Knowing God Devotional is an online daily devotional written by Andrews Baah Kwafo, the president of The Bible Daily Network.
Faith isn’t a confident expectation that God will do something He said He’d do today in the future. That is trusting God to fulfil a vision He has shown you, and it requires your firm stance in the Word, hope and patience. But for faith, it’s taking God at His Word no matter the situations that speak against it.
Life isn’t for experimentation. It’s supposed to be lived on purpose with intentionality, and only God can give you that privilege. Instead of comparing yourself with others for what they do, approach God to show you what you’re called to do. It’ll settle every insecurity about your eternal ordination in Christ.
Many people want to live a loose life, exploring several things just for fun. But eternal life isn’t about that. It’s about purpose. And where purpose is, discipline is also present. Submit yourself to God’s leadership, and you’ll experience the tangible manifestations of the purpose-driven life in Christ Jesus.
We live in an evil age, so tribulations abound. But Jesus has overcome the world. And once He lives in us (2 Corinthians 13:5), we’re also overcomers of the world. Our lives are different because of Christ in us.
It’s not God’s will to rise up early and sit up late in the night, all in the name of making money. Yes, there’s a dimension in grace to enable you to work beyond human strength. But that doesn’t replace the divine peace Jesus has left you with (John 14:27). He gives His beloved sleep!
Faith and patience work together. If you have faith that God will do what He said, pray and be patient unto Him to fulfil the vision. It’ll take time, but it’ll get accomplished. Fret not!
It’s true many churches need more leaders, and the labourers in God’s kingdom are few. But Jesus is the builder of the Church. Let Him lead and guide you, and you’ll not miss the mark. Bring the ‘delivered’ to Jesus. Teach them God’s Word. But don’t cage them into your ministry. Allow them to serve the Lord with gladness, creating avenues to let their spiritual gifts come to bear in the fullness of God.
As long as the disciples didn’t hear from Jesus that it was Him walking on the seas, they were troubled. So if you have problems discerning the works of Jesus in your life, focus on hearing God correctly. It’ll be solved.
There are many things the devil does merely to make people try out alternatives against God’s Word upon their lives. Those opinions might look good. But it’s a trap. It might look flashy in your mind, but it has dead ends. Walk in God’s will; for in it, there is safety.
Only God can help you get a good name, not your lifestyle. The corruption that happened to man in the Garden of Eden, way back in Genesis 3, has had such an effect on the character of man that no human strategy can be used to correct it. That’s why Jesus came to seek and save that which was lost, and that includes people’s salvation and transformation.
Maybe you’re hot-tempered because of the way you got raised from home. But I tell you that God has the keys to transform you wholly. He’ll give you beauty for ashes. Enable patience to calm quarrels, and you’ll live a peaceful life.
If you want to see God’s abundance in your life, let grace empower you to work. You’re limited in your human strength to fulfil God’s call upon your life. So God is responsible for supplying the grace and anointing to go the extra mile, just as He gave it to Paul (1 Corinthians 15:9-10).
