Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube with images from Joy Williams singing … Do They See Jesus In Me … poignantly singing of how God calls us to live lives which show Christ to the world by seeing us considering the needs of other before self … just as Jesus did!
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Highlight Verse[s]: 2 Samuel 23:17 [NLT] … 17 “The Lord forbid that I should drink this!” he exclaimed. “This water is as precious as the blood of these men who risked their lives to bring it to me.”
… David honored his brave fellow soldiers before God by withholding the the water they had retrieved for him.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 2 Samuel 23:13-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… David recognizes the exports of his brave soldier before God by refusing to drink the water the three men had risked their lives to retrieve for their King-to-be.
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Reference Passage : … Galatians 6:8-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… We should never grow weary of serving others before self because we will reap what we sow
Reference Passage : … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… We are to emulate Christlike humility and consider the needs of others before self.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 10:24 [NLT] … 24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
… Our Christlike M.O. should be to think - and act - on things which show God’s love to others.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Tim Gustafson, relates a sports story to illustrate a young man who, emulating Christlikeness, honored the exploits of a former team member rather than seek honor for himself. The ODB author wrote … On the verge of making team history, University of Iowa basketball star Jordan Bohannon intentionally missed the free throw that would have broken a twenty-five-year-old school record [see photo]. Why? In 1993, days after Iowa’s Chris Street had made thirty-four free throws in a row, he lost his life in a car crash. Bohannon chose to honor Street’s memory by not breaking his record.
Bohannon showed a keen awareness of things more important than his own advancement. We see similar values in the life of the young warrior David.
And in the highlight passage, we see young “king-to-be” David, honoring his brave fellow soldiers by refusing to drink the water three of his fellow soldiers had risked their life to retrieve for a thirsting David, … David honoring them before God for their exploits. And in a similar way, young Iowa basketball star, Jordan Bohannon, missed a free throw on purpose [see photo] rather than trying to set a personal record, … the record previously having been set by another former Iowa basketball legend.
And these are illustrations of the attitude we, as disciples of Christ, should exhibit in our lives, … an attitude like Christ, as we honor Him, serving the needs of others before self. If we take in the reference passages above, where God exhorts us to be like Jesus and consider others before self, we’ll be living as the linked song proclaims … to have others see Jesus in us before seeing us in us. That is my prayer for us today.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for showing us how to live for You, and let others see You in us as we live for OTHERS FIRST.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me and to do all we can to let others see You in the way we live like You, serving others before self. … Amen
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