So today commute was a mind game…..I was toying with the
words obedience and sacrifice. I came by it because I flashed on 1 Samuel 15:22
“….To obey is better than sacrifice, and
to heed is better than the fat of rams” when the word obey tickertaped
across my brain.
Think about it for a minute….the word obey triggered me because it denotes an authority or an
authoritative figure. Now, I don’t know about you but I enjoy my autonomy when
I’m not talking to or living with my mother or at work. I’m my own boss! I’m
the boss of me! I run this! Right?
Wrong! Dead wrong! As a believer I come under the authority of Christ.
Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is
given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Daniel 7:13 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.
Matthew 11:27 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Matthew 26:64 "You have said so," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
Luke 1:33 and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end."
Daniel 7:13 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.
Matthew 11:27 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Matthew 26:64 "You have said so," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
Luke 1:33 and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end."
I have choice (free will) in what I say, do and my level of
commitment…but if I truly love God and seek to represent and serve Him my level
of connection and commitment should reflect it. I’m not talking about church
busy work, Bible Study, Choir and all that….I’m talking about a life of reflection
and introspection; not a perfect life. I’m talking about a life impacted and
impacting and yet I still praise!
Now, sacrifice…let’s look at that word for a minute because
it says something very real. Sacrifice in Biblical terms means to give an
offering unto God; burnt or blood. Sacrifice to us in worldly terms means we
temporarily give something up because we’re holding onto a reservation to possibly
return to it (marinate on that for a minute) Ask yourself if your sacrifice is
Biblical?
How ya’ livin’?!!!!
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