Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Competing with God

My mind was wandering the past few weeks of a conversation I had last
summer with a preacher friend of mine named Dan. We were talking
about Abraham and Isaac, the story of God telling Abraham to kill
Isaac as a sacrifice. He was telling me of a movie he watched which
portrayed Abraham basically giving up all things once Isaac was born...
He spent every minute with Isaac, neglecting his duties. God became
jealous obviously and has no desire for anything to deter our relationship
with him - including our family that He has blessed us with.
Matthew 6:25 : "...do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink;
nor about your body, what you will wear." (NKJV)...Is that what is competing
with God - earthly treasures and pleasures?

God, help me today to make sure that all competition is defeated when it
matches up to you.

JC

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