Devotion:
Read Exodus 24:1-8.
We read today of a covenant between God and the nation of Israel at Mount Sinai. In this covenant God invites Moses to the top of the mountain and gives him the divine laws. Then Moses tells the people of Israel all that God had said. If Israel is obedient, then God will bless them, but if they disobey, then God will punish them. God's intention was to build a holy nation of people who obeyed his laws. The people agree to the covenant when they say, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do!” Israel is to be God’s light to the dark world around them. They are to be a separate and called-out nation so that everyone around them would know that they worship the one true God. Moses leads the people in rituals of worship to confirm their covenant with God. There was an altar, offerings, and the reading of the Book of the Covenant. We continue these practices and many others in worship services today as a part of our covenant relationship. God still wants us to worship him by making a commitment to honor his Word and his ways. By obeying God and worshipping him, we too can be God’s light to the world around us.
Personal Worship Option:
Heavenly Father, I want to worship you by honoring your Word and your ways. Help me to be faithful to my covenant relationship with you. Amen.
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