DCLM Daily Manna Devotional July 2, 2023
DCLM Daily Manna Devotional July 2, 2023, Sunday Daily Devotional written by Pastor W.F Kumuyi
TOPIC: Beyond Our Filthy Rags
READ: Job 25:1-6 (KJV)
KEY VERSE:
“How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?” – (Job 25:4)
MESSAGE:
As an experienced senator tried to describe the bizarre wonder of the capitol to a new politician, he pointed his attention to an old deteriorating log floating on the river and said, “This city is like that log out there”. “How’s that,” the fresh politician asked. The senator retorted, “Well, there are probably more than one hundred thousand grubs, ants, bugs and critters on that old log as it floats down the river. And I imagine every one of them thinks that he’s steering it”.
Bildad, Job’s friend, tried to burst such delusive thinking regarding self-righteousness. Although his message was ignorantly misapplied to Job’s situation, it holds true in life. His argument highlights the supremacy of God’s dominion and the extensiveness of his providence. In particular, he harps on the futility, by any natural man, to justify self before a perfectly holy God, before whose majesty the moon and stars lose their lustre.
Many people still wallow in the misplaced notion that their good works and personal discipline are enough to earn them good standing before God. Nothing can be farther from the truth because man, in his natural state, is depraved (Romans 3:23,12). The psalmist aptly captures this in his saying, “I was shapen in iniquity” (Psalm 51:2). The good works performed by the natural man do not measure up to God’s standard and are regarded by Him as filthy rags.
It takes the redemptive act of God to qualify us for justification before Him. No one can be justified without placing their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Only those whose sins have been forgiven on account of personal repentance and faith in Christ are justified before God and righteous before Him.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Self-righteousness is delusional and damnable.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
2 Kings 3-4
DCLM Daily Manna July 2, 2023 Devotional Guide was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi. He’s the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
