YOUR PART
Today's reading: Judges 1-6
"The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim with a message for the Israelites. He told them, I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never break my covenant with you. For your part, you were not to make any covenants with the people living in this land; instead you were to destroy their altars. Why, then, have you disobeyed my command?" Judges 2:1-2 NLT
Maybe you feel as if what God's asking of you is hard.
Maybe what He is asking you to give up will be gut wrenching.
Maybe where He is asking you to go will be way outside of you comfort zone.
Maybe who He is asking you to forgive is unforgiveable.
Here is what I see in the verses jumping off the page at me this morning: we have the easy part!
The only thing we are asked, by God, to do i/st to obey.
He has to follow through...
He has to make a blessing out of a curse...
He has to open doors and hearts and minds...
He has to orchestrate events that change lives and seal souls for eternity...
He has to enhance our tiny efforts and turn them into something gloriously God-sized...
Our part is simple.
Our part is easy.
Our part is only made do-able because we are His!
Truthfully, there is no reason in the world (or in the next) that we cannot do our part.
