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LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL
NO PLACE FOR IDLENESS

23RD , JUNE 2022

 

- United Nations Public Service Day & International Widows' Day

 

EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:  Psalms 65-68

READ:  Genesis 1:3-30

 

 

[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

[5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

[6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

[7] And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

[8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

[9] And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

[10]And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

[11]And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

[12]And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

[13]And the evening and the morning were the third day.

[14] And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

[15]And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

[16]And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

[17]And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

[18]And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

[19]And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

[20]And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

[21]And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

[22]And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

[23]And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

[24]And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

[25]And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

[26]And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

[27]So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

[28]And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

[29]And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

[30]And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

 

 

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MEMORISE: That you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. -1 Thessalonians 4:11

 

 

 

EXPOSITION

Work is an activity that involves mental and physical efforts, done in order to achieve a purpose or result. It is a task to be undertaken. Our Heavenly Father gave us the order to work. The Bible begins with the account of God at work, working for 6 days to show us the example of what work should be. Jesus Christ, during His earthly ministry, declared that He must do the work of His Father (Jn. 9:4). 

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The Holy Spirit has been working since creation. God commanded Adam to keep the garden (Gen. 2:15). After Man's fall, God sent him out of the garden, still not to be idle, but to work (Gen. 3:19). Since then, man has got work to do. Abel was a cattle-rearer, Cain, a farmer, Nimrod, a hunter, Noah, a farmer, Ezra, a teacher of the Word, and Aquila and Priscilla, tentmakers, to mention but few. Even the Israelites were charged to work when they finally settled down in Canaan (Exod. 20:9). The patriarchs of faith, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants, all worked. Apostle Paul also laid a good example (2 Thess. 3:7-9). Why are so many people idle today, without anything doing in particular even as today commemorates United Nations Public Service Day and International Widows' Day?

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      An adage says, "An idle hand is the devil's workshop." There is danger for anyone who does not have anything doing with his/her hands; those would live in poverty, no matter how hard they can pray. Majority suffer in their old ages because of not working hard in their youth, when they were still agile. Anyone who chooses to be idle when he/she should be working would end up not achieving what he/she should achieve in life. Working has several benefits. We work to make ends meet. God is interested in us making profit after engaging in legitimate works/businesses. What are you doing with your hands now? Do not be idle. Make sure you are engaged with a godly work/business, so that you can enjoy the benefits of work, and also be one of those who contributes to the growth of the world.

 

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PRAYER POINT:

1.    Lord, I commit myself into Your hands. Give me the strength to be diligent in that You give me to do.

2.    Pray that God will rain His blessings upon your work/business as you go out for it, daily.

3.    Pray for the unemployed, that God will open doors of employment/ opportunities for them.

 

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

 

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