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Devotional - 15th July 2020

'Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread' (Isaiah 8:13).

God is holy and righteous and as His children, we should celebrate the perfection of His holiness by sanctifying Him. In doing so, we ascribe our holiness to Him by looking to Him as our sanctification - the one who sanctifies. God wants us to trust in Him implicitly, to call upon Him in our time of distress, trouble and adversity. He wants us to look particularly to Him for help, and not to man. God is our hope of safety, we can find no safe haven than His protection; therefore we should seek to honour Him. We need to trust in His promises, giving Him glory for His mighty power; His goodness and His faithfulness  to us. When we sanctify God with our hearts let Him be our fear and dread. This doesn't mean we should be filled with horror and have a desire to flee from him. No! It means we ought to reverence Him continuously and freely give our heart to Him. When we truly know God by spend quality time with him, we will be in awe!  Awe of His amazing greatness. This will lead us to dread Him, as we cannot imagine ourselves standing before such a mighty God. Then our awe turns to dread - dread of our unworthiness. As sinners we should be in awe when we look upon Jesus, our ultimate sacrifice.
Let us sanctify the Lord by filling our hearts with love for Him and having the right thoughts and attitudes towards Him and those around us. We do this by searching the Scripture, meditating on His Word and praying in supplication and Thanksgiving continually, removing all other fear and dread from our minds. Today let God's divine peace rest in you and fill you with unspeakable joy.

Have a wonderful day🌹🌹

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