DCLM Sincere Milk 7 December 2022 — Get up and go
DCLM Sincere Milk 7 December 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Get up and go
TOPIC: GET UP AND GO
TEXT: GENESIS 12:1-5
2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Key Verse: “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee” (Genesis 12:1).
MESSAGE:
Abram was born and raised in a country known as Ur of the Chaldees. There he married Sarai, had servants and was an established and prosperous farmer. When he was seventy-five years old, he heard God calling him to leave the country of his birth.
God called him to leave where he had been for 75 years to an unknown land. Did Abram obey? Yes, he did. His obedience to God’s call opened the door of great blessings to him. He eventually had uncountable number of descendants.
Today, the Lord is calling you to also get up and go. It is not to go out of your parents’ home like Abram did, but to get up from sleeping, playfulness and laziness to go into your community and preach the gospel to every creature.
The world is filled with sinners and the end is at hand. Jesus will come any moment from now to take His friends to heaven. If you fail to go and preach, many sinners will remain in their sins and miss the rapture. The call is urgent, therefore you must promptly obey as Abram did.
Preach the gospel in your school, streets, bus stops and neighbourhood. Your effort will lead sinners to Christ and save them from perishing. Great rewards await you as you obey this great and urgent call.
Prayer: Lord, I will obey Your call and preach the gospel.
Further Reading: Mark 16:15-20
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)
