SUNDAY - 31ST JULY, 2022
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE PRIVILEGES OF A LORD - My Lord Series 001
Judges 5:25, KJV
"He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish."
I've heard people say to shame others "they're giving some people special privileges." On what ground should we ask that because men can't but be treated with dignity in accordance with their achievements in their life vocation? If you've laid years of years down to serve and become something in your vocation, will you because of what people would say refute the privileges that may be accorded you from your life of sacrifice? Even Jesus rode a colt while his disciples and the multitude walked on foot (Matt.21:7-8). That's not inhumanity or the enslaving or colonizing of some weak people. If you're in the academic world for instance, I'm very sure that there'll be honours that'll be done a professor that students and even other junior lecturers will look forward to. They'll be distinguished because of who each has become by his time. This is how life was wired. Reward system was built into life by God. It's in nature itself. "Whatsoever you sow you shall reap" is a statement that enforces the rewarding system or cycle (Gal. 6:7).
The honour done Sisera is a befitting honour. She was entertained in a lordly dish because he's a lord himself. How would you treat a commander of an army, one you know is not of a mean status? This man bears the marks of many wars on him. He has testimonies for having been a warrior. He might have even lost a finger or an eye. There were moments he was scarcely killed but salvation came. He has built such a name that even Israel, Deborah and Barak didn't have to beat around to know. The treatment of him must therefore go in accordance with his sacrifice and dedication to his profession. That act is part of the motivation built into the human society that if the upcoming do not relent, they shall have their fair of being served in a lordly dish as befitting a lord. God may love all of us all equally but He remunerate us differently and that on our sacrifice and labour of love even in His vineyard (Heb.6: 10). Your work is what will answer for you.
PRAYER: Grant me the persistence that makes a master. I shall do it till reward.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Chronicles 26:1-28:27, Romans 13:1-14, Psalm 23:1-6, Proverbs 20:11
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