IDOK Devotion for Monday, December 6, 2010 *** Day 6 of our countdown to Christmas — Song 3 for your Christmas listening pleasure is One King
Deeper Still! Aptly named! I came home TIRED but grateful!
I looked around the arena at the 14,000 women who had gathered to hear Kay Arthur, Priscilla Shirer and Beth Moore and I said to my Sister seated next to me why, why is America in the mess it is when here in this one place is 14,000 women who by their very presence here are saying they are seeking JESUS? With 12 men JESUS turned the world ‘upside down’ — what could He do with 14,000 women?
And as soon as Kay took the podium she began answering my question of why. My sister seated next to me did a honest job of telling me why too. She said because we come here to GET, to get a Word from God, to be entertained, to enjoy ourselves and then we go home and do nothing with what we heard.
DADDY GOD helps us! She spoke the truth!
Kay asked us sobering questions. Like. What are you doing with your time, money, life? And just how much stuff do you need?
And she made a statement (I’ll paraphrase, of course) that I won’t soon be forgetting.
JESUS is not ‘seasoning’ for our lives, He is not salt and pepper we sprinkle on our lives to make them ‘taste’ better.
HE IS our life! Or we are just wasting time.
And when Priscilla stood to speak and right out of the gate she said: “Faith without works is useless.”
James 2:1 (The Message)14-17Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?
And then Beth! And with all 6 of her points DADDY GOD let me know He has been hearing my groaning(s), has seen all my struggles and He IS the answer.
1. There are treasures out there for me!
2. But they are not my treasures until they make it past my defenses.
3. Treasures strung together bring healing.
4. Our treasures get lost in the same trash as our time!
5. We’ll miss our most expensive treasure if we do not look past the hardship and pain.
6. When you feel like you have lost the treasure look for JESUS!
And that only skimmed the brim of His Message! I am a blessed woman! And so are you! Unless you are a man, that is! :) And then you, my dear brother, are blessed as well!
What could the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD do with ONE SOUL, sold out to HIM? And will Satsuma, Alabama find out? Time will tell, won’t it?
LORD and FATHER, I ask You to inspire and draw our IDOKs to Yourself in JESUS Name. I ask that You comfort, protect, correct, heal and awaken us for Your own glory. I am mindful this morning of our Praying for These, of our IDOK Troops and this Season that is upon us, receive our praise and worship, humble us before You that we may stand before the Lost and proclaim unashamed that JESUS THE CHRIST is the ONLY way of salvation; that Heaven awaits all who are redeemed and hell is aflame for the unrepentant. HOLY SPIRIT set we Your saints aflame with a holy zeal that we may be useful in Your Mission to Rescue the Perishing in JESUS name. amen and amen.
Love and holy hugs, kt
