DCLM Daily Manna 1st September 2020 [Tuesday] – Take Your Stand

 

Topic: “Take Your Stand” By Pastor W. F. Kumuyi

DCLM Daily Manna Key Verse: Psalm 119:2 (NIV)

Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart

Today’s DCLM Daily Manna Bible Reading: Psalm 119:1-8 (NIV)

1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. 

2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart— 

3 they do no wrong but follow his ways. 

4 You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed. 

5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees! 

6 Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands. 

7 I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws. 

8 I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.

DCLM DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2020 – TAKE YOUR STAND

Martin Luther, the great German reformer, published a number of works which explained his position. He was summoned to appear before the German Congress at Worms in 1521 to answer charges of heresy. He was quoted to have dramatically concluded with, “Here I stand! I cannot do otherwise! God help me!”

In our passage, the psalmist eulogised the blessedness of keeping God’s word and seeking Him with the whole heart. As God has commanded His people to keep His word, the desire of the psalmist was therefore to keep it. He that keeps God’s word will not be put to shame.

Christianity starts from that moment of self-searching, questioning and of conscious decision to follow the Lord. Then there is genuine repentance and accepting Christ as Saviour. The psalmist made that choice. He said, “I have chosen the way of truth”. Jesus Christ is the Truth. The decision to follow Christ consistently is a personal one. For the journey to be on, it must come from the heart. It cannot be forced on someone, otherwise, it becomes tedious. Although there are mines laid by the enemies of the gospel to cause obstructions and challenges, believers must constantly go to God for strength.

The psalmist knew it is a blessed thing to seek God with the whole heart. He knew the foolishness of sacrificing one’s eternal joy for transient pleasures of the world. His desire then was to be directed by God to keep His ways. And that is what every wise person must do.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 72-77

DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.