- Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”? Proverbs 20:9 – Anyone who can raise their hand and declare this verse is speaking of them is sorely mistaken. Our proverbs speaks of someone who is able to say they themselves have purified their heart, and they themselves have cleaned them up from their sinfulness. What a proud posture to take and what a foolish posture to have as well. We ourselves are never able to purify and clean ourselves up. Scripture is clear that outside of a relationship with the Lord, mankind is sinful, depraved, and unable to reach the holiness God is calling us to. If we ever wanted our story to be different than that, we must have another set of hands in our life doing the cleaning up of our life. Yes, that is humbling, and yes, that may be frustrating even to some. Yet when we finally come to accept this truth and embrace the holy hands of Jesus in our life, there we can find new life. Jesus can make our heart pure and Jesus can clean us up from our sin. Jesus makes us a new creation and causes the old us to pass away. Jesus is the one that makes us holy in God’s eyes. Settle today in the truth that alone we could never achieve such holiness, but embrace that truth that Jesus is here and not only is able to make us pure, He longs to do so. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2928
- Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? Proverbs 20:6 – I’ve had many of the students at our church express they have seen this verse play out at their school, let’s see if you can relate as well. It’s speaking about the people who proclaim they have a faithful walk with God and love to boast about their holy deeds, yet there isn’t any real devotion to God outside of their words. Hence why it says a faithful man, one who actually does what he says he does for God, is hard to find. Maybe you to have seen people like this who say they’re a Christian but live a life quite opposite of their words. Rather than trashing those people, let’s just make sure we aren’t like that. Say you follow Jesus and live like you follow Jesus. While those who a faithful may be hard to find, let’s be those who are faithful trying to be found. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 691
- Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld. Proverbs 20:28- Love is what preserves and upholds. Not power, not wealth, not armies, not knowledge, not reputation. Love. What will keep you and uphold your life is love. Let love be what you dwell deeply in and allow it to be intertwined within all you do. It will be what keeps you, holds you up, supports you, and carries you through life. Oh, and remember what 1 John 4:8 says about love…God is love. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1702
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