Knowing God Devotional is an online daily devotional written by Andrews Baah Kwafo, the president of The Bible Daily Network.
Anybody who wants to be saved (receive God’s kingdom in him) must do so as a child. The use of the word “child” speaks of the humble, receptive nature of children. You must humble yourself to hear the gospel and be saved like a child does when he wants to patiently receive a gift from his parent.
God loves and cares about you. But you must also learn to cast all your burdens on Him (see 1 Peter 5:7). Doing that is a sign of humility and reassurance of trust in God because you are reassured that He will never fail you. Never lose hope in the Lord.
God works according to His own times and seasons, so He can grant you some requests you place before Him faster than you thought, and for some, later than you expected. Don’t be angry at Him. Just take each day on as a step of faith, and occupy yourself with what you can do that day, never ceasing to trust God for the things you are praying for.
Be careful of what you say in your moments of excitement. It can cost you more than you imagine. Please do not go around making promises to people without having the capacity to do it. You’ll tarnish your name, and people will pick up on your words.
A servant of God will likely not be respected and treated with dignity and value when he goes to his own hometown. So, if you are experiencing that, don’t be surprised. If they did it to Jesus, they’ll do it to you also.
Ask yourself how much devotion you put into imbibing God’s Word. If you are a haphazard person, are not consistent with ministry, and have no prayer or Word-study life, then don’t think you’ll reap God’s results supplied by His Word. No! Things don’t work that way. Pay attention to God’s Word, understand what you’ve received and use it to work.
Nobody has become so good at something without receiving training, either from God or others. Work goes into every product before it comes out in its best state. In the same way, if you find yourself on the journey of success in whatever endeavour you may be in, just enjoy the process. In the end, things will turn out well for you.
If you sow in a plentiful way, you’ll reap large quantities of harvest. But if you sow in small quantities, you’ll still reap, but not that much. Therefore, sowing sparingly doesn’t yield many results, and since everyone desires to make it big time, it is not advisable to sow your seeds sparingly.
God, the creator of the whole universe, never sleeps nor slumbers. You may ask why? Well, because He is infinite in energy. He doesn’t need sleep to replenish lost energy because He is energy Himself.
Until you have taken personal Bible study seriously and delved deeper into the Bible, you’ll not know how awesome and spiritually satisfying it is to encounter revelations in it that will go a long way to change your life. Stop giving excuses for skipping the practice of personal Bible study. The world will not get any less busy. So, make time to be with God consistently.
If you are young and want to know what to do to stay on the path of purity, you only need to live according to God’s Word. And that’s a lot. Why? Because it requires you to be regular in your personal fellowship with God and active in ministry. That urge to live following God’s ways must be nurtured, so take responsibility for that.
The Psalmist said in Psalms 118:8 that it is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. That implies putting your trust in man doesn’t guarantee safety. Why? Because people can fail and disappoint you on many occasions.
