February 26, 2023… Following God’s Way …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 56 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Clay Crosse, Bob Carlisle, and Bebe Winans singing … I Will Follow Christ… poignantly and powerfully singing of how we Christians are called and commanded to follow God’s will by serving Christ.  

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Highlight Passage: … 1Samuel 24:6  [NLT] … 

<i>  6 He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this to my lord the king. I shouldn’t attack the Lord’s anointed one, for the Lord himself has chosen him.” </i> 

…David shows his men that he was following God’s will to spare Saul’s life.                                                                                                   

Highlight Passage (Context): …1Samuel 24:1-10 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

…  King David follows God’s will rather than take the opportunity to kill King Saul, who was pursuing David to kill him.          

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 40:8, 139:23-24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of his desire to do and follow God’s will and His way in all of David’s life.        

Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s word, thru Solomon, shows us to trust God and follow His ways ALWAYS, … even when our feelings lead us our own way.         .         

Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:33 [NLT] … 

33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need. 

… Jesus teaches any disciple or followers that God will provide His faithful with their (our) needs if they (we) follow the LORD. 

Reference Passage: …  Romans 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul strongly exhorts fellow Christians (and us too) to surrender to follow God’s way in life, avoiding following the ways of the world.   

Reference Passage: …  Ephesians 5:17 [NLT] … 

17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do..   

… Again Paul charges fellow Christians to avoid foolish or selfish decisions by following God’s way and His will. 

                                                                                                            

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread< author, Leslie Koh… AT THIS LINK …   tells of Peter, who was desperate, looking for a job; and was offered a tempting job offer; but in reviewing the offering company, he discovered some practices which went against his faith.  So, he refused the offer.  

Sometimes following the ways of the world as Christians will cause us reject those ways to follow God’s ways.  Perhaps some of my Christian readers have had circumstances like that, where following God’s will became difficult when the world’s ways were tempting but clearly not where God would lead us.  

So, …  as we take in the inked song and the truth of God’s word above, I pray that we all will do all we can to discern God’s way today and then to follow it, even it’s very tempting to follow where the world, Satan, or our flesh would lead us.                                

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me Your way thru Your word.               

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to seek and follow Your way, Lord, as we walk the paths of our lives today.   … Amen                 

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