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Saturday, September 7, 2024

Following the Well Trod Path, or?

First Kings 3:5-9

At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, ‘Ask what I should give you.’ And Solomon said, ‘You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart towards you; and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love, and have given him a son to sit on his throne today. And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, although I am only a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. And your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people, so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted. Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people?’

Matthew 4:8-10

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour; and he said to him, ‘All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
“Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.” ’

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Words of Grace For Today

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Whaddayawant?

What do you really want, if anything you ask for will be given to you?

The genie from the bottle giving you three wishes kind of thing, but not quite.

It’s God asking you, as God asked Solomon.

Or it’s the Devil offering you, as he did Jesus, the world in return for worshipping the Devil.

What do you really want?

Solomon asked for understanding.

Jesus refused the Devil.

And what will you do this day with all God and/or the Devil offer?

Even the smallest choices are a response, but the most obvious direction your answers take are seen more clearly in the large choices,

or are they?

Eat a hearty breakfast, for it’s good for you,

but do nothing to feed your hungry neighbour.

Demand others stay out of your way,

and never take time to see their way.

Rest all day long in comfort, day after day.

While others work and suffer all day, day after day.

Enjoy and even waste plenty of water and power,

while most others have barely enough water if that, and no power.

Today, what little choices will we make that determine others lives

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or deaths?