Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.

If you’ve ever gone on a hike with someone in the woods, it’s the person ahead of you on the trail that sees the next step. And if you’re a follower of Jesus, that means He’s the One guiding you on the Way of Holiness. A road exclusively for those who choose to live set apart. It’s not for the perfected, it’s for those who follow the perfect One, in hopes that one day they will be like Him.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

When something is contaminated, you’re not supposed to go near it. The problem is we live in a world that’s contaminated by sin. So, what do we do? Well, the Bible encourages us to set ourselves apart from the world and to focus on pursuing holiness. Only then will others see their own sin and desire to be set apart as well.

Monday October 28, 2024

Monday, October 28, 2024
Hebrews 12:14
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the LORD.

Holiness is one of those virtues that feels a little out of reach because in the Word, God declares, I am holy. But He also asks us to be holy, like He is holy, because He wants us to be set apart. And from what our verse says today, that can take a lot of effort. But it’s an effort that will give rich rewards!

Friday, October 25, 2024

Friday, October 25, 2024
Luke 6:43-44
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.

If a tree that was in your yard always bore bad fruit, you’d probably choose to cut it down. There’d be no point in keeping it, because you wouldn’t enjoy eating bad fruit. And that’s what Jesus was trying to emphasize to His followers. That it wasn’t just trees that bore bad fruit, people can too. But a good tree bears good fruit and that allows others to taste and see that the Lord is good.

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Matthew 12:30
Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

The Pharisees put Jesus on the spot when they claimed He was working with Satan to drive out Satan. After Jesus corrected them, He then put them on the spot. He told them, in this life, you’re either with Him or you’re against Him. But that statement wasn’t just for the Pharisees to decide, it’s one for all humanity to resolve.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Micah 2:12
I will surely gather all of you, Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy throng.

God is a God of justice, but He’s also a God of mercy. And in the middle of a message of judgement for Israel, the Lord also spoke about restoration and hope for the future of the nation. And it’s because, to The Lord, Israel would always be His people, the sheep of His pasture.