“I beseech you therefore, brethren by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable
unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1
Purity is the single most
powerful force that drives any blessing of God. (Copy and tweet). You cannot live your life anyhow and
expect optimum results from the Lord. Anyhow living simply leads to anyhow
blessing…if there is anything like that. The difference between the one that
lives in purity and the one who doesn’t is the revelation they possess. (Copy
and tweet). Moses before he could handle
the rod of miracles which became God’s rod, was tested on his state of purity.
He was told to place his hand on his chest. The state of his heart was revealed
as his hands turned leprous. At this point it was obvious that he couldn’t
handle the rod of God if there wasn’t any purity in his life.
Many forget that possessing the
blessings of God isn’t what really matters but your ability to keep it. (Copy
and tweet). You cannot move mountains
beyond the limit your purity will take you. When you and God are partners,
there wouldn’t be any cause for alarm. (Copy and tweet). You need to get to the point of
saying “NO” to certain things that will cause you to compromise on your Christian
standards. Opinions of people don’t matter: the standards of God is the
ultimate and that is where everyone should endeavour to ascribe to. (Copy and tweet).
Many will be told to depart
from the presence of God during the judgment because they lived their lives
anyhow. Have you ever questioned why regardless of how much gifted you are, no
great results is being seen with your life? The lack of intentional purity
might be the answer. All things are lawful onto me but not all are expedient.
Once you come to this point, you have to make the decision to live right and
pure for yourself and God at best. There is no way round living right, acting
right and thinking right as a child of God. (Copy and tweet).
Living right is something every
Christian should endeavour to. Many have the mind you judge them when you point
out a fault in their character, relationship etc to them. However, Christians
are meant to prove others by their life styles. Until your life style speaks a
lot about your relationship with Christ, you don’t have the moral right to
speak of others. (Copy and tweet). When in doubt about living right and pure,
remind yourself of what the whole of Psalm 24 speaks on. What really gives me
the kick is when the Psalmist questions who will ascend onto the hill of God
and stand in His holy place. He gives the answer without wavering – he that a
clean hands and a pure heart….
To the pure all things are pure….what
are your pure things? It’s about time you take living right and pure for God seriously.
Nothing you do for God will go unrewarded. (Copy and tweet).
Talk About It -
A. Where do you feel
you need help with living “PURE” for God?
B. What steps have you taken to deal with the “IMPURITIES” in your
Christian walk?
Yours
Joe Akuoko II
