GETTING IT RIGHT PT 2

Yesterday, we started a discussion on the temptation of Jesus and how we also have been copying the devil in 'testing /tempting' God. In other to make the most of our calling and enjoy more of God's abundant blessings we must get things right. Getting it right starts from changing our age long beliefs and way of doing things that has profited us nothing. Let's consider the second temptation

2. Devil told Jesus, if you bow down to worship me all these things(the kingdom of the world) you're seeing I will give unto you, for it has been delivered unto me and to whomever I will I give it. Jesus responded and said get thee behind me Satan, it is written thou shalt worship the Lord your God, and him only shalt thou serve.

The devil desires that Jesus worships him by virtue of what was delivered unto him, what he got cunningly and not even what he created, because the devil can not create anything. Interestingly many of us also want God to bow down to our will, desires, appetite, emotions and intellect. Thinking we are doing Him a favour. We want Him to conform with our limited minds and plans, we want to fix Him up somewhere in our world. We want Him to serve us and worship us when we should know that the creator is not meant to serve the creature. We copy the idolaters who reversed the order. They (creature) creates an image (their own handiwork) and then they worship what they made. Isn't that foolishness? But this is not the same with My God. He created us to worship and serve Him and not that He can worship us.

Many of us fail to acknowledge that everything we are and have is from God even the devil acknowledged that those things he had were delivered unto him. Sadly, many even worship the things given and forget to reference the Giver of the things. Please know, that all of you and all you have is to be used to worship God knowing fully well that you are whom you are by the grace of God and no man can receive anything except it be given to him by God.

Just like the devil was rebuked, you will be rebuked too if you try to conform God to be your servant who you give conditions to. Many are fond of saying 'Until God do this and this for me, I won't do that for Him.' Well, it might interest you to know that God is not moved by what you do or what you don't do. Whatever you do or don't do only affect you and you only and possibly the things about you (destiny, future, family etc,)

So, just worship and serve Him for He is the almighty -the Sovereign God and remember if you don't, He is able to raise stones in your stead to worship Him. May you not be replaced.

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