Sunday 19 January 2014

RCCG Open Heavens Daily Devotional, Monday, 20th January, 2014: ATTRIBUTES OF A GOAL GETTER By Pastor E. A. Adeboye

RCCG Open Heavens Daily Devotional, Monday, 20th January, 2014

Memorise:
“Seest thou a man diligent in his business.? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” Proverbs 22:29

Read:
1 Samuel 17:48-50

Bible in one year;
1Thessalonians 1-4, Psalm 19:7-14

The children of Israel were intimidated for forty days by Goliath. David came to the scene and made enquiries about what would be done to whosoever defeated the giant. The reply he got fascinated him and straightaway, he set for himself the goal of defeating the giant. To David, nothing could stop him from being the king's son-in-law. When Eliab, David's brother heard about his Intention, he rebuked him. Eliab was angry with David because he was jealous. He was jealous because David had been anointed as king instead of him earlier on. Goal getters would not be deterred by any act of jealousy. What did David do to reach his goal? He ignored Eliab. Anyone who wants to reach his or her goal must not be distracted by envious criticism. If your goal is to work for God, do not listen to what anybody may be saying. Focus our attention on the Almighty God and do not be mindful of’ the scornful (Psalm 1:1 ). You have to press on if you want to reach your goal. There will be those who may want to slow you down but you have to push them out of the way and keep doing what you know God wants you to do. This is one way to reach your goal.

There are many lessons in the Bible reading of today for those who aspire to achieve the set goals of their life. It is not how long but how well. Within a short period of getting to the battlefield, David was already standing before the king! The Bible in Proverbs 22:29 says, “Seest thou a man diligent in his business.? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.”
If David had not been a diligent person, when his brother rebuked him, he would never have gotten to King Saul; he would have been discouraged. It took diligence for David to run towards the battle when the giant rose to crush him to death. The Bible in 1 Samuel 17:48 says:
"And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.”
The rest was history for Goliath when the smooth stone from the sling of David sank into his forehead. As if that was not enough, when Goliath fell, the Bible says that David still ran and stood upon the Philistine, took the sword of the giant all by himself and cut off his head. David was diligent enough to feel the pulse of the Philistine to know that he was still breathing. He then diligently completed the assignment. I pray that as you focus on God with diligence and with the help of the Holy Spirit, you will reach your goal in Jesus’ Name.

Prayer point
Father, please remove all obstacles hindering me from reaching my goal in Jesus Name.


5 comments:

  1. The greatest goal getter ever is Jesus Christ! Yet he gave his life a ransom for many! In all pursuit of life ambitions, if we centre on the happiness of many, we will fare well before God. For David, the apex drive for his exploit was to halt the reproach on Israel and defilement of the armies of the living God.

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  2. I will reach my goal in Jesus name.

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  3. Lord, I commit this year into your able hands. I declare by your mercies that No obstacle would prevent me from reaching my goal this year IJN. Amen.

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  4. Amen.....


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