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DONNIE DAILY DELIGHTS FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4:
WORD OF WISDOM
I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
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DAILY DEVOTION
The God Who Is More than Enough
"And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any
more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And
God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and
a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy
loins; And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it,
and to thy seed after thee will I give the land."
Genesis 35:10-12
Though Jacob grew up in a home with a rich heritage of faith, he spent a
great deal of his life living as if there were no God. He freely took
advantage of others, scheming against them and lying to advance his personal
interests. When Jacob viewed the world, it was through a lens that focused
on what he could get for himself. That changed when God came and introduced
Himself as El Shaddai-the all sufficient, all powerful God, who was more
than enough to meet Jacob's every need. Though Jacob still had failures, he
lived a very different life from that point on as he began to rely on God.
As Christians, we are not without a Heavenly Father, and we should not live
like orphans. We have God Almighty as our Father, and He has lovingly
promised to supply our needs. The wonderful truth is that He is never
stretched or challenged. He can handle any problem that we face. It is a
tragedy for us to live without a daily reliance on His provision.
The world promotes the idea of security through accumulating financial
resources. While wise financial management is important, God's plan for
security is not in temporal wealth but in reliance on Him. We are tempted to
trust ourselves, but how much better our results when we rely on Almighty
God to meet and supply every need.
When we stop relying on our limited strength and rest in God's unlimited
power, everything changes.
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DAILY BIBLE READING
Ezekiel 16-18The Message (MSG)
Your Beauty Went to Your Head
16 1-3 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her
outrageous violations. Say this: 'The Message of God, the Master, to
Jerusalem: You were born and bred among Canaanites. Your father was an
Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
4-5 "'On the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, you weren't
bathed and cleaned up, you weren't rubbed with salt, you weren't wrapped in
a baby blanket. No one cared a fig for you. No one did one thing to care for
you tenderly in these ways. You were thrown out into a vacant lot and left
there, dirty and unwashed-a newborn nobody wanted.
6-7 "'And then I came by. I saw you all miserable and bloody. Yes, I said to
you, lying there helpless and filthy, "Live! Grow up like a plant in the
field!" And you did. You grew up. You grew tall and matured as a woman,
full-breasted, with flowing hair. But you were naked and vulnerable, fragile
and exposed.
8-14 "'I came by again and saw you, saw that you were ready for love and a
lover. I took care of you, dressed you and protected you. I promised you my
love and entered the covenant of marriage with you. I, God, the Master, gave
my word. You became mine. I gave you a good bath, washing off all that old
blood, and anointed you with aromatic oils. I dressed you in a colorful gown
and put leather sandals on your feet. I gave you linen blouses and a
fashionable wardrobe of expensive clothing. I adorned you with jewelry: I
placed bracelets on your wrists, fitted you out with a necklace, emerald
rings, sapphire earrings, and a diamond tiara. You were provided with
everything precious and beautiful: with exquisite clothes and elegant food,
garnished with honey and oil. You were absolutely stunning. You were a
queen! You became world-famous, a legendary beauty brought to perfection by
my adornments. Decree of God, the Master.
15-16 "'But your beauty went to your head and you became a common whore,
grabbing anyone coming down the street and taking him into your bed. You
took your fine dresses and made "tents" of them, using them as brothels in
which you practiced your trade. This kind of thing should never happen,
never.
What a Sick Soul!
17-19 "'And then you took all that fine jewelry I gave you, my gold and my
silver, and made pornographic images of them for your brothels. You
decorated your beds with fashionable silks and cottons, and perfumed them
with my aromatic oils and incense. And then you set out the wonderful foods
I provided-the fresh breads and fruits, with fine herbs and spices, which
were my gifts to you-and you served them as delicacies in your whorehouses.
That's what happened, says God, the Master.
20-21 "'And then you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had given
birth to as my children, and you killed them, sacrificing them to idols.
Wasn't it bad enough that you had become a whore? And now you're a murderer,
killing my children and sacrificing them to idols.
22 "'Not once during these years of outrageous obscenities and whorings did
you remember your infancy, when you were naked and exposed, a blood-smeared
newborn.
