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

Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition (1 Corinthians 10:11).

Are you guarding your heart from idolatry?

When the shepherd is away the sheep will play. Moses is receiving the Law from God upon the mountain. “And the LORD said to Moses, ‘Go, get down! For your people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves’” (Exodus 32:7). Paul quotes from Exodus 32:6 about the people’s immorality: “Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play’” (1 Corinthians 10:6-7). Let’s couple Paul’s warning with John’s: “Little children, keep yourselves from idols” (1 John 5:21).

Employment Point: Keep the Lord God as your only God.