Daily Devotional – ‘In His Footstep’
By Kingdom Support Initiatives (KSi)
May 26th 2022

Open Up to God

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Proverb 28:13 (KJV)

Bible Reading: Joshua 7

Sometimes ago, I saw an advert: a mother walked into her son’s room; noticed that it was extremely dirty, and told her son to clean the room. The son refused to carry-out her mother’s instruction because according to him, cleaning his room was a huge task which he wasn’t ready to undertake because it was time consuming exercise. The mother however, offered him an alternative solution, which was to clean the room by spraying a fragrance to cover the dirt and for fresh fragrance.

Many times, we are like this. Our hearts are unclean and we look for shortcuts before God instead of exposing ourselves unto Him. In fact, we should have tarried before Him to purge us, deny ourselves of worldly lust and be cleansed by the precious blood of Jesus and the word. The world system is deceptive and many love its ways.However, God desires that we seek Him with the whole of our heart. Unlike the deceit inherent in our analogy, God wants us to come to Him in all sincerity without holding back.

God considered David as a man after His own heart because he was honest, and open to God regardless of his offence. Anytime he made a mistake, he would cry to God for mercy and refused to cover his sins. No wonder he wrote Psalm 51, one of the most profound Psalms ever written. Beloved, we are in a world where unrighteousness is celebrated and sins are covered. I encourage you to cry out today like Paul (Romans 7:24-25) and be delivered. Remember, ”He that covereth his sin shall not prosper, but whosoever confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy” (Proverb 28:13).

Action Point: What areas of your life have you hidden from God? Confess unto Him today!

Daily Confession: Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow in Jesus name.

Intercessory prayer: Pray for primary and secondary school teachers for God to keep them, give them wisdom as they teach our kids, and for God to fight for them on every side.

Hymn: Search me, O God,

And know my heart today;

Try me, O Saviour

Know my thoughts, I pray

See if there be

Some wicked way in me;

Cleanse me from every sin

And set me free