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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Only One to Worship
Then the devil led Jesus to the top of a very high mountain.
The devil showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, and all
the great things that are in those kingdoms. The devil said,
"If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all
these things." Jesus said to the devil, "Go away from me,
Satan! It is written {in the Scriptures}, 'You must worship
the Lord your God. Serve only him!'"
-- Matthew 4:8-10 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
What's our breaking point? At what point would we quit honoring God and
begin to choose Satan's path? Not a very comfortable question, is it?
What if we knew someone had power over the world and would give it to
us if we would just acknowledge him as king? What if we knew we would
suffer and be offered as a sacrifice because we would not acknowledge
him as king? Jesus is Lord. Not because he took Satan's phony bargain,
but because he refused it. "Away from me!" Jesus ordered and Satan
obeyed -- as the next verse describes. But the cost of this victory
meant a far more gruesome battle. But Jesus refused to compromise his
devotion to the Father even at the cost of his own comfort, acceptance,
and life. Jesus won these battles over Satan and repeatedly chose to
walk the path of total devotion to God, at incredible cost, to redeem
us!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
O Lord my God, my heart is filled with admiration, wonder, thanks, and
praise. Your plan to redeem me from my sins and adopt me into your
family comes at such a high cost to you and Jesus. Thank you for saving
me. Thank you for redeeming me from the debt of sin. Thank you for
dying to prevent death's power controlling me. Thank you. In the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ, I thank you!
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