Daily Devotional
Understanding the Power of Building Valuable Relationships
Text: Acts 23:16
“And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle and told Paul.”
Message
God will save us from the unbiblical teachings, the heresis, and demonically inspired lies in motivational talks from every front and, in particular, the malevolent freezy attacks from the social media. Take, for instance, ignorant and lacking understanding in the power of building valuable relationships
Angie Da First, a lady with over a thousand followers enthused on http://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BMrxPou9/, “Don’t let people think you cannot do without them. Remind them that there was a time you didn’t know them and you were doing fine.”
That may be through, but it is because some other men were then on the same beat for you that time that you were doing fine. Those helpers left you exactly for the same reason their successors are becoming indifferent to you and are also taking their exit, too.
There is always that man or woman for every time and every stage of your life trajectory. Loose them and end in tragedy.
Truth is, it is God who lifts. It is his glory, but the story timeliness is by and through men. So Samuel and even God in the flesh of man, Jesus, received favour from both God and man!
Now, take a glass of water and let me tell you something. It is not enough to have talent and skills. You must understand the power of building valuable relationships.
It was a wise man who said, “Your network is directly proportional to your net worth in relationships.” In other words, relationship is a currency. It is a stream of income. Everything in this life actually reproduces on the basis of relationships. So spend it wisely or become bankrupt!
See eh, who likes you in this life matters. Men are lifted through men. Many are more talented than you, and their effort never measured to achievement as they lack a cup bearer to tell the King that there is a Joseph that can interpret dreams.
Who you know matters a lot in this life. Don’t say it doesn’t matter. It does.
There are heights and opportunities you will never attain if you don’t understand the power of keeping valuable relationships.
When they say, turn and greet your neighbour at times, you don’t even know who you are talking to. That might be the CEO of a company. But sometimes, we despise people based on their outward looks and judge them wrongly.
Have this wisdom I am sharing with you. That person you sit with, or the colleagues at work that you look down on, may be the ones that will lead you to your destiny helper or destiny because you have no idea who they know. Sometimes, it takes just a recommendation to change your story to glory.
Stop. Don’t despise men in life. You will need them one day. Truth is, sometimes, those who crown Kings don’t look like kings and may never become kings, but they can help you wear the crown. Again, shut the door of the relationship you have gently; you may need to use it again tomorrow.
Please value even the least person, because that person might be the one to wear you the crown!
Remember that your full participation in the church, any group or environment you meet yourself will speak volume when you need the group or her member in the future.
We read from Acts 25:1-5 that after Paul became saved, Apostle Paul started his ministry as a fiery preacher of the gospel of Christ. God quickly engaged him and gave him an unusual utterance that resulted in the conversion of many souls in a short space of time. He soon earned multiple enemies from many quarters. The religious people of his day – the High Priests, the Scribes, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, as well as a group of Jews from Asia – were fervently opposed to Paul’s teachings and perceived him as a threat to their religious beliefs.
The same groups stirred up persecution against Paul. Realising their false accusations against him did not achieve the expected results, they plotted to murder him. Therefore, many volunteers emerged, “…more than forty which…banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul”. Unknown to them, their evil plot had been revealed to the Roman authorities.
According to Acts 23:16, Paul’s sister’s son overheard a plot against Paul and told Paul about it. The young man then told the news to a Roman centurion, who brought him to the chief captain. The young man’s testimony helped save Paul’s life. While there is no information about what Paul sister’s son was doing in Jerusalem or how he came to learn about the plot. However, some say that the circumstances were part of God’s plan to save Paul’s life as his classified information was wisely utilised by Claudius Lysias, the Roman commander who ensured the safe translocation of Paul to Caesarea by night. In turn, Felix, who had recently taken over from Festus as the Governor of Judea, also applied the same confidential information and turned down the request of the Jews to bring Paul to Jerusalem; instead, he left for Caesarea to handle the trial of Paul.
Discarding men entrusted by God to care for you amounts to a breach of trust. It could also mean working against God’s will. It is self suicide to shun those God put in your path to save your lives and destiny. Such an act is contrary to divine designs.
Always remember that you shall account for all the resources that God has sent your way in this life.
LET’S NOT FORGET
EVERY ONE IS A PLUS!!