MY
DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion
for Monday (Holy Week) April 10, 2017
Topic:
Deception Can Kill
Text:
Mark 11:12 – 14
Some of the gospels recorded that
Jesus drove away merchants from the temple on His arrival during triumphal
entry into Jerusalem but Mark recorded it as an event that took place a day
after the triumphal entry. The temple which ought to be a place of prayer had
been turn into a place of merchandise thus deceiving people who sees it from
outside.
Our bible passage for today is a
related incident to the clearing of the Temple. Jesus had to curse the fig tree
because of its deceptive posture. The Temple was supposed
to be a place of worship, but true worship had disappeared. The fig tree showed
promise of fruit, but it produced none.
In these two acts of cursing the fig
tree and clearing of the temple, Jesus was showing His anger at religious life
without substance. He denounced a confession that does not correspond with
profession. God expects us to live out what we confess. If you claim to have
faith without putting it to work in your life, you are like the barren fig tree.
The deceptive posture of the fig tree
led to the curse. This shows that when we have a form of godliness but denying
the power thereof (2 Timothy 3:5; Titus 1:16), we are invariably procuring
God’s anger upon ourselves. Do you have a deceptive look where people see you
as a Christian but inwardly you are not? God hates deception. Repent of your
deception and hypocrisy now before your sins will find you out.
Food
for Thought:
Do you have a deceptive look which doesn’t correspond with what you are inside?
Beware because deception kills.
Memory
verse: Mark
11 verse 14
Prayer:
Lord God, remove any form of deception me and help me to live the life expected
of me as a Christian.
