All-Round Help

January 2nd, 2015
Text: Psa. 60:11-12 MORE LESSON: 2 Chron. 26:1-15

A man that has been helped can never be compared with one that has not received help. It is good enough to be helped by someone carrying your load for you, but when God helps you, he doesn't just carry your load, He carries you as well; He puts His everlasting arms underneath you. The help of God implies God carrying your load with one arm and carrying you with the other, making you sail speedily, smoothly, and stresslessly through destiny.

King Uzziah was an example of a man helped by God; by the help of God, a sixteen year old king became a world power. Historically, it is recorded that Uzziah was the first to invent the use of machinery for warfare by the wisdom God gave him. In Jerusalem, he made machines designed by skilful men for use on the towers and on the corner defences to shoot arrows and hurl large stones (2 Chron. 26:15). Imagine a man using his bare hands and swords to fight against another man who is carrying artillery and loaded machine guns! That is what a helpless man competing with a man that has help is like. My prayer today is that your destiny will enjoy the help of God.

In the Physical Sciences, the term mechanical advantage is used to illustrate the difference between the energy a man exerts when he uses his physical effort for a work compared to when a machine does the same work for him. Y our mechanical advantage, for example, in moving from Zaria to Lagos is the advantage in terms of ease and the efficiency you enjoy when a car or, better still, a plane carries you from Zaria to Lagos compared to when you try it trekking!
This helps us to understand the help of God, because the help of God is your spiritual advantage in destiny. It is the Spirit of God carrying you from your location to your destination and not allowing you to make it by your physical effort. The further you want to go in life, the more help you need.

So Uzziah's fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful 2 Chron. 26:15 (NIV). God gave him all-round help and he became great. Greatness only comes by the help of God to a man. You need God to help you in every area of life.

Accessing help from God is easy as revealed in Heb. 4:16: Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. All you have to do is come before the Mercy Seat and ask God to help you by His grace. Even if you are a sinner, you can still come, ask for forgiveness, receive Jesus into your heart and ask for His help. The cries, 'Have mercy on me O Lord' and 'Help me O Lord' are cries that God never turns away from.

Prayer/Action
*Send me Help O God, for vain is the help of man (Ps 60:11).
*Lord, don't let me go through destiny by human effort; carry me with Your everlasting arms (Deut 33:27).
* Let grace and help be present for me at every time of need (Heb 4:16).

Treasure in the House

Text: Prov 21:20
More Lessons: Matt 25:1- 13
Bible Reading in one Year: Revelation 19-22

Wisdom is one subject the writer of the book of Proverbs devoted much of his writings to, he also wrote on issues that deal with day-to-day affairs which, if learned, can go a great deal in making a man wiser and to standout. Some of those things which should characterise the life of a believer include integrity, righteousness, wisdom and the fear of God.

Our text focuses on the things which should characterise the life of a wise man, which include treasure and oil, There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up: Prov . 21:20. Every wise man has a treasure to be desired, either a quality, ability, resource, grace, etc. In Jeremiah 41:8, ten men were spared because they had resources and oil in the field when others were slayed. It is therefore wisdom to always have a treasure to be desired in your life; it will make you ever relevant and needed.

The wisdom to learn from out text includes these:
1. Don't spend up the treasure in your life before you seek to refill. (Matt. 25:3-9). One of the things that distinguishes the wise and foolish virgins is that the foolish virgins use up their oil before they seek to refill. Even if there are demands on the treasure and oil in your life, don't spend it up. Be wise.
2. When you have no more treasure and oil that men can desire, they will call you foolish, therefore give attention to your life. Don't be lost in the praise of men when your talents or abilities are at the peak. It is then you need to seek to improve yourself, that is time to do something new and better.
3. Learn to take a break to create room for reviewing and refilling. The foolish virgins are not sensitive to know the time to refill their lamps. There should be an interval to refill and re-stock. Only God should not wait, there is nothing that cannot wait to give room for you to renew and refill your treasure and oil. Even if it seems there is no time for that, it is wisdom to create the time.

Someone ones said grace is a depleting asset, it reduces with use. It is wisdom to always seek to have it renewed so that the house will be filled with treasure.

