BE NOT SATISFIED II Inherent Dangers - Exodus 33: 13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.” If we are complacent, it is dangerous. The inherent dangers include the following. 1. It turns us to local champion. David was king over Hebron - over Judah that is only one tribe. 2 Sam. 2: 4, 11. He was contented but not satisfied because he knew what God said about him. I Sam. 23: 17 – David knew it, Jonathan knew and Saul knew it. 2 Sam. 5: 3 – King over Israel – comprising the whole twelve tribes. 2. It breeds complacency which also kills enthusiasm. The urge to do more will not be there. It kills morale. Amos 6: 1. – It brings with it the spirit of arrival. Rom. 12: 3. 3. It kills our sensitivity to God’s move. It blindfolds. Exodus 40: 36–38, Luke 19: 41–42. 4. It makes us have confidence in the flesh and collide with God. Phil. 3: 3, Daniel 4: 29 – 37, Luke 12: 16 – 20, Prov. 27: 1 5. It attacks dependence on God. It calls for self independence. John 15: 5 – 7. 6. It kills aspiration. The enemy of best is better. Some don’t even leave the level of good, not to talk of better. Whereas, better is not enough. Move to best. Aspire to refire to enable you acquire. Conclusion: Therefore, don’t be satisfied in: a) Study, meditation. Josh 1: 8, Psalm 1: 1 – 3; 119: 9 b) Prayer. I Thess. 5: 17 c) Witnessing. Mat. 24: 14. d) Fellowship. Heb. 10: 25 etc. Desire to improve. The only constant thing in life is change. If we refuse to change, change will overtake us. Bayo Abraham Mount Zion Faith Ministries, Ibadan, Nigeria..
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 06:00:25 +0000
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