DCLM Sincere Milk 24 December 2023 — Your Most Valuable Resource
DCLM Sincere Milk 24 December 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Your Most Valuable Resource
Topic: Your Most Valuable Resource
Text: Ephesians 5:14-17
14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Key Verse: “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:16
Message
Resources are assets that are available for us to use in order to make life easy for us. We have two major types of resources. Natural resources given freely to us by God – our Creator. Man-made resources; created by man out of the natural resources. Out of all the natural resources made available to man, time is one of the most precious of them all. Time is the only natural resource that all men have equally. We all have 24 hours per day at our disposal.
Time is irreversible and irreplaceable. Once a moment slips out of your hands, it is gone forever. No wonder the Bible talks of redeeming the time by not wasting it because you can never get it back. Redeem your time daily by starting your day with God, set your goals for the day, get rid of all distractions, focus on your goals and avoid procrastinations. Remember that your life is made up of time.
Further Reading: Ecclesiastes 9:10-12
Prayer for today: Dear Father, help me to use this most valuable resource You have given me well for Your glory.
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)
