August 4th

August 4th -- Luke 11:33-54 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2011:33-54&version=NLT)

Please go read the passage!

Love this light analogy. I like to think that we need to be like broken pots with candles in them. We're the pot, and God's the candle. SO many people try and fill in all the cracks and holes in their pot. We shouldn't though. We need to leave them there to let the light shine out. It always makes me think of 2 Corinthians 12:9 where God is speaking and says "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness...". Why hide a light? There's not point. So let it shine.

Then there's also Jesus criticizing the Pharisees. I love that he does this, honestly. There are so many people who do and say all the right things and for all intensive purposes look, act, and "are" Christian. Yet, when it comes down to it, it's all just an act. They get so caught  up in nitpicky details and trying to make sure people look up to them for being suuuuuch good Christians, that it really doesn't mean anything to them because it just becomes basic routine. What Jesus is pointing out to them is something we need to remember better - "man looks at the outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7). Make sure you're faith isn't just religion, like it was to the Pharisees, but is a real relationship with God, that will change you from the inside out!

That's all! God bless! Shalom!

P.S. Late because of my portage trip.