Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video with images and lyrics from the group, 4Him, singing … The Message … poignantly singing of our need as Christians to follow THE MESSAGE which our Lord has left for us to follow Him and to become His message thru us.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1st Kings 12:13 [NLT] … 3 That same day the man of God gave a sign to prove his message. He said, “The Lord has promised to give this sign: This altar will split apart, and its ashes will be poured out on the ground.”
… A man of God came with a message of God to Jeroboam, a message which he must heed to follow God.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1st Kings 13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King Jeroboam was faced with a message from God which he was to follow. But he turned away from the message and continued in his evil ways.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 119:105 [NLT] … 105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.
… God’s word is the light we must follow out of the darkness in this life.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… To follow God closely we must trust in Him to show us His way … THE WAY!
Reference Passage : … 2 Timothy 3:16-17 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK … … Paul, teaching Timothy (and us) that God’s word is God’s message for us to follow in Life; but we must choose to use it as our Spirit-led “GPS.”
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Kirsten Holmberg, used a personal story to illustrate how we must discern the right messages in life in order to follow our Lord’s will. The ODB author wrote: My second child was eager to sleep in a “big-girl bed” in her sister’s room. Each night I tucked Britta under the covers, issuing strict instructions to stay in bed, warning her I’d return her to the crib if she didn’t. Night after night, I found her in the hallway and had to escort my discouraged darling back to her crib. Years later I learned her customarily-sweet older sister wasn’t excited about having a roommate and repeatedly told Britta that she’d heard me calling for her. Britta heeded her sister’s words, went to look for me, and thus landed herself back in the crib [see photo].
Listening to the wrong voice can have consequences for us all.
When we take in the highlight passage about King Jeroboam in ancient Israel who would not listen to clear messages from God and chose to rebel against the Lord, I see too much of myself earlier in my life, selfishly ignoring clear messages from God as He pursued me. But now, prayerfully I know better; and I’ve learned, as I pray all readers here have, to use His word as His clear message to follow Christ in life.
I hope we all are living to become His message to the world (see linked song); and I pray that we’re all using HIS MESSAGE, i.e. God’s word, as our illumination from God’s Spirit as our “GPS” (God’s positioning system) in life. Oh how I prayer that we closely follow our Lord as He commanded in Luke 9:23 … which I quote so often. So, … I hope all of my readers, especially you who follow me here, have that message memorized.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for “message” to me and all who would follow You.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Help me to listen for Your “messages” every day from Your word and then to follow them closely. … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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