BE DEDICATED
MEMORY VERSE
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he
that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Proverbs 28:20
READ
1 Corinthians 15:57-58
1 Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
1 Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not
in vain in the Lord.
MESSAGE
God loves
dedicated people. To be dedicated is to continue to give time to a particular
assignment until it is completed. The dedicated works for as long as it takes,
and continues to work even when others are tired or retired. When others have
eaten and left the plates after a programme, it is the dedicated ones that wash
the dishes. When others are falling by the wayside, the dedicated ones are
still standing. Are you dedicated?
According to 1
Thessalonians 5:17, the dedicated ones find time and reason to pray. While some
people pray and stop at a point with the excuse that they do not know what to
pray for, the dedicated ones continue to see prayer needs of members, the
church leaders, families, neighbours, colleagues at work or school, the
community, state, nation, etc.
Today, the only
time some workers or ministers remember to serve God is only on Sundays. The
dedicated ones are not 'Sunday-Sunday' church goers or church workers but they
serve God on week days in church and outside church. Their lives are devoted to
serving the living God. Although they may have excuses to stop work or slow
down the pace of work, they refuse to accept any reason for failure. Dedicated
people just continue to press on like Paul (Philippians 3:13-14). However, it
takes a lot of discipline to be dedicated. The reason many people fall short of
the level of dedication expected of them is because they are not prepared to
pay the price. It is not easy to fast, yet the dedicated will go through a long
fast. They will pray all night long when others are sleeping. How dedicated are
you? As people rise in status or financial power, they begin to look down on
certain task in the house of God. It is because they are not dedicated. They
now leave “menial” tasks such as washing plates, toilets, mowing the
lawn, etc. to house helps and subordinates. By so doing, they are losing some
anointing because the anointing to heal is given to those who are ready to do
manual labour for the Master. Jesus came to serve, not to be served. Why are
ministers expecting others to serve them instead of leading in serving others?
KEY POINT
The path to
Heavenly greatness is service. The more of the menial tasks you do, the further
and faster your progress and greatness.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
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