EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!
THURSDAY DECEMBER 12, 2019.
INTIMATION:
The opportunity to showcase your love is all around you, and now is the best time to show it. Sometimes procrastination is a legitimate response to a trivial task. But because love is what matters most, it takes priority over all other things. God's command is for you to do good, and right. It is inconsequential whether you receive word of thanks or not. Though it is discouraging when you don't receive any encouragement or acknowledgment, but it is not a reason not to do good. We are challenged to keep doing good and trust God for the results. In due time, we will reap a harvest of blessing.
SUBJECT : YOUR LOVE IS BEST EXPRESSED NOW!
Memory verse: "Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith."
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Galatians 6 vs 10
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READ: Proverbs 3 vs 27 - 28:
3:27: Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.
3:28: Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, and tomorrow I will give it," when you have it with you.
The opportunity to showcase your love is all around you, and now is the best time to show it. Sometimes procrastination is a legitimate response to a trivial task. But because love is what matters most, it takes priority over all other things. God's command is for you to do good, and right. It is inconsequential whether you receive word of thanks or not. Though it is discouraging when you don't receive any encouragement or acknowledgment, but it is not a reason not to do good. We are challenged to keep doing good and trust God for the results. In due time, we will reap a harvest of blessing.
The Bible stresses repeatedly, saying, "The time is now," to show love. In the passage we read today, the Scripture clearly states that we should not withhold doing good from those whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so. Some of us are better blessed materially or financially than others, and God blesses us to bless others (Genesis 12 vs 2). Therefore, if God has given you an advantage in possessions over others, don’t hesitate to favor others when you are aware of their handicap and their needs it is in your power to give.
The time to show love is now. Delaying to do good is inconsiderate and unfair, whatever it is; whether it is showing appreciation, giving thanks, returning a tool, fulfilling a promise, or even offering useful advice. Procrastination or withholding destroys trust and creates a great inconvenience. Be as eager to do good as you are to have good done to you.
Why is now the best time to express love? Because you don't know how long you will have the opportunity. Circumstances change; people die, children grow up, you have no guarantee of tomorrow. If you want to express love, do it now. It is for this reason that the Scripture, in Ephesians 5 vs 15 - 16, says, "See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil."
Knowing that one day you will stand before God, here are some questions you need to consider: (1) How will you explain those times when projects or things were more important to you than people? (2) Who do you need to start spending more time with? (3) What do you need to cut out of your schedule to create time to show love to God, and people? (4) What sacrifices do you need to make? The sincere, and right answers to these questions is the starting point to doing right, and good. It doesn't end in right answers, but you must be a doer. The act of not doing is being rebellious, and stubborn to God, and rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. (See First Samuel 15 vs 23.)
Prayer: Abba Father, give me the grace of promptness in my expression of love to others. O Lord, let nothing come between You and I, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.
PRAISE THE LORD!
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