DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 8 April 2022 — Hard work for a good harvest
DCLM Higher Everyday 8 April 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Hard work for a good harvest
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TOPIC: HARD WORK FOR A GOOD HARVEST
TEXT: PROVERBS 10:1-5
1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
MEMORY VERSE: “He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame” (PROVERBS 10:5).
MESSAGE
A renown footballer, Edison Arantes do Nascimento (a.k.a. Pele), said, “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
Corroborating Pele’s stance, Colin Luther Powell opined, “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic, it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”
Hard work is the pivot to good harvest in every area of human endeavour. Unwillingness to work hard leads to poor harvest. Do you desire good harvest in your endeavours? Then, work hard.
Our memory verse says, “He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame” (Proverbs 10:5). Friend, to excel in your studies, career, vocation and Christan life, you must work hard. Indolence leads to mediocrity, failure and poverty.
You cannot sleep when you should be studying or working. Don’t be a mediocre Christian causing shame to yourself and others. Hard work will shield you from examination malpractice and contemporary social vices. Be wise and work hard for a good harvest.
QUOTE: Hard work is the pivot to good harvest.
CHALLENGE: Laziness and indolence lead to mediocrity: work hard.
PRAYER: Help me Lord, to work hard towards good success.
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)
