Topic: Like Everyone Else [Sunday June 28, 2015]
Text: 1 Chronicles 9:35-44
Key Verse: “And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal” (1 Chronicles 9:39).
The world has known so many great names whose lives and contributions stand out like colossus. The impact of their lives has cut across time and boarders. But one interesting thing is that all of them have something in common with every other person on earth. They were born like everyone else. There was nothing that suggested the greatness they were to attain at birth.
As we consider the mention of the name of Saul in our text today, we cannot but reflect on how ordinary his birth was. Nobody had the slightest idea of the greatness that was to become his as the first king in Israel. He was born like everybody else, lived like every other person until God picked him up and turned him to another man. Unfortunately however, he made a mess of the opportunity later in life as he went contrary to the God who chose him.
Here are the lessons there for us. We may not be able to tell what will become of the little lives we see around us each day, like our children and those we have the opportunity to influence. How we need to be careful in handling them and make sure we do not miss the privilege we have to give them our best! No doubt, the trainings we give them now, in one way or the other, prepares them for the future role they will have to play. Can we also see why abortion is a terrible crime? And why it is also not right to fail to give the right care or treatment to our children?
Again, Saul was so ordinary and unknown until God picked him up. It is true that the best in our lives can never be realized until we allow God to take us up. He is the One that can help us best to develop and make use of the gifts and potentials He has endowed us with because He is the One that puts them there. You cannot be at your optimum best until you let God have full control of your life.
Bible in One Year: Lamentations 1-3
Thought for The Day: Born like everyone else but choose to live like no one else!
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso 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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