DEAR CHURCH

Today's reading: Joshua 6-10

"But Israel was unfaithful concerning the things set apart for the Lord..." Joshua 7:1 NLT

The very ones God had entrusted with His name, His land and His purpose, had proven unfaithful. They chose other gods. They chose other ways than His. They chose to seek after their comforts rather than obey with their whole hearts.

Even after all He had done for them.

It would be extraordinarily hard to believe, if it weren't still happening.

Church, I'm talking to the righteous few, the serving select, the bones of the body of believers--we're being unfaithful concerning the things set apart for God.

And our churches are hurting for it!

We're lax on our treatment of all things holy.

Like our Sundays.

Our Bibles.

Our church buildings.

Our altars.

Our evangelism.

Our love.

Our walks.

Our words.

Our gifts.

We have been given so much by the Lord, to be used for the Lord, in our most imperfect attempts to honor the Lord for who He is.

But we aren't taking all He's blessed us with seriously. We aren't stepping into the opportunities He presents us with boldly. We aren't believing what his Word says.

If you read on in chapter 7 of Joshua, you'll see what happened to Israel...let it be a warning to us all!