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Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado
To eat or not to eat that is the question. Should this bear eat the wiggly creature or not? That appears to be the eternal choice of this bronze bear. On the one hand, he looks fascinated by the movement of this centipede. On the other hand it looks like a nice snack.
"But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15 New Living Translation
We're fascinated by the things of this world. We crouch down and observe what people without faith in Christ do. Should we join in? Should we "eat" the worlds goods? Or should we resist? Should we serve the Lord rather than the world?
That sounds like a stupid question for Christians. Of course we'll serve the Lord. That's what Israel said at Mt. Sinai. They promised to do everything that God had commanded, and you know the rest of that story.
As Jesus stated to his disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane, "The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:41 ESV) I believe that most of us, if not all of us, reading this blog want to exclaim with Joshua, "we will serve the Lord", but too often we find ourselves serving the world.
The battle to choose the things of God and not the things of the world has been fought by Jesus. He resisted the temptation to choose the things of this world perfectly for you and me. Our victory is Christ's victory.
Christ's victory is not an excuse to give into to the temptations of the world that would lead us away from Christ, but to know that we cannot be condemned by the world. And in grace and through grace we say with Joshua "we will serve the Lord."
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"But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15 New Living Translation
We're fascinated by the things of this world. We crouch down and observe what people without faith in Christ do. Should we join in? Should we "eat" the worlds goods? Or should we resist? Should we serve the Lord rather than the world?
That sounds like a stupid question for Christians. Of course we'll serve the Lord. That's what Israel said at Mt. Sinai. They promised to do everything that God had commanded, and you know the rest of that story.
As Jesus stated to his disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane, "The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:41 ESV) I believe that most of us, if not all of us, reading this blog want to exclaim with Joshua, "we will serve the Lord", but too often we find ourselves serving the world.
The battle to choose the things of God and not the things of the world has been fought by Jesus. He resisted the temptation to choose the things of this world perfectly for you and me. Our victory is Christ's victory.
Christ's victory is not an excuse to give into to the temptations of the world that would lead us away from Christ, but to know that we cannot be condemned by the world. And in grace and through grace we say with Joshua "we will serve the Lord."
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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