READ RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL. IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE ENOUGH - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME.. THURSDAY, JULY 21ST 2016.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor,
working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him
that needeth (Ephesians 4:28).
There’re different levels of prosperity and you must keep
challenging yourself to go higher. Some are at the level where they have just
enough to get by, but it’s not enough to have enough. God’s plan is for you to
live in superabundance, where you’re powerful and influential enough
financially to do whatever you want to do, whenever you want to do it, however
you want to do it!
Don’t be comfortable to have just enough for you and your
family. Don’t be comfortable with having only all you need; challenge yourself
to achieve more. You need to prosper exceedingly, not just for you and your
family, but so you can be of help to those in need. Be the one that blesses
others. This is what God told Abraham: “And I will make of thee a great nation,
and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing”
(Genesis 12:2).
God isn’t interested only in blessing you; He has blessed you
and made you a channel of blessing. Our opening verse reveals the purpose for
your labor; it’s so that you’ll have to give. There’s a blessing for the one
who gives. Others must benefit from your prosperity. Someone says, “My business
is doing very well; and everything is fine in my family….” Is that really all
there is to life? Is that what Jesus died for? What about others who don’t have
enough?
When the children of Israel went out to the Promised Land and
were taking their inheritance, Joshua said to them, “...The LORD your God hath
given you rest, and hath given you this land…but ye shall pass before your
brethren armed…and help them…Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as
he hath given you…” (Joshua 1:13-15). This should be your attitude: live beyond
yourself and be a blessing to others.
PRAYER
Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for your grace upon my life,
to be a blessing to others, and a dispenser of eternal verities. I’m like a
well-watered garden, and an ever-flowing spring, giving life, restoring hope,
and bringing joy to those in my world, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study: || Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how
that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the
Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. ||
|| Proverbs 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the
poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. ||
|| Hebrews 13:16 CEV But don't forget to help others and to
share your possessions with them. This too is like offering a sacrifice that
pleases God. ||
Daily Scripture Reading
1-Year Bible Reading Plan: Acts 27:1-26,
Psalms 21-22
Psalms 21-22
2-Year Bible Reading Plan: Galatians 6:10-18,
Isaiah 41
Isaiah 41
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