TOPIC: WHO ARE YOU 1:
Mobile Daily Devotional With Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 19, Day 1,
Sunday, 8 May 2022
TOPIC: WHO ARE YOU 1: Are You A Friend?
Memory Verse: John 1:19
“19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “WHO ARE YOU?”
Bible Reading: 1 Sam. 23:16-18.
16 Then Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David in the woods and strengthened his hand in God.
17 And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. YOU SHALL BE KING OVER ISRAEL, AND I SHALL BE NEXT TO YOU. Even my father Saul knows that.”
18 So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his own house.”
“Who Are You?” Is the teaching for the week which I want us to answer correctly and individually. Today, we start with, “Are You A Friend?” Many claimed to be friend but create limitations to what they can do. Some enjoyed friendship of others but those friend has never enjoyed theirs. I once told a friend of mine some years back, that, “I Am Your Friend But You Are Not Mine Friend.” He couldn’t comprehend what I was saying. When someone goes the extra mile on your behalf such is a friend but when you can’t replicate that attitude, you are not a friend.
Let’s listen to a true friend, in the place of Jonathan, the heir to the throne of Israel.
“17 And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. YOU SHALL BE KING OVER ISRAEL, AND I SHALL BE NEXT TO YOU. Even my father Saul knows that.”
What a Love! What a Friend! This is the David that His father, Saul, sees as his arch enemy, but friendship made Jonathan see beyond the throne. He saw whom God has predestined David to be and he made sure it came to reality. Are you such a friend? Despite all that your friend has done, didn’t you sabotage his opportunity to reach the throne? What has been your reward to your friend who stood by you in times of need? Didn’t you call them fools for sacrificing their all for you? Are you truly a friend? Listen to this “A Friend determines your End in life. For David to get to the throne of Israel, it was Jonathan that God used, A Friend. Can you be used to lift your friend to his/her ordained position in life? Are you a friend? I pray, your inner eyes be open to see where you’ve got it all wrong in that friendship in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.
Good Morning.
Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today, May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.
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