WORKING RIGHT - Open heavens devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Rom 1-4
WORKING RIGHT Saturday, July 10, 2010
MEMORIZE: “I therefore so run, not as uncertainly, so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:” (1 Cor. 9:26) READ: John 21:1-6 The one who would flourish must find grace in God’s sight.  Also, the fellow must be prepared to work hard. When God has opened the door, it is not time to sleep, but time to work. In addition to these, to flourish, you must work right. Working hard is not as important as working right or else, laborers would have been the richest people on earth. Although Peter fished all night, he caught nothing because he was in the wrong place. He had to be guided on the right location and timing so that his hardwork would yield a good harvest. Today, many people are working with all their heart and might in a wrong place, job or business hence, no harvest. When at the wrong job, your efforts virtually go down the drain.  In anyway you are laboring at a wrong location, the Lord will guide you to your appropriate place of harvest in Jesus’ Name. In John 21:1-6, Peter went on another fishing expedition with his friends and got the same result. They toiled all night but caught nothing. The problem may not necessarily be with the size of your team but the location of the business. Sometimes, it is even the type of business. Many people have gone to the university to read courses that cannot offer them anything. Some people are in jobs or businesses whereas their financial harvests are somewhere else. Peter was fishing on his left side while his harvest was on the right side. Sometimes, you could be in the right business but you may be targeting the rich while you should be targeting the poor. Or your products or services may be targeted at the adults whereas your financial harvest is awaiting you in the children’s belt.  If you are not getting your desired harvest, pause a little and consider your location. If you continue to make the same inputs in the same location that has failed to give you the right yield, you may not get a different result.  In 1 Corinthians 9:26, Paul said when he fights, he makes sure he fights right and not uncertainly.  That is a good fighter.  It is not enough to be seen to be struggling or making efforts: You must work right.  If you are willing to pay the price, God is willing to move you to the top. It takes two to tango. Do your part and the Lord will do His. Many of us blame God for the lack of harvest after so much labors. Henceforth, look at the direction or location, reconsider what you do and find out from God. You will  enter your harvest this season. ACTION POINT: Father, do not allow my efforts to go down the drain: direct me on how to work right.