May 21, 2020 CAC Living Water Devotional :- ERADICATE THEM ALL
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CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Thursday, May 21, 2020
TOPIC: ERADICATE THEM ALL
Read Numbers 33:51-55
[51]Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;[52]Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:[53]And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.[54]And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.[55]But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
MEMORISE: But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell (Numbers 33:55)
EXPOSITION
There is one popular saying, “We don’t close the door of relationship at once, because we may need to pass through it again and again”. This is not applicable in terms of total eradication or stoppage of all sorts of negative (ungodly) relationships or alliances one had during the time of ignorance (cf. 1 Cor. 15:33). It is safer not to put what you will not eat close to your nose. For sure, the sheep that flock with dogs will soon taste faeces. If you move with wrong persons, the tendency is too high that your life will be exactly like theirs.
To escape from danger of being around negative or wrong people, you have to follow the biblical principle of abstinence. This is the import of Yahweh’s command to the upcoming nascent Israelites’ nation in Numbers 33:52: ‘Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their high places’. Our memory Scripture accounts for why God gave them this command. The people in the land of Canaan were all gentles, and dangerous. If just a few of them were allowed to stay around the children of Israel, they would harm them at last.
If you do not want to jeopardise your life in any respect, you must eradicate all negative relationships. Remember: God cannot condone any yoking together, fellowship, communion, accord, or agreement between ungodly and you (2 Cor. 6:14-18; Jas. 4:4). Stop having ‘fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them’ (Eph. 5:11). Then, you will be pleasing our holy Father in heaven.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Lord, help me to put a total stop to all forms of relationship that can put my life in jeopardy.
2. Lord, sharpen my sensitivity to know the harmful/dangerous people around me, and help me to wisely do away with them, the way You want.
3. Lord, help our young ones to carefully choose friends that would help their relationship with You in all aspects of their lives.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: 1 Kings 8 & 1 Corinthians 12
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!