"Go, sell everything you have … " — Mark 10:21
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy … " John 10:10
"You shall have no other gods before Me." Exodus 20:3
Our treasures will destroy us until we give them to God. In fact, as I look around, I see the enemy unleashed in the lives of people to take what they love and to ruin their lives with it.
In The Lord of the Rings, "the precious" consumed Smeagol until he became Gollum, a ruined caricature of his former self. Likewise, the enemy has access only to the part of our lives that is not hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3). People love bad things and people love good things, but all things get in the way when they aren’t given to God.
The blessing was unleashed after Isaac was placed on the altar.
How do we discover the love of God? By releasing our other loves. Kim became my wife when she chose to forsake all others.
God cannot give us greater and more secure treasure, until we trust Him with the treasure we now possess.
So this is our invitation. God wants to give us what the enemy cannot touch and what can never be taken away.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
Dwight Clough is the author of four Christian books and is an active member of Lake City Church in Madison. This devotional is also available via email and you may review the archives back to 2002. To contact Dwight or Kim, use their contact form. You may also support their ministry.