DCLM Sincere Milk 26 February 2023 — A living praise
DCLM Sincere Milk 26 February 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — A living praise
TOPIC: A LIVING PRAISE.
TEXT: PSALM 139:13-17
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
KEY VERSE: “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” (PSALM 139:14)
MESSAGE:
Did you know that of all the things that God created, man was made last, and special? God spoke and all the other things came into existence. But He used His hands to carefully make man’s body. After this, He transferred His own life into man by breathing into his nose. This made man a living soul. No wonder the Psalmist said in our key verse that “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” God made you in His own image for a heart-to-heart fellowship with Him all the days of your life. Angels don’t have this privilege. Before He made man, Jesus Christ His Son and the Holy Spirit only are those He could have such fellowship with.
How close are you to God now? Have you allowed sin and the cares of this world to take you away from Him?
Come back to Him today. Also, He made you to show forth His praise as you live the life of holiness, for God Himself is holy. Make sure then that your life is daily, and ever a living praise to God through your holy life.
FURTHER READING: Genesis 2:7
PRAYER FOR TODAY: Lord, make my life a living praise unto You.
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)
