Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1 (NIV))
Take a long hard look at what it is that you have allowed to take the place of God.
Did money create the heavens and the earth? Was fame there in the beginning? Did prestige and power subjugate the emptiness and cause it to form the universe?
Only God was able to do all of these things!
God existed long before the heavens and the earth and long before money, fame, or prestige and power. All of these things are man-made creations that have come about out of the depravity that arose because of the fall from grace. None of these things are worthy of our worship. None of these things should become our god. None, of these things are righteous in the eyes of God.
You shall have no other gods before me.
(Exodus 20:3 (NIV))
Too many of us replace the one true God with our own personal gods. These gods can be anything that takes priority in our lives. When we find that this is happening, we must remember that none of these things were around in the beginning. None of them were around when God created the heavens and the earth. It was only God in His Triune glory, and He …
…is the same yesterday and today and forever.
(Hebrews 13:8 (NIV))
If He created “in the beginning,” then we must reevaluate our gods and repent. We must turn to the God of creation.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
(Revelation 22:13 (NIV))
Can your “gods” of money, fame, or prestige and power make such a profession?
Copyright 1998 – 2011 Dennis J. Smock
Daily Living Ministries, Inc.
http://www.dailylivingministries.org
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