Memorise: But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19.
READ: Philippians 4:15-17.
15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel,
when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as
concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
Message
One of the qualities which earned Elisha greatness is hard work. Even
if God decides to bless you today, there is a level you may never get to
if you are lazy. Those who want extraordinary blessings must be
prepared to work extraordinarily hard. The Bible in Proverbs 22:29
says, “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.”
Elisha was busy working hard. He did not lie down lazily to command his
father’s labourers to work their fingers to the bone for him. He was
working alongside his father’s labourers ( 1 Kings 19:19 ). Anyone who
desires divine breakthrough must be ready to put up with hard work. All
the disciples of Jesus were hard working. He met each one of them on
duty when He called them. Peter was a regular and skilful fisherman
before the Lord called him. Matthew was at his work of tax collection
when the Lord called him. Christianity does not excuse anyone from hard
work. I had a good number of friends when I became a believer. Some of
them were so lazy that they went about talking big without preparing for
hard work. We were all taught the principles of faith and positive
confession, but I knew that achieving greatness in life goes beyond mere
confessions. My friends cultivated the habit of saying: “I am the head
and not the tail: I shall prosper and lend to nations, I will never
borrow” etc. They made such confessions without any corresponding hard
work to back them up. Some of them spent five years making confessions
like “I am a millionaire and I possess a good car by faith”. At the end
of the day, they remained as poor as they were at the beginning of their
confessions. If you refuse to work and you go about confessing that you
have claimed the car of your dreams by faith, the only car you will end
up with will be your two legs.
Another quality which earned
Elisha greatness is generosity. Immediately he was called, he prepared a
feast and fed his people (1 Kings 19:21). The Bible in Proverbs 11:24 says, “There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.”
You must learn how to work hard and give generously if you really want
to be great in life. What qualified the Philippians for God’s supplies
in Philippians 4:19 is found in Philippians 4:15-17. God will
bless you beyond your wildest dreams this season in Jesus’ Name.
However, work hard and give generously to God’s work and the needy in
your neighborhood.
PRAYER POINT :
Father, give me the
strength to work hard and the seed to sow into your kingdom and into the
life of the needy. Bless me beyond what I can ever imagine in Jesus’
Name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : EZRA 6:13-8:23 AND ECCLESIASTES 6.
AUTHOR : Pastor E. A ADEBOYE
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