Insight for Leaders [Devotional]

Revival: Living at a Fever Pitch

And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men. -Colossians 3:23

We live at a fever pitch, and whether we are erecting buildings, laying highways, promoting athletic events, celebrating special days or welcoming returning heroes we always do it with an exaggerated flourish. Our building will be taller, our highway broader, our athletic contest more colorful, our celebration more elaborate and more expensive than would be true anywhere else on earth. We walk faster, drive faster, earn more, spend more and run higher blood pressure than any other people in the world.

In only one field of human interest are we slow and apathetic: that is the field of personal religion. There for some strange reason our enthusiasm lags. Church people habitually approach the matter of their personal relation to God in a dull, half-hearted way which is altogether out of keeping with their general temperament and wholly inconsistent with the importance of the subject. Of God and Men, 3-4.

"Lord, revive my zeal for things of God. I get caught up in the fever pitch of so many things. Help me to set my priorities right and give myself more completely to enhancing my relationship with You. Amen."

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“”Lord, revive my zeal for things of God. I get caught up in the fever pitch of so many things. Help me to set my priorities right and give myself more completely to enhancing my relationship with You. Amen.” ___________________________________________________________

This last week I have been so excited and thrilled about Sarah Palin. She is an answer to prayer. My prayer for a miracle to come out of these last days of this election process ... and she did. (probably thousands prayed a similiar prayer) God answered.
Now I am thinking about the truth that God’s gift of truth and salvation is far greater than any election ever.
We move past the sweet love and glory of the precious gift and begin to be complacient. Forgive us Father ... we are but clay and know not what we do. As much as we want to ... we are not living a mountain experience every day/moment.

Let us thank Him for this day and our myraid blessings moment to moment. Please protect Sarah and John with the whole armour of God everyday. Amen.

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