LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL
POPULATION
CENSUS
17TH
JANUARY,
2022
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Genesis 46-48
READ: Matthew 24:37-44
7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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MEMORISE: Then
two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left
pass. (Matthew
24:40).
EXPOSITION
The Church is matching on. Hallelujah! Almost all the local assemblies have attendance registers where they know how many worshippers attend their churches every Sunday, how many communicants take the Holy Communion, and want to see the numbers grow up. That is great! Population is the total number of people who live in a place regardless of colour, height, age, etc. In our churches, whose attendance do we keep? Are they sheep or goats, wheat or tares, good fishes or bad ones? Though, the Lord commands us to go into all the nations to bring souls into His kingdom, but how we gather these souls is of paramount importance. How are we populating our churches? Hope they are not aggrieved members of other assemblies that we dismembered. The danger is that, very soon, they will also move out to form another church.
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So
many have their names on different registers just like the National
Population Census that is fake, for many names appear on lists that
don’t exit, or better still, they are in multiples. Authorities
talk of ghost names. Of importance is the gatherer and the gathered.
What do we gather and to whom are we gathering? So, the personality
of the preachers as well as their focus is very important. Many
ministers enter the occult world just to see their churches
populated. Surely, they have not gathered for, and unto Jesus, but
for themselves and Satan.
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Oh! They will have their portion in the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8). For the souls gathered into the church, are we after the eternal life, or there to share the ‘National cake’? Jesus tells His disciples never to rejoice for the devil’s falling down before them, but rejoice because they have their names written in the Book of Life (Lk. 10:17-20). That accounts for the wrangling and troubles in the church, even among the workforce. Where do wars come from (Jas. 4:1)? Our minds must first be set right, after which our priorities are channeled in the right direction. Know that on the last day, ‘one will be taken and the other left’. You will not be left behind, in Jesus’ name.
PRAYER
POINT:
1.
Lord, I receive the grace to seek nothing else but You alone and
Your kingdom.
2. O Lord, help ministers of the gospel, worldwide,
to set our priorities right as we labour in the vineyard.
3.
Father, remove the bad fishes who refuse to turn “a new leaf”
from our midst before they further pollute Your Church.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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