OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-FRIDAY-22/01/2016-WALKING
WITH GOD III -BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
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.
KJV
MESSAGE
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 organisation 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 a 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 give 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 out of their
flesh, and I will give them an heart of flesh: that they may walk in my
statutes, 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 to false affidavits. May the Lord deliver
you from anything that works against your walk with God in Jesus’
name.
Action Point
Using 2nd Corinthians 6:14-18, pray that God will enable you
to shun anything that will hinder your walk with Him.
Bible in one
year:
Deuteronomy 19:1-31:13,
Job 8:20-9:12
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