MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Saturday June 6, 2020
Topic: An Incomplete Testimony
Text: 2 Kings 5:1
Here
is a great testimony of Naaman, the commander of the army of Syria. He was
described as a mighty man of valour, a great man in battle, used by God to
wrought victories for Syria but he was a
leper. What a testimony of a great man!
However,
the ‘but’ has a great question mark on his life. This shows that despite all
his exploits in life, the leprosy has restricted him in so many ways because no
honours or successes can secure men from trouble.
Matthew
Henry puts it this way, “No man's greatness, or honour, can place
him out of the reach of the sorest calamities of human life: there is many a
sickly, crazy body under rich and gay clothing.” This shows that any
man living has some troubles of life to contend with. Naaman took the advice of
the young captive girl from Israel and he was healed as we shall read in the
days ahead.
In
life, many of us have one “but” or another tormenting us which invariably has
dented our testimonies. It may be pride, unfaithfulness, lies, anger, malice,
little sins, gossip, immorality, stealing, etc. Whatever may be the “but,” it
is important you realise that it has dented your testimony and do something
about it now. You can’t say you are a Christian but you are still living a life
of lies, deceit, anger, etc. That is not a good testimony. It is better to do
something now or it will deny you a place in the Kingdom of heaven.
Food for Thought: Every man has one negative ‘but’ or another which blemishes and
diminishes him.
Memory verse: 2 Kings 5: 1b
Prayer: My
God and my Father, remove every negative ‘but’ in my life the way you healed
Naaman of his leprosy in Jesus name.
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