Memorise: And the Lord God took the man, and
put him into the garden of Eden to dress it
and to keep it. Genesis 2:15
Bible Reading:
Deuteronomy 18:9-13 (NIV)
9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you. 13 You must be blameless before the Lord your God.
Bible in one year: Numbers 23:33, Job 1:1-5
MESSAGE!!!
The almighty God is
the most efficient conservationist. With Him, there is no wastage or corruption
unlike many so-called children of God. Right from Genesis, we read about how
God commanded Adam to make sure the beautiful
garden did not suffer decay or
any pollution. There are many ways in which one can preserve or pollute a
God-given gift. The ‘land’ can be polluted by sin of all sorts particularly
idolatry and/or witchcraft. In the text of today, we are confronted with the
seriousness God attaches to the preservation of His creation.
“When thou art
come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to
do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you
any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or an
enchanger, or a witch.”
Deuteronomy 18:9-10
According to Exodus
20:3, idolatry is the most grievous sin against God. Adam automatically chose
another god for himself when he decided to obey the devil rather than God. This
is what many people don’t know; they think until they put an image on the
ground and they begin to bow to it, they have not committed idolatry. It is
obvious that there are idolaters in the Church; they always attend Church
programmes but they never do what God wants them to do. The Bible says:
“And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they
sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do
them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after
their covetousness.”
Ezekiel 33:31
By disobeying the Word
of God, people pollute the land and bring eternal curses upon themselves and
generations after them. this was exactly what the first man did and God cursed
the land for his sake (Genesis 3:17). To keep the land which the Lord has given
us to inhabit, we must obey Him and live according to His Word. When we do
this, our land will be free from evil and it will yield great increase for our
pleasure (Deuteronomy 28). I encourage you reading this devotional to give your
life to Jesus Christ today and begin to live according to His Word from now on.
The seemingly barren or polluted land upon which you are living will turn out
to be fruitful and blessed.
Think about how you have lived your life in the
past; see if you have polluted the land in anyway, repent and call on God for
forgiveness so that God’s time of refreshing will come upon your life.
