May 3, 2020 CAC Living Water Devotional :- TALK IS CHEAP, BUT ALSO COSTLY
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
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THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Sunday, May 3, 2020
– World Press Freedom Day
TOPIC: TALK IS CHEAP, BUT ALSO COSTLY
Read Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
[1]Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.[2]Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.[3]For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.[4]When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.[5]Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.[6]Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?[7]For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
MEMORISE: And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words (Matthew 6:7)
EXPOSITION
All over the world, there is the agitation for freedom of speech, and activists from the different countries are rising against their governments wherever they feel that rights of the citizens are being violated in respect of speech. That sounds right. Isn’t it? This is part of what is being advocated on the World Press Freedom Day, being marked today.
It is however worthy of note that many have gone to jail or been dragged to court for talking more than necessary. God also expects that His children enter into His house with all reverence and decorum. Many churches are experiencing chaos due to members’ inability to bridle their tongues. Who are you in your group, or department in the church? We must know that multitudes of words lead to vanity. Do you have time for sermons and the Sunday School lessons in your assembly? If that is the time you take yourself two by two for discussions, then, sorry, you are missing it. God desires your total attention. So, boasters and talkative, beware! Do you make a vow without fulfilling it? While you may not be penalized for not making a vow, penalties await you when you vow or pledge but fail to redeem it.
God is more interested in what He wants to give, and make of you, than what you want to give to Him. Remember that the tongue though, a little member, can set the whole city ablaze. Avoid rash promises like Jephthah (Jdg. 11:30-34). Samson also broke his Nazarite vow many times (Jdg. 14:19; 16:17-20), which led to his downfall. The law of vow is that it must be fulfilled at all cost (Matt. 5:33-37). Are you a man/woman of integrity? Do you place any worth on yourself? Beware, how you apply your tongue (Jam. 3:1ff).
PRAYER POINTS
1. Lord, control my passions and emotions not to be hurting.
2. O Lord, bring our youths back to the Church, who though are in churches, but not in Christ.
3. Father, rebuke and reduce anger and vendetta among our church leaders, so it doesn’t tear the church apart, any further.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: 1 Samuel 24 – 25 & Romans 8
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!