SUNDAY'S REFLECTION: GOOD MORNING JESUS

To shine is to be peculiar according to 1 Peter 2:9. Those who are
peculiar are usually different. It also means to stand out from the
crowd. In 2Kings 2:1-8, there were many sons of the prophets but only
Elisha stood out and shone all the way. To shine you must be willing
to be special. Acts 19:11-12 says God performed special miracles
through one of His servants who was willing to shine. Do you know that
God is ready to use you to do the impossible? Do you know that
everything you need to succeed in life and ministry is already
prepared by God? The problem is that we are not willing: we are often
not ready. Do you know some of us keep God on His toes? He is ever
ready but are we? Before God ever sent you on an errand, He had
provided everything for you to successfully carry out that assignment.
Even when you are faced with lack, God does not see any lack because
He has made provision for all things. All you need to do is to go to
Him in all sincerity and ask. Another reason many of us cannot shine
is because we refuse to pay the price to shine. God will not ask you
to pay the price that you cannot. He is no taskmaster. If you are
special, your standard must be quite high. You cannot afford to eat
what every other person is eating. Daniel was special and he refused
what others ate and at the end, he and his pals had a different result
from every other person. If you want to end differently let your
consecration level and loyalty level be different. If you do what
every other person is doing, but expect to end somewhere else, then
you must be a joker. Are you prepared to pray more intensively,
worship more in spirit and truth and study the Word as never before?
Are you prepared to make sacrifices for the Kingdom? It is what you
are prepared to give up or to give in that will determine what God is
willing to give out to you.