2 Chronicles 24-25, Romans 12, Psalms 22:19-31, Proverbs 20:8-10
What God said to me – Amaziah was a king of Judah who did what was right in My sight, yet not with his whole heart. This is true of so many of My children – they may say the right things and even do the right things, but because they are not wholly devoted to Me it is easy to compromise with the world. Amaziah did that after a great victory – rather than destroying the idols of the nation he defeated, he set them up and bowed down to them and burned incense to them. You think that you would never bow down to idols and yet if your heart is not fully devoted to Me, you’ll compromise with the world in the things that are “not so bad”. I gave the Jews a system of daily sacrifices and worship not to be ritualistic, but to keep Me before them so they would seek Me always. In the same way, you should present yourself to Me every day, not as a ritual, but as an act of obedience and submission to My will for your life. Conformity with the world begins in your heart and mind so, you need this daily time with Me in My word and prayer to renew your mind. This is where the wholehearted devotion to Me begins – a daily sacrifice.