FAITH CAPSULE: Be mindful of God, not be selfish but know God to fear Him.
Psalm 8
One that is selfish is lacking consideration for others, concerned chiefly with self-gain.
Lack of satisfaction is the character of selfishness that is not mindful of others.
One that is selfish will hardly listen.
One that is selfish avoids responsibility to make self-available for others.
Are you an acclaimed believer, telling lies, deceiving to manipulate your world, the character of selfishness?
One that is selfish does not have consideration for the time for others.
Think of this: How can one that is not mindful of others be mindful of God?
Selfishness is not mindful of God.
David asked God: “What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalm 8:4)
Does the question of David before God speak to you?
Are you mindful of God?
In the world today, man is full of himself while God is empty in man.
The emptiness of God in man is the evidence of not living by the word of God, the lack of fear of God.
Today, the majority no longer fear God with the heart but with the mouth.
The lack of fear of God is evidence of misplacement of the word (command, law of God), and it is the automatic route into the path of eternal damnation.
Without any compromise, the will of God for all is to fear God.
Selfish minded is not mindful of the truth that all creation exists for the glory of God, not for self or anyone. Revelations 4:11 states, “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will, they exist and were created.”
Without any compromise, the will of God for man is to fear God.
No one is born to this world with the knowledge to fear God.
The knowledge to fear God comes from learning in the word of God.
To live a life with the fear of God is the only way to be able to be humble and become obedient to God continually.
The Law of God will cause tenderness of heart.
With a tender heart, there is a place for humility. Without humility, obedience is not possible.
Philippians 2:8 records that Jesus humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
The will of God is for man to fear Him.
Do you fear God indeed and in truth?
Are you lost from the word of God, not known to be satisfied before God, not selfish?
Be mindful of God, not be selfish but know God to fear Him.
Deuteronomy 24:29 identifies what it takes to find God, “…seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul seek Him and you will found Him”
Do not be deceived but fear God from the depth of your heart.
Prayer for today: Ask that God shall occupy you.