SUNDAYREFLECTION:

God has a plan for each of His own. Unfortunately, many children of
God are mortgaging their destinies today. As promising as some may be
in their walk with God, they may carry some spiritual contraband with
them, such as idolisation of blessings or believe that they are okay
as they are. Nothing grieves God's heart as much as seeing the
children He loves fall short of His plan and provision for them. In
John 10:10, He expressly declared His purpose of coming - to give you
not just life but life in abundance. He wants you to succeed. He wants
you to reach the top and become the best. He detests you stopping
before reaching the top. Anything that holds you down from reaching
the top is obviously one of Satan's bondage. Afraid that you might get
to the top, Satan will do everything possible to stop you - by making
you to rest when you have not reached your goal. In 1 Kings 13:1-32,
God sent a young prophet on a mission. He was asked to go and deliver
a prophecy to a particular town. To show the gravity of the offence of
that town, he was instructed not to eat, drink or take any honorarium
from there. He was told to return home by another route on delivery of
the message. If he had followed that instruction strictly, he would
not have failed. But after delivering the message backed up by the
miraculous, he took a different way home and decided to rest on the
way and the devil caught up with him. One of our greatest problems
today is spiritual slumber. We believe we have already arrived and as
a result shut the gate of progress against ourselves. God wants you to
be an eagle but you are already celebrating as an eaglet. Your destiny
is not where you are presently, so you cannot afford to rest. When you
rest prematurely you will surely get into trouble. While David rested
in the palace at the time of war, he fell into a pit of sin. Are you
resting after a major breakthrough? Stop! Arise and get on your beat.
Be watchful!