Prayer / Action
* Thank God for making provision for a stress-free life.
* Declare every life of stress and labour ended in your life.
* Proclaim the blessings of the Lord that make rich and add no sorrow a reality in your life from today

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Treasure in the House

Text: Prov 21:20
More Lessons: Matt 25:1- 13
Bible Reading in one Year: Revelation 19-22

Wisdom is one subject the writer of the book of Proverbs devoted much of his writings to, he also wrote on issues that deal with day-to-day affairs which, if learned, can go a great deal in making a man wiser and to standout. Some of those things which should characterise the life of a believer include integrity, righteousness, wisdom and the fear of God.

Our text focuses on the things which should characterise the life of a wise man, which include treasure and oil, There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up: Prov . 21:20. Every wise man has a treasure to be desired, either a quality, ability, resource, grace, etc. In Jeremiah 41:8, ten men were spared because they had resources and oil in the field when others were slayed. It is therefore wisdom to always have a treasure to be desired in your life; it will make you ever relevant and needed.

The wisdom to learn from out text includes these:
1. Don't spend up the treasure in your life before you seek to refill. (Matt. 25:3-9). One of the things that distinguishes the wise and foolish virgins is that the foolish virgins use up their oil before they seek to refill. Even if there are demands on the treasure and oil in your life, don't spend it up. Be wise.
2. When you have no more treasure and oil that men can desire, they will call you foolish, therefore give attention to your life. Don't be lost in the praise of men when your talents or abilities are at the peak. It is then you need to seek to improve yourself, that is time to do something new and better.
3. Learn to take a break to create room for reviewing and refilling. The foolish virgins are not sensitive to know the time to refill their lamps. There should be an interval to refill and re-stock. Only God should not wait, there is nothing that cannot wait to give room for you to renew and refill your treasure and oil. Even if it seems there is no time for that, it is wisdom to create the time.

Someone ones said grace is a depleting asset, it reduces with use. It is wisdom to always seek to have it renewed so that the house will be filled with treasure.

Prayer / Action
* Thank God for making provision for a stress-free life.
* Declare every life of stress and labour ended in your life.
* Proclaim the blessings of the Lord that make rich and add no sorrow a reality in your life from today

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A Privileged Labourer

Text: Matt. 20: 1- 8
More Lessons: I Cor. 15: 7 -1 1
Bible Reading in one Year: Revelation 16-18

There are several lessons to learn from the parable in our text today. Firstly, note that God will always depend on man to accomplish what He wants done on earth with regards to propagation of the gospel and every service that propagates His Kingdom. We are co-labourers with God, For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them: Eph. 2:10. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building: I Cor. 3:9.

Few of those things to learn from today's reading are:
1. Rising early to achieve the day's task is a character of the Kingdom to which we belong. The householder going out early to recruit men to his vineyard is a habit to inculcate, And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed: Mark 1:35.
2. The primary assignment we are called to do is to work for God's Kingdom. To the group he recruited early and each of the groups recruited at the third, sixth, ninth and eleventh hours the assignment is to go and work in his vineyard. The timing may differ but the purpose is the same (I Cor. 15:7-11)
3. God will always give everyone the opportunity to contribute to His Kingdom by giving him responsibility. Our Master always recruits and He does that at His own discretion. When God chooses new hands, it does not mean He no longer needs the one who was called earlier as long as he has not disqualified himself from the assignment. Those whom He chooses later are to complement those that are there earlier.
4. Whatever God has done or not done for others should not become a problem to you in the process of serving the Lord. What He promises those that come early is considered good for them, that is why they agree to work. Be sure that, faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it: I Thes. 5:24.
5. Another important thing to learn from our text is that God will not owe any man, ...call the labourers, and give them their hire...: Matt 20:8. There is nothing done in the Kingdom that will not be rewarded. We are likened to hire labourers, wages will be paid. There are rewards for every service we render in God’s Kingdom here on earth and much more in eternity.

Prayer / Action
* Thank God for every privilege He has given you in His Kingdom.
* Ask for grace to fulfil your God’s given responsibility.
* Pray that you will not miss the reward for your labour.

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