TEAR DOWN THE MASK

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

Friday 16th December 2016

Topic:  Tear Down The Mask

Text: "But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob. “But are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “Yes, I am,” Jacob replied."
Genesis 27:23‭-‬24 NLT

As humans we have the tendency to mask up our true identity and we did this by pretending in a whole lot of ways.
Jacob, in the Old Testament, did some pretending too. With his mother Rebekah’s help, he fooled his father into believing he was his brother Esau so he could gain the blessing meant for the elder son (Gen. 27). Jacob got caught after his deceitful act, but it was too late for Esau to receive the blessing.

Pretending goes on in our churches today. Some people put on a false front. They use the right “Christian” words, attend church almost every Sunday, and even pray before meals. They pretend they “have it all together” in order to gain the approval of others. But inside they’re struggling with brokenness, guilt, doubt, or an addiction or other persistent sin.

God placed us in a body of believers to support one another. Admit that you aren’t perfect. Then seek the counsel of a godly brother or sister in Christ.

Don’t let the devil keep all bound up by making you hide your pains and cover up your struggles
Pretending there is nothing wrong;
Instead, open your life to God who is all knowing and all loving.
Then God will fill your heart with solutions and  new songs.

PRAYER

Father I open up my life to you and  I hand over all my pains and struggles to you. Let your Spirit move over every troubled situations of my life in Jesus name.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Daniel
9:20-27,
Daniel 10,
Daniel 11:1
1 John
3:11-24, 1
John 4:1-6
Psalm
137:1-9