Before we get into today’s devotional, don’t forget our February Men’s Fellowship Night at America’s Keswick this Thursday night, February 13th. Pastor Richard Van Heukelum, from Shawnee Baptist will be sharing a challenge from God’s Word. Dinner begins at 6:00 15 PM. Call for reservations: 732-350-1187

Who Not What

“Seek the LORD and his strength; Seek his presence continually!” Psalm 105:4

Guys typically have a “Fix it” mentality, I get that. The difficulty I have is seeing the problem with that. It doesn’t help that my career path has led me to work in maintenance where my job is to fix what’s broken.

I just got home from a missions trip where we put a new roof on a building used for education. The trip was primarily a working venture that took up most of our day. I had an opportunity to work with a team of men that was an experience I’ll never forget. A group of men that never worked together, and it was a “finely oiled machine” which accomplished the job ahead of schedule, praise God.

The highlight of the trip was the devotion time at night. We watch a video series about Romans Chapters 5-7. In chapter 7 Paul goes through the infamous “what I want to do I don’t” routine. The thing that grabbed my attention is the question Paul asked at the end of his query. “Who will deliver me from this body of death?” I have to admit when I’m in a jamb my first thought is “what” not “Who”. I sometimes think I have gotten to the dangerous point of self-existence and I’m thankful for the reminder that my first thought should be “Who”, than the “Who” will direct me to the “what”.

At Keswick, when I am working on fixing a problem, my first thought is “what” tools and materials do I need. Sometimes the “what” doesn’t do it, so in cases like that I call on the “who”, and in most cases I yell, Henry!

I know the primary context of these chapters is dealing with sin, and it is rich in ways to help us understand our position. I want to touch on some thoughts I have in future blogs but for this morning I wanted to share some practical ways we can keep ourselves on tract.

Let’s not get so caught up in the horizontal vision that we forget the vertical. “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”    Rob Russomano graduated from the Colony of Mercy and serves full-time at America’s Keswick. He is a weekly Freedom Fighter blogger

Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 1-2

Think About This: Once we realize that Jesus has served us even to the depths of our meagerness, our selfishness, and our sin, nothing we encounter from others will be able to exhaust our determination to serve others for His sake. Oswald Chambers

Bible Memory: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11