DCLM Sincere Milk 9 February 2024 — Don’t Allow It
DCLM Sincere Milk 9 February 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Don’t Allow It
Topic: Don’t Allow It
Text: Proverbs 4:20-27
20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Key Verse: “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23
Message
“Should I go or should I not?” Dinah might have thought in her mind before she eventually decided to go on that careless sightseeing in a strange land (Shechem). The evil that befell Dinah in Genesis 34 and other bad consequences all started by the careless action of Dinah, which began as a thought. Dinah was defiled (made dirty and unclean), innocent people in Shechem were killed, Simeon and Levi became murderers and ended with a curse long after the evil had been committed.
Be careful of the thought you allow in your heart. Temptation to do evil usually starts as a thought. Reject and do not allow dirty thoughts in your heart. Do not act on any suggestion to do what you know is against the word of God. Sinners should not be your best friend, if you are a child of God. Watch the type of books you read, cartoon and program you watch on television.
If Dinah knew that careless thought, which she acted on by engaging on that careless visit that fateful day would lead to death of many people, pain and sorrow, she would possibly not have gone ahead with it. Dirty thoughts if allowed are dangerous. The word of God instructs that we should keep our heart and mind with all diligence. Ask God to make your heart holy (sanctification), watch and don’t allow dirty thoughts in your heart.
Further Reading: Philippians 4:7-9
Prayer for today: O Lord, please make my heart holy and help me not to allow dirty thoughts in my heart.
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)
