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Discipleship Focus: Up
- Up: Up is the word we use for what we worship. If we are following God’s will, God will occupy the Up position. Our life, our identity, our mission, our family on mission is all derived from Up. This is why God needs to be in our Up position.
I love
seeing what happened to Noah once the waters subsided. Remember, he was on the ark for over a year
when it was all said and done. He was
trapped there with all those animals, his family, and the like. A year had gone by before the sealed ark was
reopened. What is the first thing that
Noah does? He builds an altar and
worships God.
That’s
awesome. I’m sure that Noah – like the
rest of us – had his faults. I’m sure
when he stepped off the ark he wanted to run free with feet back on stable ground
again. I’m sure he wanted to build a
shelter for his family. I’m sure he
wanted to do a bunch of things, honestly.
But he worships God first.
It makes
me wonder today, what is in my Up position?
Is God my first thought this morning?
Is my identity really beginning with the Father? Is my authority really beginning with the
King? Is God setting the agenda for my
missional focus and spiritual relationships?
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