Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to
poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Proverbs 23:21
Read: Proverbs 26:13-16
God reveals in Revelation 1:6 that if you are born again,
you are a king with God. As such, you should be decked with your royal robe.
But do you know that laziness strips the believer of this robe replacing it
with rags? A king that is clothed in rags will be treated like a slave or mad
fellow. How are you clothed today? Many people cry to God to prosper them but
when God looks at them intending to answer them, He realises they have no
capacity to contain His blessings. Do you know that to prosper, you require
hard work? To sustain it, you may require a higher level hard work. Hence,
Proverbs 22:29 says:
Seest thou a man diligent
in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean
men.
If you fail to work had when you are young, you will be
compelled to work hard when you are old.
It is good for a man
that he bear the yoke in his youth. Lamentation 3:27
One of my teachers – a philosopher told us a story sometime
in 1952 or 1953. He said everyone coming into the world comes with a pillow of
suffering and until the pillow is worn out, you won’t die. Some will engage
their pillow very early in life, struggle and work hard so that before middle
age, the pillow is worn out leaving them to spend the rest part of their lives
in pleasure. But others will hide theirs in the ceiling without working until
they are old; and since they cannot die without getting the pillow worn, they
will fetch it from the ceiling and start to work at old age. When you see an
old man working as a gate keeper selling fire wood or pushing a truck, it is
likely because he hid his pillow while a youth. Hebrews 11: says God rewards
the diligent seeker. While some people who started working hard early in life
are retiring at 40 or 45 years, others are just starting work at 60. Are you
young? Engage your hands in something profitable and don’t be idle. Only ensure
that it is something legitimate and God-glorifying. Don’t fold your hands! If
there is no job, you can create one for yourself. Ask God for inspiration.
KEY POINT:
If you will not work until you get your dream job, you are very
lazy and operating outside of faith. But if you excel in little jobs, they will
pave way for the dream job to come.
Bible in one year: Ezra 1-4
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