I Kings 11: 9-10 "God was furious with Solomon for abandoning the God of Israel, the God who had twice appeared to him and had so clearly commanded him not to fool around with other gods. Solomon faithlessly disobeyed God's orders." Solomon was obsessed with women and power and managing his kingdom. Maybe Solomon had wisdom, but he wasn't holy. 66LL "Effective management trumped holiness." God never intended for us to be obsessed with anything but Him! We all deal with the depravity of man. Every one of us is obsessed with something or another person at different times. Yet, He is knocking on the door of our hearts, Rev. 3:19-20, offering us this moment an opportunity for Him to come in and fellowship with us as we repent from our lives "curved in on ourselves."
Every day we move to live and love either self-obsessed or God obsessed! He is always about the beauty of detaching us from anything that we have come to depend on for our life, our joy, our peace.
He is attaching us to Himself if we don't abandon Him in our minds, our motives, our management. He is freeing us up from demandingness and that's so good! When we made our big move to Austin, a friend gave me a "Me & Ro" necklace that is inscribed with the word "fearless." It's from Phil 1:20 in the Moffat version. It's my prayer for you this day. My hope is that you not feel ashamed but that you may honor your Christ in your own person with "fearless courage."
One Day, the heavens and earth will pass away.
White-hot stars will melt to a crisp,
the stunning shimmering sun will melt forever.
And it will happen in a blink.
Another lovely generation of generations passes away.
But, the Word of God will never ever pass away. Luke 21:32.
We hold this Word in our hearts this day and forever more.
It's the One Thing my anchor holds within the veil.
This Word is my oxygen;
the hammer that breaks the rock hard pieces of my soul; the snow that melts my heart; my very next breath. The Living Word.
So, how do we stand before that?
Go to Him now. Today. Move into Him.
The One Who will ask all the right questions of us.
Live the Word of God every day. Deut 32:45 - these words are our very life.
PHOTO: Zeke & Ezri at Bristol's 4th birthday party in KC. They really really liked each other at 6 & 7.
Fearless Courage is my prayer for you both.
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