MONDAY - 11TH OCTOBER, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
WHAT ALL OF US ARE DYING FOR
Genesis 4:4-5, KJV
"4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell."
There is one thing that all of us are dying for. It is to be commended. It is to be praised. It is to hear said to us, "well-done son or daughter".
You may not understand the plight of Cain until you've for once be in his shoe. Anyway, I am not justifying any of his conducts because he gave way to Satan. When Abel was commended because of the more excellent sacrifice he brought to God, Cain was angry and his countenance fell. Why did his countenance fall? He was also looking forward to being applauded but somehow the applause didn't go to him because he couldn't purchase a witness of having done well for himself.
Hebrews 11:4, KJV
"By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh."
Do you know it's natural for us to feel happy when we're praised? When we are not, we feel punctured or deflated. Even children that shouldn't exhibit ego enter into their shells when corrected. If they've been jumping up and down before, you'll just observe them suddenly go into silence. Until you cheer them up or try soothing them, they'll feel rejected or dejected. At your trying to recuperate them, some of them may burst into tears because they're embarrassed of having being corrected. The same happens to adults.
That's why women respond to words of affirmation and may be totally withdrawn when spoken to any how. No matter how unconcern you are or you may be, if all that comes your way is "you've not done well", I can assure you that even if you'll recover, you may first have a bowed head. This doesn't mean correction shouldn't be done or you shouldn't embrace it. You must know that it's always the corrected and perfected that can only manifest the excellence that will seem they are not accountable for when they look back.
Psalms 141:5, KJV
"Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities."
So, all of us are dying for commendation. Is it not your prayer that you'll have such report for yourself also? The report of somebody saying, "you've done well. Receive my handshake." Meanwhile, it may not be so. Many covet reward but detests the work that produces it.
When God came to Cain, God asked him, " why are you angry? Why has your countenance fallen." God was concerned for him. Like a good father, God wanted to help him out of his moodiness and perspective of believing nobody cares for him especially God who should. God knew what the problem was. God knew if he had been accepted, he wouldn't have sulked. He would have gone from one place to the other sharing the testimony. Cain's anger therefore was a rebellion against his being corrected. His killing his brother was a rebellion against being rejected. Does that not show to you there's one thing man craves which is to be praised. If he had gotten that, nothing of what we negatively know him for would have stemmed from him.
From this teaching, we're also learning how important commendation and praise could be used to have the best of people. We know the truth must be told. God did and you must do. If anyone however refuses to heed truth when spoken, let such alone. But from this teaching, we have seen what impact praise, being accepted or commended plays and the part the other plays. The clamouring of any man is always to be accepted either by God or any other human. If that be the case, seek to satisfy authorities as to be commended. Please, don't do eye service.
Today, I want to tell you to strive for God's certification first of all. If any man praises you when God speaks otherwise, you still have not passed. There are two men on earth, those who have done worthily of praise and those who haven't. In your journey, ensure you're an Abel and not a Cain. Those of you that have done well but your reward has being given to others shouldn't worry. Your reward will always come back and in a more excellent way.
PRAYER: Father, may I not be rejected. Wherever you've given me the work of commendation, I shall not fail as a parent, husband or father.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 12:1-14:10, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-2:8, Psalm 79:1-13, Proverbs 24:30-34
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