OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-FRIDAY-05/08/2016-STOLEN BREAD?-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
STOLEN BREAD?
Memorise
Bread
of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with
gravel. Proverbs 20:17
Read
Ephesians
4:28
28 Let
him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands
the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
KJV
MESSAGE
We live in a
time when the nature of man is so selfish that all he does is think about
himself continually. How much can I get? What do I have at stake? Of what
interest will this be to me? This is why you see people transforming the
resources meant for an entire nation into their private coffers. They are happy
to collect the contract amount given for the construction of public roads only
to complete such roads on paper alone. The better ones among them do a bad job
and pocket the rest despite inflating the cost of completion. After all, they
will not drive on such roads. When the Judgement of God comes upon those who do
this, their ends are always terrible. Some of them use such monies to train
their children in the best schools available and such children end up killing
them. Some of them use such money to build estates and such estates become
desolate in the future. Open Heavens 5 August 2016: – Stolen Bread?
Lazy people
look for any excuse not to work. They want cheap money. They want to live in
luxury without paying the price. This is why you see a lot of value being
eroded in the social system today. People are no longer ready to task their
minds. Some people sit with their computers the whole day, looking for people
to defraud. How do you think you can have an enduring blessing through such
means? There are some market women who use unequal weights in the scale to
measure what they sell to unsuspecting customers. If you do this, it is to your
own peril. Such people will never be blessed by God. Some are involved in
fraudulent business practices, exploiting others for their own gain. They think
they are making it at the moment, but the truth is that such gains bring much
sorrow. Lazy people who do not work will end in poverty because they lack understanding.
Those who are sleeping when they should be working will end up serving those
who are industrious.
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap”
Galatians 6:7
As long as
you choose to remain lazy, you will never encounter a divine touch, because God
himself is hard working. One of the great virtues that fathers can leave for
their children is a heritage of integrity. There is only one path to true
increase and that is gathering wealth by honest means. It may take a longer
time than you expected, but you can be sure that at the end, you will have
peace of mind. There are things money cannot buy. Money cannot buy happiness
and joy and this is why you need to understand that there is no need to play
smart. The little you earn from what you do legitimately will attract the
blessing of God, as opposed to those who earn millions by fraudulent means. The
scripture says;
“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich”
Proverbs 28:6
Don’t envy
sinners who are prosperous. It is foolishness to do so because you can easily
tell what their end will be. (5 August 2016 open heavens)
“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he
that gathereth by labour shall increase”,
Proverbs 13:11
Those who
gather wealth unjustly are doing so in readiness for devourers. They will never
be able to explain how they spend such money.
Key Point
Whatever you get non-legitimately
cannot last.
Bible in one year
1st Peter 1-4,
Psalms 28
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