DCLM Higher Everyday 24 March 2023 — Know God’s ways and acts
DCLM Higher Everyday 24 March 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Know God’s ways and acts
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TOPIC: KNOW GOD’S WAYS AND ACTS
TEXT: Psalms 103:1-8
1(A Psalm of David.) Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Key Verse: “He made known His ways unto Moses, His acts unto the children of Israel” (Psalm 103:7).
MESSAGE:
“If we rejoice in the acts of God without discovering His ways, we’ll question who He is when He doesn’t do what we’ve asked,” says Bill Johnson. Truly, when the people of God focus on miracles, they soon lose sight of the Word or ways of God in tough times, and backsliding sets in because they have no deep Christian roots. The children of Israel believed in God, sang, and praised Him when they saw the miracles at the Red Sea. But what happened later? “They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert” (Psalms 106:13, 14).
Dear friend, we need God’s acts or miracles in our lives and ministries but we need even more of His Word or ways for that is what will keep us in fellowship with Him here and in eternity. However, we cannot understand God’s ways unless we have the right relationship with Him through Jesus Christ. If you are not born again, do so now. Moreover, attend a Bible-believing Church to grow in the Lord.
QUOTE: Attend a Bible believing Church
CHALLENGE: Do you understand God’s ways?
PRAYER: Lord, make your ways known to me.
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)
