Saints,
As you may have surmised, “Most Mondays” does not mean all Mondays. Still, this place holder will go away when the not-so-on-time devotional is written.
Bless you, in His Name.
-Cadreman
Month: March 2015
Looking Like God
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“Looking Like God” By Kirk Hunt
Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”
2 Timothy 2:19 NKJV
My sons are my children. They have different personalities, different skills and different lives, yet they are clearly mine. Good looking as they are, they are mine because they act like me.
God’s people are His people. We have different personalities, different skills and different lives; still we are clearly His children. The closer we are to Jesus, the more we act like Him and even look like Him.
Yes, we all make mistakes. From time-to-time, we all slip into error. Still, when you turn and reestablish yourself on His principles, you remain His.
God’s saints must constantly resist, and even run from, sin and iniquity. While we hate the sin, just like Christ, we always love the sinner (Romans 5:8). That includes loving the sinner we see in the mirror.
How do we life by His principles? We study Scripture to learn them first hand. We pray so that He can speak them directly to our hearts. We fast, so that our human flesh comes to understand that we are living by Holy discipline. Finally, we lean on the power of the Holy Spirit to carry us over the places and spaces where we need strength.
Think: The Lord knows you by how you live your life.
Pray: “Lord, help me to live by Your principles so that You can recognize me as Yours.”
Copyright © March 2015, Kirk Hunt
This devotional is a ministry of https://devotionals.cadremenpress.com.
Before His God
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“Before His God” By Kirk Hunt
And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
2 Samuel 6:16 NKJV
Poppa was mentally, and possibly physically, the toughest man I have ever known. He went places and did things in the face of incredible opposition. Still, Momma often called him a “crybaby.”
It was in the middle of a church service that it registered with me that I saw his tears. The tears were part of his thankfulness. He cried as worship to his God. It was deeply moving and significant when I realized that his hard, iron-grip hands were raised in adoration and praise to God.
David was a great and established king. He had achieved the throne against tremendous opposition. Still, when the Ark entered Jerusalem, he could not contain himself. He stripped to his (fancy) underwear and danced before His God. It must have been deeply moving and significant to watch this powerful warrior spin and jump before his God.
David ignored his wife’s jeering at his undignified display. Poppa paid Momma no attention when she poked fun at his manly tears. And in either case, no one else dared say anything. Hopefully, most were able to see the beauty of their unrestrained displays of devotion.
God deserves the biggest, deepest reservoirs of your love and devotion. What does it look like when you show Him all of yourself? All I know is that it is beautiful in His eyes.
Think: Am I willing to express my deepest love to God?
Pray: “Lord, You are worthy of my deepest reverence and love, plus more.
Copyright © March 2015, Kirk Hunt
This devotional is a ministry of https://devotionals.cadremenpress.com.
Fear’s Antidote
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“Fear’s Antidote” By Kirk Hunt
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18 NKJV
Sometimes I fret and worry. The uncertainties of life are many. As a redeemed Christian, I remain vulnerable to the ebb and flow of the real world. Scripture proclaims that saints should not have fear. I know better that letting the fear in, but here we are.
My humanity makes me vulnerable to fear. I often stay away from the nightly news, because of the fear-inducing events and situations of the day. It is harder to stay away from the uncertainties of my day-to-day life. Life itself is a risk-filled endeavor.
I still have no excuse. I know that Father-God loves me. Through the grace of His Son, His love dwells in me. When I step out of or away from His love I am vulnerable to fear, in all of its unpleasantness.
John is right. Fear is torment. The antidote, of course, is God’s love. As I soak in His love, the fear is displaced. You would think I would have perfected my grip on God’s love by now.
So it appears my grip on love is not yet perfect. I am working on it. The antidote to fear is being perfect in God’s love. I am going to practice until I get it right.
Think: The antidote to fear is the love of God.
Pray: “Lord, help me to rest and shelter in Your love.
Copyright © March 2015, Kirk Hunt
This devotional is a ministry of https://devotionals.cadremenpress.com.
Faith In The Rain
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“Faith In The Rain” By Kirk Hunt
Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
Job 13:15 NKJV
What happens to your faith when you finish your prayer and it is still raining in your life? The checkbook is still empty? The hospital bed is still full? The casket lid is still closing?
Job lay on a literal ash heap, the only comfort for his own illness. His sons and daughters were dead. His wealth had become a dimming memory. Then his friends arrived to accuse him of secret sin.
Job’s faith in God remained strong. Job trusted what God was doing or allowing in his life. His confidence in his own integrity remained firm. Job was prepared to give an account of himself to any audience, including God Himself.
The rain of circumstances pours into the life of both the redeemed and unredeemed. Hurt and battered, saints look toward heaven in faith. The redeemed respond in faith, trust and continuing integrity before God. We trust God, even as the raindrops mingle with our tears.
The rain in your life should have nothing to do with your faith. God’s people trust that God is faithful and loving, even when our circumstances are difficult. Faith is not absence of difficulty. Faith is the presence of trust in God.
Think: Is my faith strong when circumstances are difficult?
Pray: “Lord, help me to trust You despite the circumstances.
Copyright © March 2015, Kirk Hunt
This devotional is a ministry of https://devotionals.cadremenpress.com.