MFM Mountain Top Life 8 March 2020 Devotional By Dr D.K Olukoya – The Danger of Procrastination
Topic: The Danger of Procrastination
Fire Scripture
Jer. 8:20; Gen. 19:15-22
Memory verse
Rev. 18:4 “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”
Message: Procrastination, they say, is the thief of time. One of the secrets that I want to share with you today is that God has taken me higher in life, because I vowed when I was very young that I will never allow procrastination to deter my progress. A lazy man or woman is actually a dead man. No matter how powerful you are, you cannot climb a mountain by just looking at it. Had the apostle refused to go to the upperroom, God would have replaced them.
Several years back, I was in a church where I was responsible for the Sunday school class. After my teaching one day, I asked some questions and a brother raised his hand and said: “Sir, why is it that there are no miracles in this church? I answered him by asking him how many days the apostles spent in the upper-room before they could perform miracles? He said: “Ten days.” So, I asked if he would join me in a ten day dry fast, in order to receive miracles from God. The brother started complaining about such a long fast. When you postpone a hundred times what you are supposed to do, it is laziness or procrastination.
MFM Mountain Top Life 8 March 2020 Devotional – There is laziness of doubting one’s capability. There is laziness of putting great efforts into useless assignments. It is only a fake pastor who will tell you that spiritual things are easy. You need to put up a fight in spiritual matters. You need to contest with some forces and challenges; if you want to live the way God wants you to live. This is why one respectable pastor said that all Christians who are addicted to sleep are serving satan. Laziness is a major tool that the enemy is using against Christians.
There are many deceptive things which lead Christians to fall and fail. All the people called by God in the Bible were busy men before they were called. They were busy doing their work. Elisha was busy with his oxen before he was called. Amos was busy with his sheep before he was called. Moses was busy with his sheep before he was called by God. Gideon was busy with his work when the angel called him.
Matthew was busy collecting his tax when Jesus called him. Peter and his colleagues were busy fishing when Jesus called them. God calls men who are busy and infact when they are busy. He does not call or use lazy people. God does not call men when they are idle. Do not wait until the harvest is past and summer is ended. Strike while the iron is hot. Don’t postpone taking action on anything spiritual. Make hay while the sun shines.
Motivational Quote
The smallest seed has great potentials. A seed may look tiny. But inside that little seed there is the capacity to become a tree. It can even become a forest.
Prophetic Word
The glory of the living God will over shadow you.
PRAYER POINTS FOR TODAY
MORNING
1. The numbers of my days shall be fulfilled, in the name of Jesus. 2. Every damaged organ in my body, be repaired by fire, in the name of Jesus. 3. My bones shall not be broken through accident, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
1. Every power that does not to see me around, fall down and die, in the name of Jesus. 2. Any evil, attached to my name, against my blessings, be cut off and die, in the name of Jesus. 3. Let my name become poison in the mouth of my enemies, in the name of Jesus. 4. Anything attached to my name scarring opportunities away from me, die, in the name of Jesus.
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