January 9
Matthew 7:15-29
What are you looking for? Some people are looking for a spouse, a new job, a package to arrive, or for a more stable financial situation. All of us are inevitably looking for something, but are we looking/watching for the right things? Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5- 7) by instructing us to "watch out." We are to externally watch out for those who are propagating lies and trying to entice us away from Jesus. Not only should we judge the content of their teaching but also the content of their lives to see whether they are worthy of being followed. Yet we are not only to be looking outward for external threats, but we need to be looking inward to examine our own hearts. In many ways the internal threat is an even more insidious danger than the external because it is not as easy to spot.
Jesus warns us that some people think they will enter God's kingdom through their works, but discover in the end, that they never knew him. Their lives were never surrendered to Jesus; thus they will be cast away from him. Others will hear Jesus' words but will never build their lives upon his foundation. In being merely hearers of the word rather than doers, their lives will end with "a great crash." So, are you looking for the most important things in life? Are you consumed by the beauty and glory of God? Or are you trapped in paying attention to insignificant things? Let us be watching and responding to God in all areas of our life.
Father God, help me to commit my life to you. Help me to be on guard against those things that would draw me away from you. Amen.
What are the external and internal threats in your life which keep you from a pure devotion to Jesus?
What are you looking for? Some people are looking for a spouse, a new job, a package to arrive, or for a more stable financial situation. All of us are inevitably looking for something, but are we looking/watching for the right things? Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5- 7) by instructing us to "watch out." We are to externally watch out for those who are propagating lies and trying to entice us away from Jesus. Not only should we judge the content of their teaching but also the content of their lives to see whether they are worthy of being followed. Yet we are not only to be looking outward for external threats, but we need to be looking inward to examine our own hearts. In many ways the internal threat is an even more insidious danger than the external because it is not as easy to spot.
Jesus warns us that some people think they will enter God's kingdom through their works, but discover in the end, that they never knew him. Their lives were never surrendered to Jesus; thus they will be cast away from him. Others will hear Jesus' words but will never build their lives upon his foundation. In being merely hearers of the word rather than doers, their lives will end with "a great crash." So, are you looking for the most important things in life? Are you consumed by the beauty and glory of God? Or are you trapped in paying attention to insignificant things? Let us be watching and responding to God in all areas of our life.
Father God, help me to commit my life to you. Help me to be on guard against those things that would draw me away from you. Amen.
What are the external and internal threats in your life which keep you from a pure devotion to Jesus?
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