HIS VOICE TODAY

Date:08 September, 2016

Topic: REMAIN SIMPLE

Text: 1 Sam 15:17

You must remain simple, despite authority of influence. God’s servant, Dr. Paul Enenche shared a story of how that he went to a hospital to see someone, the receptionist barely answered by greeting, then he sat down and waited. The doctor there, a consultant surgeon, who was His junior in the university, came in and went on his knees while the receptionist was just looking listless, careless and carefree.

It doesn’t matter how people behave towards you; what matters is that you are conscious of who you are. Don’t struggle to be known, just ‘know’. Until people are told, let them be unaware of who you are or that you have one billion naira in your account.

Humility implies that things around you may have changed but you remain normal and calm. Despite the fact that the car you are riding or the house you are living is far better than the previous one, even though you have more money than before, you remain humble and calm. it implies that your disposition remains, the same as it was before you had power, position or wealth. 

When you are humble, you will not expect people to worship you; you will not suddenly become an oppressor, controller or manipulator of men.

There are some people that money has induced to manipulate other people’s lives; they like to tell people who to marry and what to do with their lives just because they have wealth and influence. No, you shouldn’t exercise such authority over people’s lives.

 As I was growing up, I was taught that when your senior enters a place, you must stand up. Till today, it’s an abomination for me to remain seated when someone in authority is standing; ‘impossican’t!’ Today, many people don’t apply this wisdom.

Remember this: it doesn’t matter how people behave towards you; what matters is that you are conscious of who you are.

Assignment:

1.       Meditatively go over this message again.

2.       Continually ask God for the grace to remain small in your own eyes

Prayer:

                Lord, I receive grace to remain calm and normal in spite of the height you are taking me to, in Jesus’ Name.