ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.

Friday June 14th, 2024.

Topic :Live To Honour The Lord.

Memory Verse :‭James 4:10. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Bible Reading : ‭James 4:1-3 NIV‬. Key Verse: v

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

When you study this James chapter 4 from different translations, you will have a better understanding of the type of relationship God desires to have with man by the help of his Spirit. You will notice that man occupies the center of the heart of God. It pleased God to relate with man on the platform of love. God demonstrated his love by creating everything we can or cannot see to serve the purpose of man, so that the man himself will be in good condition to serve divine purpose. I want to believe that the love God has for mankind is underestimated. We can only fathom it to some good extent when we look at the fact that God himself had to humbly come to the earth as a man, lived among men and finally died painfully on the cross like an ordinary criminal in order to save as many as will believe from everlasting condemnation by restoring them to himself. “For the greatest love of all is a love that sacrifices all. And this great love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life for his friends. “You show that you are my intimate friends when you obey all that I command you.” John 15:13-14 TPT.

Having proven his love for us to the point of death, God now expects us to reciprocate by loving him back and living our lives to please and honour him. He desires that we keep himself too at the center of our own hearts. One fact is that the condition of every man’s heart determines what he values or does. Every actions of men originates from the heart. Even our prayer life is also regulated by our heart conditions. When we pray and plan, God himself looks at our underlying intentions. When our intentions are wrong, we will be having much struggles or unanswered prayers. Another angle to it is that God wants us to trust as well as depend on him as our source of supply in times of need. When we are asking from the Lord, our interest or intentions should be driven by the desire to add value to our relationship with God and builds up his kingdom. When we don’t have this understanding, we will be like unfaithful men chasing shadows in the eyes of Lord. “And why not? Because you know you’d be asking for what you have no right to. You’re spoiled children, each wanting your own way. You’re cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way.” James 4:3-4 MSG.

Today, understand that one important key to having a good earthly life is giving Jesus his rightful place in your life and entire scheme of affairs by loving him with all your heart. Anchor your good plans on him. Never you think you can always do it your own way. Don’t be carried away by things of this life that will one day fade away into thin air. The more you humbly obey the Lord recognising his sovereignty in everything you do, the more you are able to walk in the pathways of victory because of his wonderful presence. Never forget that your lifting is in his hands and will start manifesting in full measure when you begin to give him his rightful place in everything you do. Only him can secure your future. “You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing.” James 4:14 MSG.

Prayer :Thank you Lord Jesus for loving me so deeply and dying for me. Help me to love you in return with all my heart and strength. Let my decision and everything I do honor you all my days in Jesus wonderful name…. Amen 🙏🏿.

Yearly Bible Reading : Luke 2:41-52.

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