Knowing God Devotional is an online daily devotional written by Andrews Baah Kwafo, the president of The Bible Daily Network.
God ensures His churches and Christian organisations hold consistent meetings, release resources, like this devotional you are reading, and do more outreach because people have to be spiritually well-fed with sound doctrine.
Proverbs 19:15 tells us that laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless (idle person) goes hungry. That means a person is bound to go hungry when he subjects his life to laziness. Think about this. Do you think God gave you all the talents, abilities and spiritual gifts to let it remain dormant in you? Of course not. You have no excuse for being lazy.
Seal every part of your life with the work and Word of God. Leave no area unattended. If you are working, be diligent. And if you are married, be a good spouse there, too. Whatever you add to your life, organise it well to oversee every area of it.
How many people walk around every day wanting to get what their fellow friends have? They see a fellow having a car and start envying the person. Really? Where is that contentment spirit that prevented people from following unreasonable ideas?
God wants you to thrive, and peace plays an important role. Live in peace with others as far as it depends on you. Do your possible best to foster peace in your interpersonal relationships. It will help you stabilise your life.
Don’t bring selfish ambitions to team gatherings. It doesn’t help. Yes, God can give you extraordinary visions to pursue, which is good because it will not make you settle for less. But learn how to separate such ambitions from your team activities and pursue them as God gives you the enablement.
The Bible says that the moment Judas Iscariot took that thirty pieces of silver, he focused on seeking an opportunity to betray Jesus (see Matthew 26:16). So, anytime he went to join the team, his mind shifted from listening to Jesus’ teachings. That implies taking bribes can destroy your focus. If you are a team member in an organisation reading this, don’t join anybody within the organisation to do something evil; otherwise, it’ll affect you later in life.
Solomon said that he who sleeps at the time he’s supposed to use his hands to work will have poverty coming upon him like a prowler (a person who moves stealthily about or loiters near a place with a view of committing a crime). In addition to that, such a person’s needs will increase. So, I counsel you, dear reader, that don’t entertain sleep when it is time to work.
God knows everyone uniquely. He doesn’t entrust more to people who won’t manage it well. So, if you can be determined to use your divine gift to work diligently, you’ll naturally flourish in that gift and impact many. Don’t be a lazy fellow and think all your big dreams will come to pass at the speed of light. No! Things don’t work like that. Be an effective worker, dear one.
Save, but prioritise investing. It’ll help you in the long run. If it’s money, invest. If it’s your skill, invest in your education to upgrade it. If it is your spiritual gift, harness it to bless lives, and you’ll improve. Don’t let whatever you have in you that will benefit many remain dormant.
It is good to understand God’s way of doing things. But the moment you let fear cloud your mind on what you are supposed to do with your gift, it’ll affect your diligence at work.
Just as David did, learn to call upon God in your misery. You don’t have to go out begging people to have mercy on you, especially when you are in financial trouble. No! It is God who convinces men’s hearts to help you. Seek God to bring the helpers rather than go to the helpers to get bounced.
