Topic:The Choice
Text: Isaiah 14:12-17

Satan is a diabolical being. We all detest him. However, it is important to know that he was once an anointed angel. He occupied a glorious position before he fell. The devil’s fall from stardom should be a great lesson for us. We, too, stand the risk of using what God has endowed us with to fight against Him.

Once you know that it is possible to convert blessings of God into an instrument of war against Him, you will have to make a choice between departing from the living God or remaining in his camp through thick and thin. Learn a lesson from Satan’s fall. God created Satan as the most beautiful angel, built a pipe organ into his body and dressed him up in many different beautiful stones. God even anointed him and made him stand behind His throne. God also made him a choirmaster. Pride made him to want to be higher than God. It was then God decided to reduce him to nothing.

There are many today who are endowed with beauty but who have turned this into a curse. Some can sing well but pride has turned this into a curse for them. A lot of people are blessed with brilliance but rather than use this to the glory of God, they are busy claiming there is no God. How can you preserve your blessing? How can you keep what is good?

The Bible says, “The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.” (Job 17:9). Anyone seeking to do the will of God must remain holy, humble and ever ready to serve the Lord anytime. Such a fellow will get better and stronger; he will prosper and go from victory to victory. You can choose to do the will of God forever, irrespective of whatever position you find yourself, or you may decide to turn your back against God. The choice is yours today.

Memory Verse: Job 17:9 - “The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.”