Focus: Ephesians 5:1 - KJV
1. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Matthew 5:7-48
Happy New Month friends. This will be a great month to remember by the power of God in Jesus’ name; and by extension, this second quarter shall equally be memorable. All over social media people seek others to follow them no matter whether they be strangers, family, friends or whatever. More often than not, people have had to unfollow those they followed due to a discovery of some incontinent act or the other. The best person to follow as children of God is our father in heaven Himself. Unlike the social media following, to follow God is to be like Him in all things. Our God is of a pure character and can only be followed by those who equally possess the same. In actual fact, He seeks such to follow Him. Incidentally, He does not mind to have them come unto Him in their raw states, but as they follow Him, He expects His character to rob off on them that they become a reflection of Himself.
Beginning from today, God seeks that we follow Him as His dear children. But, so that we do not fall off in the course of the journey with Him, He expects us to be perfect even as He is perfect. The reason is not farfetched. God is light and therefore, operates in purity to the extent that wherever He treads, even where darkness ordinarily resides, He sails through unaffected. If, however, there is a follower of His that carries darkness or impurity which belongs in darkness in himself, the same may get entangled thereby, if he is found in it when trying to follow God through. What that simply means is that a person operating in darkness will eventually have himself, and never God, to blame if he decides to follow God without renouncing darkness. The effect is always devastating.
SOLUTION: In this month and beyond, please ensure you eschew all works of darkness so as to be a dedicated and effective follower of God. There is no better person to follow than God, through Christ.
Please pray:
· Give thanks to God for making it thus far and for giving you health as well as ability to read and reason at this time
· Ask God for the grace to follow Him acceptably
· Pray that God will help you by His Spirit to become and remain pure just like He is so that it can be said of the two of you: like father like son/daughter
· Pray for the blessings of following God to come on you so that as light, you can also overcome darkness in all its ramification
· Please set a goal of things to achieve this month/quarter and ask God to help you gain them
If you are blessed by this post, kindly share with your contacts, as well as others, that they may be blessed also. Thank you and may God bless you abundantly as you do so, in Jesus’ name.
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