Christian Devotional – February 6, 2025

Avoiding the Rollercoaster, Day 6

Divided allegiance. Read Judges chapter 6.

Sometimes, when it comes to that spiritual rollercoaster up-and-down, we are our own worst enemy. The people of Israel had been experiencing peace, but then they started worship other gods along with the one true God.

You see, if we are going to avoid the rollercoaster, we can’t have a divided allegiance. We must be following God, and God alone. When Gideon obeyed the command to destroy the temple of Baal, people were angry with him and upset. Do we defend the “extra” things in our lives? Do we try to keep them instead of allowing God to destroy them?

He is to be the only God in our life, he wants our sole allegiance to him. If we are going to avoid the rollercoaster of ups and downs, we must be crystal clear on who we are devoted to. That can only be Christ. If we allow any secondary things to pop-up or come into play in our life, we will start to experience the inconsistency that the israelites did. Are we remaining singularly focused on God?

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