Monday April 13th, 2026
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1Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: “There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
2 The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds.
3 But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished; and it grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom; and it was like a daughter to him.
4 And a traveler came to the rich man, who refused to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him; but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
5 So David’s anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this shall surely die!
6 And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”
7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
Many times, when we go to Christian gatherings and the message or sermon being preached starts to sound a bit hard to swallow,
there’s always a tendency for us to feel that God is talking to our neighbour and not to us.
I believe you must have felt like that before.
Once in a while, as the preacher is preaching and condemning certain things that make us a bit uncomfortable,
we console ourselves by saying,
“He can’t be talking to me. He must be talking to my neighbour.”
- Don’t deceive yourself when the word hits you;
God is talking to you and not someone else.
Every time you hear the word of God, don’t go pointing fingers.
Look within yourself, and wherever you see that you are not living up to His standard, make adjustments immediately.
In the Bible reading for today, a prophet came to King David and told him the story of a rich man who robbed a poor man of the only lamb he had.
The rich man killed the lamb and used it to entertain his visitors instead of taking one out of the many that he had.
David went into a rage and said, “That man shall surely die.”
Then, the prophet turned to him and said, “ Thou art the man”.
Many times, God brings messages like that to us, and just like David, we start to condemn others,
but, if we take a moment to reflect on the message, we just might be the ones being described.
The way to grow as a Christian is not to assume that certain messages or scriptural verses are meant for other people and not you.
Listen or read as if you are the one God is talking to directly.
Face the fact that you might not be doing some things right and ensure that you do what must be done to make things right if that is the case.
The reason we have many so-called Christians who don’t behave like Christ is not because God does not correct them; it is because when He corrects them, they assume He is correcting other people.
Unfortunately, if they keep doing that, they will get to a point where they could be destroyed.
Beloved, God is speaking to you today.
He wants you to surrender all to Him completely without holding anything back.
Don’t be like those who harden their necks because the end of such people is destruction, Proverbs 29:1.
Application – Every time you hear a message or read your Bible, assume that you are the only one that God is talking to
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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