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Memorise: “When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him:” (Luke 14:8). Read: Luke 14:7-11 |
| One way you will identify those from good homes is that they do not struggle or strive over food. They would rather go hungry than fight for food. It should never be said again that you, a child of God and member of the RCCG was found struggling for food. It is a very shameful thing. 1 Corinthians 6:13 says God will destroy both meats and bellies. That is, the belly that refuses to apply self control over food will eat up what can destroy it. Psalm 78:30-31 says of the children of Israel: “They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, the wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel”. There was a woman in our compound when we were young. Her son gained admission into the secondary school. Since I was already some classes ahead of him, I decided to give him some of the books I used while in his class. To appreciate the kind gesture, his mother offered me some porridge to eat. I took the food but because I observed my mother’s stern warning never to eat any food given to me by anyone, irrespective of the hunger pangs until she saw it, I kept it until she came. When I presented it to my mother, she put her two hands on her head and asked who gave me the food. By the following morning, the porridge that was as red as palm oil, had turned to charcoal. If you cannot control your stomach, it is because it has become your god. Those from good homes do not struggle for seats. They would rather stand than struggle. There is an element of decency and discipline built in them right from home. In today’s reading, the Lord Jesus said whenever you are invited to a wedding or any other important function, never choose a seat at the front; rather, quietly locate yourself behind until the one who invited you calls you to the front. At the funeral of my father in the Lord, even though I was a member of the supreme council of the church, I sat in the congregation. The seats in the altar were not enough for the pastors and I knew it was bad manners to be struggling for seats. Yet my location did not stop God from promoting me. Those who come from good homes never struggle for positions. Romans 12:10 says, they would rather prefer others to themselves because they are always clothed with humility. If you scheme, manipulate, bribe or lobby for a position, you lack good home training. Worse still, by the time you get into that position, you will see that you are on your own: You left God behind. |
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Pray that every unfruitful member of the RCCG will be fruitful. Ask God to provide, protect and support all missionaries worldwide. |
