MEMORY VERSE: Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine, Exodus 19:5
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Num 14, Ps 50, Isa 3-4, Heb 11
John 3:27 says a man receives nothing except it be given from heaven. If the Lord has not given you a thing, and you lobby to get it or use your contacts and connections to get that thing, at the end you will regret that you had that thing. If the Lord has not given you a brother or sister or you have not gotten a go ahead from God and you try to woo the sister or brother with gifts or favors, you might end up marrying the brother or sister but at the end you would wish you never met the brother or sister. That is why it is important to wait on God on all things. There are different types of promotion, we have spiritual promotion where the Lord adds to your spiritual gifts or give you assignments. We also have promotion in marriage where a single brother or sisters get married. We have promotion in business, at work, health e.t.c. whatever it is, as far as you are moving from a level to a higher lever it is promotion. So when a fellow who used to use public transport buys a car it is promotion. When an individual who use to rent builds or buys his own house, it is promotion. When a fellow gets a degree it is also promotion e.t.c. Even when you join the group of workers in the church it is a form of promotion.
Psalm 75:5-6 says for promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from west, nor from the south but God is the judge: he putteth down one, and sitteth up another. Human beings can try to promote you but the day you offend them they will bring you down. The media can write good things about you as far as you play their games, the day you refuse to play their game they bring out a story and before you know it the fellow is down. Whatever it is that is promoting you, the day that thing goes down you will go down but thank God we have a God who can never and will never ever go down. There are certain basic criteria a fellow needs to meet before the Lord considers him for any type of promotion. The first criterion is willingness. Isaiah 1:19 says if ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land. For the Lord to do anything in a fellow’s life, He needs the cooperation of that fellow. God will never go against people’s will. Whether you believe it or not, not everyone wants to be promoted. Some of the reasons why many don’t like to be promoted are the responsibilities that comes with promotion which are more time required to spend in praying, fasting and studying the word of God.
Another reason why people don’t like to be promoted is because of the pity they get. There are a lot of people who love been sick because of the attention they get. I have heard the story of woman who love been sick because every time she was sick the husband would come home early. Once she gets well, the man will return to his former ways and come home late at night. Many love been sick because of the attention they get from people. They just love it when everyone is telling them sorry. Another reason why people don’t like promotion is because they love to be invisible. Promotion puts you in the lime light because people will see what the Lord is doing in your life. They love to operate in the background where nobody knows them. Isaiah 60:1 says arise and shine for the light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. Light is not invisible but visible. One of the biggest deceptions from the pit of hell is that to be humble, you need to be invisible. Some don’t want promotion because they won’t have reasons to complain. They love it when they have someone to blame for things that are not going well. Lastly one of the biggest reasons why people don’t want promotion is because of what people will say. They believe if they buy a new car people will complain or if they buy a new house or if something good happens to them people will talk about them. Whether you are making progress or not people will talk about you.
PRAYER POINT; Father please rid of every mentality that is closing the door of promotion on me.
