Wednesday January 1st
Time to make haste
Memorise: 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
The Almighty God wants man to obey Him not only
completely, but urgently as well. 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 the need before the following Monday. When this son of mine came
to say he would 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 he learnt his
lesson.
There are lots of blessing attached to doing God’s
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 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 (Matthew 26:41). They did
not do this in haste and alas the most outspoken and seemingly 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 would be taken over by the Church within 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 or 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 point
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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