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    Morning Ride
    Morning Ride
    Morning Ride
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    Morning Ride

    By Bobby Martin

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    Motorcycling is a passion shared by people of all ages. For those enthusiasts, MORNING RIDE is a collection of 32 devotional insights that focus readers on their relationship with God through examples and illustrations drawn from motorcycles and the people who ride them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBobby Martin
    Release dateJan 22, 2013
    ISBN9781301830534
    Morning Ride
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    Bobby Martin

    BOBBY MARTIN has cofounded two successful startups, one of which, First Research, a leader in sales intelligence, was sold to Dun & Bradstreet. He’s deeply involved with five other startups as an angel investor and advisor. Martin is chairman and cofounder of Vertical IQ, a leading provider of sales research insight for banks. He speaks frequently about entrepreneurship at universities around the U.S. and at corporate events. In 2006, he was the recipient of the Triangle Business Journal's "40 Under 40" Award in Raleigh.

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      Morning Ride - Bobby Martin

      Not So Easy Rider

      "When he saw Elijah, he said to him,‘Is that you, you troubler of Israel?’"

      1 Kings 18:17

      Read 1 Kings 18:16-21

      Most bikers have at least heard of the movie Easy Rider. The Captain America chopper is still an icon for motorcycle enthusiasts. This landmark counterculture film captured the national imagination. The movie explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise and fall of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. Sadly, it is the epitome of life that is lived without moral convictions.

      If motorcycles had been present in Old Testament times, then Elijah is sure to have been a rider. After all, he loved to travel on two wheels! One can picture him on a chopper, his long hair flowing in the wind, sporting a tattoo that says Chariots of Fire on his sleeveless, muscled arm. When you read about his life it’s not hard to picture him as a biker, but he was certainly no son of anarchy. Elijah was a man of God who had something Captain America did not – convictions. He held strong to what he believed.

      Whether we acknowledge it or not, all of us have convictions. The problem is, we can be convicted about things that are true or we can be convicted about things that are false. For example, think about men like Nero, Attila the Hun, Hitler, and Osama Bin Laden. They had convictions, but not one had the courage to examine his convictions, or to change them, which is the true test of character.  Our convictions, to really be great convictions, must be tethered to truth. Once we know Christ and connect with Him, we can have true conviction because He is the source of truth.

      In this passage Elijah shows us some things about conviction. For example, convictions always stir conflict. Ahab sees Elijah, and what does he do? He does what most of us do when we are convicted. He points the finger of blame! It’s your fault, Elijah. You’re the troublemaker. If you have conviction, you will experience conflict.

      Our convictions also send a message about our lives. Often we don’t realize the kind of message we’re sending. If we understood how many people are watching us live our lives, we wouldn’t believe it. Elijah lets Ahab know in no uncertain terms that his life was sending a message - the wrong message. It was a life of NO convictions. Ahab was sending the message you can follow any god you want. If it feels good, do it. Whether we realize it or not, our convictions leave an impression on others. What message are your convictions sending?

      Convictions force us to choose as well. Elijah asks, How long are you going to straddle the fence? You have one foot worshipping Jehovah and the other foot worshipping Baal. How long are you going to do that? You have to decide which god you’re going to follow. We, too have to decide if we are going to live a life of convictions and follow God. Fundamentally, a life of convictions means we follow God because He is God. We do not follow because it’s popular, because we have no other choice, or because our parents tell us to. We follow God simply because He is God.

      Are you a person with convictions? Are those convictions tethered to truth? Although our convictions stir conflict, send a message, and force us to choose, they are essential to our daily walk with Christ. As someone well said, those who don’t stand for something will fall for anything.

      DAY 2

      Let’s Ride

      "‘Follow me,’ he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him."

      Matthew 9:9b

      Read Matthew 9:9-13

      It is no secret that bikers are stereotyped. The tattoos, the piercings, the leather, and the seemingly rugged appearance cause many people to put them into a category of their own. Of course, past history with bike gangs has not helped the profile of today’s motorcyclist. But the truth of the matter is the majority of riders are decent, hard working human beings. It’s just hard to convince the non-rider of that.

      When Jesus uses the words follow Me for the very first time, He uses them to issue the invitation to an individual no one would ever dream of asking to come along for the ride. Matthew was a tax collector and people hated tax collectors. They were put into a category of their own. There were sinners, and there were tax collectors. They were barred from the temple, excluded from making sacrifices, and were not allowed to participate in the religious festivals.

      Back in those days you actually purchased the right to be a tax collector. You went to the Roman government and you bid on the job and the highest bidder was granted the opportunity to collect taxes. As a chief tax collector, you could hire additional people to work for you, and you were given a region for which you were responsible for collecting a certain amount of money. Anything you added to that amount was completely your business. You could add a surcharge to the taxes and that’s how you paid yourself. As a result tax collectors were hated by the Jewish people because they were being cheated by their own countrymen.

      For the group traveling with Jesus, an invitation to come along for the ride was the last thing they would expect Jesus to say to a tax collector. Instead, they would expect Him to tell Matthew to clean up his act, or repent and stop being a traitor to his country. There are many things you would assume Jesus to say to a tax collector. Yet Jesus simply invites Matthew to follow Him. That’s good news for us because it means the invitation to follow Jesus is for sinners. If you’re not a sinner you don’t need to follow Jesus because you don’t need Jesus. However, we are all on common ground. Every day, wherever we are and whatever we know, Jesus invites us to follow Him and get in on the ride of our lives. Isn’t that great news? That means all of us who are on different levels of the righteous scale are invited to follow him

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