Tuesday September 03rd, 2024
« God is always fair. He will remember how you helped His people in the past and how you are still helping them. You belong to God, and He won’t forget the love you have shown His people »
9 Dear friends, I am not saying this because I think it is happening to you. We really expect that you will do better—that you will do the good things that will result in your salvation.
10 God is fair, and He will remember all the work you have done. He will remember that you showed your love to Him by helping His people and that you continue to help them.
11 We want each of you to be willing and eager to show your love like that the rest of your life. Then you will be sure to get what you hope for.
12 We don’t want you to be lazy. We want you to be like those who, because of their faith and patience, will get what God has promised.
13 God made a promise to Abraham. And there is no one greater than God, so He made the promise with an oath in His own name—an oath that He would do what He promised.
14 He said, “I will surely bless you. I will give you many descendants.”
15 Abraham waited patiently for this to happen, and later he received what God promised.
16 People always use the name of someone greater than themselves to make a promise with an oath. The oath proves that what they say is true, and there is no more arguing about it.
17 God wanted to prove that His promise was true. He wanted to prove this to those who would get what He promised. He wanted them to understand clearly that his purposes never change. So God said something would happen, and He proved what He said by adding an oath.
18 These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when He says something, and He cannot lie when He makes an oath. So these two things are a great help to us who have come to God for safety. They encourage us to hold on to the hope that is ours.
19 This hope is like an anchor for us. It is strong and sure and keeps us safe. It goes behind the curtain.
20 Jesus has already entered there and opened the way for us. He has become the High Priest forever, just like Melchizedek.
In the memory verse for today, the Bible says that God is not unrighteous to forget all the work and labor that you do in His name.
Being a worker in the vineyard of God can be tough sometimes.
Many a time, you have to make personal sacrifices of your resources just to ensure that the work of God keeps going.
« You must pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. If you don’t, they might cry out to the LORD against you, and it would be counted against you as sin »
Since the Lord has said that no one should owe their workers wages, He will surely pay yours.
I can say that confidently because I have been working for Him fulltime for over 40 years now.
Many years ago, I travelled abroad for a program. Whenever I went to that city, there was a particular brother who would always pick me up at the airport. On our way to where I would stay, there was a car shop where second-hand Rolls Royce cars were sold and I usually told the brother driving me that one day, I would go in there and buy one for myself. On this particular trip, I said the same thing when we passed the place then shortly after that, I saw a boutique advertising a sale (discounts); I told him to stop so that I could buy some clothes. When we got into the store, the discounted prices of the clothes on sale were still too high for me, so l left the place annoyed. “I thought these people said they were doing sales” I complained. The brother laughed. He laughed because I who said I would buy a Rolls Royce could not even afford clothes that were on sale at reduced prices. I then turned to God and said, “You are my employer. This man is laughing at your employee, so please do something about it”. The next time I visited the City, another brother was waiting for me with a Rolls Royce car. The brother came to me and said, “Daddy, I brought this car for you”.
I want you to challenge God today – tell Him whatever it is that you need.
I am joining my faith with every true worker of God that says this prayer today.
My God will answer your prayer, in Jesus’ name.
Application – God is not unrighteous to forget your labor of love
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Edited by Naomie Joseph
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