LADEN WITH CAREER BURDENS? – Sunday March 26th 2017
Memorize: For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. Psalm 107:16
1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
3 And
he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him
that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and
taught the people out of the ship.
4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5 And
Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night,
and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the
net.
6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
7 And
they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that
they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the
ships, so that they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
10 And
so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners
with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou
shalt catch men.
11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
Bible in one year: Exodus 29-30, Jeremiah 2:20-32, Hymn: Sing hymn 4
MESSAGE:
One
of the methods devised by the devil to impede our forward march on the
straight and narrow way is to steal our joy and happiness. To achieve
this, our enemy may make use of career burdens. The presence of a career
burden might be the reason why you see some persons who were not as
intelligent as you were during your school days, or even those who
graduated several years after you did, now far ahead of you career-wise.
A fellow under this yoke will want to hide his face when he or she
comes face to face with an erstwhile junior, who is now better placed.
Many years ago, while still lecturing at the University of Lagos, a
professor applied for an advertised job and was invited for an
interview. When he got to the boardroom where the interview panel was
sitting, he soon discovered that the chairman of the panel was one of
his students who had recently graduated. He therefore said to the panel,
“I am sorry, it seems I came to the wrong room.” “You are not in the
wrong room sir”, replied the ex-student. But he insisted and left.
You
need to periodically take stock of your career to ensure you are where
you ought to be. If you are deeply unhappy at your job because you are
positioned at the level where you ought to be, the devil might be
playing his dirty tricks on you. Are you in a situation where some
people you interviewed for employment are now your superiors in the same
office? Have you been denied your promotion for several years in spite
of your hard work, and as a result, not only are your mates now your
superiors, even your juniors have become your superiors? If you are
experiencing any of these, you might be operating under a career burden
from the pit of hell. The aim of this burden is to make you frustrated
and disillusioned. Similarly, when your efforts are not receiving a
commensurate reward like Peter in our Bible reading today, you might be
carrying a career burden. Peter toiled all night long but caught
nothing. I can relate with his experience because I love to fish. When I
want to relax sometimes, I go fishing with my hook. From experience,
within five minutes of casting the hook, a fish is taken; but
occasionally, I spend hours without catching a single fish. Not too long
ago, after spending some considerable time, I eventually caught a fish,
but while pulling it out, it jumped back into the river, and there was
nothing I could do about it. You might have failed in your career or
business, not because you wanted to fail or because you were lazy: the
presence of a career burden might be the cause. In the Name of Jesus, in
any way you have been a victim of this wickedness of Satan, you are
delivered today! That burden is destroyed and taken away from you! All
you have lost over the years is restored to you this season!
Prayer Point:
I command that every career burden in my life and family be lifted now in Jesus’ Name.
Open Heaven Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye,
The
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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