Daily Text

[Kenneth]

<div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Text for Tuesday, March 06, 2007</div>
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<div align="center">Their heart has become hypocritical; now they will be found guilty. There is one who will break their altars; he will despoil their pillars.—Hos. 10:2.</div>

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[Shibboleth]

I checked out some other translations of this scripture and some have used the words sacred stones and images in place of pillars.

Pillars could also imply that they made temples to other gods. Since pillars were used as structural supports.

Samson put his hands on the two supporting pillars in the House of Dagon.

[Kenneth]

Maybe a good application of this is to look inwardly at ourselves as stated "If we have dedicated ourselves to God, we must not be hypocrites. Proverbs 3:32 warns: "The devious person is a detestable thing to Jehovah, but His intimacy is with the upright ones." Thus our intimacy with Jehovah should prevent us from following a course of wrong doing as did the Israelite who fell into unclean worship. , The psalmist David wrote "O Jehovah, who will be a guest in your tent? Who will reside in your holy mountain? He who is walking faultlessly and practicing righteousness and speaking the truth in his heart. He has not slandered with his tongue. To his companion he has done nothing bad, and no reproach has he taken up against his intimate acquaintance." (Ps. 15:1-3). This means above all else we need to give Jehovah "exclusive devotion" by letting him guide us our every step of the way through Satan&#39;s system, that way we won&#39;t fall foul of it like so many Israelites.

[Shibboleth]

The Bible reading this week in Jeremiah spoke of circumcising the heart. If we find ourselves leaning on having a hypocritical heart we would want to take a close look at ourselves and cut away or circumcise the badness out of our hearts. I know personally I have been hypocritical. I am trying hard to work on it and take it out of my heart.

[eyes&ears]

Several things came to my mind from this text, I took it personally.

First I thought hmmmm an examination of my spiritual heart is what I need to step back and take from time to time asking myself:

Does my life really reflect a life that Jehovah is pleased with

Am I just going through motions in some areas

Is there still unresolved anger holding me back

Do my actions really reflect what I say


Am I spending too much time elsewhere when I need to be in God&#39;s word. (Am I balanced)

Am I giving Jehovah my best

There is nothing as important as my dedication to Jehovah and my relationship with him. Am I showing Jehovah that and taking it seriously.

I do not ever want to be a hypocrite or anything else that Jehovah does not approve of.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man is upright in his own eyes, BUT JEHOVAH IS MAKING AN ESTIMATE OF HEARTS.

I just want to be pleasing to my Father Jehovah and to help others the best that I can. Those are my priorities. There is not another thing on this earth that is more important to me than my relationship with Jehovah. HE IS FIRST PERIOD! I pray my life and actions reflect that.

That is what I have learned. (personally)

Not to mention what will happen to us if we are naughty and we are not doing things Jehovah&#39;s way hmmmm. ;) All things are going to be exposed anyway, best to correct any negative issues now. I do not want to be a rebellious Israelite. I don&#39;t think I liked the end result of their unfaithfulness. NOT GOOD!!

Love out to you all.

E & E