Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Start Time: 6:35 AM

End Time: 7:12 AM

Title: God Examines Our Motives

Scriptures: Proverbs 21:1 - 8

God’s Message/Promise/Commands:

Amazing day with Jesus!  We are now in Proverbs 21 and i'll be reading from verse 1 to 8 only for today.  The title of today's reading is "God Examines Our Motives" - Now that's the truth and although, most of the time we pretend like God doesn's know, it doesn't change the fact that God sees our true motives.  I love the all the 8 verses because it speaks about simple and logical wisdom that we all ought to be doing in life.  But I want to focus on verse 1 and 3.  Verse 1 says that Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God; He directs it to whatever ends He chooses.  If you are in a position of leadership today, it could be that you're in a leadership position at work, or at home or even in your group of friends, you ought to evaluate yourself and identify if you have good leadership in place.  Good leadership comes only from God - it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be a priest or a pastor to become a good leader, but definitely, you need to have God by your side.  And that's why we need to nurture our relationship with the Lord.

The 2nd verse that I life to talk about is verse 3, it says, Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors mean far more to God than religious performance.  Now, this clearly, shows the importance of living right each day and treating others right.  It means far more than any religious performance, like going to church, giving your tithes, attending fellowships, etc.  Although, it does not replaces it.  So we still do those things but let's make sure what's more important.  No matter how many times you go to church every week but if you continue to live in sin - it doesn't matter.  No matter how generous and consistent you've been giving your tithes when you're not treating others with love and respect they deserve, it doesn't matter.  So let's make sure to see the greater value of the things we do in life.

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank You for such great learning today.  Help me Lord to always seek Your guidance to have good leadership either at work, family or friends.  Help me Lord to always listen and obey so I may show good leadership that only comes from You.  Help me Lord to correct my ways and to ensure that I live right and clean and treat others with love.  Remind me Lord of what is more important and to ensure that I follow Your word each day.  In Jesus' Name, Amen!

Memory Verse Share for today:

Proverbs 21: 3 (The Message Version)

Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors mean far more to God than religious performance.

No matter how many times we go to church or attend services or give our tithes or pray, if we continue to live in sin - everything is useless.  The Bible tells us that living clean before God and justice with our neighbors are far more valuable than any religious activities.  Although it is not a replacement.  So from today, let's make sure that we live right before God and treat others with the love and respect they deserve.

Good morning!