Today’s Scripture…
“Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” Matthew 4:10 (NLT)
Devotional Thought…
Some people make huge mistakes in life because they don’t think enough about a decision before they make it. The person you will marry, and the home you will purchase are decisions that we usually will want to take a good amount of time to think about before we say yes or no to them.
But there are some choices in life that we can think too much about, in fact we really don’t even need to think about them at all. Jesus had one of those moments in today’s scripture passage. Satan came to Jesus with several temptations, the last of which was for Jesus to be given all the kingdoms of the world. What would it cost Jesus? The simple gesture of kneeling down to Satan, and worshipping him.
Jesus didn’t take time to think about it by picturing Himself as the ruler of all these kingdoms and how He could change things if He were in charge through such an arrangement. For Jesus, the act of worship… laying down all we have and all we are in adoration, was exclusively reserved for His Heavenly Father. Anything that would rival that or hinder that didn’t even need to be thought about… it would be a NO.
Are there areas of your life that thinking has led to compromise? Has your exclusive worship of the Heavenly Father been compromised because of a relationship, a business deal or a personal dream? Maybe compromise has come because of something a family member wanted, and now your choice to give in to it has caused compromise for you and other family members. Talk to God about becoming hyper-sensitive to anything that would compromise your worship of Him. When you realize that an area of compromise is before you, ask God to help you do what Jesus did. Tell Satan (the author of all compromise) to “get out of here!”
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