LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL
CHRISTIAN YOUTHS AND GODLY INSTRUCTION (1)
11TH , AUGUST 2022
- International Youth Day
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Jeremiah
14-17
READ: Proverbs 1:8-19
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto
thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou
not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait
for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;
and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we
shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one
purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them;
refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to
shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight
of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they
lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
MEMORISE:” Whoso loveth instruction loveth
knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.” -
Proverbs 12:1
EXPOSITION
This topic is most
relevant on this International Youth Day. Attitude determines altitude.
Altitude means the height one can reach, whereas attitude is a mental position
with regard to a fact or state. It is a state of readiness to respond to a
stimulus, be it an object, concept, or situation. It is your disposition to a
situation, and determines how you react to, or handle a matter, and goes a long
way to determine the height you can reach.
The time of youth
is a period that is full of vigour, and great physical strength that can be
harnessed for productivity and greatness. Youths, especially Christian youths,
have the potentials to go places in line with their God-given purposes.
Therefore, they must maintain godly attitudes to reach the height God purposes
for them. God depends on them to cause great positive changes wherever they are
located. They should put their God-given strength to use for God's glory and
the devil's shame.
The Bible says,
*it is good for a man to bear the time in his youth* (Lam.3v27). Many young
people today, in their bid to reach for
stardom, have ended up selling their souls to the devil. Some are members of one
cult or the other, and they do not see any thing bad in doing rituals, even
human sacrifice. What a depraved generation!
There has never
been a time the way of the devil is the way to the top or stardom. It only
gives counterfeits greatness. Promotion, wealth and greatness are of the Lord
(Deut.8v17-18; 28:1,2). Trust and obey Him; you will be great with no sorrow
attached. Give yourself to godly instruction so that it may be well with you.
PRAYER POINT:
1. Lord, please help me to follow Your leading and
godly instructions coming from those You place over me.
2. Holy Spirit, deliver me from the attitude of
despising godly instructions.
3. O Lord, help our teeming youths to make good use
of their youthful days.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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