THE DISASTER OF LIVING INDEPENDENT OF DIVINE DIRECTION

SCRIPTURE: And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. – Genesis 12:10
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Every move outside Divine direction is a downward move in life.
 
One of the tragedies of life is the tragedy of working out your destiny independent of God. Never struggle to work out your welfare without depending on God. Do not struggle to take the direction of your life into your own hands. This is because every move outside Divine direction is a downward move in life. 
 
Our anchor Scripture says that Abraham went down to Egypt. Even though the passage may have a geographical connotation, it has a spiritual implication. Abraham was working things out for himself.  He said to himself, “There is scarcity in this land, so let me go to this other land and things will be good.” Meanwhile Abraham did not call himself in the first place. 
 
Every action outside Divine direction equals retrogression. Any step you take outside the will of God is a downward step in life. There are so many people today who would have been higher than where they are in life if they did not decide to do things their own way. Instead of going up, such people keep going down in life.
 
You will never be a victim of the disaster of living without Divine direction, in Jesus’ Name.
 
Remember this: every move outside Divine direction is a downward move in life.
 
ASSIGNMENT(S):
1. Commit your decisions to God’s Hands in prayer.
2. Draw closer to God in fellowship.
 
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING GET THIS MESSAGE: BEING A GENERATIONAL BLESSING – THE ESTABLISHMENT
 
PRAYER: Lord, I cannot live independent of You; I refuse to go down in life in Jesus’ Name.
 
DAILY READING: Numbers 14:1 to15:16, Mark 14:53 to72, Psalm 53:1 to 6, Proverbs 11: 4.
 
QUOTE: When an aircraft loses its bearing, it can have no safe landing. When we lose our [spiritual] bearing, we lose our placement in life. Culled from 365 WISDOM CAPSULES by Dr Paul Enenche.
 
TODAY IN HISTORY: MARCH 10, 1929:
Egyptian women are granted divorce rights by the national government.
 
AMAZING FACT:
A lion’s roar can be heard from as far as 5 miles away.