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
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.
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