OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SUNDAY-13/03/2016-A WORD TO THE LAZY-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
For even when we were with you, this
we commanded you, that if any
Would not Work, neither should he eat. 2nd Thessalonians
3:10
Read
Proverbs 6:4-11,
4 Give
not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the
hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to
the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which
having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and
gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How
long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a
little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So
shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
KJV
MESSAGE
The third month us almost gone
in the “New Year”. What have you done with these first three months? As we
prepare for the fourth month, make sure you do something tangible to prove to
God and man that you are worthy to be alive. Some people are merely existing
and not living. God wants you to live life to the fullest by impacting your
immediate environment. There are still people who have so many
excuses to give as reasons for doing nothing tangible since the beginning of
this year. Time waits for no one, get something doing. It may be small, but God
will breathe on it and make it great. Stop waiting for that loan from the bank
before you starts the business. Challenge yourself to launch out into the deep
through the instruction of the Almighty God, and you will be surprised that
there is life on the other side. Even if you don’t have your own business, you
can get busy volunteering your services for others, you never can tell how God
will meet you. In Exodus 3:1-4, Moses had an encounter with God while tending
to his father in law’s flock. Gideon was busy threshing wheat when an angel
came visiting. Your breakthrough and blessing can locate you anywhere. There
are many people who are unemployed because they are waiting for appointments
from oil companies. It is not the job you do that will determine your
prosperity; it is how you do what you do. You can be selling recharge cards today
and become a dealer tomorrow if you don’t give in to laziness.
If you are a lazy believer, it
doesn’t matter how many days you spend in church and how many prayer meetings
you attend, nobody will commit great things into your hand. There are some
people who have the habit of always deferring the work they supposed to do
today till tomorrow. This is procrastination, and it renders one ineffective
where results are expected, because you will never be able to deliver. There
are some people who are always sleeping on duty; some even spend the whole day
moving from one office to the other talking away the day. By the time such
people come to their senses, the year is almost ending and they have nothing
substantial to show for the time gone. This is also very important in spiritual
matters; if you are not ready to work hard you cannot be a vessel unto honour
in God’s hand. Those that God used in the Bible were already busy in their
various businesses before God called them. It is on record that Peter toiled
all night. Lazy people sleep all night and they want to wake up and begin to
command wonders. Don’t be a sluggard. The sluggard has so many untouched files
on his table, yet he is gallivanting around. The sluggard will fold his hands
and invite God to take control of all his assignments, yet he will be the one
to complain if his wages are delayed for a moment.
Key Point
For God to use you, you must be productively engaged.
Bible in one year
Joshua 10:29-13:7, Job 36:5-16
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