Setting Our Priorities Right

MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL

Devotion for Monday May 1, 2017

Topic: Setting Our Priorities Right

Text: Luke 10:17 – 20

One thing that gives us joy in our Christian service and stewardship is going out for evangelism. There is a kind of joy when you come back and reflect on what happened when you were out there preaching to people. This was the kind of joy that the disciples experienced as they saw tremendous results when they ministered in Jesus’ name and with His authority. They were overjoyed by the result from their mission which Jesus shared with them.

Despite sharing in their joy, He helped them get their priorities right, by reminding them of their most important victory which is having their names registered in heaven. This honour was more important than any of their accomplishments.

Today is Workers Day or May Day. A day to celebrate workers but it is proper to remind all workers both in public and private sector that their first major priority is to serve God through humanity. Yes we all need to meet our basic needs but that should not be at the detriment of our faith and morals. There are things that should not be mentioned among Christians. The issue of bribery, kick back, rewards, settlements, budget padding, inflating prices of item purchased, etc, should not be uppermost in our hearts as we serve. Our rewards come from God. At the right and appropriate time, He will reward us.

Just as the disciples were rejoicing and Jesus had to caution them, so it is important that we caution ourselves because a day of reckoning will come when we shall give account of our stewardship to the unseen eye that watched all we did and the services we render. Happy May Day to all workers!

Food for Thought: What is uppermost in your mind as you service in that office, shop, etc.

Memory verse: Luke 10 verse 20

Prayer: Almighty God, help me to understand why you have placed me where I am to serve you through humanity in Jesus name. Amen

WHERE IS YOUR LOYALTY?

WHERE IS YOUR LOYALTY?          Friday May 1, 2015

Text: Matthew 6:19 – 24             Memory verse: v 24               

Today is May/Workers’ Day in Nigeria. We rejoice with the entire workers on this their special day. As we rejoice and celebrate, it is proper to re-assess our commitment to our call and duties as civil/public servant or whatever we do which is our call. Speaking on not having a divided loyalty, Jesus said that no one can serve two masters equally and effectively. We face the inescapable choice about whom we will serve either ourselves by pursuing money and selfish pleasures or God. We can only be loyal to one master at a time.

We live in a materialistic society where we serve money whether politicians, military, judiciary, civil and public servants, business men and women, pastors, etc. They spend all their lives collecting and storing it, and will die and leave it behind. Their desire for money and what it can buy far outweighs their commitment to God. People’s concern these days is money. Hardly could people render the service they were employed to do without asking for kick back, lobbying for 10% of contracts, etc. We have so many ghost workers. Their names found their way into the government payroll through the efforts of some of these greedy men and women.

Where is your loyalty: the service you were employed to render or your own private business which has taken precedence over the government work? As a doctor a nurse, a teacher, civil or public servants, business man or woman, etc, where lies your loyalty?

Food for Thought: Total loyalty in our call is seen in our commitment to serving God and humanity without reservations. 

Prayer: God, make me to be loyal in the service where you have called me.