OPEN HEAVENS Devotional –
Thursday March 3rd 2016
TOPIC: WORK: A DIVINE MANDATE
Read: Genesis 2:8-11,
8 And
the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the
man whom he had formed.
9 And out of
the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to
the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,
and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river
went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became
into four heads.
11 The name of
the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah,
where there is gold;
Bible in one year: John
8:31-10:21, Job 31:16-28
MESSAGE
It is amazing to know that
even though the work of creation ended millions of years ago, the creator is
still working on His creation. The father has not gone to sleep like many
biblical scholars and theologians believe. The trinity is still very much at
work. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit have not ceased to work amongst
men. God, through redemption, is still working today in order to fulfil the
reason for which the world was created.
There are many people who in
the name of having faith have refused to do anything productive with their
hands. They resign to fate and live their lives by chance. That was not the
example God laid when He created the world. Despite His sovereignty, His work
was still threatened by darkness and it was in the process of still working,
that He pronounced the appearance of light. God went through the process of
forming man and breathing into his nostrils, before man could become a living
soul. God had to grow every tree in the garden before asking man to tender it.
If God worked and is still working, what excuses do you have not to work?
Life is beautiful when you are
committed to your work. Moses, Daniel and Paul were men who worked for the
intellectual good of their time. They had to work hard to know a great deal
about the world and the times they were in. Through hard work they knew what
their contemporaries did not know and this was why they remained relevant till
the end of their lives. We should be ready through hard-work to contribute to
the church and our immediate environment. There is so much beauty in working.
Jesus did not avoid work and it sustained Him. He said that His food was to do
the will of God and to accomplish His work (John 4:34). Philippians 2:12-13 enjoins
us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling for it is God who is at
work in us both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
People are not ready to work
any longer. They want to loaf around and settle for overnight miracles, but God
does not operate that way. There are principles that must be followed for
certain blessings to come your way, and stay permanently. Hard-work does not
kill, and those who avoid hard-work at the time they are supposed to embrace it
will end up with a hard life. Have you not seen people who at the age when they
are supposed to be retired, still struggle to get menial job? Before Jesus
healed that man who was born blind in John 9:1-3, Jesus rubbed clay on the
man’s face which he had to wash off before the physical laws could be set aside
in order for him to experience the supernatural law of God. If he had not
followed the instructions of Jesus, he would not have been healed. Paul also
said
“Whereunto I also labour,
striving according to his working, which worketh in me
mightily. Colossians 1:29
I want to assure you that as you obey this divine instruction, things will begin to work for you.
Key Point
He who does not work hard now,
will retire into hardship later.
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