Today’s Devotion
Topic: Don’t Forget Your God!
Text: Hosea 13: 5- 6
5 I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat. 6 When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me. AMEN
The Bible gives account of how God took Israel through the wilderness when he brought them out of Egypt and rescued them from the hands of a people who were too strong for them.
Wilderness is an uncomfortable place; a place where there is no food or water because the land is simply a desert. Our wilderness today is a life of sickness, poverty, joblessness, insecurity, affliction, etc.
In spite of the realties in the wilderness, God never forgets His people. In the lives of the Israelites, He worked many miracles including raining down manna (food) and providing water through solid rocks. But all these did not satisfy them. They forgot God so easily and turned to idol worship when they got to their comfort zone.
Today, many of us have taken to the lives of our forefathers. We pray “Lord, I need a job; I need a spouse; I need a scholarship to further my studies…” After the breakthrough comes we become like the Israelites. We become proud and forget the God who gave us the breakthrough.
This morning, the Word of God is making us to understand that it is much easier for us to forget our God when we have a breakthrough than when we are in need. So, if today you are rich, remember you were once poor; if you have reached a greater height in academia, remember you started from somewhere; if you have a good job, remember you once never had a job.
Brethren, the Lord has not finished with you yet. He has greater plans for you. Do not be content with your current position and think you can do without God. Jesus says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Jesus is our source and if we break away from Him, we lose our cover; we lose our victory and we become like a sheep without a shepherd.
Meditate on the above and begin to pray now. Ask for a humble and grateful heart to remain under the mercies of God even when you arrive at the place of plenty.
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