Spiritual Maintenance

Parts of Pastor Kong's daily devotion:

And I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut and bar the doors; and appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, one at his watch station and another in front of his own house.” - Nehemiah 7:3


In Nehemiah 7, the walls of Jerusalem were all completed and the gaps were all repaired. Having restored the wall, Nehemiah was concerned that the succeeding generation would not treasure what the returning Jews had done and damage the walls again. It is always harder to maintain something than to obtain it. So Nehemiah immediately appointed his brother Hanani, and another man by the name of Hananiah to take charge, stand guard and keep watch over the city of Jerusalem.


You need to repair whatever moral gaps there are in your life. But once God has done an internal work of restoration, there has to be regular maintenance to ensure that you don’t slide back into those moral lapses again. Proverbs 4:18 says, “The path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.” The Christian walk is never static. You never stand still at a stationary spiritual experience. Rather, it is a path that you continually walk in.


We all need to maintain our relationship with God. And this is a daily process. Our walk with the Lord needs to remain fresh. Our revelation of spiritual things should be current. We should have daily encounters with Jesus. Every day, we should be led by the Holy Spirit in everything that we do—no matter how mundane those things may seem to be.