Accept and Follow the Lonestar
The Lonestar series highlights the importance of our sole dependency on the belief of Jesus as the coming Messiah: the star promised to come out of Jacob (Num. 24:17). Our acceptance to follow this Jesus will show us the truth of God’s love for us, despite our inability to live up to His righteousness. In fact, that is God’s motivation to send Jesus. Yet our experience of God’s love depends on our choice to answer and follow Jesus call on our lives.
Joshua charges Israel to choose whom they will serve with their lives: the gods their fathers served beyond the river, the gods among the people who currently lived around them, or the Lord who brought them out of slavery. Joshua build ups to a call of their faithfulness by reflecting on the history of God’s faithfulness1. Joshua expresses that it was God who first came to Abraham, despite his worship of other gods (Josh. 24:2-3), and gave him a promise of descendants and land. Joshua even reminds Israel of a time when their enemy, Balak, was actively working against them, but God intervened without Israel even knowing.2
Without the knowledge and understanding of Jesus, humanity is left to walk in the darkness (Psalm 82:5). But with our acceptance of Jesus as the Son of God and the promised star, we become children of light, and a source of truth and love of God as we choose to follow the Lonestar of Christmas. When we choose to follow Jesus, there is a willingness to speak of the belief we have. Take steps to know, understand, and share your belief.
Joshua charges Israel to choose whom they will serve with their lives: the gods their fathers served beyond the river, the gods among the people who currently lived around them, or the Lord who brought them out of slavery. Joshua build ups to a call of their faithfulness by reflecting on the history of God’s faithfulness1. Joshua expresses that it was God who first came to Abraham, despite his worship of other gods (Josh. 24:2-3), and gave him a promise of descendants and land. Joshua even reminds Israel of a time when their enemy, Balak, was actively working against them, but God intervened without Israel even knowing.2
Without the knowledge and understanding of Jesus, humanity is left to walk in the darkness (Psalm 82:5). But with our acceptance of Jesus as the Son of God and the promised star, we become children of light, and a source of truth and love of God as we choose to follow the Lonestar of Christmas. When we choose to follow Jesus, there is a willingness to speak of the belief we have. Take steps to know, understand, and share your belief.
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