August 27, 2023
Passage Read: Acts 20-21
Meditation Verse: 20:28
Thought
The first step to keeping watch over others is to keep watch over yourself. If I don't know Christ or don't remain faithful to Him and His Word, then neither will I be able to keep the flock entrusted to me safe. There are those who want to attack; there are those who want followers for themselves, not Christ.
Application
There are those who want to distort God's Word in order to gain a following; my purpose needs to be to prepare people to stand blameless before Christ. So I need to be sure I can stand blameless before Christ, that I have learned His will and desire, and make sure I follow it.