September 8

In Deuteronomy 23:14, we are given a great and sobering promise. Here we are told, “The Lord your God walks in the midst of you to deliver you and to give your enemies vanquished before you. Therefore, shall your camp be holy, in order that He may see nothing of offense among you and turn away from you.”

From the first lines of scripture and throughout the holy Word, it has been evident that it is the desire of our loving heavenly Father to bless us. He desires to be with us, to speak to us in the cool of the day, to guide us through difficulty, to bless us with good things.

We yearn to enjoy the gifts our great God and King desires to lavish upon us. We stand on His promises of health, and prosperity, and victory over every trial, and guidance into the fullness of His intentions for us. We yearn to share His truth with others who know Him not.

We realize that for the fullness of His promises to dwell in us and to be manifested to others through us, we must walk in the righteousness with which we are cloaked when we receive Jesus as Savior. Apart from Him, we cannot be holy and apart from holiness, we can have no favor with God.