Series: From Pastor’s Desk
Number: Vol. 14, No. 30
Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours without measure from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. It is with great joy that I welcome you to another week of the month of November 2025. My prayer is that God will rid your life of everything that has placed a limitation on your advancement, so that every experience of stagnation will end in your life. Amen.
One of the things that often hinder the progress of God’s people is their lack of wholehearted devotion to Him. And why don’t we always give Him wholehearted devotion? The main reason is that we are often distracted by our desire to have the beautiful things of this world and be like other people around us.Is it not good for us to have the beautiful things of this world or to be occupying important positions in life? It is good.
In fact, God is not against our having good things in life or our being in great positions in life. On the contrary, as we are told in the bible, He Himself freely gives us all things for our enjoyment (1Tim 6:17).
However, we who are God’s children must understand that we cannot have the good things of this life by merely running after them or by being anxious to have them.
Even if we have anything in that manner, there is no guarantee that it will be want we need or what we can enjoy. The only way, then, for us to have those good things of this life that we truly need and also enjoy them is for God, our Father, to bring them to us or to lead us to where to find them.
All this is why our Lord Jesus says this to us:“So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matt 6:31-33NIV)
Did you see that? God does not want us to be anxious about anything that we need in life. Also, He does not want us to make everything about our lives a competition with others. Instead, He wants us to always put Him first in all that we do. That way, He will be able to give to us everything we need in life and also give us the power to enjoy it.Unfortunately, many of us are not walking in the light of this truth.
So, we are continually getting ourselves injured through our competition with those of this world to have the beautiful things of life. And unless we repent and begin to put God first and ahead of anything we may need or want in life, we will not stop exposing ourselves to unnecessary danger.Remember that God knows everything we need.
Not only does He know everything we need, He also wants to give us everything we need. But if we do not give Him His rightful place in our lives, we will continue to work against all that He is doing to make us happy in life. And where that is the case, we will have no one else but ourselves to blame.
So, as you go this week, make up your mind to always put God first in all that concerns your life. And may you be strengthened by the Spirit of God to do so, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Have a lovely week.
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