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A king stays faithful exactly as long as his mentor is alive, and not one day longer. His faith turned out to be borrowed, and borrowed faith has a return date.
Paul offers the alternative this morning: a body on the altar, a mind under renovation, a faith that is yours because you handed yourself over. Read today deciding whose faith you are living on.
Joash is one of Scripture's saddest sentences: he did right all the years of Jehoiada. Not all his years. His faith had a cosigner, and when the cosigner died, the loan came due. Secondhand devotion cannot survive firsthand testing.
Romans 12 is how faith becomes your own. Not a feeling you inherit but a body you place on the altar, a mind you submit to renovation, a Tuesday-shaped worship. Nobody can offer your living sacrifice for you. Jehoiada could crown Joash. He could not consecrate him.
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