Monday February 10th, 2025
Meditate on John 15:5GNT
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Read Luke 19:29-38NKJV
29 And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples,
30 saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here.
31 And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’ ”
32 So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them.
33 But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosing the colt?”
34 And they said, “The Lord has need of him.”
35 Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him.
36 And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road.
37 Then, as He was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,
38 saying: “ ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
I heard someone preaching recently and he said if God leaves him, there will be little left.
I don’t know how come in his case, there would still be anything left; in my case, there would be absolutely nothing left.
- As for me, I am fully aware that without God, I am nothing, absolutely nothing and I tell Him that regularly.
I preached a sermon at the commissioning into ministry of one of my sons about 40 years ago. I told them about the ass that Jesus rode in our Bible reading for today. The ass must have suddenly looked around and seen people laying down their clothes on the ground for him to walk on, with a lot of singing and dancing going on as he passed by.
He must have really felt special.
However, the moment Jesus got down and left him, he was abandoned.
By then he must have been far from home and probably did not even know his way back. He must have passed by humans and instead of rejoicing like before, they most likely chased it away. At best, he would have ended up as a laborer on a farm.
Beloved, the moment God leaves you, you are finished.
You think you’re smart?
- Just a little tweak of a professor’s brain and he can become a mad man roaming the streets.
When people see me living holy, being humble, obeying God to the letter, it is because I don’t want Him to leave me.
I don’t want to look around and discover that He is no longer with me.
- I don’t want to pray and have Him ignore my prayers.
I am imploring you my beloved, don’t do anything that would make God leave you.
At some point on the cross, Jesus cried,
“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Think about it: when the whole world turned against Him, He did not mind, but when the Father turned from Him, He cried.
Even if the whole world turns against you, you are fine as long as God is still on your side.
Without God, you are nothing.
Application – Don’t ever do anything that could make God leave you. Star far away from sin.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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