Memorise:
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk
in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. Ephesians 5:1-2.
Read : Ephesians 5:1-8.
1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us
an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named
among you, as becometh saints;
4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient:
but rather giving of thanks.
5
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man,
who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the
wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7
Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk
as children of light:
Message
God’s ways are clearly not the ways of men. What men hold dear and
crave after are usually not what matters to God. We human beings like to
blow our own trumpets. We like to be addressed by big titles and we
want the office we hold to be identified with us wherever we go. These
are not important things before God; as a matter of fact, they are the
expressions of self which if allowed to thrive by a child of God, will
lead to carnality. Romans 8:7 says, a carnal mind cannot please God.
In John 13:33, Jesus called His disciples “Little children”. Among
them were some men like Peter, who was physically older than Him. Much
later still, after His resurrection in John 21:5, He called out to
them on the sea: “Children, have ye any meat?” They answered him, “No”;
this was after they had been with Him for years. They never out grew
being called children, and none of them protested to Him for being
called a child.
Some years ago, at the conclusion of a seminar at
the University of Ibadan (south-west Nigeria), I had asked the students
if they were ready to become like a child in order to receive their
miracles, then the Lord asked me the same question. He asked me if I was
not already considering myself an adult. This really shocked me. It
made me to give myself a serious self-examination. I realised that I had
allowed my new status as the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian
Church of God to come between me and God. Prior to my becoming the
General Overseer, with a two-minute prayer, I got results, but after I
became the General Overseer, it took efforts of binding and loosing,
praying in tongues and resisting the devil for me to obtain personal
miracles. In light of this, I started to crave seriously to become like a
baby once again. It is an easy thing to lose focus if one is not
watchful. Humility is the key thing here. Many people have missed it on
this point today because they love to flaunt their titles, positions and
achievements. When they talk, you think they are the ones behind their
achievements. When addressed as brother, they will immediately correct
you, “I am Pastor, Apostle and Doctor so and so”. Yet, at many times,
they themselves address the great apostles of old as Paul or Peter etc,
without using any prefix.
Prayer Point::
Father, please help me to always see myself as a child before you.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : 1 CHRONICLES 28-29 AND PROVERBS 30:7-17.
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE
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