“For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party” (Titus 1:10).
Listen to just about anybody these days and you hear a parroting of whatever the latest trend is. “Get with the program and walk alongside everyone else,” they say. Empty talkers seek to convince you to do what you do not want to do and spend money you do not have on things that do not matter. Do not be deceived. The Lord gives you his grace and mercy and calls for you to follow Him alone.
Lord, there are so many in the world today who lead folk all over the place. Guide me, Lord, so that I would humbly walk with you and not be led astray by what does not matter. Guide me, O Lord, in order that I would hold fast to You first and then understand all the other things around me through Your eyes. Let me see through the traps that have been laid by those who are insubordinate and empty talkers, seeking whom they may lead away from You.
Lord Jesus, You have come to set free those who look to You. There are those in this world who want people to look to them instead. There are those who try to say there is a new way to do the impossible: pleasing you through perfect obedience. Lead me into the arms of Your mercy and grace so that I would walk humbly with You, my Savior. You alone are the only way of everlasting life. Lead me into You alone! Amen.
