Knowing God Devotional is an online daily devotional written by Andrews Baah Kwafo, the president of The Bible Daily Network.
There’s only one thing that can help you to make concrete decisions and enforce them. It’s called vision. As long as you know where God is taking you in the future, you’ll figure out where you’re not going so skillfully. You’ll easily be able to distinguish between the voice of God and the suggestions of people, as good as they may be.
So many things people see as earthly have spiritual meaning to them. If only we would study the scriptures and possess spiritual understanding, it’ll become easy to distinguish what’s flesh and what’s from the Spirit.
See, no matter what you do, people are watching you. Unbelievers won’t understand your Christianity. That’s why Paul didn’t say we should be an example to everyone (but to believers alone). You don’t have to live to prove anything to anyone. But you must know that God is watching what you’re using that one life you have now to do. Live to please God so privately and consciously that your life will serve as an example to other believers, even without you knowing.
We live in a world that lies in wickedness (1 John 5:19 KJV). And that means situations that’ll trigger compromise of God’s standards in us will come in multiple folds. That’s why we must take a firm stance. Decide that “If what I’m doing exalts God, I’ll do it with all my heart. And if not, I’ll resist it with all the strength of Christ in me.”
Even though we were created in Christ unto good works (Ephesians 2:10) and doing good by faith is to please the Father, Jesus knows that we are living epistles in this world. He knows some people will only get converted by the exemplary attitude of Christians around them. That’s why with whatever we do, we must factor in how it affects others.
Don’t compromise the standards of God’s Word. Be willing to associate with people of low positions to help them rise in the faith, not to lord over them, especially as a leader.
If everyone in Christ would choose to honour one another above ourselves, we won’t have issues praying against pride in our hearts.
In Romans 12:10, it’s written that, as Christians, we must be devoted to one another in love. Translated word “devote” means affection. So we must be affectionate toward one another as an expression of the love of God. If that scripture starts with a “Be,” then devotion unto one another must be done with intentionality. And if it ends with “one another,” then that practice cuts across married couples to include others because “one another” connotes more than two people.
If the Bible says, “hate what’s evil,” you’ve got to vehemently show red flags against the enemy’s gimmicks in your relationships with people. Hate unforgiveness. Hate lies. Be truthful and selfless because it doesn’t cost to love as God does; it pays.
Learn how to forgive people voluntarily with a willing heart. If you do this, many problems with people in your life will be solved, even without prayer.
Peter, for eternity, was called to be a preacher to the Jews. But he was a fisherman till Jesus showed up and turned him to be a fisher of men. Sometimes, it requires one man of vision to step up for God to use him to reorder lives. But should that not happen, or hasn’t yet happened, our hands must always be committed to doing something useful, whether purpose-related or not.
If Paul starts Ephesians 4:32 with the word “Be,” it means showing kindness and compassion as Christians must be a deliberate thing.
