Personal Devotions
Notes from Mark's personal Bible reading and meditation
With a goal to apply one truth from each day's reading to my life that day
Sep 3, 2022, 8:27 AM
Passage Read: Romans 2-3
Meditation Verse: 2:25
Thought
The problem with trusting in signs and marks is that we don't bother to walk in the way we are called to, we think the mark we have received guarantees our acceptance. So it was with the Jews who thought being circumcised guaranteed their inclusion in the blessings of God for the nation. But anyone who was circumcised but did not walk in obedience to the Law, their circumcision was meaningless.
Sep 2, 2022, 8:28 AM
Passage Read: Acts 28 - Romans 1
Meditation Verse: Romans 1:21
Thought
It is a dangerous thing to acknowledge God but not allow Him to be God. Men who know God but do not glorify Him as God by submitting to His every decree are taking upon themselves a responsibility they do not own. And by setting aside the Lord and exalting themselves to the place of law-giver, they have already corrupted the source of their wisdom, so that the fruit of their reasonings will be in error. Submission to God as God, and gratitude for His guidance and authority, are the beginning of wisdom and will lead to right conclusions about man, the world and God.