Sunday, 8 December
Memory Verse: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
MORE LESSON: Acts 4:13 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
A man’s blessing is only complete when you take out of what God has blessed you with and use it to bless someone else. The blessing on Abraham is: “I bless you, you also be a blessing to others.” A flowing river is ever fresh and new unlike the stagnate water full of dirt. To be a flowing river shows it is giving out and the more it is giving out the more it is being replenished. If you live a stagnate Christian life you are not likely to be an healthy Christian. You would have consumed more than you need and you can become a junk but if you become an agent of turnaround, you are a blessing and you are blessed. The way to get the full blessings of Abraham is not in accumulation of what we have but sharing with others.
Christianity is not just waiting for your own turnaround but also looking forward to how God will use you to affect people positively. It is getting more and more difficult to go on evangelism due to situations surrounding us but we can still make impact by practical Christian living. Let’s take Christianity to the market place by the impact we make on people’s lives; we can be shut from preaching in the public but our Christian life can preach more than what we can say. In II Kings 5:4, on the strength of the information Naaman got, he followed the little maid’s counsel and received his healing. Had the girl been living a reckless life, I am sure the general would not have followed her instructions.
Another character to consider in this story is the King of Syria who after hearing of the coming of Naaman tore his clothes. 2 King 5:7 says: As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me. The king knew the God of Israel but he could not represent Him. Meanwhile, Elisha also heard the news but rather than fret, he advertised his God appropriately. We are meant to be the advertisers of our God. You don’t need anointing to be an agent of turnaround: you can be an agent by good acts.
All the life of Jesus, He was an agent of turnaround. Jesus spent His life touching the lives of others. Acts 10:38 says: How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good,…. The questions for you today are: How many lives are you affecting positively? How many people can bless God because of the impact you have made in their lives? Be the reason why tears are wiped away not the reason for someone’s sadness and tears. Advertise Jesus.
Prayer/Action
* Pray for grace to do good works.
* Ask God for grace to be faithful to this divine assignment.
* Pray for grace to represent God effectively and efficiently in all areas of life.
TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Father, separate the act of disobedience by Jonah and the disrespectful behaviour of lot from the activities of my new month, in the mighty name of Jesus.
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