Sunday October 05th, 2024
« Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them. »
13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you’re right because that’s what I am.
14 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you must wash each other’s feet.
15 I’ve given you an example that you should follow.
16 I can guarantee this truth: Slaves are not superior to their owners, and messengers are not superior to the people who send them.
17 If you understand all of this, you are blessed whenever you follow my example.
Today’s memory verse makes us know clearly that we can influence our happiness.
We can also deduce that knowledge is a requirement for happiness and this knowledge is from God.
« If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and He will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking… Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow »
Getting knowledge too is a choice.
There are people who have refused education despite so much persuasion.
Most of such people end up as failures and become unhappy for the rest of their lives.
It was however their choice.
Likewise, some people deliberately follow other gods and this too could be a source of sorrow (Psalm 16:4).
As temporal as wealth is when compared with spiritual and eternal blessings, lack of it may cause unhappiness.
Even the Bible says in Proverbs 22:7ESV
« The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender »
How can you become happy and remain so?
Beloved, it is not enough to have knowledge, we must learn to do (John 13:17).
In today’s Bible reading, Jesus taught His disciples a secret of happiness – service to God and humanity.
When you serve God and make Him the Lord over all your affairs, you will be happy (Psalms 144:15).
We would also be happy if you know how to get out of poverty in a Godly manner.
Act according to Malachi 3:10 which commands us to pay our tithes so the widows of heavenly blessings can be open upon the works of your hands.
Beloved, I encourage you to choose happiness today.
Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God and the Savior of the world is the only way to true happiness and eternal life (John 3:16-18).
Prayer focus – Father, I choose to be happy today; I come to You through Your Son, Jesus, please, give me joy eternal.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Edited by Naomie Joseph
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