Work For Eternal Honours.
ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.
Wednesday March 13th, 2024.
Topic : Work For Eternal Honours.
Memory Verse :1 Peter 2:1. Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
Bible Reading : 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 NIV. Key Verse: v24.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.
In every competition, the athletes involved work on themselves to be physically fit in order to give best account of themselves. Their preparations sometimes involves rigorous exercises to burn some fat as to be in their right competiton mode. Those exercises are not very enjoyable, but necessary for a good outing. Every preparations including the competition itself are targeted at coming out tops or winning a prize that can never stand the test of time. “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21.
The glory and honours of this world will always fade with time. A boxer like Mohammed Ali of U.S.A. is no more. All his exploits in the boxing ring has become history. A footballer like Pele is gone, all the laurels he won playing football will never count for anything where he is now. Nigerian football greats like Stephen Keshi who won the AFCON as a player and coach are no more. A respect forward like Rashidi Yekini of Nigeria with all the records he held in Nigerian football are no more. Their earthly records are good for our memories only, they don’t count in eternity where they are now. Likewise, there are other sporting greats holding all kinds of records around the world who had succumb to the call of nature by crossing to the other side, whose lists are endless. They all are proofs that whatever we do here are temporal. Many never take thought of life after here which is forever. “Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.” 1 Corinthians 9:25.
The things of the kingdom of God can rightly be compared with things around us. The lives we live daily, things we do with opportunities given to us all count in eternity where men are rewarded after this life, depending on how we lived our lives. Some things we get involved in that appear very harmless on the surface are impediments to our progress in our spiritual lives. Such activities doesn’t glorify God and therefore when we get involved in them, the Spirit of God withdraws from us, they tell on us negatively. Our memory verse listed some of them. We must therefore avoid them in order not to fail to win the prize of eternal life. We need to understand the fact that we are striving for eternal and not temporary honours. They are things that count here on earth and after this present life, they count in eternity. ”Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” 1 Corinthians 9:26-27.
Prayer :Thank you Father God because you are eternal. Thank you for the opportunity you gave me in this life to work for things that stands the test of time. Help me to be focused and disciplined, as I thrive daily for eternal honours. By your mighty mercies, help me to win the crown at last in Jesus precious name…. Amen 🙏🏿.
Yearly Bible Reading : Judges 16:1-21.
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