DCLM Daily Manna 26 April 2026 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Earn A Living
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TOPIC: Earn A Living (DCLM Daily Manna 26 April 2026)
KEY VERSE: For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you – 2 Thessalonians 3:7
TEXT: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 (KJV)
6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
8 Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:
Nestled in the bustling heart of the economic nerve centre of a West African city was a church enmeshed in large-scale relational and interpersonal conflict. This emanated from a pocket of its members that lived in and on the church. It was ironic that in a busy commercial city, they opted to be busybodies unchristianly trafficking in the affairs of the church and the brethren in the assembly. The requests they tabled before the church were all insatiable. Their business was to cast aspersions on the church and be obsessed with other men’s affairs. Enervated, the resident pastor sought a master-stroke with a decisive and definitive solution. While he left the window of fellowship open, he ordered the church miscreants out to go fetch gainful employment and live responsibly. Thus was the problem solved and the church entered a realm of peace, progress and fellowship.
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Our text takes us back in time to validate the wisdom of the pastor’s decision. From this imperative of Apostle Paul’s admonition, we learn that all men, without distinction, ought to involve themselves in gainful engagements of some sort, and that no man is entitled to spend his life in idleness. The Apostle here draws an illustration from his own life, recalling how he “wrought with labour and travail night and day.”
Idleness makes busybodies of its adherents who could later become disorderly in the family, or a community of faith or even in the larger society. Christians are called to the dignity of labour. Our faith does not make us idle, negligent or shirk our responsibilities. We do not whittle away our time because of waiting for the coming of the Lord. On the contrary, Christ teaches us to “Occupy till I come”.
We should accept the counsel against destructive laziness amongst able-bodied brethren. This is to stem the disruptive lifestyle of begging and dependence on other brethren, or at times on the church. In this process, the entire church is called to the path of social and economic productivity that would enhance fruitfulness, fellowship and faithfulness in the Body of Christ.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The slothful do not just rob themselves of fruitful living; they sin against God.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Psalms 139-150
Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2025 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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