09-01-2019, 04:56 PM
*CAC LIVING WATER*
*DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE*
*Sunday, September 1, 2019.*
*TOPIC:* TITLE OR MANTLE?*
*Read Numbers 8:5-26*
*MEMORISE*
*You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruits should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you (John 15:6)*
*EXPOSITION*
By all descriptions, title tells of a particular name, or brand given to somebody or something, obviously for a particular purpose of identification. All titles have their peculiar regalia, or outfits, or symbols with which each of them is distinguished. Mantle, on the other hand, tells of responsibilities attached to a particular title/office/job. From this description, you will see that mantle is more important than title. You remember Elisha was handed the mantle with which he was expected to work (2 Kgs. 2:13).
The craze for title is on the alarming increase, as people continue in the rat race for positions with little or nothing to show for! Title-consciousness will be unhelpful to fulfilling the agenda of God, Who brings one to a position (Jn. 15:16). It is unfortunate that majority run after titles for self-seeking, self-serving and self-aggrandizement! These cannot be different from the hypocritical Pharisees and Sadducees! (Matt. 5:20).
The power to fulfil God’s purpose in that office should be sought after, more than the position itself. Title does not make the mantle, but the mantle makes the title. You should be more interested in the responsibilities attached to the title. The title merely describes what you are; not who you are.
Title-conscious people never go far! Only those who seek to justify the call of God on them firmly uphold the mantle till they pass it to others for continuity, and gloriously lay their victorious swords at the feet of Christ, their Caller.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. O Lord, I am ready to receive only those things You have ordained for me. Let nothing You haven’t programmed for me my way.
2. Holy Spirit, deliver me from title-consciousness in all my endeavours in life and in the Church.
3. Lord, help us to be more committed to working for You than amassing titles in Your service.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Psalms. 95:5 – 101:8; I Corinthians 7:4 – 7:25*
*Welcome to September, in this month, you will be highly favoured, instead of shame, you be honoured. You will never be disgraced and your expectations shall not be cut short, in Jesus name Amen. SHALOM
*DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE*
*Sunday, September 1, 2019.*
*TOPIC:* TITLE OR MANTLE?*
*Read Numbers 8:5-26*
*MEMORISE*
*You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruits should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you (John 15:6)*
*EXPOSITION*
By all descriptions, title tells of a particular name, or brand given to somebody or something, obviously for a particular purpose of identification. All titles have their peculiar regalia, or outfits, or symbols with which each of them is distinguished. Mantle, on the other hand, tells of responsibilities attached to a particular title/office/job. From this description, you will see that mantle is more important than title. You remember Elisha was handed the mantle with which he was expected to work (2 Kgs. 2:13).
The craze for title is on the alarming increase, as people continue in the rat race for positions with little or nothing to show for! Title-consciousness will be unhelpful to fulfilling the agenda of God, Who brings one to a position (Jn. 15:16). It is unfortunate that majority run after titles for self-seeking, self-serving and self-aggrandizement! These cannot be different from the hypocritical Pharisees and Sadducees! (Matt. 5:20).
The power to fulfil God’s purpose in that office should be sought after, more than the position itself. Title does not make the mantle, but the mantle makes the title. You should be more interested in the responsibilities attached to the title. The title merely describes what you are; not who you are.
Title-conscious people never go far! Only those who seek to justify the call of God on them firmly uphold the mantle till they pass it to others for continuity, and gloriously lay their victorious swords at the feet of Christ, their Caller.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. O Lord, I am ready to receive only those things You have ordained for me. Let nothing You haven’t programmed for me my way.
2. Holy Spirit, deliver me from title-consciousness in all my endeavours in life and in the Church.
3. Lord, help us to be more committed to working for You than amassing titles in Your service.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Psalms. 95:5 – 101:8; I Corinthians 7:4 – 7:25*
*Welcome to September, in this month, you will be highly favoured, instead of shame, you be honoured. You will never be disgraced and your expectations shall not be cut short, in Jesus name Amen. SHALOM