It's not because we are righteous...

Deuteronomy 9:3-6 NKJV

Therefore understand today that the Lord your God is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and bring them down before you; so you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has said to you. “Do not think in your heart, after the Lord your God has cast them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land’; but it  is  because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out from before you. It  is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Therefore understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.

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Shalom! Day #116. Do you know that it's not because we are righteous or overly righteous that the Lord chose to fight for us o bless us, but because of His grace and mercy upon us that we are able to step into the plans of God for our lives? Let's pray. Father forgive us for thinking that we deserve You blessings because we are so righteous and so on. Indeed it's because of Your grace and mercy that we are able to feel Your love and walk in Your plans and purposes for us. In Jesus name we ask and pray,  amen!

Many at time we think we deserve this and that because we are so talented, because we are so gifted,  because we are so righteous and good. Let me say something here as a servant of God. None of us is righteous! It is because the Lord's grace and mercy upon us that He has chosen us to be the partakers of His plans and His purposes. One truth you should know is, while we were still sinners, He chose us, took us from the pit, cleansed all our filth and forgave all our sins and now He uses us as His vessels to proclaim the goodness of God. It was never about our righteousness or goodness. We are made righteous in Christ Jesus. Do not think in your heart, after the Lord your God has cast them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land’; but it  is  because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out from before you. It  is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Therefore understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.

In this generation,  there are still stiff-necked people. Their ego and pride goes before them and God despises it. Even while we are serving God, we think that we are so good. We think we had a great healing service because we are so righteous and so in tune with God's voice. The reason God performs. The miracles, deliverance healings and so on is because the Lord has intended it to happen. We are just being His glorified vessels to execute His plans and purposes for this generation. Serve Him with all your heart, not with all your pride. It's our privilege to serve the King of kings.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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Let this day be the day of the Lord!

In His Majestic service,

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