ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
Tuesday 17th October, 2023.
Topic: Don’t Neglect Divine Assignment.
Memory Verse: Haggai 1:8. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
Bible Reading: Haggai 1:4-7. Key Verse:v6.
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
The people of God returned from exile by divine intervention for the purpose of rebuilding the house of God which was in ruins then. But after they began the work, they were carried away by many distractions. They began to face their personal affairs while the house of God commited to their care to build was kept unattended to. Their attitude towards divine assignment attracted the wrath of God. “Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.” Haggai 1:9-11.
Even today, one of the reasons we experience difficulties as people of God is that we neglect what God committed to our care as individuals and as a people. Most of the time we see things that concerns God and his kingdom to be of secondary importance because it doesn’t give men instant financial or material reward. We are always occupied on how to meet one need or solve one personal problem or another, while kingdom assignment suffers. “For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.” Matthew 25:14-15.
Jesus Christ is the master that have enthrusted the affairs of the kingdom to us who believe in his name. How far his kingdom goes on earth in our lifetime will depend largely on what we do with his grace and gifting. When we obey and serve faithfully, we receive blessing in this life and spend eternity with him. When we neglect his assignment as given to each and everyone of us, we labour under his wrath. The only way to wholeness and recovery is that we return and do his work. Of course his work is for every believer at different levels and not for some selected people. “After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” Matthew 25:19-21.
Prayer : Thank you Father God for counting me worthy to partner with you in executing divine agenda. I ask that you forgive me in any way I was negligent in the past. Help me to arise and build with you so that I can reap attendant blessings in Jesus precious name…..Amen🙏🏿.
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