Monday 13 Oct 2014

October 13: Psalm 24:1-6

Key Verse: Psalm 24:3
Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?

Devotion:
One God. One Lord over all. We are but human beings, trying to do our best and live our lives as we think best. Though we do try our very best, we are simply not good enough to prove ourselves as worthy to enter into His Kingdom by ourselves. There is no way we can enter into His kingdom without and invite. But in order to get there we have to accept that invite and follow the instruction. God does not simply say, read my word and you can come in.

We cannot buy our way into heaven. We cannot work our way into heaven. We cannot live our way to heaven. We have to accept the conditions of His invite and ask Him to forgive us for the things we have done wrong. Only then is He faithful and just to forgive us of our sins. Once He has done that, we are worthy of entry into His church where we are safe eternally. Before then our hands and hearts are dirty and would make anything of His unclean, but because our Saviour is able to forgive us totally, we end up being clean and worthy of entry.

Turning our backs on the world can be difficult when we are used to living in the world and trusting the worldly ways. Having faith to stand up and say “no” in order to accept His ways can be very difficult when all we have known is the way of the world. Having the courage to turn away from those ways and turn to a way that is alien and sometimes hidden from sight is not always easy.

It should not be our expectation that God is going to reward us with gifts when we listen to Him and obey His words. It should be our expectation that we have a safe home with Him and that is all. God will be the one who chooses what we will receive and what we will not. God’s love for us does not have conditions so we should not be placing conditions or desired rewards on anything He has in line for us; just accepting what He gives to us with a humble heart is what is required. That is all.

Points to Ponder:
Do you realise just how much God did to create the world?

Will you accept Him as Saviour and Lord of all?