The political and pet analogies in today's devotional helped me to evaluate my passion for God. Obviously, the campaign one is quite timely, and whether we're in the U.S. or not, we understand the bombardment of news and commentary, TV and radio ads, bumper stickers and yard signs. The challenges that stood out to me were the candidates' and supporters' "singleness of focus" and "energy spent on this one vision" when considering Whom I represent and the greater significance of His message!
Not being an outdoorsman (OK hush, those of you laughing at the severity of that understatement!), I'm sure I never fully grasped David's imagery of the panting deer, so I appreciated the family dog comparison. It made me realize that too often if someone were to somehow offer me more time with God, my internal response would be "Sure, that would be nice--thanks" instead of "YES! That is what I REALLY want -- in fact, it is the only thing I truly need!!"
So, where's your passion? Can you honestly sing the lyrics "better is one day in Your courts than thousands elsewhere"? That's going to be my focus today. What are your thoughts on today's devotional?
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I guess I'll be the first to comment!
I like how the youth devotionals and the adult devotionals have the same Scripture and the same general idea. We are doing the devotional with our teens so when we read the Bible passages we have a head start on our devotional.
Anyway, I found today's devotional very helpful. Is my passion for God? Or is my passion for pleasing people?
Blessings,
Karen
I agree, it was nice being able to have the scripture passages match with the youth devotional. One of the things that we discovered as we talked together as a family about passion is that passion may look differently in different people. We could also relate to the dog story, since ours is PASSIONATE about NOT being left in the backyard alone!
Doug
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