FRIDAY 22ND
JANUARY 2016
THEME: WALKING
WITH GOD III
MEMORISE:
He that hath
clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted upon His soul unto vanity,
nor sworn deceitfully. Psalm 24:4
READ: Psalm
24:3-6
3 Who shall
ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath
clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor
sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall
receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his
salvation.
6 This is the
generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
BIBLE IN ONE
YEAR : Deuteronomy 19:1-31:13, Job 8:20-9:12
Walking with
God requires living holy because God is holy. According to the Scriptures, two
can’t walk together if they do not agree. When we live holy, we are in
agreement with God. The Lord spoke with Abram thus:
“And when
Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto
him, I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be thou perfect.” Genesis 17:1
In our Bible
reading for today, we are confronted with some fundamental requirements for an
acceptable walk with God. The first one is clean hands. If your hands are
defiled, you cannot walk with God. What is it that defiles a man’s hands? Blood
money is one; money that belongs to another person or organization but you have
taken unlawfully is another. Also your hands are defiled by the unlawful touch
of another man’s wife or another woman’s husband.
“Can a man
take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot
coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.” Proverbs 6:27-29
Moreover, only
a man with pure heart can effectively and acceptably walk with God. The heart
is deceitful and desperately wicked, but God is able to remove this wickedness.
This is why everyone must surrender his or her heart to God for spiritual
surgery through genuine repentance. The Scripture says all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God. If we confess our sins to God, He is faithful to
forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. God also promises:
“And I will give
them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the
stony heart of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may
walk in my statues, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my
people, and I will be their God.” Ezekiel 11:19-20
Jesus Christ
said that we cannot serve God and Mammon. Also, the Bible enjoins us not to
love the world and its vanities. Failure to heed this scriptural injunction is
lifting up our soul unto vanity. The love of money can hinder our Christian
walk with God. It makes Christians do such things as swearing false affidavits.
May the Lord deliver you from anything that works against your walk with God in
Jesus’ Name.
ACTION POINT:
Using 2
Coritians 6:14-18
Pray that God will enable you to shun anything that will hinder your walk with Him.
Pray that God will enable you to shun anything that will hinder your walk with Him.
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