RCCG Open Heavens Daily Devotional, Monday, 20th January, 2014
Memorise:
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.
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.
ReplyDeleteI will reach my goal in Jesus name.
ReplyDeleteLord, 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.
ReplyDeleteamen
ReplyDeleteAmen.....
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