DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 1 April 2022 — Help attracts help
DCLM Higher Everyday 1 April 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Help attracts help
TOPIC: HELP ATTRACTS HELP
TEXT: EXODUS 2:15-22
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
MEMORY VERSE: “And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock” (EXODUS 2:17).
MESSAGE:
Our text presents Moses, who fled from Pharaoh in Egypt to the land of Midian, to escape death. As he sat by a well, the daughters of Reuel, the priest of Midian, came to water their father’s flock.The young women met opposition from some shepherds who drove away their flocks. Moses, who was melancholic, rose up and helped them to overcome the shepherds. He drew water and watered their flocks to their amazement.
When Reuel’s daughters told him of the help and kindness Moses obliged them, he invited Moses to his house and rewarded him with shelter, job and a wife. What a challenge to Christian youths! Indeed, help attracts help.
As a youth, opportunities abound in your family, school, place of work, community and the church to render help to others. You don’t have to be bouyant and comfortable before helping other people. Like Moses, seize every opportunity to help somebody.Above all, God expects you to help unbelieving youths with the gospel, towards receiving Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Great will be your reward if you obey.
QUOTE: Help somebody.
CHALLENGE: Be ready to help others.
PRAYER: Help me, Lord, to help those in need.
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)
