Seeds of Destiny (Daily Devotional)

Tuesday, 13 October 2015
AVOIDING THE TRAGEDY OF REGRETS

SCRIPTURE: “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil” – Ecclesiastes 12:14

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Life is not rehearsal; it is reality.

Regret is a product of procrastination and indecision. The inability to act when one is supposed to act has paralyzed destinies and aborted great visions.

Beloved, life is not rehearsal; it is reality.

Many people at the end of their lives make regrettable comments like: “Oh! I would have done something else other than pursuing the vanities of this life, and now, time is up, I wished I had more time.”

One day, a young man rushed to my office panting. He had an encounter where an Angel appeared to him and said, “Your time has expired.”

The young man said, “Please give me one more year”, the angel said, “Time up!” He continued begging, “Please give me one more month; there are things I want to do for God”, the Angel still maintained, “Time is up!” Then he asked, “What of one more day?’ The angel said, “No!”

Before he knew what was happening, fire began to burn from his leg. “Jesus, help me”, he cried desperately. He was, however, shown mercy and came back to life. He said, “At the point I requested for an hour, the whole of my lifetime passed in front of me like a movie, including the times I would have lived for God that I compromised.”

It was a moment of REGRET!

Beloved, I give you the same counsel I gave to the brother: Those things you will remember to do when time expires, do them now to escape eternal regrets.

Remember this: Life is not rehearsal; it is reality.

ASSIGNMENT (S):
REFLECTION! REFLECTION!! REFLECTION!!!

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: WHAT WILL YOU DO?

PRAYER: O Lord, deliver me from the tragedy of regret. I receive the grace to live ready, in Jesus’ Name.

DAILY READING: Jeremiah 22:1 to 23:20, 2Thessalonians 1:1 to 12, Psalm 83:1 to 18, Proverbs 25:11 to 14

QUOTE: A life devoid of investment is a life full of embarrassment. Culled from 21 FOOLISH THINGS PEOPLE DO by Dr Paul Enenche.

DON’T FORGET TO ATTEND: Two power-packed Communion Services tomorrow with your friends and loved ones for the preservation of your life and destiny by 4:45pm and 6:30pm. God bless you as you come.