Suppose there are prophets among you or
those who dream dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or
miracles, and the predicted signs or miracles occur. If they then say, 'Come,
let us worship other gods'—gods you have not known before—do not listen to
them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all
your heart and soul. Deuteronomy 13:1-3
Don’t listen to other gods…don’t be enticed
by strangers…by the unknown. Know the Lord our God—know His Word. In other
words…READ YOUR BIBLE! (I’m writing this to myself…do you hear it, too?) Reading
His Word is the best way to Know God…to learn about Him. People in the Bible
who followed other gods usually got into trouble. Just look at how the Israelites
didn’t purge the idol worshippers from the Promised Land like God instructed
them to do…and they ended up fighting them continually for…forever, really.
So the Christmas tree and all the usual
decorations, except for the Nativities, are all put away at my house. Christmas
is over…well almost. Tomorrow, January 6th, is Epiphany or Three
Kings Day, the commemoration of the day that the Magi visited Baby Jesus, thus
revealing the Christ child to the non-Jewish people of the world. For the Magi
this was a new king…a new God. I am glad that those Gentiles sought out the King
of the Jews and followed that star to this new God—the true God of the
Universe. They took the idea of this real God back to their home countries. The
Nativities around my house depict those three Kings coming to meet the King of
Kings. How will you and your family celebrate Epiphany? Are you ready to
present your gifts to the Christ child? What will you give Him? A song in your
heart? Pure heart-felt devotion?
Prayer
~ Holy Spirit, guide my heart and the hearts of my family, friends and
neighbors that we would be focused on the True God…Father, Son and Holy Spirit…and
not misled by any false gods. Protect us from prophets or teachers that would deceive
us—bamboozling us into thinking that we need other gods in our lives.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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