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PUBLISHED ON October 13, 2022
– by Gabriel Agboeze
And David said to him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD’S anointed. 2 Samuel 1:16 KJV
Intentions/motive and actions, are the major things that convict men and women. If the motive of your heart isn’t right it will influence your action and manifest in your confession. It is important therefore that any man and woman watch what they think, because if the thought is wrong it will metamorphose into actions and speech that will condemn one. The person David addressed in the above scripture was a man from the camp of Saul who delivered the news of Saul’s death to David. The man’s imaginations made him harbor evil motives, he probably must have told himself, “if I can deliver the news to David and tell him I killed Saul, he will make me part of his advisors or appoint a royal role to me.”
His motive was what gave him the boldness to take the action of going to David to tell him the death of Saul and lied on top of it that he killed him. Beloved, watch your motives, are there right or are there after self-glorification and after the things that God hasn’t given you yet? Actions are products of motives and speeches are products of motives as well. If the man only delivered the news correctly and truthfully, he wouldn’t have died, and who knows David might have worked with him. Don’t ever seek for your gain in the midst of another man’s calamity. Act accordingly and don’t struggle to get what hasn’t been handed over to you yet, above all watch your intentions and speech, and your actions will be without guilt and error.
Prayer of the Day: Every temptation of taking credit for what’s not mine is rejected in the name of Jesus. I receive the grace to be truthful, help me Lord to think rightly and may my actions be the ones that will give me life and not death and destruction in Jesus’ name, amen.
