TUESDAY 17 APRIL 2018
"I WILL NEVER BE A
BURDEN"
SCRIPTURE
Jesus saith unto him, ... Take up thy bed... (John 5:8)
KEY STATEMENT
As we
continue to study this 38 years paralyzed man, we notice that Jesus gave him an
order to take up his bed. What does it mean? It simply means that Jesus was
instructing him to stop being a burden. Jesus was instructing him to carry what
was carrying him.
In the name
of Jesus Christ, I pray that somebody reading this message today would get angry
enough against poverty and mediocrity and declare with faith :
"I
WILL NEVER BE A BURDEN"
When I
say I WILL NEVER BE A BURDEN, it is not a slogan. It is a mindset,
a principle and a lifestyle of the kingdom of God.
Jesus our
Lord gives rest to those who come to him. He does not only give rest, he also
gives his burden which is never and will never be grievous to anybody.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE A BURDEN TO OTHERS?
1) People
will be tired of you and will drop you along the way.
2) You will
lose respect from others.
3) You will
live as a liability.
4) When you
are a burden, you are not adding value to others.
5) You will
never ever be happy.
6) It means
you are living contrary to the principles of the kingdom.
7) You will
live focused on what you can get from others rather than what you can give to
others.
8) You will
be given contemptuous names that will kill your dignity.
9) You
will live as a slave
10) You will
lack a voice in the society
WHAT TO DO TO NOT BE A BURDEN TO OTHERS?
1) BE
HARDWORKING NOT LAZY
Make it a lifestyle to be diligent.
"For you remember, brethren, our
labor and travail: for laboring night and day, because WE WOULD NOT BE
A BURDEN UNTO ANY OF YOU, we preached unto you the gospel of God." (1
Thessalonians 2:9)
2) BE A GIVER
NOT A BEGGAR
Purpose to live a life such oriented to meeting not only your needs but also the needs of others who are with you especially the weak.
"Yea, ye yourselves know,
that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them
that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye
ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he
said, It is more blessed to give than to receive." (Acts
20:34-35)
3) LIVE AS A SEED TO BE SOWED NOT AS A
NEED TO BE MET
God has never
created you as a need to be met but as a seed to be sowed which will produce
more fruits.
From Jesus'
perspective, God is not glorified when your needs are met but when you bear
fruits. That is what he says in John 15:8
"Herein is my Father glorified,
that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."
PRAYER
Prayer 1 | Do you find yourself so lazy that you cannot work hard? Take authority and rebuke the spirit of laziness ! Pray the Lord to fill you with the spirit of diligence in the Name of Jesus Christ!
Prayer 2 | Are you waiting the Lord for a miracle job? Refuse to live as a liability. Pray from the depth of yur heart and appropriate by faith your miracle job in the name of Jesus Christ !
SO SHALL IT BE!
JESUS IS LORD!
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