seventh angel – heed the warning

Leviticus chapter 26 is one of those chapters that get my attention.  Although the curses for not reading and heeding God’s word outweigh, at least in the number of words used, the blessings, I love the blessings because I intend to read and heed them.

 “Nothing twists and deforms the soul more than a low or unworthy conception of God.” – A.W. Tozer

As a follower of Jesus, I must be enabled by the Holy Spirit. It is the long game for sure for the only outcome for the short game of passing pleasures is a painful experience.

When I read the final chapter of Leviticus, this is the vow I believe we can make, should we choose to read and heed. I will show gratitude to God and worship and serve Him. I will depend on Him to enable me to be a follower of Jesus. By God’s grace, I will always follow Him. I have made a decision, a commitment to trust Jesus for my salvation, my Lord and my Treasure and have decided to become His disciple. May God touch my heart so that I keep this vow, to His glory and for my good.

And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. – Acts 13:52  ESV

When I look at Acts to see what this might look like in the life of the apostles and disciples, I read the verse above as the last verse in chapter 13 of the Book of Acts. Paul and Barnabas were expelled from the city, but the disciples there were not. When I read the beginning of chapter 14, I know that they had to endure sufferings for the sake of the Gospel. Even so, look at what God did. He raised them above the shame and fear, filled them with joy, and filled them with the Holy Spirit to enable them to be what He called them to be – disciples of Jesus.