FATAL
END OF FAVOUR SEEKERS: Devotion for Sunday July 3, 2016
Text:
2 Samuel 1:13 – 16
Memory
verse: v 16 - So David said to him, "Your blood is on your own head, for
your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the Lord’s
anointed.'”
The story of this Amalek and David has some
lessons for us. This Amalek had come to give David the message with the mind of
getting a reward or a pat at the back for coming to David with the insignia of
Saul whom he perceived as the enemy of David. Unfortunately for him, David was
not a man who tolerates such act of favour seeking. Despite the fact that Saul
was the reason david was in exile then, He didn’t capitalize on that to
rejoice over the death of God’s anointed king. He used the words of his
mouth to judge him.
David had to put to death, the man who brought
the tidings because he confessed that he murdered the king. In ordering the
execution of the Amalek, David did not do unjustly; the Amalek confessed to the
crime. If he did as he said, he deserved to die for treason; and his lying to
David, if indeed it were a lie, proved, as sooner or later that sin will definitely
be punished. Hereby David showed himself zealous for public justice, without
regard to his own private interest. This is a lesson for us, who tell lies to
cheat, seek favour, run colleagues down, etc.
Beloved, there are dangers in telling lies or
running down others in a bid to gain favour. Are you a favour seeker in your
office, telling unfathomable stories and lies against other staff simply
because you want to be in good books of your boss? That is being callous and wicked.
Repent of it because there are consequences. There are consequences of such
act. If actually you need favour from your boss, why not do it without telling
lies against people. Remember, we shall be judged for every idle word that comes
out of our mouth.
Food
for Thought: Favour
seeking will always end in regret. It pays to allow God to grant us the favour
we need at the right time
Prayer: Lord, may I not be part of
favour seeking through running down of others in Jesus name.
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