December 19, 2012 Devotion

Devotion 2 Kings 15: 4 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. WHAT YOU are reading right now is often called a “devotion”. Why? It is a reading that draws your attention to God’s Word and helps you commit your mind, spirit and soul more to God’s truth in your life. Devotion to God is your commitment to know Him and to faithfully live in his truth everyday as you commit to know God. This scripture today is a phrase that pops up in many places in 1 and 2 Kings. There is a sense of the king’s daily devotion to God, but many people in the land remain undevoted to God, committed still to pagan idols. God’s people did not display a devotion to God’s truth. What do you do with this devotion? What do you do with God’s Word? Do you read and discard it? Do you read it and consider God’s Word for your day? Or do you read it and consider God’s Word for your life? Do you bring God’s Word into your life each day to build up your devotion to God, to live in faith, to follow his ways, or not? What’s clear in scripture is that it is not enough to say no to sin; you must also say yes to a devoted life in God. An occasional or even a daily reading is not enough if you do not devote your spirit, mind and soul to know God’s words for your life and to live in his words. Be devoted to God’s Word and live in faith every day. It’s True! Devoted to God, you will have true life.