We must stop bending the Word to suit our lifestyle and start bending ourselves to the Word. When we don't, we are creating a god in our own image. What a harsh reality to face one day that we served the god of self rather than the God of the Bible.
Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to being a Christian. We are told in the Word to study to show ourselves approved to God. It's not an option if we truly desire to know the God we say that we serve. If we truly love Him, we will want to do all we can to get to know Him. The Bible is a detailed manual of who He is and His plan for His children.
Time to dive into the Bible. If we lack the desire, what is it that we are loving more than Him? Is it possible we ARE erecting a god that suits us like the children of Israel did in the wilderness? They even worshipped this "god" saying it is the Lord who delivered them out of Egypt! How easily we can be deceived into thinking we are serving Jesus when really we are only picking and choosing Scriptures that suit us.
Let's examine our lives. What parts of our lives are we not surrendering to God's ways? What Scriptures do we skip over because it will force us to face the fact that we are living disobediently in areas of our lives? What traditions do we hold onto rather than challenge our thinking with what the Word really says?
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind."
(Exodus 32, 2 Timothy 2:15, Colossians 2:8, Mark 7:8, Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 4:1-4)
Time to dive into the Bible. If we lack the desire, what is it that we are loving more than Him? Is it possible we ARE erecting a god that suits us like the children of Israel did in the wilderness? They even worshipped this "god" saying it is the Lord who delivered them out of Egypt! How easily we can be deceived into thinking we are serving Jesus when really we are only picking and choosing Scriptures that suit us.
Let's examine our lives. What parts of our lives are we not surrendering to God's ways? What Scriptures do we skip over because it will force us to face the fact that we are living disobediently in areas of our lives? What traditions do we hold onto rather than challenge our thinking with what the Word really says?
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind."
(Exodus 32, 2 Timothy 2:15, Colossians 2:8, Mark 7:8, Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 4:1-4)
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