We must humble ourselves to His desires!

Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©

“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
(2 Chronicles 7:13-14 (NIV))

The Bible instructs us to pray for those who are in authority over us. The need to pray for the President of the United States and other world leaders has never been more urgent. This country, and the world, are at a strategic point in history. We can turn towards God or turn farther from God.

It is our choice.

Our leaders reflect this choice, and often guide this choice. It is for this reason that we should pray for the President. We must pray for God’s Will in the election. Do we, as a nation, vote for a platform that has removed God or one that has embraced God? All that we have to do is look at Israel. Their ancient history is filled with them not only turning their back on God, but embracing the gods of the world. Every time that they did evil in the eyes of God, they faced wars and captivity. When they embraced the Lord and followed His ways they were blessed. Our choices are not about the individuals who are running. It is about the ideals that they have embraced. Pray for wisdom. Pray for discernment.

I would rather have a brash person who seeks the will of God over a likable person who flaunts corruption and evil.

As we enter the final day of this election, we must pray for God’s guidance. We must pray for His Will. We must act as the Body of Christ and seek to further His kingdom in this world. We must continue to do so until He returns!

We have a choice! We can turn towards God or away from God.

“Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
(Joshua 24:14-15 (NIV))

If we choose to serve the Lord, that means that we must learn to listen. We must learn to discern His Will. We must learn to be obedient to what He calls good and shun what He calls evil. We must stand firmly with Him and not against Him.

I would rather stand with God and be judged by the world than stand with the world and be judged by God.

We must humble ourselves to His desires!

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Do you love the world?

Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ^©

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(1 John 2:15 (NIV))

How can this be? Didn’t God create the world? Are we to not love the things that God has created for us?

That might be the case if we, through Adam and Eve, had not allowed sin and corruption into the world. Since then, all things of this world are no longer of God. He created them, but we corrupted them. We cannot love corruption and love God at the same time, for God is perfect and beyond corruption.

God cannot associate with anything that is less than perfect, for anything less than perfect will be destroyed within His presence. It is for this reason that all through the “Old Testament” days God did not approach His people directly, but was separated from them by the veil of the Temple. It is through the sacrifice that was made on the cross by Jesus Christ, His Son, that we are allowed into His presence. Isn’t it amazing how, when Jesus was crucified, the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. That is not something that humanity could do. It had to come from God.

Again, God cannot allow anything that is less than perfect into His presence. Everything in this world is less than perfect. Do we focus on the worldly or do we focus on God. The worldly things are fleeting and last only a few short years during our lives. God is eternal and will be here long after the world has gone away.

If you love the things in this world, where do you think that you will face eternity?

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