Action!
The word is right here and now -- as near as the tongue in your mouth, as near as the heart in your chest. Just do it! ~ Deuteronomy 30:14 (MSG)
The crowds asked John (the Baptist), “What should we do?”
John told them, “If you have two coats, give one to someone who doesn’t have any. If you have food, share it with someone else.” ~ Luke 3:10-11 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God expects us to do something in response to his message to us.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for your good word to us. I confess, though, that I know more in my head than I do with my hands or my mouth. Help me to figure out what I need to be doing. I'm going to trust you to make that really clear and commit myself to actually getting up from my seat to act. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
