Tuesday 31 December
WORKING OUT AN ALTERNATIVE?
Memory Verse: He staggered not at the promise
of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;Romans
4:20
Read:Genesis 16:1-4
1 Now Sarai Abram's wife
bare him no children: and she had an
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the
Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may
be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of
Sarai.
3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid
the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave
her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she
conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised
in her eyes.
Message
In this uncommon race that we have enlisted
in, if you rest prematurely, or take your eyes off the daystar we are
following, you will be distracted. Another thing that can divert your attention
is opening your mouth prematurely to reveal your secret to 'sympathetic
friends'. Never share a testimony until it is complete. Sometimes people have
shared how years after a fruitless search for a job, they have eventually been
called for an interview and that they are now awaiting their letter of
appointment. When the enemy hears this, he or she may begin to manipulate
situations, circumstances and those capable of influencing the decision. Such
people may lose out in shame eventually. Moreover, if you are truly determined
to make it to Heaven, even though you have diverted at some point, you can be
restored by the mercies of God. After Abraham had waited for many years for
God's promise to be fulfilled, his wife came with a diversion: she asked them
to help God by offering him her slave. From the time Abraham diverted to the
bondwoman, God went into silence for about 13 years. But being a merciful God,
after that period, God restored him again and from that moment, Abraham and God
walked together in sweet harmony. The Lord who restored Abraham will restore
you in any area you have diverted from His plan and purpose. Some people are
becoming weary over the delay in the fulfilment of a particular promise. As a
result some are dabbling into sin and trying out other alternatives. A head
usher of several years standing could no long bear his wife's inability to have
a child, so he packed up the marriage and went for divorce. Thereafter, he took
another lady as wife and moved to another Gospel church. Years after, the
second lady could also not have a baby. Would he divorce her too and go for a
third? Beloved, when you go for an alternative, it shows you do not really
trust in God. Believers who say they are heading for Heaven are now
complicating their lives by getting themselves diverted out of impatience. Stay
firm in God and He will sort you out.
ActionPoint
Thank God for seeing the end of this year.
Pray that God will safely bring you into 2014 with grace and power.
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