21/06/2023
CGWC DAILY DEVOTIONAL
Wednesday, 21st June 2023
Topic: Call to Perfection
Subtopic: ABRAHAM'S
Text: Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
From the scripture, God spoke to Abraham that he should walk before him, and be perfect. There is a place where a man needs to bring forth the fruit of righteousness per perfection and that is before God. The command to “walk before me” is a command for Abraham to orient the entirety of his life towards obedience to the lord. In all of his dealings, through all of his interactions, God was calling Abram to a fully obedient life
It is in the living fellowship with God, in His realized presence and favour, that it becomes possible to be perfect with Him. Walk before Me: Abraham had been doing this; God's word calls him to a clearer and more conscious apprehension of this as his life calling. He heeded God’s command and made sure he lived a life totally obedient to God till old age and the eventual fulfilment of the promise.
It is easy for us to study what Scripture says of perfection, to form our ideas of it, and argue for them. But let us remember that it is only as we are walking closely with God, seeking and in some measure attaining, uninterrupted communion with Him, that we can reach the level God wants us to be and that’s perfection,
Lesson for the day:
Walk in the perfected work of Christ
Prayer point:
Lord, help me to be conscious of your finished work on Cross Lord Jesus
Hymn for the day:
1. When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
2. Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey. [Refrain]
3. But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]
4. Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we'll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]
Bible round the year:
2 Kings 1:1-2:25
Acts 13:42-14:7
Psalm 139:1-24
Proverbs 17:19-21
CGWC DAILY DEVOTIONAL
Wednesday, 21st June 2023
Topic: Call to Perfection
Subtopic: ABRAHAM
Text: Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
From the scripture, God spoke to Abraham that he should walk before him, and be perfect. There is a place where a man needs to bring forth the fruit of righteousness per perfection and that is before God. The command to “walk before me” is a command for Abraham to orient the entirety of his life towards obedience to the lord. In all of his dealings, through all of his interactions, God was calling Abram to a fully obedient life
It is in the living fellowship with God, in His realized presence and favour, that it becomes possible to be perfect with Him. Walk before Me: Abraham had been doing this; God's word calls him to a clearer and more conscious apprehension of this as his life calling. He heeded God’s command and made sure he lived a life totally obedient to God till old age and the eventual fulfilment of the promise.
It is easy for us to study what Scripture says of perfection, to form our ideas of it, and argue for them. But let us remember that it is only as we are walking closely with God, seeking and in some measure attaining, uninterrupted communion with Him, that we can reach the level God wants us to be and that’s perfection,
Lesson for the day:
Walk in the perfected work of Christ
Prayer point:
Lord, help me to be conscious of your finished work on Cross Lord Jesus
Hymn for the day:
1. When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
2. Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey. [Refrain]
3. But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]
4. Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we'll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]
Bible round the year:
2 Kings 1:1-2:25
Acts 13:42-14:7
Psalm 139:1-24
Proverbs 17:19-21
