TOPIC: THE EMBARRASSMENT OF FAITHLESS-NESS
SCRIPTURE: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. – Romans 5:5
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: There is nothing as disastrous as working out alternatives to the plan of God.
What happens when faith is absent in the life of a person? In the absence of faith, people work out alternatives to God’s plans. In their faithless desperation, they can say things like: “If God is delaying in giving me a husband, then I get myself a husband. If God is delaying in giving me a job, I will do whatever it takes to get myself a job like others.”
But there is nothing as disastrous as working out alternatives to the plan of God. Abraham worked out an alternative to the promise of God when there was a delay in the birth of Isaac and that brought forth Ishmael. Everybody in the world is still being affected negatively from that transaction.
A pastor once met me some time ago and said, “I have done everything I needed to do and yet church is not growing. If God does not help me, I’m going to find myself a help anywhere.” He continued, “I went to Bible school, and it looks like they did not teach us everything, because I have applied everything they taught us in the Bible school, yet nothing is working. If God does not help me, I am going to find myself power from anywhere.” That was really unfortunate!
Beloved, there is no alternative to the plan of God. But out of impatience, people embarrass themselves with disastrous alternatives. But that will not be your portion in Jesus’ Name.
Remember this: There is nothing as disastrous as working out alternatives to the plan of God.
ASSIGNMENT(S):
1. Make up your mind never to give up on God.
2. Sincerely apply for daily grace to remain faithful despite delays.
PRAYER: Lord, I know that Your intervention in my life can never be late. Help me to remain faithful until my change comes, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: NECESSITY OF FAITH – PART 2
QUOTE: Never focus on what you lack. Celebrate what you have. Never focus on what is lost; focus on what is left. Culled from, 22 LAWS OF LIFE by Dr Paul Enenche
DAILY READING: Philippians 3: 4 to 21, Psalm 74:1 to 23, Proverbs 24:15 to 16
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