What is it that you greatly long for? If you long for the things of this earth, your life will be miserable, for they cannot quench your thirst. We receive our true blessings and inheritance from heaven. The Word of God is filled with riches.
When you read the Bible, you must know that you are in the presence of God. It is not like reading a newspaper. God’s Word is alive and powerful to change lives and convict of sin. Jesus said that He did not come to judge the world, but the very words that He spoke will judge the world. We will have to give account of every idle word we’ve spoken.
A certain Muslim woman from Iran, who visited KwaSizabantu, related how she became a Christian.
Ezekiel 25
8 “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.
9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.
And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.
The Lord commanded Moses to build the tabernacle, and to pay attention to the details to make it exactly as God had shown him. It was God’s desire to dwell among His people. Israel had to be a holy people.
Today, our body is the temple of God. We need to pay careful attention to God’s commands, so that we cleanse and sanctify this temple of God, as He commanded. We Christians must be a holy people unto God. In the early church, the devil tried to enter in through Ananias and Sapphirah. But they died before Peter because of their lie. They lied to the Holy Spirit who was in Peter.
At a later point, some Greek women complained about being treated unfairly with the distribution of the food. The apostles chose seven men to serve at the tables and oversee the distribution. But these men had to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and be full of wisdom. These were men of God whom they chose for a common task.
Here we see God’s standard for His church.
Do you know God in this way? If God convicts you of sin, do not put it off to another day, but deal with it today. Examine yourself before God today, whether you are living in God’s will for your life, paying careful attention to the details God has shown you.