MI DAILY DEVOTION
MONDAY
BE A MAN OF INSPIRATION
(Psalm 71:17- 18) O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 18- Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to everyone that is to come.
David was an old man when he wrote this part of Psalm. He learned to look back from the time God taught him His Statutes and through His works until he became grey headed. David’s desire was to be an inspiration to the coming generation. It should be every believer’s desire and passion. Karate Kid is a good movie about determination, inspiration, partnership and encouragement. WWJD- What Would Jesus Do is a good Christian movie that will really inspire you with how they stood together to save their church from the local government’s plan of turning it into a casino, because the church were not able to pay their mortgage for a few months. They were inspired and convicted by the stranger’s words of encouragement and short sermon to them which leads them to stand together for the Lord and for their church. They even stood with their pastor in his depression due to the death of his wife and son in a car accident. Your unpleasant circumstances and people’s negative attitudes towards you should not be the cause to pull you down to the lowest level of your life. But that should inspire you to do more, to learn and have a formal education, to excel to the top and prosper. King Solomon is great example and a good picture of wisdom and knowledge. He should serve as an inspiration to every children and youth in terms of education and learning. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. (Ecclesiastes 1:16)
