FRIDAY- 4TH AUGUST, 2023
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
NO MAN!
Luke 9:62, KJV
"And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God".
No man remains no man. No man irrespective of who he is having put his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
Look, it is still no man - irrespective of race, tribe, tongue, gender, status, whether literate or illiterate. It is still no man. If you put your hand to the plough, if you give your commitment to Christ, if you say, it is His race and His errands you'll run; if you go into His service (obviously having thought it well and believed it so before you do), we believe and we account that you ought stay there for commitedly and for life. If unfortunately however, you look back (betraying Him, backstabbing Him, forsaking Him, departing from Him,
leaving His service) for the sake of other things that have now become very valuable to you suddenly or by process of time, then your sort should not be sought for recruitment into God's service.
We should mark your type and once we see this trait that doesn't follow through and follow to the end in you, we should not think or seek to commit to you. If we do, we won't reap any difference. It'll be putting the hand on the plough, taking the oath of service, entering service, doing service but painfully exiting it. If while schooling, you couldn't follow to the end but jumped out, if when you went into business, you also jumped out, then it fits to say you have a habit of not finishing. We should mark your type and consequently think how hard it'll be for you to follow through in God's service. You might also jump out. It means you're not a single and focused man. You rarely count the cost before taking on tasks and projects.
Jesus Himself says, such people are not fit for the kingdom of God. Mind you, He didn't say the kingdom of heaven. He said, the kingdom of God. That is, they are not fit to join us to gather this harvest. That is, they are not fit to be labourers with us in His ministry. What ministry if not the ministry of fishing men and hauling them into the kingdom of heaven. Show me such as not fit for the kingdom of God, those who cannot be trusted as living blocks by which God could build and I'll show you men who don't have long suffering but who take a turn at the least pressure and difficult things. Such men don't see their rewards blossom. Such men always have their rewards taken and enjoyed by another man. Such men all in all if they be of the type of Demas may eventually not be fit (for any other useful kingdom service) because they've looked back. I therefore pray for you that you won't look back. There's nobody who looks back who is fit again. Something always happen to them. They're always broken down and early retired and taken out of active service. Having followed after other loves, they are usually held by them. May you however not be one. May you stand tall and firm. May your commitment to follow God be an allegiance daily lived for Him. May you not be presumptuous and heed the call in the shallowness of your mind only to jump out of it at the slightest pressure or love for other things. May you love father and mother and all other precious things moderately and lesser than you'll esteem Christ, His call and His service.
PRAYER: Lord, I refuse to be a disappointment - the odd one out. I shall not be taken out. I have taken the oath, I shall be useful for service.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Chronicles 35:1-36:23; 1 Corinthians 1:1-17; Psalm 27:1-6; Proverbs 20:20-21
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