We want to look at this verse and deal with it devotionally We draw from it a theme: the theme of preparing for God's blessing. They needed ditches for water to be cast into. They had to prepare for the blessing that was to come. There is a necessity for us to prepare to for blessing for it is a truth that preparation precedes blessing. How do we prepare for God's blessing?
1. Put away the idols in our lives Idols are anything that takes our hearts and minds away from God 1 Samuel 7:3: If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange goods...from among you." 1 Corinthians 10:14: Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry
2. Cleanse the temple of the Lord The temple is the residence of the deity. In the Old Testament, the tabernacle was a place set apart for worship. Paul uses tabernacle as a metaphor for our bodies. We need to cleanse the temple of our hearts 1 Corinthians 3:16 - know ye not that ye are the temple of God
3. Return to the place of blessing Genesis 28:12-21 - Bethel was the place of blessing for Jacob. At Bethel, Jacob found assurance of the Lord's protection, preservation, presence, performance of the promise and Jacob consecrated himself to the Lord
4. Exercise personal holiness You can't desire to have blessing on one hand and live an ungodly life on the other hand
SERMON ACTIVITY
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Craig Vosekalns was saved at the age of 23 in San Diego, California and was influenced under the ministry of Rev. Tomm Tice of the Free Presbyterian Church. He has studied for two years at the Whitefield College of the Bible in Northern Ireland. He later trained at the Geneva...
