DAD'S DAILY BREAD

5 to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. Gal 2:5

For Paul, the truth of the gospel is more than an abstract concept; it is a new life of faith and love in Christ. This is where the rubber meets the road. If you say you believe in the saving grace of Christ but you keep returning to the piles of bones, that are pieces of your idols that God has smashed, then how can you really believe that anything has changed? Christ didn’t save you so you could return to your vomit and eat like pigs in the slop! He pulled you out so that you could live a different life. One that honors Him and brings Him glory! One that gives you hope and a purpose!

Lately I have been so focused on other people in my life, praying for them and thinking about ways to help them. But inside of it all the Lord was working on my heart and my life. Showing me there are idols in my heart that I’m still serving. I am returning to the piles of bones from my past and I’m picking them up and trying to use them like I can, all of the sudden, control myself and I don’t need God anymore. Basically telling Him I have a better way and I can control myself… I couldn’t be more wrong!! Thankfully the Lord has removed most of the big sin from my life but there are things that still remain that I’m not OK with carrying. Like King Josiah did when the Lord revealed his sin I want to smash them all to pieces! Turn them into dust and into something that is unrecognizable!

and burned it at the brook Kidron and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves of the common people. 2 King 23:6

God showed King Josiah what was going on in his heart and he knew he had to do something! So many times God rescued His people and almost every time they would forget and return to there sin. Thank God for His Holy Spirit! We have Christ living in us so we have more help then they had but it still doesn’t make it any easier! Our hearts are idol factories running 7 days a week, 24 hours a day! Without Christ you are fighting a losing battle! Without the hope and faith that come from Christ it would be impossible! Saying you believe is the first step. But that needs to be followed by action! Even with the Holy Spirit filling you with Christ you will have to make a choice! Because sin will always be sitting on your shoulder waiting for you to slip and forget about Christ! Let the truths of Christ dwell inside you and make it your goal to focus on Him. Take your eyes off of yourself and your situation and choose to believe in something greater than yourself! Dwell on those truths until they become facts and staples in your life! Keep fighting even when you slip! Gods grace and love covers anything that you can do! There is nothing that God doesn’t already know about you. Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God and He will restore you! Let Him fight your battles and just focus on filling your mind with His Word!

APPLICATION:

Read my Bible. Spend time in prayer! Believe and with faith change the things that need to be changed! Fill my mind with God’s Truth! Use God’s Word in everything I do! Talk about the Lord and what He has done in my life! Humble myself and be patient. Let the Lord lift me up. Let the Lord do all the defending and give Him all control! Pray Pray Pray!

IN HIS NAME!