Except

For Wednesday 18th January

“And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.” - 1 Kings 3v3


Exceptions have always been a problem for God’s people. When the Israelites entered Canaan they got rid of all the enemies in the land except for the Gibeonites and a few other. When Saul defeated the Amalekites he destroyed everything except some of the livestock Here, Solomon love God and walked in the statutes of his father, except he still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high place. The exceptions always caused problems for those who allowed them.

God’s desire for our lives is that we live lives for Him without exception. We find it easy and expedient in our Christian lives to feel pretty comfortable in our Christian walk. We know that we are still sinners and that we are not going to reach perfection in our lifetimes. If we are not careful we can use that for an excuse to make exceptions in our lives. We say things like, “I am doing pretty well in may walk for the Lord except in my prayer life, or my devotional life, or with impure thoughts, or with materialism, or with lack of faith.”
We cannot live in constant guilt. However, we also cannot live content with the “excepts” in our lives. We must strive daily to live lives without exception for Him.