Memo From the Mann9 Joulu 2024

A Worthy Walk

6 “A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighty.

“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.

“But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’ ~ Malachi 1:6 (NIV)

If I’m honest, there were a few moments growing up where I probably harvested some contempt for my earthly father. You can’t be a good father without guiding your child through their formative years ...and to do so requires some hard moments in the present, that’ll reap the results you want in the future.

Now as the child, you’re unable to embrace the future picture, and usually resent the lack of freedom you so desire ...but it’s done for your benefit ...and personally if I could have understood that, then the contempt would have not manifested itself, and I truly would have honored him for the caring love that he had shown to me.

So let’s get real in a current sense, if you refer to God as Father or Lord, do you treat him that way?

When you sign the adoptive papers to allow God to be your dad,

you’re signing on for more than just playing catch and roasting s’mores,

when he says clean your room you get on it,

when he says you can’t date that girl, you obey,

you honor your Father. ~ K.L.

In our everyday actions, and in our everyday offerings, let’s strive to show him everyday honor, honor that he so graciously deserves. Let’s not just give him our leftover time, let’s give our heart to him, not our idols ...as Romans 12 says, let’s offer our lives as a living sacrifice to God.

Remember, as a follower of Jesus, we are the offering, our life is a gift to God.

So let’s walk worthy of his calling.

Pray on...

Song: Every Little Thing (Album: Worship)

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