Monday October 02nd, 2023
« Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it »
9 “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there.
10 For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft,
11 or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.
12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord. It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the Lord your God will drive them out ahead of you.
13 But you must be blameless before the Lord your God.
The Almighty God is the greatest conservationist of all.
Right from Genesis we read how God commanded Adam to make sure the beautiful garden He had given him did not suffer decay or any pollution, as we see in our memory verse today.
There are many ways one can pollute the land or any God given gift.
The land can be polluted by sin of all sorts, particularly idolatry and human sacrifice.
In today’s memory verse we are confronted with the seriousness God attaches to the preservation of His creation. In our Bible reading today, God outlined what His chosen people must avoid so that the land that was destined to flow with milk and honey might remain blessed perpetually, it reads in part in Deuteronomy 18:9 GNT:
« “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, don’t follow the disgusting practices of the nations that are there..” »
Idolatry is the most grievous sin against God, according to Exodus 20:3.
When Adam decided to obey the devil rather than the Lord, he chose another god for himself.
Many people think idolatry is when you put an image on the ground and begin to worship it.
There are idolaters in The Church- people who choose to obey the devil rather than God.
They are always at Church programs but never do what God wants them to do. The Bible says in Ezekiel 33:31GWT
« “Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they don’t do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits.’’ »
By disobeying the word of God, people pollute the land, bringing eternal curse upon themselves and generations after them. This was exactly what the first man did and God cursed the land because of him, according to Genesis 3:17.
To keep the land which the Lord has given us to inhabit, we must obey Him and live according to His word, when we do this, our land will be free from evil and it will yield great increase for our pleasure, according to Deuteronomy 28:1-13.
I encourage you to give your life to Jesus Christ today and begin to leave according to the word of God from now.
Application: If you have polluted the land in any way, repent and call on God for forgiveness so that the time of refreshing may come from God upon your life (Acts 3:19).
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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