23-24 "'And then to top off all your evil acts, you built your bold brothels
in every town square. Doom! Doom to you, says God, the Master! At every
major intersection you built your bold brothels and exposed your sluttish
sex, spreading your legs for everyone who passed by.
25-27 "'And then you went international with your whoring. You fornicated
with the Egyptians, seeking them out in their sex orgies. The more
promiscuous you became, the angrier I got. Finally, I intervened, reduced
your borders and turned you over to the rapacity of your enemies. Even the
Philistine women-can you believe it?-were shocked at your sluttish life.
28-29 "'You went on to fornicate with the Assyrians. Your appetite was
insatiable. But still you weren't satisfied. You took on the Babylonians, a
country of businessmen, and still you weren't satisfied.
30-31 "'What a sick soul! Doing all this stuff-the champion whore! You built
your bold brothels at every major intersection, opened up your whorehouses
in every neighborhood, but you were different from regular whores in that
you wouldn't accept a fee.
32-34 "'Wives who are unfaithful to their husbands accept gifts from their
lovers. And men commonly pay their whores. But you pay your lovers! You
bribe men from all over to come to bed with you! You're just the opposite of
the regular whores who get paid for sex. Instead, you pay men for their
favors! You even pervert whoredom!
35-38 "'Therefore, whore, listen to God's Message: I, God, the Master, say,
Because you've been unrestrained in your promiscuity, stripped down for
every lover, flaunting your sex, and because of your pornographic idols and
all the slaughtered children you offered to them, therefore, because of all
this, I'm going to get all your lovers together, all those you've used for
your own pleasure, the ones you loved and the ones you loathed. I'll
assemble them as a courtroom of spectators around you. In broad daylight
I'll strip you naked before them-they'll see what you really look like. Then
I'll sentence you to the punishment for an adulterous woman and a murderous
woman. I'll give you a taste of my wrath!
39-41 "'I'll gather all your lovers around you and turn you over to them.
They'll tear down your bold brothels and sex shrines. They'll rip off your
clothes, take your jewels, and leave you naked and exposed. Then they'll
call for a mass meeting. The mob will stone you and hack you to pieces with
their swords. They'll burn down your houses. A massive judgment-with all the
women watching!
41-42 "'I'll have put a full stop to your whoring life-no more paying lovers
to come to your bed! By then my anger will be played out. My jealousy will
subside.
43 "'Because you didn't remember what happened when you were young but made
me angry with all this behavior, I'll make you pay for your waywardness.
Didn't you just exponentially compound your outrageous obscenities with all
your sluttish ways?
44-45 "'Everyone who likes to use proverbs will use this one: "Like mother,
like daughter." You're the daughter of your mother, who couldn't stand her
husband and children. And you're a true sister of your sisters, who couldn't
stand their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father
an Amorite.
46-48 "'Your older sister is Samaria. She lived to the north of you with her
daughters. Your younger sister is Sodom, who lived to the south of you with
her daughters. Haven't you lived just like they did? Haven't you engaged in
outrageous obscenities just like they did? In fact, it didn't take you long
to catch up and pass them! As sure as I am the living God!-Decree of God,
the Master-your sister Sodom and her daughters never even came close to what
you and your daughters have done.
49-50 "'The sin of your sister Sodom was this: She lived with her daughters
in the lap of luxury-proud, gluttonous, and lazy. They ignored the oppressed
and the poor. They put on airs and lived obscene lives. And you know what
happened: I did away with them.
51-52 "'And Samaria. Samaria didn't sin half as much as you. You've
committed far more obscenities than she ever did. Why, you make your two
sisters look good in comparison with what you've done! Face it, your sisters
look mighty good compared with you. Because you've outsinned them so
completely, you've actually made them look righteous. Aren't you ashamed?
But you're going to have to live with it. What a reputation to carry into
history: outsinning your two sisters!
53-58 "'But I'm going to reverse their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and
her daughters and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters. And-get
this-your fortunes right along with them! Still, you're going to have to
live with your shame. And by facing and accepting your shame, you're going
to provide some comfort to your two sisters. Your sisters, Sodom with her
daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will become what they were before,
and you will become what you were before. Remember the days when you were
putting on airs, acting so high and mighty, looking down on sister Sodom?
