Saturday February 06th, 2021
Memorize: Genesis 13:11 New King James Translations (NKJV)
« Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other. »
Read: Genesis 14:8-16 New King James Translations (NKJV)
8 And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (thatis, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim
9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains.
11 Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.
12 They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.
14 Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
15 He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
16 So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.
Message:
I may not have achieved as much success and impact as I have today if I had travelled to a developed country as I wanted to when I was younger.
I had applied for a Commonwealth scholarship programme abroad for my masters. On the day of the interview in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the members of the panel asked me questions so simple that I wondered if they knew I was an honors student of Mathematics.
I was confident I had passed the interview, until a member of the panel who had been dozing all along woke and asked “where is Entebbe?”
I responded Pardon me, I am here for a Mathematics interview, not Geography.
Unknown to me, he was the chairman of the committee.
Everyone laughed in such a way that made me realize I would not be getting the scholarship.
When I got out of the interview hall, I ran into one of my lecturers from my alma mater who now worked in UNILAG. We exchanged pleasantries and I told him why I had come to UNILAG.
He said to me No, you don’t need to go abroad; I know your stuff. I will supervise you here for your postgraduate studies. Thus I became a postgraduate student at UNILAG, eventually got an invitation to attend a service at The Redeemed Christian Church of God, encountered Christ, became born again and today, the Lord has made me the General Overseer of the Church.
Things may be tough now where God wants you to stay, but if you trust and obey Him, your tomorrow will be alright.
When Lot had the chance to choose where he would stay, he did not bother asking God, he just went straight for the seemingly better option.
Little did he know he was going into a condemned city.
At the end of the day, we see that Abraham who stayed put became far greater than Lot.
In Genesis 14:14-16, when Lot was kidnapped because he did not have divine protection, Abraham and his men had to fight and defeat four armies to rescue him.
In the midst of all the complaints and struggles in developing countries, some people are still getting huge breakthroughs and fulfilling their destinies.
You don’t have to tell lies and keep running from the Police to become great in life; don’t compromise your eternity for a journey God did not send you on.
Let God lead you.
Prayer point: Father, don’t let me abandon Your plans for my life in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author: Pst E. A. Adeboye.
Text edited by Naomie
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