Devotion
“But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 11:3) The greater the love, the greater the devotion. Followers of Jesus do daily devotions out of dedication and discipline, but the greatest reason is devotion to Jesus. This devotion to the Lord can be easily sidetracked from its pure form by any manner of life distractions. Ultimately, when the love of anything else comes between us and our love for the Lord, our devotion gets watered down. So then true believers must be diligent to maintain purity of devotion to Christ. This is more than emotional or even spiritual zeal. It’s not about human effort to stay true to the Lord. It’s about the renewing of our minds daily by the Word. The Spirit leads us into all the truth through the Word. We must trust that we are being led by the Spirit as we allow the Word of the Lord to wash over our thoughts, keeping them in line with the