🔑 *KEY VERSE:*
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his ife and children, his brothers and sisters - yes even his own life - he cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:26 NIV).
📖 *TODAY'S READING:*
Genesis 12:1-5; 21:12-14.
📜 *ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY PLAN*
Genesis 19-21
*COMMENTARY*
In our society these days we hear and see people taking hard decisions that never augur well with them. Young men join secret cults where they practice terrible and unbelievable things that rend hearts in order to make money. Sometime in 2021, I read about a young man who killed his old mother and removed her private organs for money ritual. Some of these heartless young men have been asked to have sex with mad women, drink water from corpses or use their private organs in order to acquire power and fame. They take all these hard decisions for temporary and mundane things but at the end they die shameful death and go to hell fire.
Unlike the people of the world God wants us to take hard decisions
for better results. Abraham received the call of God with mind-
blowing promises to be blessed, to be a blessing to the world and become father of many nations. For such blessings to materialize, he needed to leave his environment (Gen. 12:1-5), forfeit his rights (Gen. 13:1-18), send Ishmael and his mother, Hagar away.
(Gen. 21:9-14) and finally sacrifice his son, Isaac (Gen. 22:1-18).
True and practical Christianity also requires taking hard decisions. Good things do not come easy. The Lord Jesus did not hide the truth about the cost of Christianity from His followers (Matt. 10:38). It is a hard decision to accept Jesus Christ as one's personal Lord and Saviour and do His biddings. It is also a hard decision to answer the call of God into full-time ministry. God may at one time or the other require us to take some hard decisions that will bring about the fulfilment of his promises upon our lives. He may interfere in our plans and programmes. He may require us to give up our pleasures and well cherished place of honour for His purpose. At last we shall see victory and glorify His name. Let us obey Him.
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🎚 *CONTROLLING THOUGHTS*
Accepting Christ as our Lord and Saviour, doing His birthday biddings and even answering His call into full-time ministry are hard decisions that bring about better results.
🙏🏿 *PRAYER*
Lord help me and give me the grace to obey your Commands at all times.
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