*DAILY DEW 7/AUGUST/2023* *NOT TO BE LOVED* _Key Bible Text:_ *"'Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."* James 4:4 (KJV) _Bible Insight:_ The believer is called into a delicate place-- you are to live daily in a world you are to refuse to fall in love with. We are to be like good citizens but never really placing our allegiance and loyalty to the world or any of the nations of this world. We are to plan for the future but constantly reminding ourselves that there is no true future in this world. We are to make money and earn a decent living, but always reminding ourselves that more money must never become the primary motive for which we live. Like Rehab, we must never place hope in this world, but rather we must place loyalty to God's soon coming kingdom. As she deliberately worked against the world of her time in preference to the people of God, we must desist from preferring this world or her goods whenever they place a conflict with the Lord and His word! Like spies we must conduct our affairs with much restraint and wisdom, using all our resources to advance our grand objective, the growth and realization of Kingdom of God and his soon coming King! We can sing the national anthems of this world, but only as a lip service for our hearts must sing the praises of Him that have called us out of darkness into his marvelous lights. Even if we must suffer being misunderstood or never trusted or never loved, we must remember that it has to be so. For as we are not to love this world, so are they not to love us. _MEDITATION:_ *"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you."* (John 15:18-19 (KJV)) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_AUGUST,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...