DCLM Sincere Milk 29 December 2023 — It’s Greener There!
DCLM Sincere Milk 29 December 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — It’s Greener There!
Topic: It’s Greener There!
Text: Genesis 13:8-13
8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
12Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Key Verse: “And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.” Genesis 13:10
Message
The grass on the other side is greener is a common saying among people, but it is not always so. In our Bible passage, Lot looked ahead and chose a well-watered plain physically, but spiritually, it was a desert. Lot pitched his tent close to people who chose not to retain God in their knowledge, and thus, were given to great wickedness. Our decisions will either build or destroy the purpose of God for our lives. Every day, we are faced with decision making, do you just make decision based on physical things?
Let God be in the centre of your consideration. Desire Him and His will above all other things that might be appealing.
Remember it is not all that glitters that is gold.
Choose right, Choose Christ.
Choose right, Choose Godliness.
Choose right, Choose Righteousness.
Choose right, Choose God’s will.
Further Reading: Proverbs 3:5-10
Prayer for today: As I go forth today Lord, please, guide all my decision making and lead me in the right path.
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)
