MARCH 11

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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Psalm 61:2

“From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”

Deuteronomy 6:5

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”

Matthew 6:33

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

Revelation 2:4

“Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.”

1 John 4:19

“We love Him because He first loved us.”

Acts 17:24

“God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.”

Deuteronomy 10:17

“ For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.”

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Our book for this month  is called “100 NAMES OF GOD”  written by Christopher D. Hudson.  Each day we’ll take one Hebrew name for God as given in the Bible to study and relate to.

DI OU TA PANTA

MY EVERYTHING

1 Corinthians 8:6

“Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.”

Fill in the blank: “_______________________________means everything to me!”

Everybody has an “everything.”  Maybe it’s a spouse or children or a circle of friends.  It could be high enough scores to get into a certain degree program.  It might be gaining success in at a certain lifestyle, always looking great – you get the idea.  We all have SOMETHING that means the world to us, and that thing is our EVERYTHING.

And that’s where life gets tricky.  When we give a person, thing, or goal our primary attention, allegiance, and affection, in a real sense we WORSHIP it – because worship is the act of ascribing value to something.  But God says, “Worship ME.  Make ME your everything.”  It only makes sense that the perfect creator and source of everything good would want His creatures to wrap their lives around Him.

God can’t be your EVERYTHING while something else is.  You can’t be chiefly devoted to God and also to your career, your image, your position, and your bank account.  God can’t be ultimate in your life if your children hold the top spot.  God’s Word says we are to put God first; we are to make HIM our everything.  We acknowledge that all we have – “every good and perfect gift” (James 1:17) – comes from Him.  We worship the Giver, not the gifts.

We appreciate all the blessings that God sends our way –but we don’t turn good things into ultimate things.

The challenge today and every day is to make God YOUR EVERYTHING – to live in such a way that “in everything He might have the supremacy.” (Colossians 1:18)  I

Is HE foremost in YOUR life?

Maybe you can relate to the song, “All I Want is Everything.”  The gospel says we find everything only when we give up everything and make God our everything.

What is your everything today?  What normal human desires threaten to trump God in your life?

PRAYER

God, My Everything, I want to really make You my everything, but I am easily drawn to lesser things.  Please help me remain focused on you and resist the temptation to give something else that first position in my life.  Amen

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