The Devotional - 13

The Devotional

Comment:

For some folks priority in life is more than just being organized, for these folks it is all about them. Their conversation with others is like a locomotive out of control. As soon as you step onto their tracks “splat” they run over you with what is on their agenda. In the thought of this I am reminded of the news caster who talks about every non-essential thing. Then when approaching something important says. “But first! We’ll break for this commercial!” there you are “head spinning in hype and your mind is racing in emotional thoughts that cause the Spirit in you to give warning to your fleshly intent. We have all been there and if you’ve not, well bless you my brother or sister, the day is not over.

Challenge:

Covetousness is not a way of life, simply it is sin. I was thinking about listing the number of avenues to covet but the list is numbered beyond the limit of paper and pen. So I thought – “well, I will just list those things that we may not consider as things to covet” that too is a long list. There is the short list so I think that using it will be much more rewarding.

Psalm 119:33-36

Teach me, O LORD, the way of your STATUTES, and I shall keep it to the end. (Wow! The words of Psalm 119 are like refined gold to one’s soul). God is the teacher of all His Word, man can only communicate God’s Word. When the statutes of the LORD enter your soul, the desire is to keep that which is eternal.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep your LAW; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. (Yeah! LORD, “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You O God. My soul thirsts for the Living God. When shall I come and appear before You? Psalm 42:1-2”).

Make me to walk in the path of Your COMMANDMENTS, for I delight in it. The commandments discussed by the psalmist are not “thy shall, or shall not” these commandments are to revealed the TRUTH of Creation, Psalm 19:1-6 and a reward to all who anchor the testimony of God in their soul; Psalm 19:7-14.

Incline my heart to Your TESTIMONIES, and not to covetousness. The word “incline” literally means in Hebrew to “cause me to long for” this is a prayer of the psalmist and SHOULD be a prayer for each of us daily. “LORD, cause me to long for Your Testimonies, since the testimonies of myself and the people around me lend to coveting everything under the sun when I should be rejoicing with Your PRECEPTS above the sun.