DO NOT PROCRASTINATE: Devotion for Saturday
June 25, 2016 ]
Text: Joshua 1:10 – 15
Memory verse: v 11 - "Pass through the camp and command the
people, saying, 'Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you
will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lord your
God is giving you to possess”
In
Rom. 4:20, the bible recorded that Abraham did not waver or stagger at he
promises of God. This means that he had no doubt about what God told him
despite his physical condition and that of his wife (Rom. 4:19). In our bible
reading today, Joshua says to the people immediately God had spoken to him,
“Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over
this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you
to possess” (1:11b).
We
honour the truth of God, when we stagger not or waver at the promise of God as
Abraham did. The two tribes and a half were to go over Jordan with their
brethren. When God, by His providence, has given us rest, we ought to consider
what service we may do to our brethren. Again, we God has blessed us, we should
not neglect our brethren. We should be of help to them with what God has
blessed us with.
“The
certainty that God will bestow upon His people the blessings He has promised
them, does not in the least lessen the necessity of their using all appointed
means to obtain them” so says Family Bible Notes. God promised to take them
into the Promised Land. They don’t have to procrastinate or sit in a place for
the promise to be fulfilled. They have a part to play. Likewise, God has made
several promises to us. We shouldn’t procrastinate about them by waiting for
‘manna to fall from heaven’ upon our laps which rarely happens. Rather we
should swing into action by playing our part in that promise made by God. For
example the promise to bless us depends on the effort we make. God blessed Isaac
and made him prosperous when he sowed in Gerar. God promised to feed the birds
of the air but He does not throw their food into their nest.
Food for Thought: What will you do to ensure that God’s promises made to you
will be fulfilled?
Prayer: God, remove from every form of procrastination in me especially in heavenly matters in Jesus name.
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