Then Joshua told the people: "You can't do it; you're not able to worship GOD. He is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He won't put up with your fooling around and sinning. When you leave GOD and take up the worship of foreign gods, he'll turn right around and come down on you hard. He'll put an end to you—and after all the good he has done for you!".(Joshua 24:19-20 MSG)
Do I rely on anything else or anyone but God?
Is there a smigance of relality in me, in any other way? Or any other particular set of circumstances? Do I rely, or do I rely on myself? Is it regarding this age or word that which God has placed before me? Let me examine myself by asking these relevant questions?
Is it really true? "I cannot live a holy life," but let Jesus Christ make me holy? "I cannot serve the Lord . . ."-- but I can place myself in the proper position where God's almighty power will flow through me. Is my relationship with God sufficient for me to expect Him to exhibit His wonderful life in me?
But the people told Joshua: "No! No! We worship GOD!"(Joshua 24; 21 MSG)
This is not an impulsive, but a definete commitment. I can say, "But God could never have called me to this. I'm too unworthy. Lord you can’t mean me." But It does mean me, and the more weak and feeble I am, the better a person I’ll be.
Am I that person who is still relying and trusting in anything within myself. Am I the last person to even come close to saying, "I will serve the Lord."
I have said, "Oh, if only I really could believe!" The question is, "Will I believe?" No wonder Jesus Christ placed such emphasis on the sin of unbelief. "But Jesus said, "A prophet is taken for granted in his hometown and his family." He didn't do many miracles there because of their hostile indifference. ( Matthew 13:58 MSG ).
If I really believed that God meant what He said, just imagine what I would be like! Do I really dare to let God be to me all that He says He will be?
Do I rely on anything else or anyone but God?
Is there a smigance of relality in me, in any other way? Or any other particular set of circumstances? Do I rely, or do I rely on myself? Is it regarding this age or word that which God has placed before me? Let me examine myself by asking these relevant questions?
Is it really true? "I cannot live a holy life," but let Jesus Christ make me holy? "I cannot serve the Lord . . ."-- but I can place myself in the proper position where God's almighty power will flow through me. Is my relationship with God sufficient for me to expect Him to exhibit His wonderful life in me?
But the people told Joshua: "No! No! We worship GOD!"(Joshua 24; 21 MSG)
This is not an impulsive, but a definete commitment. I can say, "But God could never have called me to this. I'm too unworthy. Lord you can’t mean me." But It does mean me, and the more weak and feeble I am, the better a person I’ll be.
Am I that person who is still relying and trusting in anything within myself. Am I the last person to even come close to saying, "I will serve the Lord."
I have said, "Oh, if only I really could believe!" The question is, "Will I believe?" No wonder Jesus Christ placed such emphasis on the sin of unbelief. "But Jesus said, "A prophet is taken for granted in his hometown and his family." He didn't do many miracles there because of their hostile indifference. ( Matthew 13:58 MSG ).
If I really believed that God meant what He said, just imagine what I would be like! Do I really dare to let God be to me all that He says He will be?
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