Put Your Heart Into It!

Tuesday's Devotion (2-1-05)

"He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." Mark 7:6 (KJV)

A mistake people often make is that they honor the Lord, with their lips, but not with their hearts. You'll hear a lot of people say things like, "Praise the Lord!" or "God, is so awesome!", but words are nothing without action. If you come to my house in need of food, I can say, "I love you!" and not give you any food, but if I did that then I'd be lying. In the same manner people are worshipping Christ, with their mouths and it's false worship because they're doing something else with their actions and their heart. Words are nothing without action to back them up.

We have to honor the Lord, with both mouth and heart, if we are to enter into God's Kingdom. If you honor with your mouth and not with your heart, the Bible calls that, "Being double-minded", but in today's society we call it, "Being two faced". If you tell someone to their face, "You're a great friend!", but behind their back you tell someone else, "That person is such a jerk!", that is being two faced. The only difference between doing that behind's someone's back and doing it to the Lord, in your heart is that you can't hide it from the Lord! The Lord, doesn't honor this at all. You need to do more than honor God, with your lips... you need to put your heart into it!

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Please help our hearts to be right with you and not just our mouths. Bring us closer to you. In Jesus, name. A-men!

God bless!

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