The Failure to Pay Close Attention

THE FAILURE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION

"The high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days." 2 Chronicles 15:17

This devotional from my friend Mr. Oswald Chambers, was just too good to pass up. It was the reading for yesterday from MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST.

"Asa was not completely obedient in the outward, visible areas of his life. He was obedient in what he considered the most important areas, but he was not entirely right. Beware of ever thinking 'Oh that thing in my life does not matter much.' THE FACT THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER MUCH TO YOU MAY MEAN THAT IT MATTERS A GREAT DEAL TO GOD. Nothing should be considered a small and trivial matter by a child of God.

How much longer are we going to prevent God from teaching us even one thing? But He keeps trying to teach us and He never loses patience. You say, 'I know I am right with God' - yet the 'high places' still remain in your life. There is still an area of disobedience. Do you protest that your heart is right with God and yet there is something in your life He causes you to doubt? WHENEVER GOD CAUSES A DOUBT ABOUT SOMETHING, STOP IT IMMEDIATELY, NO MATTER WHAT IT MAY BE. NOTHING IN OUR LIVES IS A MERE SIGNIFICANT DETAIL TO GOD.

Are there some things regarding your physical or intellectual life to which you have been paying no attention at all? If so, you may THINK you are all correct in the important areas, but you are careless - you are failing to concentrate or focus properly. You no more need a day off than your heart needs a day off from beating. As you cannot take a day off morally and remain moral, neither can you take a day off spiritually and remain spiritual. God wants you entirely His, and it requires paying close attention to keep yourself fit. It also takes a tremendous amount of time. Yet some of us expect to rise above all of our problems, going from one mountaintop experience to another, with only a few minutes'
effort."

Is there in area of your life today that needs attention? Take some time to pray about it today. Purpose to do what God tells you to do. - Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK.

God's WORD for YOU: 1 Samuel 30-31; Luke 13:23-35

Think about this: Have you been waiting upon God, dear troubled one, during long nights and weary days, and have feared that you were forgotten? Nay, lift up your head, and begin to praise Him even now for the deliverance which is on its way to you. Anonymous