Friday December 12th, 2025
« Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God »
1 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?
2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
3 And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
5 Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.
6 And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
9 Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
Whenever you ask God for anything, make sure that it is something that will bring glory to His name.
- Don’t ask for things that would serve just you, but that would also be useful to Him.
If you want to win an election, you should tell Him how you would use your position to glorify His name.
That is the kind of prayer that gets His attention.
- God can decide to ignore you if you choose to bombard Him with requests.
However, if you come to Him telling Him how you plan to advance His kingdom here on earth with the miracle you are asking for, He will pay attention to You.
Hannah understood this principle, so she prayed thus in 1 Samuel 1:11NKJV
« Then she made a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.” »
God granted her request by giving her a son who grew to become a great prophet and then gave her five more children.
- Seek to glorify God first and you will see Him giving you more than you asked for.
He knew your needs before you came to Him, Matthew 6:8; so give Him an offer He cannot refuse and you will see Him supplying your needs in abundance.
You may say, “God loves me and I believe He will give me whatever I want”.
No doubt, He loves you, but He has a purpose for everything He does.
You may have thought that God drowned Pharaoh in the Red Sea just because He loves the Israelites, but Romans 9:17GNT says
« For the scripture says to the king of Egypt, “I made you king in order to use you to show my power and to spread my fame over the whole world.” »
The real reason God destroyed Pharaoh was to declare His glory and majesty throughout the earth.
- God’s agenda is always superior to ours; if you align your agenda with His, then you will get what you want.
Application – Align your agenda with God’s purpose and you will never lack again.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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