Joyce Meyer Daily Devotional July 15, 2022
TOPIC: In Spirit And Truth
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth (reality). – JOHN 4:24 (AMPC)
Joyce Meyer Daily Devotional July 15, 2022
We communicate with God through our spirit. Jesus said in our verse for today that we must worship God in spirit and in truth. Being totally and completely truthful with God is one of the ways we can develop intimacy with Him.
He knows everything about us anyway, so there is no reason to not be totally honest with Him. Tell Him how you feel, what you have done wrong, and what your desires are. Talk to God honestly as you Would a good, trusted friend. There are times when I know God wants me to do a thing and I tell Him honestly that I don’t want to do it, but that I will do it in obedience to Him and because I love Him.
Pretense and a close relationship with God will not work. A friend of mine once told me that although she knew she should give financially into the kingdom of God truthfully, she did not want to. She was honest with God and told Him, “l will do it, but I don’t really want to, so I am asking you to give me a desire to give.” This woman eventually became very generous and did it with joy. Only the truth will make us free (see John 8:32).
God’s Word is truth. He says what He means and means what He says. When we do something wrong, we must be totally honest with God about it. Call sin what it is. If you were greedy, call it greed. If you were jealous, call it jealousy. If you lied, call it a lie. Ask God for forgiveness and receive it by faith. When we worship God, we must do so from the spirit and do it with all truth, sincerity, and honesty.
If we feel a friend is being untruthful, we often say, “Get real,” meaning that we are asking them to stop pretending and just be honest. I think God wants the same thing from us.
PRAYER STARTER: Father, I want to be obedient to You in all ways, but I will need help if I’m going to be successful. Please show me when I’m intentionally “missing You because I don’t want to do something, and please help me be completely honest with You, amen.
