UNFAITHFUL SERVANT / FOLLOWER

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

TUESDAY, 23RD AUGUST, 2022.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE - General Overseer

Topic: UNFAITHFUL SERVANTS/FOLLOWERS 

MEMORIZE: “22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.” 2Kings 5:22.

SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Kings 5:20-27.

“But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?  And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow."

EXPOSITION:

Gehazi was an example of an unfaithful servant or follower. Self-centeredness, greediness and hunger for fame and material wealth couple with ingratitude are the bedrock for unfaithfulness. Upon all the grace and benefits received in the ministry under prophet Elisha, Gehazi was still not contented. He lied against his boss before Naaman because of material gift. Covetousness was the bait the devil used to end him. He coveted the gift rejected by the Lord and earned leprosy with it.

Unfaithfulness to the leaders is like poison in the blood. It never allow the bearer to receive blessing from the leader. Gehazi could not receive the blessing to succeed his master. Unfaithfulness makes a servant a rebel to his master. King Saul was found unfaithful to Samuel and God, he was cursed – “And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.” 1 Samuel 15:20-23.

God desires our faithfulness, unfaithfulness on our path will earn us judgment. Concerning king Saul, Prophet Samuel (his king’s maker) declared: “Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.” 1 Samuel 15: 23.

PRAYER POINT: 

Lord, help me to remain faithful to you so as not to see your wrath in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Jeremiah 8-10.

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