THE WAY OF GODLY OR UNGODLY
Psalm 1

The step that you take in life will determine your walk. Wherever your foot is planted is where you stand. Also, wherever you take a sit will set you up you for what becomes of you. If you are taking the wrong steps, you can expect to be blown around like the chaff which is subjected to be driven around by wind. Anyone that is godly will avoid to be caught up in taking wrong steps that could cause them not to stand in the Day of Judgment. Where have you been taking a sit? Have you been taking your sit in the congregation of the righteous or in the congregation of the wicked? It is clear throughout the ministration of Jesus that, He came for sinners and when He comes back again it will be to judge. Jesus said it in John 10:10 “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” Where there is life there is hope and it is never too late to begin to reassess your steps, your stand and where you have taken a sit. One thing cannot be hidden from God and that is our hearts. Just as in water where face reflects face so our hearts reveals us to our Lord and savior. We can deceive we will not be able to deny judgment from taking its place when it is time. Our walk, our stand and where we sit can be straighten and be well before the righteous God if meditating in His law will take a prominent position in our hearts. Meditating the law of God and not just memorizing the law of God is the only way. In meditating the law of God, there is grace for gaining strength and becoming courageous walking through the challenges of life. Meditating on the law of God flows from the heart and not just the mouth. Meditating the law is not limited to certain time of the day but it should be an ongoing and all day engagement. Until meditating takes the right approach, the ability to observe the law and to do according to the law will not be possible. After the death of Moses, when it was time for Joshua to take over the leadership role, the Lord spoke to Joshua, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”(Joshua 1:8) The grace and ability to meditate will no doubt take charge over our walk, where we sit and how we stand. Meditation will navigate the way to having prosperous and a good successful life.

Prayer for today: Ask God to take over your days and your moments that it may be concentrated only to His holy name.    

LYING IS DECEPTION
1 Samuel 31, 2 Samuel 1:1-16

Either you are a believer or not, when you begin to lie you have laid down your life for the father of all lies and he will take it over from you. In lying there is no minor or serious lying.  However, getting caught lying on a wrong ground could cause a liar’s life to expire without such liar’s expectation. One young Amalekite wasted his life in his attempt of lying to please David. During one of the Israelites war against the Philistine, Saul was injured to the point of death while his three sons including Jonathan were killed, “Then Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and abuse me. “But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it. And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.” (1 Samuel 31:4-5) Apparently, Saul took his own life away after his armorbearer refused to help him out in taking his life.  After the death of Saul, the young Amalekite that does not have anything to do with the death of King Saul took it upon himself, lying as the one that killed Saul. When the young Amalekite came to David, he gave a wrong account of how Saul died, “…As I happened by chance to be on Mount Gilboa, there was Saul, leaning on his spear; and indeed the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. Now when he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’ And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ So I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ He said to me again, ‘Please stand over me and kill me, for anguish has come upon me, but my life still remains in me.’ So I stood over him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.” (2 Samuel 1:6-10) When to impress or not to impress, Lying is bad and the consequence is shame and untimely death. The young Amalekite ordered to be killed because the news of him killing the anointed one of God did not settled well with David. Lying is deception and lying is bad. Are you a master liar? It will only take one day before it catches up with you on a wrong ground.

Prayer for today: O Lord my God, delver me from every lying spirit,let me not be a reproach of the foolish. 

WISE BEHAVIOR
1 Samuel 18

In the story of David, especially at the time he was being sought by Saul’s wickedness in an attempt to destroy David, the Bible recorded, “…David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.” (1 Samuel 18:30) More than once, David was identified for wise behavior. David’s behavior was his belief. David’s behavior was his communication that there is God. When there is God there is preservation and deliverance is always in place. What is your communicating behavior? Your life style is your belief and it is not possible to believe in God and behave foolishly. An acclaimed believer with a foolish behavior is an evidence of wrong or false confession of being a believer. Living Godly and behaving wisely will provoke the presence of God in every area of our lives. However, with God’s presence in place deliverance and preservation will continually have their way in the life of one that behaves wisely. David behaved wisely and he consistently escaped every wicked agenda that was set up against him by Saul. In one of Saul’s attempt to kill David, Saul refused dowry for David to marry his daughter. Instead of dowry, he requested from David one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, as a vengeance on his enemies. David went and came back victorious by meeting the demand of Saul. By virtue of David’s victory, “Thus Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him; and Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul became David’s enemy continually. Then the princes of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.” (1 Samuel 18:28-30) Wise behavior is an evidence of God in you. It is the testimony of what God can do through any vessel that fears Him. The fear of God in David’s life caused Saul to be afraid of David and to continually see David as his enemy. David continually progressed when he was behaving wisely and no evil could touch his life. Every trap that could cut the life of David short failed. David’s wise behavior is the evidence of David’s fear of the Lord. Proverbs 10:27, “The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked will be shortened.” David’s life is a confirmation of the word of Proverbs 10:27. He lived wisely because of the fear of God in him and he was able to outlive his entire line of enemies. Saul lived foolishly and died a foolish death. Believe in God, communicate your belief through your behavior, be wise and be not foolish.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you to live the life of a true and faithful servant.

NO FOOLISHNESS
1 Samuel 13

How to prevail over the issues of life is directly rooted in how you keep your heart. Proverbs 4:23 “Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life.” This is not a suggestion but a command that will make the difference in the life of every man that is committed to this command. The heart takes a strategic position in the life of a man because it is where the giver of life looks to determine every action of man. Also, the same heart is where we determine and accept if there is God or there is no God. Psalm 14:1 recorded, “The fool has said in his heart that there is no God…” Confessing there is no God starts from the heart and not from the mouth. When such confession is communicated through the mouth, it always has its root in the heart. Any man that says there is no God through a non verbal communication speaks from the heart. A believer that claims there is God with their mouth but doing all that is contrary to the command of God is indirectly saying there is no God. A wise saying states that, “Action speaks louder than words”. This can be concluded by saying that, what you believe is what you behave. Every action or behavior is rooted in the heart and that is why Proverbs 4:23 stated, “…Out of it spring the issue of life.” Saul did not say there is no God when Samuel confirmed, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.” (1 Samuel 13:13) To be confirmed as being foolish by our action or behavior is the same as being identified as one that make a verbal confession that there is no God. In life, you are either wise or foolish. To be wise in the wisdom of God and not of the wisdom of this world is an evidence of the fear of God. Likewise, to be foolish in the things of God and not behaving what the word of God commands is as saying there is no God. Saul, in a confrontational war failed to wait seven days for Samuel’s sacrificial offering and decided to carry out the offering that could only be done by God’s ordained priest. Saul assumed priestly prerogatives and offered the burnt offering. Saul’s foolishness as declared by Samuel was Saul’s failure. Evidently, failure to obey God’s command is a passage to foolishness and a demonstration of unbelief. It does not matter how much you confess it that you are a believer, if how you live is not in line with God’s command, you are also saying there is no God.

Prayer for today: Ask God to open your understand that you may know not to say there is no God in any and every step of your life.