Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Clay Crosse, Bebe Winans, and Bob Carlisle singing I Will Follow Christ … powerfully singing of the commitment of a true disciple of Christ to follow Him … no matter what!!
True Disciples of Christ ... Following His Light ...
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 61:2 [NLT] ... 2 From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety.
… David knew and sung of His need to follow God, especially in times of confusion and need.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 61 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David sings of how he needs the sheltering and leading presence of His LORD.
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Reference Passage : … Psalms 23 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK …
… David also saw and sang of Yahweh being His Good Shepherd … to lead him out of the shadow of death into green pastures of life.
Reference Passage : … Psalm 119:105 [NLT] … 105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.
… God actually lights our path in life thru His “GPS,” … i.e., His word.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… David’s son, Solomon, wrote of trusting and following the LORD, rather than leaning on himself to go thru life.
Reference Passage : … Isaiah 53:6 [NLT] … 6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on Him the sins of us all.
… Isaiah showed God’s people that we’re all like sheep, needing a Shepherd to lead us out from the darkness our sins into the Light of His glory.
Reference Passage : … Luke 9:23 [NLT] … 23 Then He said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. …”
… Jesus teaches His followers that to be His disciple they must follow Him … NO MATTER WHAT!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Bill Crowder, uses a personal story of an uncle who completely trusted a knowledgeable friend who knew the way to go in life. … The ODB author wrote: Uncle Zaki was more than a friend to scholar Kenneth Bailey; he was his trusted guide on challenging excursions into the vast Sahara. By following Uncle Zaki, Bailey says that he and his team were demonstrating their complete trust in him. In essence, they were affirming, “We don’t know the way to where we are going, and if you get us lost we will all die. We have placed our total trust in your leadership.”
In these viral and anger-ridden times in which we find ourselves, life is so confusing and fearful for sure. So, in times like these, I’ve often used the mental picture of needing a “GPS” to help us find our way. And that’s what today’s OBD entry is all about, isn’t it?
When we’re floundering in confusion and doubt, we, who declare King Jesus as our LORD, have the “bestest” GPS there is, don’t we? The question is whether we’re willing to trust our Lord enough to be our “GPS,” [“God’s Positional System”] … denying ourselves (as God commanded in Prov. 3:5-6 and Luke 9:23) and surrendering to follow our Lord as we carry the crosses of life. Are we willing to make Him our Good Shepherd and let Him lead us (see Ps. 23) out of this deathly darkness into the glory of His light?
Because … we are like sheep in need of a Shepherd, aren’t we (see Is. 53:6)?! … So, … my fellow Christian, … COMMON today … let’s follow our Good Shepherd, using His “GPS” (i.e., His word) … just as the three friends in the linked song sing.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for showing us THE way … Your way … from the “GPS” of Your word !!
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, and let go of trying to find our way on our own and just surrender to follow the “GPS” of Your truth. Amen
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