That was before your evil ways were exposed. And now you're the butt of
contempt, despised by the Edomite women, the Philistine women, and everybody
else around. But you have to face it, to accept the shame of your obscene
and vile life. Decree of God, the Master.
59-63 "'God, the Master, says, I'll do to you just as you have already done,
you who have treated my oath with contempt and broken the covenant. All the
same, I'll remember the covenant I made with you when you were young and
I'll make a new covenant with you that will last forever. You'll remember
your sorry past and be properly contrite when you receive back your sisters,
both the older and the younger. I'll give them to you as daughters, but not
as participants in your covenant. I'll firmly establish my covenant with you
and you'll know that I am God. You'll remember your past life and face the
shame of it, but when I make atonement for you, make everything right after
all you've done, it will leave you speechless.'" Decree of God, the Master.
The Great Tree Is Made Small and the Small Tree Great
17 1-6 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, make a riddle for the house of
Israel. Tell them a story. Say, 'God, the Master, says:
"'A great eagle
with a huge wingspan and long feathers, In full plumage and bright
colors,
came to Lebanon
And took the top off a cedar,
broke off the top branch,
Took it to a land of traders,
and set it down in a city of shopkeepers.
Then he took a cutting from the land
and planted it in good, well-watered soil,
like a willow on a riverbank.
It sprouted into a flourishing vine,
low to the ground.
Its branches grew toward the eagle
and the roots became established-
A vine putting out shoots,
developing branches.
7-8 "'There was another great eagle
with a huge wingspan and thickly feathered.
This vine sent out its roots toward him
from the place where it was planted.
Its branches reached out to him
so he could water it
from a long distance.
It had been planted
in good, well-watered soil,
And it put out branches and bore fruit,
and became a noble vine.
9-10 "'God, the Master, says,
Will it thrive?
Won't he just pull it up by the roots
and leave the grapes to rot
And the branches to shrivel up,
a withered, dead vine?
It won't take much strength
or many hands to pull it up.
Even if it's transplanted,
will it thrive?
When the hot east wind strikes it,
won't it shrivel up?
Won't it dry up and blow away
from the place where it was planted?'"
11-12 God's Message came to me: "Tell this house of rebels, 'Do you get it?
Do you know what this means?'
12-14 "Tell them, 'The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king
and its leaders back to Babylon. He took one of the royal family and made a
covenant with him, making him swear his loyalty. The king of Babylon took
all the top leaders into exile to make sure that this kingdom stayed
weak-didn't get any big ideas of itself-and kept the covenant with him so
that it would have a future.
15 "'But he rebelled and sent emissaries to Egypt to recruit horses and a
big army. Do you think that's going to work? Are they going to get by with
this? Does anyone break a covenant and get off scot-free?
16-18 "'As sure as I am the living God, this king who broke his pledge of
loyalty and his covenant will die in that country, in Babylon. Pharaoh with
his big army-all those soldiers!-won't lift a finger to fight for him when
Babylon sets siege to the city and kills everyone inside. Because he broke
his word and broke the covenant, even though he gave his solemn promise,
because he went ahead and did all these things anyway, he won't escape.
19-21 "'Therefore, God, the Master, says, As sure as I am the living God,
because the king despised my oath and broke my covenant, I'll bring the
consequences crashing down on his head. I'll send out a search party and
catch him. I'll take him to Babylon and have him brought to trial because of
his total disregard for me. All his elite soldiers, along with the rest of
the army, will be killed in battle, and whoever is left will be scattered to
the four winds. Then you'll realize that I, God, have spoken.
22-24 "'God, the Master, says, I personally will take a shoot from the top
of the towering cedar, a cutting from the crown of the tree, and plant it on
a high and towering mountain, on the high mountain of Israel. It will grow,
putting out branches and fruit-a majestic cedar. Birds of every sort and
kind will live under it. They'll build nests in the shade of its branches.
All the trees of the field will recognize that I, God, made the great tree
small and the small tree great, made the green tree turn dry and the dry
tree sprout green branches. I, God, said it-and I did it.'"
