Faith invites us into a place of honest conversation with a holy God.
Tag: righteousness
Holiness is produced as the path extracts pounds of flesh.
Amos lived out his message before he opened his mouth to preach it and, thus, he is an amazing example to us.
We follow in sacred footfalls when we choose to follow the path of righteousness marked out by our Good Shepherd.
We look to to the holy God and we recall how His Kingdom is coming; a Kingdom of righteousness and truth and total restoration.
We read the account of the insubordinate leper and and we realize our disobedience yields Kingdom consequences. Why is it so difficult for us to follow God’s instructions?
Shame is the apparel of the enemy – it’s how he identifies his own. It’s part of his indoctrination. Hitler issued brownshirts and Satan issues shame. And shedding the enemy’s attire takes effort; it takes time and it requires the power of God in our frame.
Our ‘yes’ to God has profound impact beyond our personal story. Just as sin casts wide-spread ripples, so does righteousness.