Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 200
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Zach Williams singing … Less Like Me powerfully singing of how we Christians should be humbly trying to become more like Jesus and less like the sinners we are in the flesh.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1Peter 5:5 [NLT] …
5 In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for ,,, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
… Peter quotes Solomon from the OT (see Proverbs 3:34) exhorting younger Christians to humbly follow wiser, more Christlike, believers.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … 1Peter 5:1-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Peter exhorts Christian leaders (i.e., Elders) to shepherd Christ’s flock and for lesser mature Christians to humble themselves and follow their Elders. ===============
Reference Passage: … Psalm 139:23-24 [NLT] …
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead m along the path of everlasting life.
… David desperately prays to rid his heart of any prideful traces of offense to God.
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 11:2, 22:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Solomon, shows that we must humble ourselves to take on Godliness.
Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:5-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul strongly exhorts fellow Christians to humble themselves (and ourselves) to become more like Jesus.
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 commands His followers to humbly deny ourselves and to follow Him in our daily choices.
Reference Passage: … James 4:6, 10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… James, like Peter, quotes Prof 3:34, exhorting Christians to humble ourselves to become more like Jesus in making Godly choices.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Rayon … AT THIS LINK … relates a story about a missionary opening a bag of chips to take in a snack in the presence of natives in the Dominican Republic, curious to see them grab the chips from her. First thinking it was rude, but later humbly learning that sharing with others in that culture showed the people really cared about the missionary. And as that was the attitude Christ would want from her in sharing His grace with the people, she was humbled to learn this cultural lesson.
Would you agree that Jesus was - AND IS - our model of humble love and grace when we deal with others in this life? Of course He is; and Zach Williams nails this truth in the linked song, doesn’t he; … calling on us to become more like Jesus and less like what we are in our selfish/sin nature?
So, I’m praying that we meditate and internalize the truths in the Scriptures above from Solomon, King David, Paul, Peter, James, and Jesus Himself, strongly exhorting us to follow and take on the humility of Christ and to humbly share His love/grace with the world.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for leading me to humbly follow You again today.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to humbly follow Your ways again today, Lord. … Amen
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