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God"s Favourite House Daily Devotional 19th October, 2016

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“Don’t envy evil men but continue to reverence the Lord all the time, for surely you have a wonderful future ahead of you.”
Proverbs 23:17-18 [LB, emphasis added]

Yesterday, I shared an experience with you about a business that went south because I chose to honor God and to do the right thing. In retrospect, I can tell you that God is completely faithful. Did I feel the pain, confusion, stress, and pressure? Yes! The reason I share my personal journey through life and walking with God is to let you know that you are not alone. And it is possible to do the right thing and trust God and He that came through for me will come through for you.

Even Prophet Isaiah, obeyed God and did something unpopular. And afterwards, he felt discouraged and he said, “I leave it all in the Lord’s hand; I will trust God for my reward” Isa 49:4 [emphasis added]. Will you leave it in God’s hands and trust God for your reward? If you do that, the stress just vanishes because you are not carrying the load. So instead of worrying about how to feed your family, you are saying, God you have to feed this family. And you will agree with me that if God takes responsibility for your family, it is going to be better than when you do.

If you are going to stand for anything in this life, you will be criticized. Your motive will be misjudged. Your methods will be attacked. You will be shocked at how much criticism I have had to bear. And in leadership, I have discovered that if you call the shots, you are going to take some shots. From past experiences, even people you pay their salaries will take a shot at you. Get used to it. In fact, the Bible says if you put your ears to the wall you will hear your servant curse you. The question is, what are you doing putting your ears to the wall? Don’t you have work to do? Let the people that want to criticize, criticize.

 Rick Warren puts it this way, “The only way to not get criticized is say nothing, do nothing and be nothing”. And that is a description for nobody in God’s Favourite House. Remember the old folk song tells the story of a man, his son and their donkey and how people were never satisfied with that ever they did. The man on the donkey - wicked father, the boy on the donkey - foolish father, the boy and the man on the donkey - wicked souls, both of them walking – foolish people. Play to the audience of One alone – God!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I leave my all in Your hands and I trust you completely for my reward, in Jesus Name.
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