5TH JULY
Mark 7:6-7
“And he said to them, ‘Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
If you want to live as a witness you must get real with God—no more surface Christianity!
How does God view a Christian life where you honour him with your lips, but your heart is far from him? “In vain do they worship me.” What a terrible thought, that God would evaluate my life and worship that way!
There is, of course, the simplest (not easy) solution: honour God with your lips AND keep him in the centre of your heart. How can you keep him in the centre of your heart? Spend lots of time with him. Talk with him. Listen to him in his word. Respond to him when he speaks to you or leads you in a direction. Talk about him with others. Build your worldview around his worldview.
When your inner life and what you say with your lips come from the same place of love for God, then your words and impact on those around you will have great authority and will be full of the presence and pleasure of God.
MAKE IT PERSONAL:
What’s ONE thing you can do to keep God “in the centre of your heart” today?