Morning, September 29
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the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.  — Leviticus 13:13
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Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.
— Colossians 3:23 ESV

The Lord is not Lord over just some things. He is Lord over all things and over every area of life. All are subject to His rule and reign. There is nothing in the creation, in heaven above or in earth beneath, that is not beholden to Him. There is nothing that escapes the demands of His will and ways. He sends forth His Word and even the snow and rain must obey Him. He makes His plans and all things are confined to His will.

This means that there are no neutral zones. That is, there are no areas of life that are indifferent to the will and ways of the Lord. Every area of the believer's life is holy. Every area is a potential field of service to the Lord, a potential field of ministry.

That's why, as our verse for today makes clear, whatever we do should be done as for the Lord and not for men. Whatever we do is a holy calling of self-sacrificial service to Him. It's not just apostles, prophets, pastors, and missionaries that have a calling and serve the Lord. Truck drivers, doctors, factory workers, lawyers, mothers, fathers, teachers, and so on are all called by the Lord to serve Him with their talents.

Therefore, don't ever let someone denigrate what you do in life as something less than a calling from the Lord. Don't ever let them make you feel small for doing what the Lord has called you to do. Instead, work heartily in that area as for the Lord and not for the praise of men.
Bible in a Year
Old Testament Reading
Isaiah 16, 17, 18


Isaiah 16 -- Prophecy of Calamity for Moab

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Isaiah 17 -- Prophecy against Damascus

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Isaiah 18 -- Prophecy against Ethiopia

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New Testament Reading
Ephesians 1


Ephesians 1 -- Thanksgiving for the Ephesians; Election and Adoption by Grace

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Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion
In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it.”
Insight
Jesus said, “Do this to remember me as often as you drink it.'' How do we remember Christ in the Lord's Supper?
Challenge
By thinking about what he did and why he did it. If the Lord's Supper becomes just a ritual or a pious habit, it no longer remembers Christ, and it loses its significance.
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon
Leviticus 13:13  Behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague.

Strange enough this regulation appears, yet there was wisdom in it, for the throwing out of the disease proved that the constitution was sound. This morning it may be well for us to see the typical teaching of so singular a rule. We, too, are lepers, and may read the law of the leper as applicable to ourselves. When a man sees himself to be altogether lost and ruined, covered all over with the defilement of sin, and no part free from pollution; when he disclaims all righteousness of his own, and pleads guilty before the Lord, then is he clean through the blood of Jesus, and the grace of God. Hidden, unfelt, unconfessed iniquity is the true leprosy, but when sin is seen and felt it has received its death blow, and the Lord looks with eyes of mercy upon the soul afflicted with it. Nothing is more deadly than self-righteousness, or more hopeful than contrition. We must confess that we are "nothing else but sin," for no confession short of this will be the whole truth, and if the Holy Spirit be at work with us, convincing us of sin, there will be no difficulty about making such an acknowledgment--it will spring spontaneously from our lips. What comfort does the text afford to those under a deep sense of sin! Sin mourned and confessed, however black and foul, shall never shut a man out from the Lord Jesus. Whosoever cometh unto him, he will in no wise cast out. Though dishonest as the thief, though unchaste as the woman who was a sinner, though fierce as Saul of Tarsus, though cruel as Manasseh, though rebellious as the prodigal, the great heart of love will look upon the man who feels himself to have no soundness in him, and will pronounce him clean, when he trusts in Jesus crucified. Come to him, then, poor heavy-laden sinner,

Come needy, come guilty, come loathsome and bare;

You can't come too filthy--come just as you are.

Daily Light on the Daily Path
1 John 3:16  We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Ephesians 3:19  and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

John 15:13  "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

2 Corinthians 8:9  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

1 John 4:11  Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Ephesians 4:32  Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:13  bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Mark 10:4,5  They said, "Moses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY." • But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

1 Peter 2:21  For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,

John 13:14,15  "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. • "For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.

1 John 3:16  We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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