Devotion is the willingness to continue to walk with God though uncomfortable
Scripture: Exodus 19:10; Genesis 12:6-13
God will move us from consecration through separation into devotion, and devotion is the
willingness to continue to walk with God even though He brings us back to places that are
uncomfortable. Its one of the first things Abram must learn and after God brought him into
the land of Canaan there was a famine. There is always adversity when God brings you into
the place of your call. The adversity determines then and gives you the opportunity to pass
the test of devotion. This was not a mild famine, the Bible says in Genesis 12:10, it was
severe! Why does God allow severity in our circumstances when we really, totally adhere to
Him and move into our call? He allows it because it moves us toward the priestly maturity.
He demands to be qualified to speak for Him. Abram, the father of faith, could have stayed in
the land – but he didn’t! So God had to bring him back to the place of departure to resume the
call. Because Abram is devoted, he returns to his point of departure. The issue with God in
devotion has never been how many mistakes we make or how big the failure seems to other
people. The issue in devotion is if we get up and move back toward the Lord – that proves
devotion. God knew the mistakes Abram was going to make before He ever called him – but
He still called him, and Abraham fulfilled the call complete with all the failures. What did the
failure allow? It allowed him to prove his devotion when he returned to the point of
departure. Don’t ever let the enemy dissuade you because of a failure. Failures give us the
opportunity to prove our devotion as we return to the Lord for His grace, mercy, and
forgiveness.
Prayer: God wants to come to you today to wipe off all the religious swampy grime that has
been an influencing residue on your life because you never really understood the true
message of the Kingdom and its place in your everyday life and experience. It’s a lot harder
for dust to stick to something when it’s constantly moving; the Kingdom in us is destined to
move in and through us every day.