CHILDREN: Endangered Species- Open Heavens Daily Devotionals by Pastor E.A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Jer 30 -32
CHILDREN: ENDANGERED SPECIES Sunday, December 19, 2010
MEMORIZE: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Gal. 6:7) READ: 2 Samuel 22:26-28 After Jacob served seven years for Rachel, he was given a veiled lady that wedding night only to discover by the following morning that he was given Leah instead of Rachel (Gen. 29:21-27). Laban simply switched Leah for Rachel. Can God trick us? Galatians 6:7-9 talks of the law of harvest. God repays everyone according to their works. A trickster cannot avoid being tricked. The irony here is that fraudulent people do all they can to avoid being cheated. No matter how hard they try, they will enter into their evil harvest. According to today’s reading, you are the one to set the tone of divine relationship with you. If you are merciful, He will be merciful in His dealings with you. If you are froward, He will be unsavory in His dealings with you. According to Hosea 8:7, the harvest is usually greater than the seed. When an evil seed is sown, the harvest will bring out other dimensions: First, you may be fraudulent to one person in just one area of life but when the harvest comes, several people will defraud you in different areas of life. Also, the effect of an evil harvest reaches beyond the one who sowed the seed: It could affect the spouse, children or even generations after him. The seeds of greed and covetousness sown by Gehazi did not only make him leprous, but also turned his descendants into lepers. If your children are heady and very unruly, check out your past life: find out if you had done similar things before you falsely blame God instead of restituting your evil ways. David was a man after God’s heart yet he did not check his weakness for women. When his son Solomon succeeded him, he continued his father’s weakness with all his might and ended up with 300 wives and 700 concubines. A look into the Laban family reveals that deceit runs in the family. It’s in their blood. If you are stealing from God, be certain that your children will end up as thieves. If you tell lies, at least one of your children will become a certified liar. If you are lusting after the opposite sex, you are sowing trouble for your children. If you love your children at all, keep away from evil seeds that can ruin their lives and destiny, at least for the sake of Heaven. ACTION POINT: What you do today has a direct bearing on the future of your children. Watch what you do! N.B Have you sowed into the RCCG PROJECT?