August 29, 2019 Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional : TOPIC - WALKING IN GOD'S WAY
THE DAILY FOUNTAIN
DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE
CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)
DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE
CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)
DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2019
TOPIC - WALKING IN GOD'S WAY
READ: JEREMIAH 7:16-27 (NKJV)
16. “Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
17. Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18. The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.
19. Do they provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord . “ Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces?”
20. Therefore thus says the Lord God : “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”
21. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.
22. For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
23. But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’
24. Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
25. Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
26. Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
27. “Therefore you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you.
THE MESSAGE:
All manner of prayers, sowing seeds, paying tithes and other sacrifices to God, are the norm nowadays. People do these as means of attracting God's blessings and favour, and also as means of relating with Him. It may shock you that God advised Jeremiah not to pray for the house of Israel because He would not hear him. He asked them in verse 21 to eat their burnt offerings and the sacrifices they would offer. He rejected them because of their sins and disobedience. God said that what He commanded them was obedience to His word.
If you listen to the voice of God and walk in His ways, He will be your God. He will treat you as a son.
When God begins to treat you as a son, things will begin to go right. Walking in the counsel of God will bring you closer to God and make you a celebrity of your time. Walking in God's way will grant you divine instruction, which will turn out to be your pathway to distinction. Walking outside God's way is dangerous and always brings confusion and setback. It attracts divine anger and produces closed doors.
But walking in God's way brings blessings, connections, lifting up, happiness, fulfilment, satisfaction and advancement in all areas. Would you not rather walk in His ways and enjoy the benefits?
PRAYER: Oh Lord! Cause me to walk in Your ways and enjoy Your benefits.
August 29, 2019 Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional : TOPIC - WALKING IN GOD'S WAY
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August 29, 2019
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