Memorise: Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; But afterwards his
mouth shall be filled with gravel. Proverbs 20:17
Read Ephesians 4:28, (KJV)
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let
him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to
give to him that needeth.
MESSAGE
We live in a time when the nature
of man is so selfish that all he does is think about himself continually. How
much can I get? What do I have at stake? Of what interest will this be to me?
This is why you see people transforming the resources meant for an entire
nation into their private coffers. They are happy to collect the contract
amount given for the construction of public roads only to complete such roads
on paper alone. The better ones among them do a bad job and pocket the rest
despite inflating the cost of completion. After all, they will not drive on
such roads. When the Judgement of God comes upon those who do this, their ends
are always terrible. Some of them use such monies to train their children in
the best schools available and such children end up killing them. Some of them
use such money to build estates and such estates become desolate in the future.
Open Heavens 5 August 2016: – Stolen Bread
Lazy people look for any excuse
not to work. They want cheap money. They want to live in luxury without paying
the price. This is why you see a lot of value being eroded in the social system
today. People are no longer ready to task their minds. Some people sit with
their computers the whole day, looking for people to defraud. How do you think
you can have an enduring blessing through such means? There are some market
women who use unequal weights in the scale to measure what they sell to
unsuspecting customers. If you do this, it is to your own peril. Such people
will never be blessed by God. Some are involved in fraudulent business
practices, exploiting others for their own gain. They think they are making it
at the moment, but the truth is that such gains bring much sorrow. Lazy people
who do not work will end in poverty because they lack understanding. Those who
are sleeping when they should be working will end up serving those who are
industrious.
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap”
Galatians 6:7
As long as you choose to remain
lazy, you will never encounter a divine touch, because God himself is hard
working. One of the great virtues that fathers can leave for their children is
a heritage of integrity. There is only one path to true increase and that is
gathering wealth by honest means. It may take a longer time than you expected,
but you can be sure that at the end, you will have peace of mind. There are
things money cannot buy. Money cannot buy happiness and joy and this is why you
need to understand that there is no need to play smart. The little you earn
from what you do legitimately will attract the blessing of God, as opposed to
those who earn millions by fraudulent means. The scripture says;
“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than
he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich”
Don’t envy sinners who are
prosperious. It is foolishness to do so because you can easily tell what their
end will be. (5 August 2016 open heavens)
“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that
gathereth by labour shall increase”,
Proverbs 13:11
Those who gather wealth unjustly
are doing so in readiness for devourers. They will never be able to explain how
they spend such money.
Key Point
Whatever you get non-legitimately cannot last.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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