WEDNESDAY - 20TH OCTOBER, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONSIBLE
Read John 17
John 17:12, KJV
"While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled."
If you read this verse in KJV, it is written in red letters. This signifies it was Jesus speaking Himself. The context also proves that right. Jesus while speaking here was referring to all God has given Him to oversee and how He has kept them all except the son of perdition: Judas Iscariot who chose his way and went to his own place.
Acts 1:25, KJV
"That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place."
If you're a leader where you are, you can't but have men who you're called to see to their lives. These men are your responsibility. It is not God's will that one of them will suffer, diminish or be eventually finished. It is God's will that all committed to you will grow from leap to leap. The men of war under Moses lived up to this. After the battle, they took account of the warriors and found out that none is lacking. This is the testimony that all leaders should possess.
Numbers 31:49, KJV
"And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us."
Jesus, like one giving account for the ministry or job given Him on earth said He has endeavour to keep all the humans God gave to Him. He gave attention, labour, love, prayer and many sacrifices to see that none was lost. Meanwhile, He said "except the son of perdition." This principle of "One Odd Out" is always playing wherever there are men. You will see God having His men and Satan possessing some as well.
The son of perdition is any who will choose his own way. One who will refuse restraint of leadership but insist to go the way of the lost. One who will deviate from the standard to live up to. That's the son of perdition. One that has been earmarked for destruction and can't but be destroyed.
You must know that it is the road we take that leads us to a conclusion we envisage. If you desire a good conclusion but you're on the wrong path, you can't have it. Judas took the road that earmarked him for destruction. If he had repented, he would have been redeemed.
When Jesus said "except the son of perdition..." He meant except that one that despite all that we did to bring him back has refused redemption but like one drunk and lost continues to cling to what will be his undoing finally. Exactly like Jesus said, so it was for Judas Iscariot because he betrayed Jesus and hung himself for it when guilt filled his mind.
God will come for inspection. The sheep of Christ must not diminish. A pastor must fight for the lives of his congregation over which God has made him overseer [Acts 20:28]. They are not his. They are the Lord's but he has been called and anointed to stand in a place where he could keep watch over all that God has given him.This is your responsibility. You must fight to see that all souls under your hands prosper, increases and become better. That's your prayer and your will for them. You must like Paul not withdraw from them anything that will help their equipping or prosperity in life.
Acts 20:20, KJV
"And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house"
You must be free of the blood of any man. When Jesus was talking in that verse, He meant that. He was trying to show the Father His innocence. He was saying, "Father, I have tried all to keep all you have given me except one who says, "no, I want to be lost." God Himself agreed that one chose being lost. Jesus therefore won't be held accountable. May you not go your way but use your will to make good choices. When leadership seeks to have you under cover, may you not expose yourself to what can take you away without mercy.
PRAYER: I am redeemed from all destructive endings. May all evil prophecies not find rest on me. I receive discernment to use my will for God's will only.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 33:1-34:22, 1 Timothy 4:1-16, Psalm 89:1-13, Proverbs 25:23-24
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