Christian Responsibility, it can’t be ignored, only embraced
Deuteronomy 10 and 11
S—Loving the Lord with heart, mind soul; welcoming the stranger; not being seduced to worship other gods; write command, bind them on foreheads; teach them to children
H—Moses is laying it all out for his readers by reminding them to Love God, to love those around them, to be careful not to let the strangers of the land to influence them but rather for the Israelites to influence others, to spend time with God’s word, to wrap God’s word all in and out of their lives, and to teach these ways to their children and impress them upon their hearts.
A—Deuteronomy is blowing me away the past couple of days. Its amazing how the more I read scripture and the more I become familiar with the story the more the story fits together. In the name of freedom we who claim to be followers of Jesus in America have lost sight of the responsibility that is also required with the forgiving freedom of Jesus. We have manipulated the promise of Jesus into a promise that doesn’t require anything from us and forgotten that Jesus set us free so that we, through God’s grace ,might be able to live into the commands of Moses not to ignore those commands. I repent today of my sin of allowing my culture to influence me and of my failure to do an adequate job of impressing these commands on my children. I am at the same time thankful for this responsibility and desire to be the kind of man that is wrapped in the scriptures and passes down the faith to all those around me. I am reminded today that being immersed in God’s word is a hedge of protection in my life that continue to empower me to respond to God’s healing grace and allow the Holy Spirit to transform me into the journey of Christian perfection.
P—Lord Jesus, I come to you this morning realizing that although I have come a long ways (in my mind) from where I’ve been but I am reminded that there is so much more room to travel to become the person you desire me to be. My prayer is that I will embody this scripture today; that I will love you with all I am; that I will welcome the stranger; that I will not be influenced by the culture around me; that I will wrap myself in your word; that I will impress these things upon the hearts of my children. Give me the grace to live into this scripture. Amen.
E—I am excited that through grace I can and I am expected to fulfill the requirements of the law.
Peace from Pastor P
chadpullins@connect2crossroads.com; www.wedesiremore.com
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