What are you doing with your promotion? III

ByPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 3 minutes
Peace to you, dear friends! I am grateful to God for this opportunity to share with you a word of wisdom from the Lord. Bible says that wisdom adds glory to a person’s face; wisdom exalts a person. That is why today I would like to continue on how we can earn a promotion from the Lord.Yesterday we looked at David. He was different from others because he loved God, His Words and people with all of his heart. David loved and praised God when nobody saw him, because he wasn’t doing it for the people; he was doing it for the Lord. And God was watching David.At the time Saul was the king of Israel. Before becoming a king, Saul was very shy and felt insignificant in his own eyes. God was the one who exalted him. But after this amazing promotion Saul became prideful and started considering himself equal to God; he did not listen to God anymore. He did everything his way, not the way God told him. «His own way» is disobedience. Saul forgot the One Who exalted him. Because of it Saul was humbled and David was anointed to be a king. God exalted David. And this promotion did not change David’s heart: he continued to love and praise God, just as he did when he was a shepherd. Once, David danced before the Lord and his wife laughed at him calling him a fool. But David did not take it personal; in his heart he knew that his actions were pleasing to God. David did not get puffed up; in all things he sought the Lord and depended on Him. Saul wanted to build his own kingdom. When Saul sinned and God sent to him Prophet Samuel, he did not repent but asked Samuel to make everyone like him and secure this place for him. Samuel answered that his kingdom had been taken away from him and given to the man who deserved it.Whosoever desires to be promoted by God needs to remain humble and simple. I have noticed that many of us cannot sing and dance before the Lord because we have become very important. Remember how freely you worshipped the Lord when you first got saved! It is rather difficult to fellowship with some believers nowadays, because they have become so ‘adult’, serious, important… David, the shepherd, and King David – both praised and loved God in the same way; the change of position in life did not affect the condition of his heart. We have to cleanse our hearts from haughtiness and pride.
«Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life» (Proverbs, 4:23).
God desires to bless and exalt every person on this earth, but it is very important what is filling his or heart. Exaltation from God must not cause haughtiness or pride; it must bring humility and gratitude, because all the good things in our lives come from God alone. Exaltation does not come from men; it comes from God Who is the Father of light.
«Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning» (James, 1:17).
May God abundantly bless every one of you on this day!Till tomorrow!Pastor Rufus Ajiboye

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