desires for it to be in your life—starting today! -------------------- Dear Father God, It is my prayer that we, your children will never lose sight of what is and who should be the ultimate priority in our lives which is You. Father, there are times when we get so caught up in life that we put our time with You aside for mundane things. We are so sorry for this Lord, we humbly ask for Your forgiveness. Father God, when You call us, we will answer. We will not ignore or put you on the back burner as You are our number one priority and will make it possible to remind You always how much we love You. Father, It is never our intention to ever hurt You as we know who You are and whose we are in You. We understand and know that You are our warrior, standing and ready to protect and help us in any way we need. Father, we thank You for Your unconditional love even though we have failed You many times. Thank You Father for Your forgiveness. We worship and adore You always, in Your precious name, Amen!
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