Scripture: Joshua 24:14
So honor the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshipped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone.
Observation: Honor and serve the Lord completely. Do not serve other idols at all, just the one true God.
Application: I must be sure that my actions serve only the Lord, and no others. It is easy to say that my actions never serve idols, but I think that, if not monitored, so many little things can become big things and act as idols.
Yesterday I could not stop thinking about my SOAP post and observations. I prayed about it and pondered it all day long.
And now today’s verse strikes a similar chord. I think what God is telling me is that I need to keep my actions and intentions in check. My blogging is mostly a positive force in my life. But to keep it that way I need to check in with the Holy Spirit before I post and ask: Is this post honoring to the Lord? Why am I posting it– To boost myself up? Or to glorify God? Or to share information that I really think others might benefit from reading?
If I act to serve myself, I might as well be serving an idol. I must act to serve the Lord alone and serve Him completely.
Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for convicting me with these verses lately. I want to glorify you and point to you. Please guide me as I go forward to keep my motives pure… in blogging as well as all else. I want you to be glorified, not me.
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