Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional For Thursday 8th July 2021
There’re many today, including leaders, who
have forgotten the purpose and mission of the
Church. They’re carried away by the work, so much
so they’ve forgotten the objective. It’s like being on a
journey but forgetting the destination they’re carried
away by the sights and pleasures, the many distractions
and attractions on the way.
Why do you live? What’s your purpose? In 2
Corinthians 1:8-9, the Apostle Paul said, “For we
would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble
which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of
measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired
even of life: But we had the sentence of death in
ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but
in God which raiseth the dead.” It’s only when you
understand your mission that you can have an attitude
and mindset as the one we see in the verses we just
read.
Without a consciousness of the mission, you may
be enjoying the journey, but you’re going nowhere.
Therefore, you must live as one who has a destination,
a God-given purpose. That way, nothing in this earth
can shake you the things of this earth will have no
value to you, because your mind is on your purpose
and on your mission.
It was so with Jesus, who “…for the joy that was
set before him endured the cross, despising the
shame...” (Hebrews 12:2). It didn’t matter that they
put a crown of thorns on His head with blood dripping
from Him, and the excruciating pains from those nails
He endured it all.
It doesn’t matter what challenges you’re facing
in your life focus on the destination. Don’t let the
things that happen along the way distract you from
finishing your course. Paul demonstrated his resolve
as stated in Acts 20:22-24: “And now, behold, I go
bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the
things that shall befall me there: Save that the Holy
Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and
afflictions abide me. But none of these things move
me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that
I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry,
which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the
gospel of the grace of God.”
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