"When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him." 2Chron 12:1 He who is faithful with much will be held responsible. Oh God! They abandoned God, so He abandoned them. The only people who will be in heaven are the ones who want to be there.
It wasn't when things were going south for Rehoboam that he jumped ship. Life was established. Days proved strong. No need for dependence on God. Rehoboam's kingdom sailed smooth. When no one is standing in our way, when God is not standing in our way. When those we love allow us to live curved in, beneath our holy calling. Who calls you on things in this life? Am I willing to call my adult children, my trusted friends, my devoted family to their holy calling? When we contently phlegmatically move through our days without thinking about what we are really doing, forgetting about God and His Ways. We may feel. We may look. Established and Strong. But are we, really?
Either we are living dependent this day or abandoned to His way. Father, help us to name what we are doing in this life. Call it what it really is, this day. May we hold fast to You, Alone. Hold on to the things that truly matter.
You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody.
You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Cor 3:3-4
You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Cor 3:3-4
Written not with the usual ink.
Written with the finger of God, says one commentary.
Like the 10 Commandments. Exodus 31:18
Written not on tablets of stone.
Written in their hearts by the Spirit of God.
Like the Law written in our hearts. Jeremiah 31:31-33
Ellicott says one picture succeeds another in a dissolving view:
From hearts of flesh. The letter begins to disapper and
the law written on tablets takes its place.
"The red-leaved tablets of the heart are like
waxen tables on which an iron stylus makes a deep mark,
an ineradicable scar. Eaten into their heart." Tatooed.
Indelible traces on our inward lives.
"The river runs ceaselessly and its waters pass away,
but they bring down soil, which is deposited and makes firm land,
or perhaps they carry down grains of gold." MacLaren's Expositions
Influencing others. Influencing ourselves way more.
PHOTO: Zilker Botanical Garden. We can get so lost in the beauty of things that we forget about God. What will I do with this Christ?
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