Luke 14:18 – But they
all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a field
and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.
Luke 14:15 – Blessed is
everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Luke 14:23 – Go out to
the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be
filled.
In
verses 12-24 in chapter 14 of Luke, we see how people can make excuses for
doing God’s work. I’ve picked out 3 verses for you to read but I think it will
help if you read the entire parable. What the parable talks about is what we
deal with every day. Angela, Savanah, Faith, Zarria, do you guys ever let life
get you “occupied” to the point you don’t feel like doing the things God has
called you to do? His work? Whatever that may be. I have many times in my life
and that’s exactly what Satan wants us to do, “get too busy”. I know it’s very
easy for me to talk right now because I have all the time in the world, but how
much richer would our lives be if we put God first in everything we do and not
let Satan distract us.
There’s really a lot to this parable. It
makes me think back on all the times in my life when I’ve been motivated to
pursue the things of God and slowly but surely let life get in the way and
exposed myself to the things of this world. We should take every opportunity in
life to discipline and arrange our lives to that which will benefit the kingdom
of God first and not ourselves. This is something I will probably always
struggle with because the flesh is powerful and because Satan will use the most
ordinary and seemingly healthy things in our lives to fool us and get us off
track with Gods real plan for our lives.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, please help us to stay on track. Give us wisdom to know your
plans for our lives and when you show us what it is Lord you want us to do
please give us the strength to be diligent in that and not make excuses. Help
us to follow through with our commitments and responsibilities for your sake
not ours. Amen
Thoughts: We should
always go above and beyond for God. Never make excuses for following His
directions. He promises good things for us if we are obedient and I believe
that He will deliver if we do so. My next new thing is daily reading a daily
devotional to all my girls Angela, Zarria, Savanah, Faith, and Mia out of God’s
Little Devotional Book for Couples. I don’t know why but God told me to and I
think it’s a good idea! All the men in their lives should be doing the same.
Ladies, if he’s not good enough to pray and encourage you in the right
direction, find another one!
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