Saturday, 19 November 2016 00:00
THE SWEET-BITTER TASTE OF COMPROMISE
SCRIPTURE: You were taught, with
regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is
being corrupted by its deceitful desires. Ephesians 4:22.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: There is no compromise without consequence.
Compromise connotes the lowering of one’s standards and the
corruption of one’s character. The act of compromise may appear gainful
but the consequences are enormous. The truth is, there is no compromise
without consequence.
It is true that the things that one’s flesh wants one to do, may be
pleasurable, but are they all profitable? Is the pleasure of eating
just an apple fruit worth the loss of a whole garden? Is the pleasure of
eating just a plate of porridge (food) worth the loss of an
inheritance? Are those few minutes of ‘pleasure’ in immorality worth the
miseries of Zika, HIV/AIDS, blocked fallopian tubes, endometrial
synechiae, etc. that one may be infected with?
Samson’s great destiny, for instance, was slaughtered on the lap of
Delilah (Judges 16:1-31). Judas Iscariot lost his apostolic mantle on
the table of greed (Matthew 26:14).
Beloved, compromise will promise you a few minutes of pleasure but a
lifetime of loss; it may be sweet in the beginning but its end is
always very bitter. Compromise is a killer of potentials, life and
destiny.
That shall not be your portion in Jesus’ Name.
Remember This: There is no compromise without consequence.
ASSIGNMENT (S):
1. Shun the lifestyle of compromise.
2. Embrace the way of integrity and discipline.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: HINDRANCES TO A PURPOSEFUL (LIFE 3).
PRAYER: LORD, I thank You for Your Word to me
today. Deliver me from the lifestyle of compromise and crookedness. I
receive the baptism of the spirit of discipline and integrity, LORD, in
Jesus’ Name.
DAILY READING: Ezekiel 39:1 to 40:27, James 2:18 to 3:18, Psalm 118:1 to 18, Proverbs 28:2
QUOTE: When a man’s conscience is not alive, his character can never be correct. Culled from WHO ARE YOU? By Dr Paul Enenche.
TODAY IN HISTORY: 19/11/1893 - The first newspaper colour supplement was published in the Sunday New York World.
AMAZING FACT: Hair is 50 percent carbon, 21 percent oxygen, 17 percent nitrogen, 6 percent hydrogen, and 5 percent sulphur.
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