READ: 1 SAMUEL 16:1,
13-14
The greatest level of
deception that anyone God is currently using can habour, is to believe that he
or she is the most qualified for the assignment and therefore irreplaceable.
King Saul learnt this the hard way. When the children of Israel insisted on
having a king rule over them like other heathen nations, there was no one as qualified
as Saul to be king. His credentials, stated in 1 Samuel 9:1-2; 15:17 revealed
his father to be a man of valor. He himself was a choice young man, humble,
handsome and physically well-built. He was also God-fearing and obedient to his
father.
“And Samuel said to all the people, See you him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king” (1 Samuel 10:24). After he was anointed king, he began to treat God’s instructions as he liked. He became full of himself and that led to his rejection.
It is a good thing if God decides to use you. However, be very careful because immediately He is assigning you to some task, He simultaneously prepares a substitute to replace you should you fall out of His plan. Eli was another careless servant of God who eventually lost out to his substitute. In 1 Samuel 2:27-30, Scripture tell us how this man, a priest of the Most High, whose family had been chosen to produce priests forever before God, was rejected. God said ‘Be it far from Me; for them that honor Me, I will honor and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed’.
Has God chosen you to a particular office or assignment? Congratulations! Now take steps to secure it and prevent replacement. Ensure you remain humble and highly esteem God’s Word above everything else. Serve God acceptably and stay far away from sin. Give Him glory, honour and all the credit for everything He does through you. After all, He who gives the assignment also gives the grace to complete it. Remain faithful in each assignment He gives you. And do each task with joy, right from your heart. This way you can be sure the substitutes looking forward to take over your job, will look elsewhere. Always remember you are not beyond replacement!
“And Samuel said to all the people, See you him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king” (1 Samuel 10:24). After he was anointed king, he began to treat God’s instructions as he liked. He became full of himself and that led to his rejection.
It is a good thing if God decides to use you. However, be very careful because immediately He is assigning you to some task, He simultaneously prepares a substitute to replace you should you fall out of His plan. Eli was another careless servant of God who eventually lost out to his substitute. In 1 Samuel 2:27-30, Scripture tell us how this man, a priest of the Most High, whose family had been chosen to produce priests forever before God, was rejected. God said ‘Be it far from Me; for them that honor Me, I will honor and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed’.
Has God chosen you to a particular office or assignment? Congratulations! Now take steps to secure it and prevent replacement. Ensure you remain humble and highly esteem God’s Word above everything else. Serve God acceptably and stay far away from sin. Give Him glory, honour and all the credit for everything He does through you. After all, He who gives the assignment also gives the grace to complete it. Remain faithful in each assignment He gives you. And do each task with joy, right from your heart. This way you can be sure the substitutes looking forward to take over your job, will look elsewhere. Always remember you are not beyond replacement!
MEMORIZE: 1
KINGS 19:18 –Yet I have left Me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which
have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
