THEME: TIME TO MAKE HASTE
MEMORY VERSE: And David said unto
Ahimelech , And is there not here under
thine hand spear or sword? For I have
neither brought my sword nor my
weapons with me, because the king’s
business required haste. 1 Samuel 21:8
READ: 1 Samuel 21:8-10
8. And David said unto Ahimelech , And
is there not here under thine hand spear
or sword? For I have neither brought
my sword nor my weapons with me,
because the king’s business required
haste.
9. And the priest said, the sword, The
sword of Goliath the Philistine , whom
thou slewest in the valley of Elah,
behold , it is here wrapped In a cloth
behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that,
take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said,there is none like
that;give it me.
10. And David arose, and fled that day
for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the
King of Gath.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : ROMANS 1 – 3,
PSALM 1 – 2
MESSAGE: The Almighty God wants man to obey
Him not only completely, but urgently
aswell. It is unfortunate that some
children of God do not know that every
command or directive from God is time –
bound. There was a time we were faced with a need in our church. I discussed
this with one of my children who I
knew could meet the need. “I will pray
about it “, he replied and left .
Although this happened on a weekend,
The Lord however used someone else to meet that need before the following
Monday. When this son of mine came to
say he will like to meet that particular
need, it was too late. I told him
someone else had been used by God to
meet His need. There and then he learnt his lesson . There are lots of blessings attached to
doing Gods business quickly. Take for
instance, the commandment of our Lord
Jesus Christ in Mathew 28 :19 that we
should go and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,and the son , and the Holy Spirit.
This we must do without hesitation. Our
failure to do this has created room for
the enemy to establish the chaos that is
Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and other forms
of religious fanaticisms that plague the beautiful world which our Father in
Heaven created for His Glory and
pleasure.
When Jesus asked the disciples to pray
at the garden of Gethsemane, it was for
a purpose . The purpose was that they may not enter into temptation( Mathew
26:41). They did not do this in haste and
alas the most outspoken and seemly
bravest of them all betrayed the master!
In today’s reading, we read about David
and his attitude towards his King’s business. If you ask me: how well would
we fare in the business of the Kingdom
if we have the same mindset as David
had? I would say : The world will be
taken over by the Church withing a few
years. We should not be slothful in Kingdom business. Let us go all out to
evangelise and teach sound doctrines of
the Christian faith without fear of
favour. Also, we must be prompt in
attending to responsibilities in our
secular work in obedience to the word of God in Colossians 3:22-23. May the
King of Kings reward us handsomely as
we do His work hastily in Jesus Name.
Happy New Year!
PRAYER POINTS: Father, forgive me for the loss and pain
my slothfulness have cost your kingdom
and my assignment.
In this New Year,help me to respond in
haste to what you will have me do.
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