DEVOTION ~ WRONGFUL SERVICE

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Theme: Wrongful Service 
Text: John 16:1&2

16 “These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.


It's much easier to travel on a route you're every conversant with irrespective of the time (whether day or night) but challenging if you do not have any idea of how the route is like. Jesus wanted to give His disciples a foreknowledge of what life without Him would be like to them. The essence is to help them not be made to stumble in His absence.

The stumbling block is the persecution from the observers of Judaism. To such individuals, putting the disciples to death, flogging them, and doing all manner of evil against them is a service to God. This is because, to them the disciples were living a blasphemous life. They feel that they are fighting for God. However, the scale on their eyes prevent them from seeing the Light of the Word of God. Dear beloved in the Lord, are you wrongfully serving the Lord? You can only know if you encounter Christ. The Apostle Paul (in his days as Saul) persecuted the apostles until he encountered Christ on the way to Damascus. Study the Word of God and ask the Holy Spirit to give you divine understanding that you may serve God well. (Acts 9)


Prayer: Father in the name of Jesus Christ, have mercy on me for serving in Your Vineyard wrongfully. Give me a touch that I may be transformed into a faithful servant in all that I do. Likewise I pray for others who have taken the wrong path in serving You. Send the Holy Spirit to open the eyes of their understanding that their wrongful service will be changed to a devoted one to Your glory. AMEN! 

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