DOING WHAT WE SAY
Today's reading: Exodus 21-24

"When Moses had announced to the people all the teachings and regulations the Lord had given him, they answered in unison, We will do everything the Lord has told us to do." Exodus 24:3 NLT

I can see the crowd. Millions of Israelites, most Bible scholars agree. Even if in this instance, only the men were called upon to represent the masses, there was a very large number of folks standing there that day.

And it says they all agreed to follow God.

In unison, it says.

Knowing what we know about the Israelites' disobedience and propensity to seek their own ways, we also know how it progresses.

It progressed just as it does on Sundays.

We hear the Word of God preached. We agree, because we're holding our own Bibles in our hands, that it indeed says what the preacher says it says. We nod our heads, we say 'amen', we take the pastor's challenge to live for Jesus as we sit in our pews.

Then Monday rolls around.

Or a temptation becomes visible.

Or someone pushes our buttons.

Or we become too busy.

Or we re-think our commitment and decide we'll look like one of those Jesus freaks if we follow through with what we agreed to on Sunday.

Or...well, you get the picture. Before too many days, too many hours on some Sunday afternoons, we bail on what we agreed to do for the Lord.

In a sense, we become just like the Israelites.

So, as I sit here this morning, I'm thinking about what I agreed to yesterday and am desperately wanting to follow through.

What about you?