JUST DO IT RIGHT
Open Heavens 29 July 2016: Friday
daily devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye – just do it right
Memorise: And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience,
when your obedience is fulfilled. 2nd Corinthians 10:6
Read: 1st Samuel 15:16-23, (KJV)
15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee
what the Lord hath
said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own
sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed
thee king over Israel?
15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but
didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of theLord?
15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice
of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent
me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the
Amalekites.
15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the
chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto
the Lord thy
God in Gilgal.
15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as
great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and
stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word
of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Bible in one year: 2nd Timothy 1-4, Psalms 22:1-21
MESSAGE
A good number of people confuse
service of God’s approval or acceptance. It will be profitable for people,
particularly children of God, to understand that it is one thing to engage in
the service of God and it is another thing for God to accept your service. The
simple message for today is – “just do it right, and God will accept you and
your service”. The Bible says:
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Romans 12:1
In our Bible reading today, we read of the first king in Israel who put sacrifice over and above being obedient to God and His Word. God told king Saul to go and utterly destroy the Amalekites and everything they possessed; from the king to the least of the beasts. However, Saul went, fought and won the battle, but failed to carry out God’s instruction to the letter. When he was cross-examined by Prophet Samuel, he had the effrontery to tell Samuel that he had done what God asked him to do, except the soil of sheep and oxen which he took to use as sacrifice to the Lord. This unfortunately cost him his throne. Samuel said:
“….. Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”
1st Samuel 15:22
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like..”
Some so-called workers in the Church are still harbouring these things that we are to get rid of, yet they are ‘zealously’ working for God. It is unfortunate that their labour attracts no reward. Jesus said that on that day, they will come and say:
“We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast
taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye
are, depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.”
Luke 13:26-27
May this not be your portion in Jesus’ name. (29 July 2016 open heavens)
Prayer Point
Father, please help me to be obedient, and begin to do the right
thing in your sight from now onward.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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