What is OWIAC?

OWIAC stands for "Of Whom I Am Chief." It is pronounced "how we act."

For those of us who are sinners saved by grace through faith, the name fits doesn't it? The apostle Paul made this statement about himself. Like the apostle Paul, we are all sinners saved by grace.

This Ebook contains exactly 7 devotionals for OWIAC’s who need emergency help. It is especially helpful during a 7-day fast. Start each morning with your Bible in hand day or night and be prepared to receive healing, enlightenment, peace, and forgiveness from each devotional that ends with a few short, original verses of poetry.

Note that these devotionals use the original Hebraic names for God, Lord, Jehovah, and Jesus Christ. Therefore, the reader will see Yahweh or Yah and Messiah or Yahoshua. Those who are true Bible students will understand and know. However, scripture is quoted exactly as it appears in the King James Version.

Day 1: Sunday

A Broken Heart and Contrite Spirit

I shall not be moved. Good scripture to live by, but how do we get to this point? There are times when I think I’m strong, and with certainty, this is when I am liable to fall. A man should never think more highly of himself than he ought to think (Romans 12:3). What a blow and contradiction to those who spout theories about self-esteem. However, our boast in anything comes from our boast in the Creator (Psalm 34:2). We are but “crazy dust” as one of my sisters always says. We are made of mud, yet from the loving and skillful hands of Yahweh. He created us perfect but made us free agents with a free will. Our first parents, Adam and Eve, screwed up. Our Father sent us Messiah Yahoshua as a remedy. However, we have been screwing up ever since. The good news is we can repent, ask for forgiveness, and be assured that the blood sacrifice of our Savior not only covers us but is the propitiation for our sins. It is without a doubt that in these mortal bodies we will sin, we will screw up, and we will fall short of Yah’s glory, no matter how hard we try. Therefore, the only conclusion is that we will be judged on just how hard we try, how well we succeed, and how committed we are to the end.

The Book of Revelation tell us that Messiah is soon to return and his reward is with him to give to everyone according to his works (Rev. 22:12), because “faith without works is dead” (James 2:20). However, in another scripture Yahoshua says that not everyone who says to him, “Lord, Lord,” will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but rather, he that does the will of our Father in Heaven (Matthew 7:21). There is much difference between preachers as to where and what the Kingdom of Heaven is. However, we do know that where the Messiah is, there we will be also, that is, if we make it in by doing the Father’s will.

So, what is the Father’s will? The Word says that we should love Yahweh and keep his commandments, and that this is the whole duty of man (Ecclesiastes 12:13). Sounds pretty straight forward and to the point, yet at times we believe it’s got to be more than that, and other times, we believe it’s way too much. Stated simply, our Father wants us to love him and obey him. This is the same thing Yahoshua said when he told his disciples that “if you love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15). He reiterated what the Father said: “Love the Father with all your heart, soul, and mind” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:30-31). All of the commandments (Royal Law) were rolled up into these two commandments.

So, what happens when you disobey or do wrong to the person you love? If you are truly sorry for what you have done, you will have a broken heart and a contrite spirit. This means your heart will feel as though it were physically torn, emotionally you will feel remorse, psychologically you will feel anguish, and spiritually you will feel depleted and devoid, needing reconnection and fulfillment. Yahoshua said “blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 5:3). When you are poor in spirit, you understand and realize your need for the Savior and for the Father. Your soul pants after Yah as the “hart pants after the water brook.” (Psalm 42:1)

David knew this better than anyone. Yahweh had delivered him multiple times from the hands of Saul. In the 34^th Psalm, verse 18, David said, “The Lord is near unto them that are of a broken heart, and saves such that be of a contrite spirit.” After David sinned with Bathsheba and had her husband killed to cover up his sin, he pled his case before the Father. Why? Because David was a man after the Father’s own heart. (Acts 13:22) David broke this heart-to-heart connection. It broke his heart because he knew he had broken the Father’s heart. David recognized his sin before the Father. He cried out, “Create in me a clean heart, O’ God, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10) When you have wronged someone you love and you are remorseful, you want that relationship restored. This caused David to plead with the Father: “Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your holy spirit from me.” (Verse 11) David prayed, “Restore unto me the joy of your salvation; and uphold me with your free spirit.” (Verse 12)

David learned, as do all sinners, that: “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O’ God, you will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17). Sometimes we believe that we need to fast 40 days and 40 nights, give all our substance away so that we have nothing, or even become martyrs. If these things make you feel better or you need them to draw closer to the Father, he honors them; however, he simply asks for our love and obedience. However, when we do sin, and we will no matter how hard we try, we know that we have an advocate with the Father. He says that “if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)

It is from this point that we rely on the Father’s grace and mercy. The Bible says that, as far as the east is from the west, he forgets our confessed and repented sins. Helen Baylor even recorded a beautiful song about this “sea of forgetfulness.” David, too, knew this. In Psalm 62, he conceded that, “Truly my soul waits upon God: from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.” David even repeated these words in Verse 5 with a slight variation because he also understood that his “expectation is from him” and reiterated his steadfastness in the Father when he said, “I shall not be moved” (Verse 6). Finally, David encouraged all of us sinners to “Trust in him [Yahweh] at all times you people; pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us” (Verse 8). So let us always consider what it takes for us to get to this point and continue in this vein.

Day 1 S.O.S. Words of Inspiration

My heart and my spirit lay open before Yah
Is it any wonder that I can cry Halleluyah?

My redeemer lives and I’m saved once more
His grace and mercy have left open the door

Praises, sing praises, with all of my heart
Healed one more time from the enemy’s dart

Day 2: Monday

Good Reason to Stop Sinning

Let’s face it: sin feels good, if only for a short time. Yes, it is only for a short time. The consequences are longer – much longer. Isn’t it a shame we don’t consider this before we commit our fun-filled acts?

We go through it every time, no matter what our sin. Deep inside we’re depressed, hurt, insecure, and well aware of our mortality and the futility of this life apart from our Creator. These feelings seldom surface in public; after all, we don’t want to spoil anyone else’s fun. We drink to excess, smoke or snort to excess, and everything else to excess to rid ourselves of any inhibitions. That way, we aren’t responsible for our horrible acts. In fact, we usually don’t remember what happened – or at least that’s what we tell everyone. So, we have our fleeting moments of fun and revel in our sin. That is, until the next morning.

Sometimes we think Yah created mornings as a means of making us pay for our night-filled with sin, or fun as we call it. People loved the movie, Hangover, because they could very well relate to it. However, the consequences are a lot worse. You’d think the sheer absurdity of it all would make us stop. Absolutely not. You’d think the problems we’ve caused as a result would make us stop. Not usually. Finally, you’d think that little thing Yah put within us that becomes overbearing at times, called our conscience, would cause us to stop. Of course, it hasn’t been for lack of trying. We feel terrible when we realize the next day that “Oh hell, not again.”

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