Today's Black History Month Devotional is written by
Pastor Cassandra Fray
Don’t Go Through the Gate!
Read: Joshua 9
After a series of moves, our family ended up living in a community that our parents did not like. My father would often tell us, “don’t go through the gate.” Each home in that community had walls around it. Our Dad did not want us to play with the neighbourhood children or to make friends with them. For years, I thought that my Dad was being prejudiced against the children who lived there.
It is interesting that Jacob (Gen. 28:1) commanded his sons not to marry among the people of Canaan. God gave the children of Israel a similar command when they moved to the promised land. He told them not to make covenants with the people. Were God, Jacob and my Dad being narcissistic? Were they being judgmental and unfair? I now understand that they were protecting our mindset.
The things that we believe will inform our decisions, choices and actions. The things that we believe can either free us or bind us. Sometimes, one of the greatest challenges in life is to choose to not conform to the status quo that exist around you when God calls you to stand out. It is often painful to be different but allowing negative thinking to become our mindset will keep us from soaring to the heights we need to get to.
Reflection: It is not so much about where you live, but who are the core people in your life? What are their beliefs and how are they influencing you? Are they helping you to become the very best that you can be or are they keeping you back? Are they helping you to get closer to your destiny? Or further away from it?
Pastor Cassandra Fray is passionate about teaching the body of Christ about our son-ship identity and how to access and live according to the Kingdom of God on a daily basis.
cfray@kingdomcitychurch.ca
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