The Living Water CAC DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
DATE: Saturday, August 12, 2017 International Youth Day
TOPIC: PREPARE TO BE PREFERRED
READ ESTHER 2:7-11
MEMORISE: And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. (Matthew 25:10)
A lot of bachelors and spinsters of marriageable age in churches, are not only unmarried, but are sadly 'unmarriable!' Why? Their unpreparedness for the sacred institution. One who fails to prepare adequately for an/a examination/
competition, has planned to fail! Marriage will work well for those who prepare well for it. The preparation is all-encompassing - spiritual, social, emotional, economic and psychological. A serious-minded brother/sister will be looking forward prayerfully to an equally serious-minded would-be partner. Any young man/woman looking forward to be preferred by the best suitor possible, must put all these into proper considerations.
Among others, shabby dressing habits, impolite manners, and unkept house/body, have made many to lose their God-ordained suitors, regardless of their being born again and heaven-conscious! If you are single and godly, you stand the chance to get the best, if you can add virtues to your faith (2 Pet. 2:5). You can learn a lot from Esther. Apart from divine favour and providence, she was well-prepared. Eventually, she was preferred (Est. 2:9).
Get it right: your physical outlook alone is incomprehensive enough as readiness to earn you your preferred suitor. Cosmetic applications are insufficient to be preferred. As a matter of fact, they fade away when battered by wrong marriage afflictions! Try to prepare yourself more, with godly virtue - the right beauty (1 Pet. 3:3-4).
Ultimately, we should be reminded always, that every believer who refuses to be readily prepared for Christ's second coming will not be allowed to marry The Bridegroom, and that would be the worst for such, on that glorious day! (Matt. 25:13) Prepare, never to miss the ultimate appointment with Him.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Lord, give me the grace to be prepared for Your coming.
2. Lord, endow our teeming youths with the right qualities that would make good and godly homes.
3. Lord, restore Your peace in every Christian home being troubled by Satan, the author of confusion, in Jesus' name.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 14-19
Good morning people of God. Happy weekend!
May His grace single you out for greatness and favour, in Jesus' name. Amen
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