Dunamis Seeds of Destiny Devotional, 31 July 2024
Dunamis Seeds of Destiny, 31 July 2024, Devotional By Dr Paul Enenche
TOPIC: Avoid The Craving For Self-Assertion.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. Genesis 3:6.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: There is nothing wrong with having a will, but everything is wrong when your will clashes with the will of God.
Seeds of Destiny for Today 2023 MESSAGE:
The craving for self-assertion is one critical root of character failure. Now, what does the craving for self-assertion mean? It means a craving for the enforcement of personal will. It is having a mindset of, “What I want is what I will have.” It is a situation when you come to the point of being a law to yourself.
Genesis 3:6 says,
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.”
This is self-assertion!
There is nothing wrong with having a will, but everything is wrong when your will clashes with the will of God. There is nothing wrong with wanting something, but something is wrong when what you want clashes with what God wants. One of the most dangerous things that can happen to anyone is to become a law to oneself.
Whenever you come to a point where you say, “Nobody can tell me how to live my life; nobody can tell me what to do with my life; I can do whatever I want with my life,” you have reached a dangerous point in your life.
This is common among young people. They tell themselves, “I am mature enough to make decisions for myself. I am mature enough to know what I want for my life.” And most times, the things they want for their lives are disastrous to their destiny.
You know, the difference between a father and a child is that the father has been a child before, but the child has never been a father before. The elderly person has been a young person before, but the young person has never been an elderly person before.
So, the young person can’t know what the elder knows.
Therefore, if you are still young, make up your mind to sit and learn.
Remember this: There is nothing wrong with having a will, but everything is wrong when your will clashes with the will of God.
ASSIGNMENT:
- Do not be too proud to learn from those ahead of you; you don’t know everything.
- Be disciplined enough to surrender your will to the will of God so you can have a glorious life.
Prayer: Lord, I ask that You deliver me from the craving for self-assertion. I receive the grace to submit my will to Your will, Lord, in Jesus’ name.
Also Read: Comfort vs. Fellowship
Quote: Character is sustained by conviction, and conviction is the firmness of purpose. Culled from the book “Who Are You?” by Dr. Paul Enenche.
Daily reading: Isaiah 49-51.
Amazing Fact: The human reproductive system contains the smallest and largest human cells.
PROPHETIC WORD (DECLARATION): The Will of God prevails in your life in this season, in Jesus’ Name.
Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept you as my Lord and personal saviour. I believe in my heart that you died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank you, Lord, for saving me, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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