Judged According to the Way You Live
18 1-2 God's Message to me: "What do you people mean by going around the
country repeating the saying,
The parents ate green apples,
The children got the stomachache?
3-4 "As sure as I'm the living God, you're not going to repeat this saying
in Israel any longer. Every soul-man, woman, child-belongs to me, parent and
child alike. You die for your own sin, not another's.
5-9 "Imagine a person who lives well, treating others fairly, keeping good
relationships-
doesn't eat at the pagan shrines,
doesn't worship the idols so popular in Israel,
doesn't seduce a neighbor's spouse,
doesn't indulge in casual sex,
doesn't bully anyone,
doesn't pile up bad debts,
doesn't steal,
doesn't refuse food to the hungry,
doesn't refuse clothing to the ill-clad,
doesn't exploit the poor,
doesn't live by impulse and greed,
doesn't treat one person better than another, But lives by my statutes
and faithfully
honors and obeys my laws.
This person who lives upright and well
shall live a full and true life.
Decree of God, the Master.
10-13 "But if this person has a child who turns violent and murders and goes
off and does any of these things, even though the parent has done none of
them-
eats at the pagan shrines,
seduces his neighbor's spouse,
bullies the weak,
steals,
piles up bad debts,
admires idols,
commits outrageous obscenities,
exploits the poor
"-do you think this person, the child, will live? Not a chance! Because he's
done all these vile things, he'll die. And his death will be his own fault.
14-17 "Now look: Suppose that this child has a child who sees all the sins
done by his parent. The child sees them, but doesn't follow in the parent's
footsteps-
doesn't eat at the pagan shrines,
doesn't worship the popular idols of Israel,
doesn't seduce his neighbor's spouse,
doesn't bully anyone,
doesn't refuse to loan money,
doesn't steal,
doesn't refuse food to the hungry,
doesn't refuse to give clothes to the ill-clad,
doesn't live by impulse and greed,
doesn't exploit the poor.
He does what I say;
he performs my laws and lives by my statutes.
17-18 "This person will not die for the sins of the parent; he will live
truly and well. But the parent will die for what the parent did, for the
sins of-
oppressing the weak,
robbing brothers and sisters,
doing what is dead wrong in the community.
19-20 "Do you need to ask, 'So why does the child not share the guilt of the
parent?'
"Isn't it plain? It's because the child did what is fair and right. Since
the child was careful to do what is lawful and right, the child will live
truly and well. The soul that sins is the soul that dies. The child does not
share the guilt of the parent, nor the parent the guilt of the child. If you
live upright and well, you get the credit; if you live a wicked life, you're
guilty as charged.
21-23 "But a wicked person who turns his back on that life of sin and keeps
all my statutes, living a just and righteous life, he'll live, really live.
He won't die. I won't keep a list of all the things he did wrong. He will
live. Do you think I take any pleasure in the death of wicked men and women?
Isn't it my pleasure that they turn around, no longer living wrong but
living right-really living?
24 "The same thing goes for a good person who turns his back on an upright
life and starts sinning, plunging into the same vile obscenities that the
wicked person practices. Will this person live? I don't keep a list of all
the things this person did right, like money in the bank he can draw on.
Because of his defection, because he accumulates sin, he'll die.
25-28 "Do I hear you saying, 'That's not fair! God's not fair!'?
"Listen, Israel. I'm not fair? You're the ones who aren't fair! If a good
person turns away from his good life and takes up sinning, he'll die for it.
He'll die for his own sin. Likewise, if a bad person turns away from his bad
life and starts living a good life, a fair life, he will save his life.
Because he faces up to all the wrongs he's committed and puts them behind
him, he will live, really live. He won't die.
29 "And yet Israel keeps on whining, 'That's not fair! God's not fair.'
"I'm not fair, Israel? You're the ones who aren't fair.
30-32 "The upshot is this, Israel: I'll judge each of you according to the
way you live. So turn around! Turn your backs on your rebellious living so
that sin won't drag you down. Clean house. No more rebellions, please. Get a
new heart! Get a new spirit! Why would you choose to die, Israel? I take no
pleasure in anyone's death. Decree of God, the Master.
"Make a clean break! Live!"
The Message (MSG)
Copyright C 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
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