{"id":71,"date":"2019-07-17T14:41:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T14:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covenantmoravian.com\/index.php\/watchword-reflections\/wednesday-reflection-july-17-2019-appropriate-approach-to-god\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T14:41:45","slug":"wednesday-reflection-july-17-2019-appropriate-approach-to-god","status":"publish","type":"watchword","link":"https:\/\/covenantmoravian.com\/index.php\/watchword-reflections\/wednesday-reflection-july-17-2019-appropriate-approach-to-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Reflection \u2013 July 17, 2019 &#8211; Appropriate Approach to God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wednesday Reflection  July 17, 2019 - Appropriate Approach to God\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9wXTLq13sKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<b><i>The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.\u00a0Daniel 9:14<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Watchword is located in the context of Daniel\u2019s prayer to God. He begins his prayer where we all should \u2013 \u2018O Lord, great and awesome God\u2019. He recognized the greatness and goodness of God. Sometimes we approach God as if he were a stingy person who must be persuaded to give us anything. For Daniel, God\u00a0is all-sufficient and\u00a0keeps his covenant and mercy with those who love him. We can sense the earnestness in Daniel\u2019s prayer from the get go, yet it is also agonizing. It was Spurgeon who said \u201cOh! That our prayers could get beyond praying, till they got to agonizing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was a deep prayer of confession as Daniel declared that, \u2018We have sinned and committed iniquity\u2019. Notice that he used the personal pronoun \u2018we\u2019 and\u00a0not \u2018they\u2019. He included himself as if to demonstrate the personal yet collective sins of the people. When we think about it long enough, we will realize that \u2018<i>they\u2019<\/i>\u00a0prayers never really reach God, but genuine\u00a0\u2018we\u2019\u00a0prayers see ourselves correctly and see our fellow saints with compassion. Daniel was clear in declaring that<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s sin was not God\u2019s fault; God was utterly righteous and blameless. Any\u00a0shame of face\u00a0belonged to Israel, not to God.<\/p>\n<p>When we consider the poor attitude of the Israelites, it would be easy for Daniel to complain to God about Israel\u2019s problems. However, Daniel didn\u2019t think for a moment that God was too hard on Israel; he knew God was completely righteous and any failure was on Israel\u2019s side. So instead of complaining, Daniel confessed. During times of great revival among God\u2019s people, the Holy Spirit always brings a deep conviction and awareness of sin. When that is responded to rightly, confession is appropriately made. When such confession is genuine, it is sincere, specific, and thorough.<\/p>\n<p>We have the tendency to make excuses for our wrongdoings. We learn a lesson from Daniel in this text that there can be no valid excuse for our sins. We can\u2019t blame anyone else and we certainly cannot blame God. Daniel highlighted that even in his judgment against Israel, God was totally faithful to his word. Indeed, he is righteous in everything he does.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Till next week, hear the words of today\u2019s New Testament text in\u00a0James 1:17:\u00a0<b><i>\u2018<\/i><\/b><b><i>Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights,\u00a0with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.\u2019<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jermaine Gibson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embed]https:\/\/youtu.be\/9wXTLq13sKk[\/embed] The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him. 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