Devotions on F.I.R.E. Year OneSample

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up (John 3:14).

Have you turned something good into an idol?

God had used a bronze serpent for the Israelites bitten by snakes to look upon to be healed (Numbers 21:4-9). Centuries later, they twisted the original use of the bronze serpent and turned it into an idol. The writer of 2 Kings explains that Hezekiah “broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan” (2 Kings 18:4).

Christians are admonished by Paul how to prevent themselves from the practice of covetousness, which he equates with idolatry. He writes, “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Colossians 3:5).

Employment Point: Keep Jesus on the throne of your heart by executing the deeds of the flesh.