Read today’s texts first: Judges 17,18; Psalms 89; 2 Corinthians 3
MAXIMize YOUR DAY
There is no “my truth” and “your truth,” just “The Truth!”
When you wade through the history of the judges, reading weird stories like Micah with his own personal priest and household gods (17,18), you can’t help but wonder how the people of Israel could drift so far from God’s commands. The theme verse shows up again and helps explain what was going on: there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes (17:6; 18:1).
God was supposed to be their king, but the Israelites, as usual, wanted to keep their distance from God. They preferred to interpret what God said to suit themselves, making up their own personal religion to follow. Does that sound familiar in our day of relative truth? There is no “my truth” and “your truth,” just “The Truth!”
But the arrival of Jesus should have bridged that distance between us and God and forever changed our misunderstanding about His commands. Our NT reading today shows us how that happened. Before Jesus came, God’s presence was fleeting, like the fading glory radiating from the face of Moses (3:12-15). God could not live in us until the debt of our sin was paid. But after Calvary, God’s glory no longer has to shine on us from a distance, like the sun in our solar system. The Son of God can now live within us, shining through us from the inside out, with “ever increasing glory” (3:16-18)!
“Lord, while so many people today have rejected You as their king, choosing instead to live by their own rules, I choose You as my King, today and every day. Let the glory of Your coronation shine through my life for all to see!”
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