AN
ASSET, NOT A LIABILITY
MEMORISE
Know
ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in
you?
1 Corinthians 3:16
READ
Acts 27:31-36
31 Paul said
to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot
be saved.
32 Then the
soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33 And while
the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is
the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken
nothing.
34 Wherefore
I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not
an hair fall from the head of any of you.
35 And when
he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them
all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
36 Then were
they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
MESSAGE
Every child of God is meant to be carrying divine
treasure on the inside. This is true because you cannot be born-again except
the Holy Spirit comes into you. The Holy Spirit is a divine treasure given to
us as a deposit guaranteeing us of things to come (Ephesians 1:13-14). Besides
this, the Bible reveals that though we are earthen, we are carrying inside of
us great treasure. This treasure gives heavenly abilities – abilities above the
natural. We have these abilities because of the presence of God in us. We are
therefore the temple of God (1 Corinthians 3:16). With this status, every child
of God has got something to offer as an answer to every sense of loss among
men. Rather than being the answer to problems, many children of God have become
problems themselves within different circles and their communities. In the
church itself, some children of God have no other business besides peddling
both founded and unfounded rumours. For some, their business is to criticize;
for some others, it is to analyse why the vision of the leader is not
realistic. This is not supposed to be so, and except such individuals repent
and turn a new leaf, they are toying with Hell; besides, they cannot enjoy the
favour of God here on earth.
You as a child of God should not despise or
belittle the great things you are capable of doing to turn the lives of
individuals, families, towns, cities and countries around by the presence of
Jesus in you. It is not about your physical build, human intellect or wisdom;
it’s about Jesus in you. I want you to know that though you may look small in
your own eyes, there are lives only you can affect (as God has pre-ordained)
and they are waiting for you. In Acts 27:27-44, Paul was but a prisoner on
board a ship transporting him and other prisoners to Rome. The leaders of the
voyage were the trained captain and sailors who were to pilot the ship safely
to its destination – Rome. However, when trouble came by reason of a storm that
would not abate, with death on the horizon, it was Paul, a prisoner with no
proficiency in the art of sailing that became the situational leader. He was
able to perform this role because of Jesus in Him. He only needed to commune
with his Father. Thus, he brought hope and solution to the trepidation of the
moment. You can be the leader for the moment by being the solution to that naughty
issue or to that life-threatening experience of that couple. You can bring
tears of joy rather than the tears of sorrow being experienced by that brother,
sister or neighbour. These you will achieve if only you realise that you are
not a liability but an asset needing to be unbundled.
ACTION
POINT
Prayerfully compose a list of individuals and or
families for your intercession and those to reach for Christ.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Daniel 9-10; Psalm 78:55-72
I am an asset in Christ.
ReplyDeleteI am an asset to the kingdom of God.
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