OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE JUST
11TH , JULY 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 108-109
READ: Philippians 4:8
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are
pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if
there be any praise, think on these things.”
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MEMORISE:
“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the
oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.” - Isaiah 1:17
THE MESSAGE:
Many of the evils in our
society today emanated from unjust thinking. If only more and more people,
including all those who claim to be Christians can begin to think on just
things, then the world would be a better place. To be just means to be morally
right and fair, to consider the effect of your action on your neighbour before
you do it. It means that you don’t cheat others or try to bully them into doing
what they should not.
God hates it when you are unjust, especially to people who are less privileged than you. He hates it when you treat your domestic staff like they are not human or when you take advantage of the ignorance of an uneducated fellow. He wants you to be just at all times. I remember one time I gave someone a construction job. In measuring the piece of land on which he was to build, he measured in metres instead of feet. When I noticed the mistake he was making, I decided I was not going to correct him. God then spoke to me and said I should correct him. I responded, “If this man calls himself a professional and he does not know the difference between metres and feet, then let him do the extra work and pay for the extra expenses, I am not correcting him”. God kept nudging me to act justly with the man but I refused.
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Another person came along and in greeting, we shook hands. His hand
felt like a rock. He did not just shake my hand, he squeezed it. The pain was
so much that my hand felt as if it was on fire. At last, he released my hand. I
cried to God, “Lord, why did you let this happen to me” and He responded, “Why
didn’t you correct the man when I told you to?” I quickly corrected him and
miraculously, the pain in my hand disappeared.
John 3:16 says that God loves the whole world. He loves the rich and the poor and He wants everyone to have justice. Be just to everyone, especially those who are less privileged and cannot fight for their own justice. God is very particular about such people. Proverbs 21:13 says:
Whoso stoppeth his ears
at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
ACTION POINT
Think and act justly to everyone you come in
contact with.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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HEAVENS IS a daily devotional by PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE (General Overseer, THE
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ) |
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