Wisdom For The Day Devotional 16 September 2023 By Bishop Mike Okonkwo – Grace Qualifies The Unqualified
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TOPIC: Grace Qualifies The Unqualified (TREM Devotional 16 September 2023)
“Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.” 1 Samuel 16:13 (KJV)
Wisdom For The Day MESSAGE:
David was the successor to Saul the first king of Israel, the son of Kish. Saul had disobeyed God Each time God instructed him to do something, he would rather do what he wanted. For this reason, God rejected him. And God found for Himself a man in Jesse’s house; a man after His heart.
David was busy minding his business. He was not even counted among the potential kings. He didn’t smell like a king. He didn’t talk like one nor behaved like one but he was chosen. That was grace at work. His father didn’t even want to call him up because he didn’t see him as qualified. Have you been there where you are not among the chosen, yet you are chosen? You are not among those that are called yet you are called.
David was not qualified. He was tending his father’s sheep at the back side of the desert and the grace of God zeroed in on him. The grace of God brought him out while others were showing off and presenting themselves. Don’t show up until the Holy Ghost shows you up. Anytime you show up when the Holy Ghost has not shown you up, get ready for a fall, and a woeful fall for that matter. That is the challenge with so many people who go about parading themselves. Oftentimes, I have found out that people who are something hide. It is people who are nothing that parades themselves.
All of David’s brothers came to Samuel, putting down their heads for the anointing of oil, but the oil refused to flow. You don’t need to struggle to become. When it is your time, God will show you up. It is a matter of time. So, don’t struggle. If God does not give to you, you don’t have it. What God has not given to you, you cannot keep. But if He gives it to you, He gives you the keeping grace.
FURTHER READING:
1 Samuel 2:8; 16:1-13
DAILY BIBLE READING:
Morning – Proverbs 25-26; Evening – 2 Corinthians 9
Wisdom For The Day Devotional was Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.
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