Daily Devotional
BATTLE AGAINST A LEADER IS A LOST BATTLE
Text: 2 Samuel 15:31
“And one told David, saying Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
Message
The battle against your leader is a battle you can never win no matter who is backing you. Don’t even try it. You can never win it.
While in most cases, Leader may be the one who WRONGED you, yet it is unwise to go into battle with him. Ask His Excellencies, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Mr Ambode, Dr Chuba Okadigbo and Mallam Nasir El-Rufai whenever you see any of them.
You may be anointed to kill Goliath but will forever not be anointed and permitted to kill Saul! Ask David and Ahitophel whenever you see any of the duo.
You cannot ERASE the man who RAISED you.
You cannot DISHONOUR the man who made people HONOUR you.
You can not bring EMBARRASSMENT to the Man who gave you ENDORSEMENT.
Never become a PROBLEM to the man who gave you a PLATFORM to Rise. Hope you do remember Premier Akintola?
Why become a WARFARE to the man who took care of your WELFARE? Ask Saul when you meet him.
Determine not to become a DISAPPOINTMENT to the man who gave you APPOINTMENT. Adam, Eve and the serpent is case in point.
How can a man put so much INVESTMENT into your life, and your “thank you to him” is to put so much SORROW into his own life. Remember Absalom the son of King David?
Remember, the God who ANOINTED David to kill Goliath will not ALLOW him to kill Saul!
The DRUNKENNESS of Noah is not a license to expose his NAKEDNESS. That will be WICKEDNESS AND FOOLISHNESS in the sight of God. One of the sons of Noah EXPOSED his father’s NAKEDNESS, FORGETTING it was his father’s RIGHTEOUSNESS that once SAVED him from the FLOOD. Remember, Noah found GRACE with GOD, yet he found DISGRACE with his son. Genesis 9:22 says, “And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.”
Not taken lightly, Genesis 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Genesis 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.”
If you KNOW the WEAKNESS of your Leader, it’s because he gave you the ACCESS you don’t DESERVE.
Never forget for the rest of your life that the PEOPLE, who came to TELL King David that they have finally KILLED Saul his ENEMY, were also killed by David as a REWARD for KILLING a BACK-SLIDDEN PROPHET.
THINK ABOUT IT FOR I AM NOT HERE TO DEFEND THE ERRORS OF LEADER. MOST ERRORS OF LEADERS ARE HUMAN!
For LEADERS going through the pain of betrayal, LORD heal them and bring them out stronger IN JESUS NAME.
AMEN
REMEMBER, THE WORDS OF ELDERS ARE WORDS OF WISDOM.
*Copied with adaptation from Emily Abbey, “Keep Looking to Jesus, Trykk Legacy.”