Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Judges 17 -knut

13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”

So Micah is clearly focused on the wrong things, having his idol and his ephod and basically worshiping false gods. So to make himself feel good he hires a priest to live with him, and now all is well in his mind.

Well clearly we don't do things exactly like that today-hiring priests to live with us. But it is a reminder to me to make sure I am genuine in my faith and relationship with God and not to do things to either make me feel better or give the appearance that I am faithful. Going to church, tithing and giving cheerfully back to God, volunteering for projects at church are all good things.. But I need to make sure I am doing them to honor, obey and grow closer to God, not just to make a good showing or fake myself into believing I am getting closer to God--its a heart thing and I know when I'm genuine and when I'm not.

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