Bible Verse of The Day – 5-3-21

Matthew 15:8-9 (NKJV) 8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

Lip service, in any form, is a terrible thing.

Our mouth says one thing, but our heart and our actions do another.

It should be our desire to draw so close to God that we never have to worry about lip service in our walk with Him.

Our heart will know when we are serving God only with our words. Because, in reality, this is not serving God at all. It is merely going through the motions.

Let us push aside all distractions, all idols and all selfish ambition in our effort to know Him more intimately.

We need not depend on our heart to lead us in this. Instead, we need to look directly to Him, leaning solely on His precious Spirit for guidance, discernment and understanding.

We cannot count on our intellect. We can have volumes of knowledge, and yet still not know God.

We cannot rely on others. Yes, others can give us guidance. But this walk with God is ours to carry out and navigate, as we do so “with fear and trembling”.

Philippians 2:12 (NKJV) 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

This is not meant to be scary or solemn. It is a heartfelt exhortation, written in love, to encourage you to give God 100% of who you are. We are, after all, His creations.

It is Him who breathed life into our lungs and gave our heart the beat that keeps us breathing.

Let us not serve Him only with our lips, but with every fiber of our being, making Him our number one priority until the moment that we take our very last breath.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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