With the mouth, with the lips
Isaiah 29:13. This people draw near me with their mouths, and honor me with their lips. But their heart is far from me. The fear that they fear me is a commandment taught by men.
The Lord said to the people that dwell in Jerusalem, that they come to Me with their mouths. They honour Me with their tongues. But their heart is far away. That means, they have one thing in their mouth and another in their heart. This is the deceitful heart Many people when they look at us, they smile and talk to us very nicely. But they have jealously and hatred in their heart against us.
Like these israelites, we sing praises to the Lord with our mouths and praise him with our lips. But our heart is far from the Lord, from His words, and from His commandments. How sad and painful it will be for the heart of God, who loved us so much and sacrificed His own only Son for us!
Our God has searched and known our heart, that means He knows how far our heart is from the Lord.Today, like David, let us pray, O God, create in me a clean heart. Moreover, the Lord expresses his anguish that they fear the Lord according to the commandments taught by men.
Yes, today we too follow the teachings and advises of men, false preachers, and churches. These are the last days where false teachings are prevalent among many churches. Therefore we must read, study and meditate the word of God and fear the Lord just as the Holy Spirit teaches us.
Moreover, the Lord expresses his anguish that they fear the Lord according to the commandments taught by men. Yes, today we too follow the teachings and advises of men, false preachers, and churches. These are the last days where false teachings are prevalent among many churches. Therefore we must read, study and meditate the word of God and fear The Lord just as the Holy Spirit teaches us.
Not only that, Job said, My tongue does not speak deceit. Job 27:3.
Blessed is he whose spirit there is no guile. Psalm 32:2.
He who works with deceit will not be in my house., Psalm 101:7. We must put an end to all deceit and grow in the word of God 1 Peter 2:2,3
Do we have this guile or deceit in our lives? If so, let us repent.
Yes, may the Lord Himself help us to have a pure heart, an innocent heart, with out guile and live in holiness. Amen. Hallelujah.
Sol.Dr. Padmini Selvyn.