01/05/2024
EDK DEVOTIONAL
1st MAY 2024
WOG
”Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.“
Amos 5:24 NLT
The expectation and demand from the supreme God of the universe is to sit in heaven and watch his creation render a heartfelt and true worship to Him alone and neglect vain worship which leads to the coming judgment.
From the above Bible scripture, the writer Amos was a man of God, a person whose lifestyle reflected his devotion for God but was a layman. He lived in obedience to God’s commandments and instructions knowing the benefits of doing what is right in the sight of God and the consequences of doing what is wrong and evil. Today Amos message from the scriptures has impacted God’s people throughout the centuries and since God does not change, God expects the same Godly lifestyle experience from us. “An endless river of righteous living” from today’s devotion simply means that God wants his people or Christians to live a truthful and obedient life without fail though we may fall sometimes. But the desire that comes from a genuine heart to do what is right in the sight of God is the most important part of our Christian lifestyle since God himself declared in his Bible in Jeremiah 17:10 which says;
”But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”
“I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.” From Jeremiah 17:10 speaks about the final coming judgment where Jesus Christ himself will judge and reward everyone. It will be a time of mighty flood of justice before Jesus Christ the son of the living God. As you read the Bible scripture in Amos, put yourself in the place of those Israelites who listened and obeyed God’s instructions making sure that everything you do glorify God and you will escape eternal condemnation.
As we have entered the second quarter of 2024 and this new month of May, picture yourself as Amos, faithfully doing what God calls you to do and listen for God’s clear call and do what he says, wherever it leads from a genuine and faithful heart of true worship.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father I come before your presence and ask for grace to do what is right and righteous in your sight. Help me to let my Christian lifestyle reflect my true devotion with you from a heart of true worship in Jesus name I pray. Amen.