Tuesday February 18th, 2025
« Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things [which are dishonorable—disobedient, sinful], he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified [set apart for a special purpose and], useful to the Master, prepared for every good work »
19 But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”
20 In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.
21 If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.
Following our discussion which started yesterday, the second question that you should ask yourself is,
“What kind of example am I going to be for those coming behind me?”
You see, God can raise somebody and promote him or her greatly, but when the fellow makes a mistake and crashes, he or she becomes an example for others to learn from, so as not to make the same mistake.
If you read 1 Corinthians 10:1-11 carefully, you would see that verses 1-4 were dedicated to describing the investments that God had made in the people of Israel,
then the rest of the passage goes on to list how many of them became bad examples for those of us coming after.
God is making investments in you now, He is making sure that you read and hear certain messages, He is promoting you and doing miracles for you now; what will be the outcome of all these?
Will you be used as a good example later in future or a bad one?
« But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness »
The verse above says God was not pleased with many of them.
The truth is that not many people will end up as good examples;
most will end up as bad ones because only a few will be violent enough to take the Kingdom of God by force, Matthew 11:12.
The devil will throw a lot of temptations your way.
Some of them will come as harmless suggestions,
but you have to be fully ready to submit to the Lord and resist the devil so that he would flee, James 4:7.
As we see in our Bible reading of today, purge yourself of all unrighteousness so you can set the right examples for those coming behind you.
Ask the Holy Spirit for help.
You must never get to a point where you feel you have enough of the Holy Spirit.
Only the Holy Spirit can keep you from falling; embrace Him like your life depends on it, because it actually does.
Prayer focus – Father, don’t let me end up as a bad example to those coming after me.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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