Psalms 34:10 ‘The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing’.
DAILY READING – Revelation 3; Nehemiah 4; Psalm 98
In 1973, a 19 years old polytechnic student, was asked by his uncle who was an Area Education Officer, to take up a vacation job as a relief teacher. The assignment would be for 70 days. Soon the young student travelled to Dumagi Village in Shonga LGA of Kwara State to begin his teaching assignment. A vibrant Christian, he was shocked, when he arrived at the village to find that there was no single church in the area. He immediately set about the task of evangelizing the people in the village. Then within only 40 days of his arrival, he invested all the money he had towards erecting a church building on a parcel of land procured from the Village Head. At the end of his 70 days service, on his last Sunday in the village, a farewell ceremony was organized by the church members. One of the elders presented him with a parting gift of a bush lamp and said “Silver and gold we have not; but we give you this lamp. Let this light you brought to our village shine round the world.” Indeed that gift and that speech ultimately proved to be prophetic.
In 1999, this teenager who gave all he had to erect a village church, was used by God to raise the largest church auditorium in the world. And in 2018 he was named by Forbes magazine as the world’s richest pastor. His name is David Oyedepo. What is most remarkable is that according to him, he has never asked God for money. Rather the secret of his prosperity has been Matthew 6: 33, which says ‘But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.’ He calls this scripture the ‘greatest revelation of his life’. And as he has been seeking the kingdom of God first, every other thing is being added unto him.
The truth is that not all winners sweat to win. Rather positioning ourselves for God’s favour puts us in command of what others seek for by labour.
Solomon was the wealthiest king in his days, yet he never asked God for riches; it was added to him because he sought God and the affairs of His Kingdom. 2 Chronicles 1:11 says ‘And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king.’
Serving God and the interest of His Kingdom as a lifestyle puts us in command of the good things other people are struggling to get. The key to good things is ‘seeking first the kingdom of God.’
Psalms 34:10 says ‘The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing’.
As believers, good things are part of our heritage in Christ, but we can only access them when we practically obey and serve God.
Job 36:11 says ‘If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures’.
No organization or government can offer what serving God procures, which is a guarantee of wealth and health. Exodus 23:25 says ‘And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.’
Indeed when we truly serve God and the interest of His Kingdom, then every other thing shall be added unto us.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for enabling me to make seeking Your kingdom priority in my life. Indeed I know that as I serve You, every other thing shall be added unto me in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE
When you obey God’s instruction you are delivered from destruction
[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK TRIUMPH OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS WANT ANY GOOD THING!