Lent Day 40, Sunday, Mar 28, 2021

“I’m Not Addicted; I Just Choose Not To Quit”

Are our bad habits actually addictions?  I know, most Devotion followers probably just closed-out this post.  That's okay.  This is the beginning of Holy Week, 2021, and one year into COVID and we’re adapting to the changing world as best we can.

Today’s Devotion is not intended to turn our stomachs.  Rather, today’s intention is to help us focus on Holy Week, the final week of this Lenten season leading to Easter.  In just a few days, we will have completed nearly seven weeks of Lenten Challenges.  Some of us may have completed our journey without a single hiccup, but most of us have likely tripped-up a few times.

Since this is our final week of being guilted into these Devotions and Challenges, this is the perfect time for all of us to get on track together by addressing the issue that we’ve been avoiding this whole season.  Has something been tugging at you?  Is there something that is so important to you that you need to give it to God?  This is the chance to make a very difficult, six-day commitment by tackling the “habit” that would likely be classified as addiction among health professionals.

During Holy Week, the Christian Church reflects on the ultimate sacrifice made by Jesus Christ.  It only seems fitting that we choose to complete something that God has been urging us towards.   What is it for you?  What is it for me?  Whatever it is, let’s give it to God!

Take some time today to consider making a big choice for God!  We’re not addicted and we’re about to prove it!

“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14, NIV).