Beware of Being Deceived
Moses warned the sons of Israel not to allow their hearts to be deceived, so that they turned to serve other gods and to worship them. (Deuteronomy 11:16) It is so easy for any of us to fall into this deception, because Satan is smart, and he has so many different things to use to appeal to our hearts and draw us from God. We would do well to heed this warning every day.
We can be drawn away from the Lord by beginning to think that pleasure is what life is all about. We can pursue pleasure in many forms, and we can end up ignoring God or even rejecting Him because we love pleasure. For some people it can be sports. We can get so wrapped up in following our teams or our individual athletes that we put them ahead of God. Instead of reading our Bibles, we watch the games and read about them. Work can be a god, too, because we can worship money. Then, we can be deceived to think that money can bring us joy, but that is impossible. Only the One True God can bring us real joy and peace.
Whatever it may be that draws us from the Lord Jesus must be rejected. We must never forget that He alone is worthy of our service, worship, and love, because He gave Himself for us to have an abundant life. Nothing is better than knowing Him well, and finding His favor, so that He gives us His blessings in abundance.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Deuteronomy 12-14.
We can be drawn away from the Lord by beginning to think that pleasure is what life is all about. We can pursue pleasure in many forms, and we can end up ignoring God or even rejecting Him because we love pleasure. For some people it can be sports. We can get so wrapped up in following our teams or our individual athletes that we put them ahead of God. Instead of reading our Bibles, we watch the games and read about them. Work can be a god, too, because we can worship money. Then, we can be deceived to think that money can bring us joy, but that is impossible. Only the One True God can bring us real joy and peace.
Whatever it may be that draws us from the Lord Jesus must be rejected. We must never forget that He alone is worthy of our service, worship, and love, because He gave Himself for us to have an abundant life. Nothing is better than knowing Him well, and finding His favor, so that He gives us His blessings in abundance.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Deuteronomy 12-14.