12 Oct Stand Firm on the Word Categories: Daily Devotional “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways”. James 1:8 (KJV) Yesterday, I reminded you of the fact that God cannot lie. If you carried out the little exercise we had yesterday at devotion, then you have a personalized confession on your hands by now. One thing I want to encourage you on is to stand firm on the word of God. Don’t give in to the lie of the devil. Don’t be like the farmer that plants today, waits for two days and goes back to uproot the seed because he did not see the harvest. That farmer depicts the double minded man that the scripture above. Think of the seed, when you plant it you give it time to take root. When this is going on, you diligently water it as a good farmer and wait for it to sprout. Then you ensure that it is well weeded so that weeds don’t overgrow and stifle the life out of the young plant and as you diligently watch over the plant, it become a full tree and then you harvest the fruits and enjoy the profit of your labour. It is much more the same with the word of God. When you receive the word of God, you stand firm on it, you pray the word into your life until it takes root in you. You confess the word until you become one with the word. You are also open to receive instructions from the Lord and obey. Take for instance in the area of finances, God has promised to bless you and make you a blessing, but there must be something you are doing that He will bless. So you take time to listen for instructions and as He speaks to you, you obey. You cannot fold your hands and claim money without working – that will be foolishness. You can enjoy speed and greater returns than your colleagues because of the promise of God. So don’t give up if in the first week nothing happens, stand firm and hang in there. Decide that if anyone should give up, then it has to be the devil. Don’t give up, don’t give in because the promise of God will come to pass. Further Reading: Isaiah 55:6-13 Daily Bible Reading: Morning Isaiah 39-40, Evening Colossians 4
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 02:28:35 +0000
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