DCLM Sincere Milk 11 April 2024 — Run away from Strife
DCLM Sincere Milk 11 April 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Run away from Strife
Topic: Run away from Strife
Text: Romans 13:10-14
10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Key Verse: “Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.” Romans 13:13
Message
Tony got a toy car from his uncle for doing well in his last promotion examination and he liked it very much. He did not allow his baby brother to play with it as much as the little boy cried for it. When their father saw what was happening, he decided to buy a toy train (with track-rail line) for his younger son. This train could move on the track when set up because it was battery operated. When Tony saw this, he became envious and would always fight his younger brother for it and almost destroyed it. Their father reminded him of how he had not allowed his younger brother to play with his own toy. Eventually, he understood what his father had been saying about avoiding strife, finding satisfaction in what you have and being willing to share what you have with others. He became sorry for his bad ways.
Also Read: DCLM Sincere Milk 10 April 2024 — The Little Boy’s Lunch
Strife means to fight, struggle or contend with someone or some people for something. Many people see life as a place where you must fight to get whatever you want even if the thing already belongs to others. God has made provision for all the needs of man and He has abundance of things for them all. People get into strife when they want to possess everything for themselves alone, avoid such attitude.
Further Reading: James 3:16
Prayer for today: God, give me a loving heart that would avoid fighting and strife.
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)
