Title: GOD HAS A SUBSTITUTE
Memorize:
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from
thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than
thou.” 1 Samuel 15:28
Read: 1Samuel 16:1
Read: 1Samuel 16:1
Bible: in one year:
2 Corinthians 10-13, Psalm15-16
One important thing we need to learn in today's reading
is that Go always has a substitute. If God says He wants to use you, rejoice!
However, be careful, because even as He is choosing you, He has already
prepared a substitute. 1 Samuel 2:27-30 tells us about Eli. God chose Eli and
his family to serve Him. God later changed His plans because He only honours
those who honour Him. One thing about God's rejection is that the devil takes
the place o? the resultant vacuum that is created. This was what happened to
King Saul. We also have the case of Judas lscariot in John 13:26-27. He was a disciple
of the Lord Jesus Christ. The moment God rejected him, Satan entered him and he
ended up hanging himself. Psalm 75:6-7 tells us something interesting:
”For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor
from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another.”
Whenever God gives you an opportunity to serve Him, please humble
yourself. It is better for God not to use you at all than to use you and then
push you aside. Once He pushes you aside, this gives room for the devil to come
in. I pray that God will never substitute you with someone else.
In today's reading we see the rejection of King
Saul and his replacement by David. No one would have heard of David if King
Saul had not lost his crown and position; just as nobody would have heard of
Esther if Vashti had not lost her position. God has given us these examples so
that we can learn a lesson. God told Samuel to stop mourning over King Saul
because He had already rejected him. He told Samuel to fill his horn with oil
and to anoint one of the sons of Jesse as king. Samuel said Saul would kill him
if he found out about his mission. This is an interesting statement because it
shows clearly that Saul had degenerated so badly that he could kill a servant
of God. It is a terrible thing to backslide. This is why you must never touch
sin. We need to study the lives of the people that God rejected in the Bible so
that we can learn one or two lessons from their cases. We have to know what God
saw in their lives to make Him reject them, so that we can run away from their
mistakes. Why was Esau rejected? The Bible tells us in Hebrews 12:15-17 that he
was rejected because he could not control his appetite. I pray that your stomach
would not send you to Hell. Some people have never fasted since they became
Christians. I pray that our appetite would not put you into trouble to the
point where God would reject you in Jesus‘ Name.
Prayer Point:
Father, have mercy on me. Help me not to embark on a path that will lead
to my rejection and replacement in Jesus’ Name. If I'm on such a path, please
salvage me from it now.
God bless you for this daily devotional. Pls include the daily bible reading passages. We shall not be rejected by God IJN, Amen
ReplyDeletethanks for d effort, but u've been ignorong the bible reading
ReplyDeleteGod bless you ma. Please always add the bible passage.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the observation. The Bible readings have been updated accordingly. God bless you all
ReplyDeleteMay the good Lord bless you. Please always include the bible reading. We shall never be replace in the name of Jesus.
ReplyDeleteLord pls help me to the very end dont let me fall by road side
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