- Judges 17 Daily DEVO Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.” Judges 17:13 – This passage really shows that we should check ourselves and our walk with God periodically. We need to ask ourselves are we serving God like He says we’re supposed to worship Him or are we worshiping God according to our ways of thinking what is right. Is a faithful walk with God to you just going to church on Sunday morning and giving a little bit in the offering plate every week? God lays out in scripture what a true disciple of God’s life should look like, we need our life with God to follow that guide rather than just what we think is acceptable in God’s eyes. Today, look at what your life with God looks like on an daily and weekly scale. Is it tailored more to how you want a life with God to look like or is it looking like the life God wants you to have with Him? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 597
- And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, “I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.” So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah. Judges 17:3-4 – What about the other 900 pieces of silver? There is so much going wrong in this chapter, but notice how the mother dedicated the 1,100 pieces of silver to God yet only gave 200 pieces. Does this ever happen within our stories? We tell God we’re committing to something yet never follow through. We say we’re stopping something yet don’t. We tell God we’re all in yet only give Him our free time. Let’s not shortchange God. If we have committed to following Jesus then that is promise to fully give our life entirely over to God’s purposes. Not just our free time, not just our spare change, not just our 200 pieces of silver. Praise God that He didn’t shortchange us but gave everything so we could be with Him. If there then something in your story you’ve been holding back from God? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1800
- And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 17:5-6 – We have an Israelite who makes for himself a silver idol, builds a mini temple for it, surrounds it with other idols, ordains one of his sons to be a priest, and later hires a Levite as his personal temple priest. What we have here is man choosing to reject God and embrace his own created religion and view on life. That truth is confirmed in verse six, everyone did what was right in their own eyes because God was not king in their life. Oh how this example lines up with the culture of the world today. Everyone does what is right in their eyes, whatever is their truth is right for them, following their heart and doing what makes them happy is best. While such ways of living are applauded and encouraged in our world, scripturally we see how horrible such worldviews are. We need God as our king in our life setting the standards for how we should live. God shows us what is right, not our own eyes. When then we have the Lord as our King, we can find real truth in life and real peace with one another for our truths no longer conflict. Pray for our world today to see the folly of “doing what is right in their own eyes.” God’s word speaks the truth and offers the pathway to real life through Jesus. Our world needs to see that living according to our word, over God’s word, will lead to death. Let’s begin helping our world see that truth by our living according to the word of God. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Daily DEVO 2873
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