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Devotional - 13th Aug 2020

 "Let your heart therefore  be perfect with the Lord, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day' (1 King 8:61).

We are all sinners by birth as a result of Adam and Eve sinning. So as sinners, can we possess a perfect heart? Jesus said, "Be ye perfect even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" (Matthew 4:48).
Being perfect does not mean having a sinless or flawless heart. It was said, David had a perfect heart towards God all the days of his life, yet he failed the Lord. It is interesting to say, that man looks at the outward appearance by what he sees, but God judges the heart and its unseen motives (1 Samuel 16:7).
When our heart is perfect  with the Lord, we allow the Holy Spirit to search the depths and crevices of our heart; to dig out and expose every sin that may be hidden there. The Holy Spirit will convict our heart and motivates and encourages us to walk in the statutes of God and to keep His commandments.  A perfect heart cries out to the Lord, as did David when he penned these words, "Search me, O God and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me..."
(Psalm 139:23-24). Having a perfect heart means we are constantly in total obedience to God, being complete in Him, and walking uprightly. We must possess a heart that is responsive to the warnings and commands of God. We must realise that we in our natural sinful state cannot be perfect, but it is the grace of God through the sufferings of Jesus Christ that makes us perfect. Peter gives a clear picture in 1 Peter 5:10, "But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." Let us commit our hearts to God. Be sincere in our love for him; be totally committed to him; constantly obeying him, and united in our worship, today. We have only today promise to us, let us worship God and give allow our hearts to be perfected in him.

Have a wonderful day 🌹🌹

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