Devotion for Feb 6, 2012
by No one will ever want to carry unnecessary and unintended burden. Unfortunately, we invite burdens into our lives through anxiety and sin. However, no matter the way we invite burden into our lives, God is ever willing to remove them and restore us to state of peace, salvation and redemption.
Restoration Promised
Text: Deuteronomy 30:6 – The Lord your God will cleanse your heart and the heart of your descendants so that you will love Him with all your heart and soul and so you may live (New Living Translation).
Have you ever offended someone and the person has not forgiven you? How do you feel? The greatest torment one can pass through is, bearing the burden of sin. It weighs one down completely. Are you in such condition? Is there any unforgiving sin confronting you? God wants you to know that He will cleanse you from all unrighteousness as you come back to Him (I John 1:9). God purging all our wicked affections is not in our own power to do. This is what Moses was telling the Israelites here in our text, that when God circumcise their heart then they will serve Him better.
You cannot serve God in sin. He is of purer eyes to behold iniquity (Habakkuk 1:13). He does not compromise with it at all. He is promising you and your family restoration to His love so that you may live and serve Him better. Only then, we could receive answers to our prayers (Isaiah 59:1, 2). A life of sin is abomination to God and humanity. Remember that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). When God grants you forgiveness, you should also forgive yourself that you might have peace. What God demand from a sinner is to return to Him (Isaiah 1:18, 55:7, Jeremiah 3:12 cf. Luke 15:17-24)? He will restore you totally, as you return to Him.
FFT: A pure heart is a gateway to God. How pure is your own heart?
Prayer Points:
1) Thank God, for His mercies endure forever.
2) Ask God to cleanse you if you have sinned against Him.
3) Ask God for abundant life too love Him (John 10:10).
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