un.fet.tered (adjective) - Not restricted – not subject to limitations
Hmmm… another side of Him that I love.
No hang-up’s. No rules. No imperfections. No unfaithfulness. No lies. No betrayal. Not bound by law or religion or ANYTHING. Awesomely good stuff.
I think a natural characteristic of a bold, Type A, big-personality person such as myself has a tendency towards pride. It’s a constant battle.
Not that I consider myself arrogant or stuck up – I think it’s more that I expect so much from myself that I transfer those expectations onto the people in my life. I’m much better than I used to be, praise the Lord, but I still have a long way to go, for sure.
The Scripture for today is Luke 4:1-8: “1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
3The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." 4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone.'[a]" 5The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7So if you worship me, it will all be yours." 8Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'[b]"
The second attack is pride – although I admit I don’t truly understand this passage – but I can identity with the temptation of pride. Pride is a limitation of the worse kind. Not only is it self-serving, deceptive and a sin, it keeps us ineffective for the Kingdom by taking our eyes and hearts off the Lord.
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