REPENTANT OR NOT? -Daily devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Jer 13-16
REPENTANT OR NOT? Tuesday, December 14, 2010
MEMORIZE: “If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work” (2 Tim. 2:21) READ: Matthew 21:28-31 “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor” (2 Tim. 2:20). God has two broad categories of sons - an Only Begotten Son - Jesus Christ and adopted sons. All the adopted sons are individually different.  Among the adopted sons, there are opportunities for golden sonship, silver sonship, wooden or earthen sonship. It is the duty of each adopted son to choose the type of sonship to operate in God’s Kingdom. Within God’s great house, you will find pastors, ministers and workers who bring honor and glory to God just as much as you will have sons who are black sheep of God’s family who will bring shame and dishonor to God’s name. If you look within your church, you will find some trouble shooters and rebellious people among the lot of godly ones. God allowed it so. If you do not want witches and agents of darkness to attend your church, you may not bother to ask God for the new wine. Why? Wherever fire is burning, moth must gather.  If you never have oppositions, difficulties, or people testing God’s power in you, you will be unable to fly.  They are there to put you on your toes, get you to see your need for the gifts of the Spirit and a higher level of the new wine to keep you burning hot. In today’s reading, we encounter two sons.  One was initially unwilling but later repented while the other was unreliable and deceitful. When asked to do something for God, can God count on you? Some sons are mouth-making sons. Tell them to go and do something and they will tell you, ‘Consider it done’ yet, they will not move an inch. If you accomplish tasks by mere words, then such sons are great performers. Can God rely on you? Can your pastor or leader depend on you? If you are unreliable, you are automatically a vessel that attracts shame and dishonor.  Are you a repentant and reliable son? When you make up your mind not to do what is right and you realize the folly in that, do you repent and return to the assignment? God wants to have sons whose hearts are pliable; those who can easily repent and make amends when He convicts them of a wrong deed or stand. Are you like this? ACTION POINT: The type of heart you have will either facilitate your repentance or otherwise. What kind of heart do you have? Thank God for all converts from Let’s-Go-A-Fishing right from inception.  Pray that this December’s edition will witness a greater harvest.  N.B: Have you supported the www.10millionexercisebooks.com project? You can join today.