Till Your Land

  STRENGTH FOR MY DAYS 

A Daily Devotional by Bishop David

Till Your Land

Sunday, 13 October

 

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. Proverbs 12:11

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Proverbs 12:7-11 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. 8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. 9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

 

MORE LESSON: II Thessalonians 3:9-13 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

 

The Bible is indeed a treasure of endless wisdom for living. Today, we will meditate on a profound word of wisdom from the timeless word of God. Man was created with desires, and two major desires are for companionship/fellowship and work. These desires have been there before the fall of man. The desire for work has birthed great innovations in various areas including economy, medicine, politics, industry, technology and more.

There must be a balance of the two desires as seen in today’s memory verse; the desire to be industrious and the social desires must both be correctly satisfied. Love for people and social life must not negatively impact the productivity of jobs, vocation and careers. The two must be balanced. There is sound wisdom in getting your crops planted before going to play games with friends.

Our social desires can be very strong and indeed are essential. We are designed to want to be with people, hear people, watch people, be entertained by them, learn from them and interact with them. God also designed us with wisdom to manage our social desires to achieve a balance between social activities and life responsibilities. Particularly, we must be careful of the kind of people we bring into our social circle. Listening to, watching or spending time with vain people will drain us of our productivity. Such people have nothing substantial or beneficial to offer us. The increasing screen time for internet connected activities is robbing us of productive and the time of tilling our land.

Our social gluttony is robbing us of widespread and meaningful productivity. We must intentionally balance up! Each moment spent following vain people on social media robs us of time to read the Bible, pray, have family interactions and attend to more beneficial issues of life. Tilling our land includes improving our profit making skills by increasing knowledge, improving service delivery, showing up at work on time and similar productive activities. The readiness to be trained will lead to increased profit. Responsibility, honesty, integrity and other good work ethics will yield greater results than idleness.

 

Prayer/Action

* Receive grace for balanced social life.

* Ask for grace to spend time in profitable ventures.

* Rebuke the tendency for frivolities in your life.

 

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: As the LORD lives, my testimonies this tenth month shall not be fewer than 10, in the wonderful name of Jesus.