Saturday, March 10-guest post by Pamela

Today's passage from the Chronological Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Numbers 35-36

Today's scripture focus is Hebrews 12:28-29

NIV

²⁸ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, ²⁹ for our “God is a consuming fire.”^[a]

^{and the Grade 1 teacher in me also loves this version:}

Message

^28-29Do you see what we've got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander. He's actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won't quit until it's all cleansed. God himself is Fire!

We are heirs to God, the Lord of everything. As unworthy and undeserving as we are, we are the recipients of an incredible gift. How do we respond to this gift? How can we possibly "worship God acceptably"? I love the Message version that says we need to be "brimming with worship" and it makes me remember this kid's song...

running over,

running over,

my cup is full and running over

since the Lord saved me,

I'm as happy as can be,

my cup is full and running over.

Are we truly full? Full of thankfulness? Full of awe? Full of reverence? Full of worship? God knows our heart. He is the One we will be accountable to.

Tomorrow's scripture focus: Hebrews 13:1-3

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage passage: Deut 1-2