BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Ex 1, Luke 4, Job 18, 1 Cor 5
Deuteronomy 28:13 and the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the
tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if
that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I
command thee this day, to observe and to do them.
The plan of God for every of His children is that they be head always
and never be the tail. The head is the most important part of the human
body. When applying for a visa or passport, you will be required to
provide a passport picture of the head. Why? It is because they know
that if they amputate a man’s leg, he can still live; if his two hands
are amputated, he can still survive but once the head is cut off that is
the end. Not only that, the only part of the human body that cannot be
transplanted is the head! So when the Lord promises to make you the
head, what it means is you will be the most important person around.
What it simply means is you will become indispensible. It also means you
will be at the top at all times. You will be so important that the
strong and mighty will be coming to you for counseling. Jesus Christ is
the head of the church, Ephesians 5:23. The tail on the other hand is so
useless, the Lord did not even bother giving it to man. The head is the
fellow in charge; the leader; the captain.
The head carries a lot of responsibilities. It is true that the head
is the most important part of the body but do you also know that it is
only the head that suffers headache? When everything is running
smoothly, the whole body takes the glory but when things go bad the head
is held accountable. Take for instance a football team. When the team
wins matches and qualifies for major competitions, the whole team gets
the praise but when they fail to qualify or win trophies, the manager
(the head) gets the blame and loses his jobs. Anywhere you go to in the
world, the head always gets blamed when things go wrong, be it in the
church, family, at work, in the country. Even when the head is not aware
of what is happening in the body, he gets the blame for anything that
goes wrong. David and his men had just come back from war when they
found out that the Amalekites had invaded and smitten Ziklag, and burned
it with fire, 1 Samuel 30:1-8. The Amalekites took everyone in Ziklag
as captives and went their way. When the men of David saw this, they
became angry and began to contemplate stoning David their leader. David
was in no way responsible for what the Amalekites had done; besides he
lost his family just like everyone else but because he was the head they
blamed him for the actions of the Amalekites. Whilst in Rephidim, the
children of Israel thirsted but there was no water to drink so they
began to blame their head- Moses, Exodus 17:1-7. When Moses could not
find water they said he was doing it on purpose just to kill them and
their children in the desert. It got a point they began to contemplate
killing him. Moses too had no water to drink but because he was the
leader, the children of Israel held him accountable for the lack of
water. Thank God there is someone called the Burden-Bearer. When the men
of David contemplated stoning him, David ran to God –the Burden Bearer.
Also when things began to get out of hand, Moses too ran to God. No
matter what challenges you may face at the top, there is a Burden-
Bearer who you can call on and He will assist you.
PRAYER POINT: Father, please bear my burdens for me
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