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Today’s devotion is so fitting for today (& every day) but especially today. There are many people paying homage to the devil without a thought or care. As Christians, when we decide to proceed with something according to our own instincts and do not heed the Lord’s instructions, do not seek the Lord or search His Word for His counsel, the mystery of iniquity has already begun to work (2 Thessalonians 2:7) and its finishing touch and end result is death (James 1:15). I caution you to consider this: Adam & Eve died, but they did not drop dead. In fact, it seemed that what Satan had told them about God’s warning being an exaggerated scare tactic was true.
When a person becomes has heard God’s voice, knows His commands but has grown cold and indifferent, they are in a critical spiritual condition. When they know better but become unmoved by sin and take it “lying down,” like they’re unconscious, they are on a spiritual deathwatch. Satan really needs to do nothing more to secure their demise. And their grave and rebellious condition will influence others. If you just look around, you can see it happening today.
In Proverbs 16:25, it says that there is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. In Proverbs 14:12, it says almost the same things except instead of the word “that” it has the word “which” (which is no difference).
Since it is natural for a person to see nothing wrong with themselves, and it’s common for the incorrect way to appear to be right, we need the Lord like never before to show us Himself, who is the Way. We need His Word to be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path (Psalm 119:105). We need Jesus to lead us and teach us. We don’t know it all and we have so much to learn. And we’re never going to learn it from ourselves or on our own.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 14:12 [see 16:25]
Teach me Thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Psalm 27:11
The wicked one’s outside Your will;
Just anxious to destroy and kill.
The cruel lure of the tempter’s snare;
Awaits outside Your loving care.
He wants to sift my soul like wheat;
And if our paths would ever meet;
He would deceitfully invite
Me to a way that seemeth right.
And I’d fall victim easily;
For life’s a path unknown to me.
So, Lord, I need for You to show;
And teach me the right way to go.
Jesus saith…I AM the Way… John 14:6
Psalm 32:
8 – I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye.
9 – Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Be Rightly Encouraged!
Pam
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