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Bible Study Verses
Matthew 2:1-2
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the East came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the One Who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him." (NIV)
Thoughts
Prior
to the elk season two of my hunting buddies moved away. Being 65 and
hunting elk in bear country, I decided not to pack in on horseback to my
favorite elk hunting area. Instead, I decided to team up with my pastor
and to do a lot of hunting on foot.
We
walked for miles tracking elk. We did a lot of glassing and scouting
looking for elk feeding in the evening and hoping to catch them in the
same meadow early in the morning. That was the toughest elk season I had
ever hunted. We were willing to put in hundreds of hours and miles to
harvest an elk.
(Tom L)
Action Point
How
much are we willing to do and how far are we willing to go to worship
Jesus? The Magi traveled approximately 500 miles to see Jesus and
presented valuable gifts as a religious act of worship.
Let's evaluate our efforts:
- Is our worship for Jesus real?
- Is our worship a true act of expressing reverence to God?
- Are our priorities in order? (God 1st, family 2nd, job 3rd, etc.)
- According to John 4:24, Do we worship in spirit and truth?
- Do we worship the God revealed in the Bible through Jesus Christ?
- Is our worship more than an outward motion?
- Do we TOTALLY submit ourselves to God?
Sportsmen's Tip of the Day
When looking for sheds, use your binoculars to scan the hillsides. You'll cover a lot more ground.
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