Maximising your Allies- Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Col 1-2
MAXIMIZING YOUR ALLIES Saturday, October 16, 2010
MEMORIZE: “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways” (Ps. 91:11) READ: Psalm 91:10-13 One thing you must strive to have this year is for God to be your ally. That is wisdom. If you are weak but you have a strong ally, you become automatically strong as the strength of your ally covers your weaknesses. As a result, the strength of an individual is not limited to his personal strength, but the sum of his ally. It takes wisdom not to fight alone. The wise not only surrounds himself with allies but effectively utilizes them for his benefit. There are people who have people but operate as long rangers. There are leaders who are overstretching themselves concerning their assignments when they like Moses have 70 elders that could help reduce the burden. It takes wisdom to delegate. It takes wisdom to identify the strengths of your subordinates and derive maximum support from them for the collective good of the organization. Some husbands fight alone. They hardly ever pray with their spouses. As a result, their success level remains limited. If you continue to defeat 1000 enemies by praying alone when you can take on 10,000 by enlisting the support of your ally your spouse, it is obvious that you are seriously limiting yourself. If you are wise, you will deliberately avoid frictions, quarrels and disagreements with your spouse so as to optimize benefits from your ally. Talking of allies, there is one incomparable ally. He has never lost any battle. He is called the Most High. Psalm 91:1 says if you have Him as your ally, your security is guaranteed. He will back you up with all His Heavenly host - billions of angels, the elders, and the cloud of witnesses. He could instruct His angels to carry you in their hands so that you do not hit your feet against satanic stumbling blocks (Psalm 91:11-12). He has promised to meet the needs of His children out of His riches in glory. While studying Psalm 23, when I got to the fifth verse which says, “...Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over”, I asked God: “Why did you not stop at that point?” He replied, “Because there is much more from where the blessing is coming from”. If you have God as your ally, you can never lack anything good. Your joy will be full (Ps. 16:11). Do you have God as your ally today? Are you getting the best from your allies? ACTION POINT: Invite Jesus into your heart and ask Him to be your ally from today. N.B Visit and support www.10millionexercisebooks.com project today. o distribute 10 million exercise books towards eradicating illiteracy.