Great Devo- Join God's Tribe

The Tribe of God: Secured through Covenants

"God asks us to break down the tribes of difference, to remove the barriers and walls that keep us from embracing each other as His children in covenantal community. The only way to break down divisive tribes is to create larger, more encompassing and welcoming tribes. Ultimately, the only tribe God asks us to join is His tribe: the covenanting sons and daughters who promise to love God and to love their neighbor as themselves.

Paul wrote to the Romans to pull down tribalism, division, difference, separation. Paul sought to pull down pride and privilege. He sought to unify the church, a word in Greek that means “those who are called together.” Paul wrote to the Romans, and ultimately to the world, to believe, and to trust, and to accept the free gift of God’s covenant to bring salvation to the world.

As Joshua declares, “Choose you this day whom ye will serve” (Joshua 24:15).

Which tribe will we choose to embrace? Our fallen nature tribes that the world demands we conform to?

Or do we embrace the tribe of God through the Abrahamic covenant that leads to salvation in Jesus?

The gospel invites us to leave our man-made tribes to join the tribe of God."