Titus 2:2
As a child of God you
are to walk in the will of God; this means that you must adhere to His voice as
well as His word… There are so many people today who are perishing because they
are told what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear… Paul reminds
Titus in this passage and reminds us today in this devotional, that even though
people may not accept it at first or even may scorn you in the process, the
word of God must come from your mouth in purity and unedited… You are not on
this earth to please man, you are here to fulfill the will of God and hopefully
lead others to Him in the process… Make no mistake about; a lot of people
you encounter simply do not want to hear the truth… The word of God was not
written to be altered or manipulated; it was recorded from the very will of God
to provide direction, correction and hope for our eternal future… We enter this
world as sinners and can only be saved by grace when we are shown the ugly
reflection in the mirror that is us… In pains me today to see so many churches
being filled because the Pastor speaks words that people want to hear verses
what they actually need to hear… When someone tells you what you want to
hear, they are in essence delaying and even creating a false hope in your
destiny… As we studied yesterday about David and his desire for God to
teach him His will, we know how many mistakes that he made… It was the prophet
Nathan (used by God) who did not tell David what he wanted to hear, but rather
told him about his errors which led to his repentance and increased his faith…
In the 2nd book of Samuel we find how Nathan went about confronting
David and his fault against man as well as his sin against God… So the Lord sent Nathan to David. Nathan came
to him and said, “There were two men in a certain city. One was rich, and the
other was poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cows, but the
poor man had only one little female lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and
she grew up in his home with his children. She would eat his food and drink
from his cup. She rested in his arms and was like a daughter. “Now, a visitor
came to the rich man. The rich man thought it would be a pity to take one of
his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler. So he took the poor
man’s lamb and prepared her for the traveler.” David burned with anger against
the man. “I solemnly swear, as the Lord
lives,” he said to Nathan, “the man who did this certainly deserves to die! And
he must pay back four times the price of the lamb because he did this and had
no pity.” “You are the man!” Nathan told David. The message today is
simple, stand upon the word of God because the word of God stands alone…
There is nothing that needs to be add to it, nothing that needs to be taken
from it, don’t allow society or your community to keep you from abiding in the
will of God and therefore walking in your calling… Now is a critically time in
our nation where the word needs to be preached more and itching ears need to be
pleased less… The children of today don’t know what respect is, there a
knowledge transfer gap that has been created which has the child of today
believing that they have more rights than their parents… This day and time
says that you can have what you what when you want it and with vices such as
internet, social media and other advances of technology the meaning of hard
work has been lost or even simply forgotten… All the things that are not right
at our fingertips have created a comfortable atmosphere so that we are blind to
the very things which are allowing our demise… In this passage, I am reminded
of the times of yesterday and understand the importance of capturing and using
the tools of the bible which have been used for thousands of years… We have to
get back to the basics, this is why Paul tells Titus to, teach the older men
to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in
love and in endurance. Tell the truth and shame the devil…
BE
BLESSED!!!
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