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| ¡°Gideon made the gold into an ephod . . . and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.¡± ( Judges 8:27 , NIV ) |
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There has never been an age with more distractions and smoke screens that hide what is true and real from our eyes. We are bombarded with loud sounds and bright lights which are constantly shouting: ¡°Look! Follow us! We are what is happening now!¡± And so, blinded to the real light and deafened to the real truth, we stumble into the trivial, the sensual, the material, the gaudy and the glamorous.
Gideon had seen a great victory won by God through him. He knew who had the real power. And yet, he allowed a souvenir and a memory to become the focus of trust and worship. Isn¡¯t it tempting to ¡°trade the truth of God for a lie¡± and to convince ourselves that the things we touch and see are the ¡°real¡± things?
Surely that is why God chose to come to us in the flesh, so we could hear Him speak and see Him walk. We cannot avoid His reality. But we do have distractions every day which tempt us to turn away from Him.
Today, keep your eyes upon Jesus alone. He is the great enabler. He has overcome! |
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Lord, help us, by looking to Jesus, to see what is real and what is not. In His name. Amen. - JOHN F. WILSON, Malibu, California |
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