DCLM Higher Everyday 22 May 2023 — Your Deeds Advertise You
DCLM Higher Everyday 22 May 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Your Deeds Advertise You
Topic: Your Deeds Advertise You
Text: Esther 6:1-12
2And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
3And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
4And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
6So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
7And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
8Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
9And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
10Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
11Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Key Verse: “And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus” (Esther 6:2).
Message
Action, they say, speaks louder than voice. This axiom aptly applies to Mordecai the Jew, whom Haman the enemy of the Jews had planned to eliminate but his good deed advertised him before the king. Likewise, the deeds of youths can advertise them not only before the kings on earth but also the King of kings, Jesus. Unknown to Mordecai, what he did some years back was recorded down.
Every youth must be careful about what they do, either good or bad. Why so? It’s because it is going on record before God and such can either advertise them for good or bad. There were many youths in the Bible times whose deeds advertised. One of them is Joseph who lived a righteous life, refused the enticement of Potiphar’s wife, and interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh’s servants even in prison. His deeds advertised him before Pharaoh and he became the Prime Minister of Egypt. Other people with good deeds include: Ruth, Daniel, and Caleb. This is your own time to engage in good deeds that will advertise you in due course.
Quote: His deeds advertised him
Challenge: Even little deeds go a far way to advertise one.
Prayer for today: Lord, help me to be engaged in good deeds.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
