Friday Reading: 2 Corinthians 6:17-18
Key Verse: 2 Corinthians 6:17-18
17 Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you
18 and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
Devotion:
It is wrong for believers to run off and live with evil people; these sorts of words seem far too strict to be able to be used in modern society. We fear that we are not being politically correct in allowing people to be evil; but it certainly does not mean that we need to put up with them in our lives because it is far easier for Satan to trip us up if we are going to walk through his treacherous land rather than walking on God’s path!
If we are going to continue our walk with Christ and continue being strengthened by Him then we have to make sure that we are going to be in a position to receive God’s Word in the first place! How else are we to hear God unless we draw close to Him? You would not choose to walk into the noisiest possible room to be able to make a phone call to a friend, so why should we walk in the noisiest possible environment to be able to commune with God? But that is what we seem to want to do in our lives each day!
God would like us to be in a place where we can hear Him; He would like us to be in a place where we will be able to understand Him and to be able to follow Him. If we choose to separate ourselves from Him in the first place then we will certainly not be in a good position to hear what He has to say to us. How are we going to hear His guidance and instruction if we are not listening? Being in and around people who do not care about God will continue to hide God and His will from our lives. Instead we will be surrounded by the ways of the world and all we may well hear is those ways and not God’s ways. If we do not take time out to be with God and to be strengthened by Him; how will we ever face up to the ruin that we live in?
Points to Ponder:
Are others in control of your life?
Does God’s Word manage to get through to you?
Key Verse: 2 Corinthians 6:17-18
17 Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you
18 and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
Devotion:
It is wrong for believers to run off and live with evil people; these sorts of words seem far too strict to be able to be used in modern society. We fear that we are not being politically correct in allowing people to be evil; but it certainly does not mean that we need to put up with them in our lives because it is far easier for Satan to trip us up if we are going to walk through his treacherous land rather than walking on God’s path!
If we are going to continue our walk with Christ and continue being strengthened by Him then we have to make sure that we are going to be in a position to receive God’s Word in the first place! How else are we to hear God unless we draw close to Him? You would not choose to walk into the noisiest possible room to be able to make a phone call to a friend, so why should we walk in the noisiest possible environment to be able to commune with God? But that is what we seem to want to do in our lives each day!
God would like us to be in a place where we can hear Him; He would like us to be in a place where we will be able to understand Him and to be able to follow Him. If we choose to separate ourselves from Him in the first place then we will certainly not be in a good position to hear what He has to say to us. How are we going to hear His guidance and instruction if we are not listening? Being in and around people who do not care about God will continue to hide God and His will from our lives. Instead we will be surrounded by the ways of the world and all we may well hear is those ways and not God’s ways. If we do not take time out to be with God and to be strengthened by Him; how will we ever face up to the ruin that we live in?
Points to Ponder:
Are others in control of your life?
Does God’s Word manage to get through to you?