I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

Judges 5. “When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves—praise the Lord! So may all your enemies perish, Lord! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength” (Verses 1, 31). Praise the Lord when the people WILLINGLY offer themselves. Willingness is all God’s requires. A heart that willingly serves. A life that willingly gives. Many times our service is not willing as much as it is symbiotic, you know, the “you scratch my back I scratch yours” way of service. “Sure I’ll serve God, if He does…” However, that is not service. Service says I will give, even if I don’t get. It is the willingness of the heart that God looks at. This selflessness leads to the destruction of our idols, the tearing down of the wall that separates us from God. It brings us into “real” relationship with Him. And as we walk with Him we see the enemy of our souls perish. Because who can be against us, if God is for us. My prayer for us today: “May all who love God be like the sun when it rises in its strength!”