Knowing God Devotional is an online daily devotional written by Andrews Baah Kwafo, the president of The Bible Daily Network.
Until you’ve gone through a season of pain, scarcity and temporary abandonment by people, you’ll not truly understand what it means to declare, “The Lord is my shepherd.” Why? Because others will provide for you, and you’ll not have any reason to come before God for your needs. God is your source, not your job, parents, guardians or investments.
God made the world and saw that everything He has done was good. But He still created and appointed man to have dominion over His creation.
Although what God created wasn’t problematic, He needed man to manage and supervise the growth of the work done. Today, it’s like building an organisation and hiring others to manage your systems for you. It’s not new; it’s a principle of scripture.
One of my favourite Bible verses is Proverbs 24:27. In that verse, Solomon teaches that you should put your outdoor work together before building a house. In other words, he was saying, “Ensure your work and vision are well established before building a home.”
Dear leader, don’t watch your vision go down the drain by ignoring the study of how things work. It’s not good to adjust your work to do what others are doing. However, you can learn from people, get ideas, pray for God to screen them and do the ones He wants you to add to your organisation.
When Apostle Paul said this to the Ephesian church, he was speaking from a spiritual-fatherly perspective. He told them to obey their shepherds in the Lord. But when it came to the biological parents, he said they should honour them (Ephesians 6:2). Why? Because Paul knew not all biological parents are also spiritual parents to their children.
Of a truth, your parents may not know God more than you. But they certainly have more life experiences than you. So your spiritual understanding may be higher than theirs, but their comprehension of life is broader than yours. Honour them and pray for them because, after all, they’ve been faithful to take care of you.
Pray for God to open your eyes to behold the opportunities around you. In that way, you’ll see the value of time when you start investing it wisely to build your life, as well as others.
Apostle Paul said clearly in Galatians 6:6 that the one who’s taught the Word should share in all good things with their instructor. In other words, it’s mandatory for congregants, whether physical or online, to support the one who ministers God’s Word to them.
If you build a spiritual system that’ll guide you to remain connected with God wherever you are, you’ll not starve your spirit of divine nourishment in the Lord.
In Proverbs 20:4, Solomon tells us something interesting about lazy people. He says if you see someone refusing to plow his work environment because it’s winter, that person is a lazy man. So whether you’re in lack, debt, or enjoying riches, you must be determined to work.
No matter how many great things you’ve achieved on this earth, remember that God gave you the strength and anointing to do it. Be careful of boasting about yourself because Nebuchadnezzar tried it and ended up in the bush for seven years.
It’s interesting how obstacles arise in Christian’s lives who decide to follow the ways of God. Some are real-life circumstances, but some are demonic. However, the most important thing one must always do is to hold on to God’s Word.
