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The Topic of Open Heavens for 3rd August
2023 Is “Integrity”
MEMORISE: Proverbs
20:7
The
just man walketh in his integrity, his children are blessed after him.
READ: Proverbs 28:6-10
6 Better
is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his
ways, though he be rich.
7 Whoso
keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men
shameth his father.
8 He that
by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him
that will pity the poor.
9 He that
turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
10 Whoso
causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into
his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
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Simply
put, integrity is being true to your word – that is, what you say is consistent
with what you do. Everyone who calls himself or herself a Christian must be a
person of integrity. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “But let your communication
be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil”
(Matthew 5:37). When you promise to do something, that is what you should do.
If for any reason you cannot fulfil your promise, you must discuss it with the
fellow involved and explain the circumstances.
You
shouldn’t go back on a promise without any explanation – that is not like your
Father in Heaven, whom you claim to be like. I remember when I had just
finished secondary school and was looking for a way to sponsor my university
education. I approached the authorities of a school in Ondo State and they
agreed to sponsor my education on the condition that I would study Mathematics
and serve them for five years after getting my degree. Although English was my
favourite subject, I had no choice.
When
I graduated, I went back to serve them, but after two and a half years, I
became restless: I wanted a Master’s degree. After gaining admission to do my
Masters, I appealed to them to let me go for it, assuring them that I would
return to finish my bond. They didn’t believe me, but after obtaining the
degree, I returned to the school to continue serving them. By then however, I
was becoming an embarrassment to them because I had a higher degree than my
Principal.
After
another one and a half years, I appealed to them to allow me to get a Ph.D and
return, but they said, “You are free to go and you don’t have to come back”.
The name of Jesus is powerful – so powerful that Philippians 2:10-11 says that
at the mention of that name, every knee in heaven, on earth and underneath the
earth should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord.
As
powerful as His name is, the Bible says He magnifies His word above it (Psalm
138:2). This is why we trust completely in the word of God – we know that He
can and will do what He says He will. If you say you are Christ-like then your
word must be your bond.
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 1-3
Hymn 20 Stand
Up! Stand Up For Jesus
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