Meditate. Where are you going?
It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave
home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went
without knowing where he was going. Hebrews 11:8
Abraham was faithful and obedient—like Jesus Christ. Abraham
didn’t know where he was going until God led him step by step to the Promised
Land, but Jesus went to the Promised Land as a baby. Remember we just celebrated
His birth. He lived obediently in that Promised land for thirty-three years.
Day by day in perfect obedience to the Father. He sought out the Father’s will
and followed it imperatively. Early in the morning…and late into the
evening…Jesus prayed. He went about doing good…healing the blind, lame, and
demon possessed…just as His Father expected. He was faithful and obedient to do
the Father’s will. Do you faithfully seek out the Father’s will for your life
and obediently do it?
What could God’s will look like for you? It might not be healing the
sick, blind, lame or possessed. It is likely that God has a ministry for you
that includes kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, love, joy, peace,
patience and self-control. As we read God’s word daily, we see what He wants us
to do…as servants of the Lord. Good reason to read the Bible every day!
Personally, I find it hard to be a servant…an obedient slave. I
have to remind myself to serve others, as if serving Jesus. Actually, we are
freed of being slaves to the Law. Jesus has set us free. In some of His last
words to His disciples Jesus reminded them to love one another…one of His main
messages…and that they are no longer slaves, but friends.
Paul taught about Christ’s followers not being slaves, but belonging
to God’s family. I like being part of God’s family, better than being a
servant…or slave.
But when
the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God
sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could
adopt us as his very own children. And because we are his children, God has
sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out,
"Abba, Father." Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child.
And since you are his child, God has made you his heir. Galatians
4:4-7
We know where we are ultimately going…heaven. But a day by day, week
by week, month by month…have you got a plan for your life? Do you know where
you are going?
Prayer ~ Lord, guide my thoughts and words, and especially my
actions as I faithfully seek to do Your will, obediently pleasing You.
Verses of Salvation ~ All praise to God, the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because
God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and
we have a priceless inheritance--an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you,
pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. And through your
faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation,
which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. 1 Peter
1:3-5
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