DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 23 March 2022 — Honest hard work honoured
DCLM Higher Everyday 23 March 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Honest hard work honoured
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TOPIC: HONEST HARD WORK HONOURED
TEXT: MATTHEW 25:14-21
14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
MEMORY VERSE: “His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord” (MATTHEW 25:21).
MESSAGE:
In 1882, Peter J. McGuire, a labour union leader, proposed the creation of a “Labour Day” holiday to celebrate and honour the American worker. Today, the ‘Workers Day’ is celebrated by various countries all over the world on different days to honour and recognize the contribution of workers to national development.
The term, dignity of labour, implies that all types of jobs are respected equally, and no occupation is considered superior, and no job should be discriminated against on any basis. God commands that man should labour and do all his works. Even before the fall, God demanded that Adam should till the ground and tend the Garden of Eden.
A Christian should not be a loafer. He or she should be a hard worker. The tendency of some preachers to make believers depend on miracles of ‘sowing seed’ or seeking breakthroughs in life without honest hard work, is unscriptural. You cannot give and pray yourself into breakthrough when you are not committed to an honest hard work.The word of God is clear – you must work before you eat. You can only reap where you have sowed. There is no shortcut to this law.
QUOTE: You must work before you eat.
CHALLENGE: There is dignity in labour.
PRAYER: Lord, help me to be an honest worker.
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)
