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Memorise: “Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me” (Proverbs 30:8). By Pastor Adeboye Read: Proverbs 30:7-9 |
| Never ask God to give you the wealth you cannot control. What you cannot control will control you. What you cannot control, will dominate you. What you cannot be lord over will become your master. If you let the gifts take over the place of the Giver in your heart, you will provoke God to jealousy and before long, He will demand for your Isaac. Be wise. David was one young man who had seen troubles and battles. He fought battles to the point that one of his greatest heart’s desire which was to build for the Lord was denied him. Reason? His hands had shed so much blood. His son Solomon had to do it in his place (1 Chr 22:6-11). But as you will see from his life’s history, those battles and troubles he went through only succeeded in making him spiritually alert, prayerful, more reliant on God and victorious. The enemy could not catch up with him. Flagrant sins too were kept at bay. The situation of lack, persistent joblessness or fruitlessness you have been going through is not meant to destroy you. No unpleasant situation can drown you because God says if you pass through fire, He will step into it with you. If it is through the flood, He will ensure you do not drown (Isaiah 43:1-2). Those situations are to keep you spiritually on guard. God is present in times of trouble. Sometimes, some Christians pray, Lord let all those troubling my life die today. Others pray, Lord let problems cease in my life and let me enter my rest today. If God should answer those prayers, you will be either be taken immediately to Heaven or you may backslide completely. When there is no challenge to keep you on your toes, you will become very complacent. When there is no more test, you cannot be promoted beyond your present level. When you have all your needs met and no enemy attacks you, not long after, when they tell you, Let us pray, you will ask, Pray to whom and for what? All the time David ran from cave to cave either fleeing from king Saul, Absalom his son or his other enemies, he remained fit. But when he was established as the king and comfort set in, he could find time for adultery, lies and murder of an innocent child of God (2 Samuel 11:1-25). Check all the excesses of comfort in your life and take steps to have mastery over whatever God gives you. Like the writer of today’s reading make the wise request to be given the level of wealth you can control. That unpleasant situation is working for you. |
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Problems are revival pills to keep us spiritually healthy. |
