Come with soft hearts
Come with soft hearts
Psalm 106:40-48; Jeremiah 47:1-48:25; Hebrews 2:8b-18
Above is yesterdays readings, I apologize that I did not post a devotion for yesterday, but the readings for today and yesterday complement well the message that God is placing on my heart. May God bless you and fill you with His glory today.
Psalm 107:1-9; Jeremiah 48:26-49:16; Hebrews 3:1-15
We are a society that is driven to self-help. All one has to do is walk into a bookstore and look at the self-help section and the size and know that people are looking for answers. People want to feel better. We glorify beauty and we glorify it almost to the status of God. In movies, sports, and television we are given heroes to look up to, supposedly. In the past heroes were people of good character and integrity that did something great to deserve recognition. Today heroes are created by media for an ability or gift that they have been blessed with, but often the gift is the whole premise that we look up to and not the person.
As we look through the readings in Hebrews for yesterday and today we are confronted with the idea of angels and the way in which we are to view Moses. Angels are these glorious beings created by God. We see images of them in all forms of media and most often they are portrayed as being the beautiful beings with great strength. We see them as being just below God, but in the reading of Hebrews we find that through Jesus we have been given something more, we received salvation and were elevated above all angels through Jesus Christ. The angels became not only servants of God, but servants to support us in our faith.
We continue and we look at the model of Moses who helped in bringing God’s chosen people out of slavery and gave us the covenant which God made with His people. He was and is not to be seen as someone to worship, however, but was only one who God utilized to do His will. However throughout history our hearts have been hardened and continue to be hardened against God from time to time when challenged to do His will. What are the things that you hold above God? What are you needing to do to soften your heart towards God? How can we help soften others hearts to see the greatness and glory of God?
Psalm 106:40-48; Jeremiah 47:1-48:25; Hebrews 2:8b-18
Above is yesterdays readings, I apologize that I did not post a devotion for yesterday, but the readings for today and yesterday complement well the message that God is placing on my heart. May God bless you and fill you with His glory today.
Psalm 107:1-9; Jeremiah 48:26-49:16; Hebrews 3:1-15
We are a society that is driven to self-help. All one has to do is walk into a bookstore and look at the self-help section and the size and know that people are looking for answers. People want to feel better. We glorify beauty and we glorify it almost to the status of God. In movies, sports, and television we are given heroes to look up to, supposedly. In the past heroes were people of good character and integrity that did something great to deserve recognition. Today heroes are created by media for an ability or gift that they have been blessed with, but often the gift is the whole premise that we look up to and not the person.
As we look through the readings in Hebrews for yesterday and today we are confronted with the idea of angels and the way in which we are to view Moses. Angels are these glorious beings created by God. We see images of them in all forms of media and most often they are portrayed as being the beautiful beings with great strength. We see them as being just below God, but in the reading of Hebrews we find that through Jesus we have been given something more, we received salvation and were elevated above all angels through Jesus Christ. The angels became not only servants of God, but servants to support us in our faith.
We continue and we look at the model of Moses who helped in bringing God’s chosen people out of slavery and gave us the covenant which God made with His people. He was and is not to be seen as someone to worship, however, but was only one who God utilized to do His will. However throughout history our hearts have been hardened and continue to be hardened against God from time to time when challenged to do His will. What are the things that you hold above God? What are you needing to do to soften your heart towards God? How can we help soften others hearts to see the greatness and glory of God?
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