Standing To The End – Part 2

CALL TO PRAYER

By: Stephen Osei Kuffour

Date: 02.04.2023

Title: Standing To The End – Part 2

My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; He who walks in a perfect way, He shall serve me. He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.  (Psalm 101:6-7 NKJV)

In last week’s Call to Prayer, I started sharing on the Topic titled, “Standing To The End”. We learnt that we are living in an evil world whose systems have successfully been influenced by the evil one to the extent that it is very difficult for Believers to serve the Lord and remain Faithful to Him. Due to this, Believers need the Manifest Presence of the Lord all the time so we can remain to the end. We learnt that one key to experience this Manifest Presence of God is Holiness.

The next Key that can help us to always carry the Presence of God is to be sincere and not be a hypocrite. It takes sincerity to continue dwelling in His house or presence. We must avoid deceitfulness. The word of God makes us understand that those who work deceit shall not dwell in the presence of God (Psalm 101:6-7).

The Lord doesn’t like hypocrisy at all and so His presence cannot dwell with hypocrites. We can see this in the Letter to the angel of the Church of Laodicea. These people were neither cold nor hot and because of that, the Lord said He would vomit them out of His mouth(Rev 3:14-22). Let’s learn from this and be sincere in our relationship with the Lord.

We have to also avoid telling lies if we want to carry the Manifest Presence of God. Lying is one of the sins that most people underestimate. People tell lies all the time and we even call some lies “small” and others “big”. However, I want you to know today that every lie is a lie, and it’s very dangerous. Lying can drive away the Spirit and invites the devil into your Life. The devil is called the father of all lies (John 8:44). Peter said to Ananias; “why has Satan filled your heart to lie”. Let’s, therefore, be conscious of this and avoid telling lies in order to always carry the Presence of God.

Beloved in the Lord, these evil times call for the Manifest Presence of God to always be with Believers in order to keep us from falling so we can remain faithful to the end. Some of the keys to building a good relationship with the Lord and carrying His Manifest Presence are to be sincere and avoid telling lies. Decide to be a sincere person today! Decide to be a truthful person today!

Prayer Point:

Let’s thank God for His Word today. Let’s ask the Lord to help all Believers to be sincere and truthful in order to experience His Manifest Presence in our lives. Let’s ask the Lord to help us to remain Faithful to the end.

God bless you all