"I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?" (John 5:41-44).
Honor. Godly honor. It's the kind of honor that keeps its word and standard of integrity no matter what. It never fails—it always succeeds.
Every day, commitments of honor are required of you. You have choices to make regarding ethics in your job, disciplining your children, keeping your marriage strong—and it's hard.
It's a choice between God's honor and man's. One brings true and sure success...and one brings shallow, temporal success that ends in ultimate failure. In other words, it looks good but doesn't last.
You just can't live the Christian life without honor. You'll never be faithful without it. You can't be. Without honor, you don't have the power to be faithful. It's just not in you.
In John 5:41-44, Jesus told the Pharisees about honor that comes from God only. That's the kind of honor we must have to stand in our day. You can be a powerful force in the earth as a believer who walks by faith, but to do it, you must operate in His honor.
Man's definition of honor, however, is quite different from God's. It is a derivative of the honor of God, but it is light and shallow—it is a false honor that deceives men.
The world's honor that comes from men and is given to men is what I call the "honor game." In this sport, everything is done to gain the prestige, power and authority that other men can give. It's temporal, short-lived and dishonorable in view of what some men will do to get it.
In playing the game, people will scheme, beg, swap favors, cheat and "shade the truth" to "win." You may work with people like that. These schemers may receive the same physical privileges, the same "honor" as those who are truly deserving— although they did not win with true honor. But know that in the long run, they don't win.
On the other hand, God is faithful to honor you when you act honorably. That's because you are acting in something that originated in Him! He is honorable. So don't play the game! Live honorably with the honor that comes from God alone. Your rewards will be far greater and eternal...He guarantees it.
Speak the Word: As I honor God, He honors me. (1 Samuel 2:30)
For Further Study: Psalm 15
Daily Scripture Reading: Ecclesiastes 1-2; Psalm 16
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 Kenneth Copeland is known worldwide as a speaker, author, television minister and recording artist. The driving force of his ministry is the message that God’s Word works to turn every area of life from failure to success. Today, after 43 years in public ministry, he and his wife, Gloria, distribute the biblical message of hope worldwide from Kenneth Copeland Ministries headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, and from international offices in Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa and Ukraine. Countless lives are impacted through his ministry in both domestic and international Believers' Conventions and Victory Campaigns and through the Believer's Voice of Victory magazine mailed to more than a half million readers worldwide every month. Millions more learn to put God's plan for effective living to work for them through the Believer's Voice of Victory television broadcast which is aired on 571 stations daily and 536 on Sunday in the U.S., and 130 stations internationally. BVOV also available through live and prerecorded Internet webcasts at www.kcm.org. Today, Christian growth materials authored by Kenneth Copeland are trusted resources in homes throughout the world, with more than 150 titles in books, CDs and DVDs—including books translated into two dozen languages. By the end of 2008, more than 15,029,664 books; 14,021,220 cassettes; 7,097,686 teaching CDs; 430,379 videos; and 749,657 DVDs had been distributed. Since his earliest days of ministry, Kenneth Copeland has preached the uncompromised Word of God, continuing to fulfill his mission to declare from the top of the world to the bottom and all the way around that Jesus is Lord! | |
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