6th August 2021
DILIGENCE
David Abankwah
READ: Matthew 25:14-30
Keep your heart with all DILIGENCE, for out of it spring the issues of life.
-Proverbs 4:23 | NKJV
There is no sustaining endeavour that you can ever achieve in this life, Godliness, and ministry without having the heart of diligence. Nothing great can ever be accomplished if you always want the cheaper side. There are children who are enjoying success today just because of the riches and wealth that their fathers or forefathers left behind for them out of art of diligence. Imagine if these parents were lazy during their time, they wouldn’t have been able to lay down the foundation of riches and wealth for their children to lay the building blocks on. No one is going to instil hard work in you because diligence is not coerced but it is self-will. It is the capacity you have to develop.
No one was born with a persevering application, steady mindset, earnest attitude, energetic effort and speedy or hasty mode of work. One opportunity God gives us is time. Every age and what you can do with it. That is why the Bible tells us in Ecclesiastes 12:1 that: Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them.” If what you have to do now is not done today, there may not be any tomorrow for you to do it. If the first things are not done, they will surely lose their significance. There are many youths of today who are wasting their strengths on useless pieces of stuff.
They think they have all the time for themselves only for them to realise that, time and tide wait for no man. As the days go by, you have to realise that, you are ageing. Just look into the mirror now and cast your mind back in time. You will see that, you have changed. How you look now is not the same as you were some years ago. There is no going back in time so don’t waste your time now if you don’t know Jesus Christ. Time wasted is never regained. Don’t procrastinate your salvation because, you have today, but tomorrow is not within your grasp. As you serve God, know that it is all about diligence towards the works of salvation because God Himself is a diligent God.
God is so diligent that He never sleeps nor slumbers. If you are not diligent you can’t have eternal life. Salvation is the most precious thing one can ever get in this world and the journey to the celestial city is not an easy one. If you are not determined to go to New Jerusalem, you will be easily distracted by laziness, offences, and stumblingblocks. If you are lazy, you can’t pray always, fast, read your Bible, go to church, evangelise, and do the works of salvation. If you are a minister of God and you are lazy, you can never fulfil your purpose on this earth. You will be judged based on the diligent in the usage of your gifts for the profit or benefit of Christianity.
•| Prayer Diary |•
¹Lift up prayers to be a steady, earnest and energetic effort towards the work of God and the works of your salvation. ²Lift up prayers for grace to keep your heart with all the attention and care which are morally expected or required from you by God. ³Lift up prayers for the strength to overcome all issues of life through the art of diligence in the name of Jesus Christ.
Quote
“It takes diligence to take the Kingdom of God by violence”
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
Jeremiah Chapters 6-8
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