Open Heaven 23 January 2019: [Wednesday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Deferring Gratification?
DEFERRING GRATIFICATION? – Wednesday January 23rd 2019
Memorise: For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Romans 8:18
Read Hebrews 11:24-26 (KJV)
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Bible in one year: Mark 15-16, Isaiah 22:5-25, Hymnal: Sing hymn 10
Message:-
At a point in a person’s life, he or she must defer gratification in order to succeed in this world and in the hereafter.
Open Heaven [23 January 2019] Deferring Gratification?
Daniel stands as a great example of someone who deferred gratification. His act of sacrifice as a young fellow upholding God’s covenant is recorded in Daniel 1:8:
“But Daniel purposed in his hearth that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.”
The moment Daniel and his brethren matriculated into the University of Babylon, caterers were assigned to feed them with all sorts of delicacies, including the royal wine, but Daniel deferred these fringe benefits in order to excel. No doubt, Daniel eventually enjoyed the largesse of occupying a high office after he and his colleagues graduated and became ministers in the king’s cabinet. This the reward of deferring pleasure. Unfortunately, some children of God refuse to postpone enjoyment in the present world for eternal bliss in the world to come. 1st Corinthians 9:25 says
Open Heaven 23 January 2019: [Wednesday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Deferring Gratification?
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we are an incorruptible.”
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.”
Learn to be like Apostle Paul who considered as being worthless those things which should have been valuable to him, so that he could attain the high calling of God (Philippians 3:7-8).
Action Point
Consider those things you are doing or using which can serve as impediments to your Christian calling and do away with them.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Churches in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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