Romans 8;18

‘For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us;

 DAILY READING –1 Corinthians 12; 2 Kings 6:1-7:2; Jonah 1

Dr. Morris Cerullo, is a famous evangelist, known all around the world, When he celebrated his 85th birthday and 70th year in ministry, a book was released in his honor, titled “The Legend of Morris Cerullo: How God Used an Orphan to Change the World.” The book tells the story of an angry, rebellious child from New Jersey, literally abandoned in an orphanage, but who grew up to become a great man of God. When Morris Cerullo was five years old his widowed, alcoholic father dropped him and his brother and three sisters off at a foster home. Because his mother had been an Orthodox Jew, the state of New Jersey moved him to a Jewish orphanage and he was raised there. By the time he was 10 years old, he had earned a reputation for toughness and defiance because of his drinking, smoking, cursing, fighting and stealing. However, before he was 13 years old, life had broken him inside so badly that he devised a plan to kill himself. He might have done it, but he was divinely rescued by The Spirit of God.

One day he met a Christian nurse whom God sent into that orphanage and that encounter turned his life around. The woman led Morris to Christ and gave him a Bible to read. At the age of 14 years he gave his life to Christ.

While the orphanage trained him in Jewish laws and customs, the Christian nurse there secretly taught him about God.

When the authorities discovered that the nurse had been preaching to Morris, she was thrown out of the orphanage for trying to ‘pollute’ their Jewish traditions. Because of his faith, Morris was punished and was asked to make a choice between keeping the Bible and remaining in the orphanage hall with the pleasures and food it had to offer. He made a choice to keep the Bible and turned his back on the orphanage. He left the place with only the shirt on his back and no promise of food or shelter anywhere. However, God saw him through. Ever since then, God has used Morris Cerullo to reach multitudes of people around the world in over half a century of ministry. Today, by the grace of God, he is an international evangelist who has shared the love of Christ with the people of almost 100 nations.

The question is; Where do you place the most value? Is it on things of the flesh or things of the Spirit. Morris Cerullo, chose The Word of God above what to eat and drink, and in the end every other thing was added unto him.

Fleshly things are temporal and will soon fade away. Jesus said in John 6:27 ‘Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you:’

When you place greater value on The Word of God, then you will not need to labour for what to eat or drink. By seeking first God’s Kingdom, then every other thing will be added unto you. It is your sense of value that determines the flow of virtue to you.

Indeed who you follow determines what follows you. When we make it our priority to seek God first, then He makes it His priority to take care of us.

We must decide not to sell our birthright for a morsel of meat. Do not sell off the future because of the lure of the present.

Romans 8:18 says For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us;’

Do not compromise because of immediate gratification. You must keep the picture of where you are going strongly before your eyes. This picture of the future is what gives you the hope to persevere in the midst of difficulties. To go farther, you need to see further. Where no vision is the people perish. You need to see the future in your heart. Learn to see God’s possibilities even in the midst of impossibilities. No matter how hard the journey, don’t sell out, don’t give up, keep believing God, keep seeking God’s kingdom and surely every other thing shall be added unto you.

PRAYER: Lord, please grant me the grace to always  seek Your glory and not the immediate gratification of the flesh. Please help  me to always seek Your kingdom first so that all things can be added unto me in Jesus Name.

QUOTE

Your attitude always determines  your altitude in life. –WORDBITE 222