Topic: Unwanted Guests – Our Daily Bread 18 July 2022
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Unwanted Guests
Bible in a Year:
- Psalms 20–22
- Acts 21:1–17
Who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins.
Psalm 19:12–13
Today’s Scripture & Insight:Psalm 19:1–4, 7–14
Kyle and Allison had a wonderful honeymoon in an exotic location. When they returned home, however, they discovered that Kyle’s feet had developed a strange, itchy rash. The couple was referred to an infectious disease specialist. He informed them that small parasites had burrowed their way into Kyle’s feet through blisters caused by his new flip flops. What started out as a dream vacation ended in a challenging battle with unwanted “guests.”
David knew that if he didn’t ask God for help to fight sin, his dream of living a pleasing life before Him would turn into a battle with the unwanted guests of sin and rebellion. After declaring how God is revealed in the natural world (Psalm 19:1–6) and His wisdom found in His instruction (vv. 7–10), David asked God to protect him from inadvertent, arrogant, and deliberate disobedience. “Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins,” he wrote (vv. 12–13). He recognized that he didn’t have the human resources to keep the infectious disease of sin from affecting him. So, he wisely asked God for help.
Also Read: Open Heaven 18 July 2022 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye –THE SIN OF INGRATITUDE
How can we make sure our dream of living in a way that honors God doesn’t become hijacked by sin? Let’s keep our eyes on Him, confess and repent of our sin, and seek divine help in keeping unwanted spiritual parasites from burrowing into our lives.
Reflect & Pray
What roles do the spiritual habits of confession and repentance play in your life? How important is living a God-honoring life to you?
Loving God, I don’t know myself as well as I should, and I fall short of what I know is right and good. Please help me trust in Your power in my battle with sin.
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