DCLM Higher Everyday 16 December 2024 — Give God All The Glory
DCLM Higher Everyday 16 December 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Give God All The Glory
Topic: Give God All The Glory
Text: Isaiah 40:18-26
18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Key Verse: “I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images” (Isaiah 42:8).
Message
God has always commanded the children of Israel not to worship idols. In the ten Commandments, God said, thou shall have no other gods before me (Exodus 20:3). It is idol worship to set up an image and bow to it. However, Idol worship goes beyond having a graven image that someone worships in the corner of his room or in a shrine.
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Anything that takes the place of God in our lives is an idol. It is very easy to fall into idolatry, unknowingly. Whenever we allow the desire for money, academic success, materialism, fame, sports, fashion, lust or love for anyone, to take precedence over God in our lives, we have become idol worshipers. Many youths today have set up idols in their lives through their lifestyles including abandoning fellowship for football matches, engraving tattoos on their bodies, and craving for fame and popularity at the expense of their spiritual lives. They have set up idols in their hearts. Keep yourselves from idols; lest you get into conflict with God.
Quote: Keep yourself from idols
Challenge: Flee idolatry.
Prayer for today: Oh Lord, help me to identify and cut off all idols in my life.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
