YOUR
BACKGROUND
I Samuel 9:17-22
Devotional:- “Pardon me,
sir, “Saul replied, I’m from the tribe of Benjamin, the Smallest in
Israel, and my family is the least important of all the families of the tribe!
You must have the wrong man!” (V. 21) TLB
It is often said
that every man is a product of his background. Just like every stream is a
product of its source. Sometimes, no amount of training can change a person, as their
background remains a significant factor. He may be
afraid to do some wrong things in front of others, but in private, he might be
doing it. Asking some people to divorce their background is like asking them to
die. Yet some people live in backgrounds that will never make them succeed or
excel in life. If we focus on our background, we could disqualify ourselves
from being able to attain great achievements in life
You need to stop
looking at your background to determine your tomorrow. Yes, background
influences your destiny, and that is the reason for the new birth experience in
Christ so we can have a new background. Old things need to pass away in our
lives, and part of it is our weak background (2 Corinthians 5: 17). If you are
born again, the nature of God is born into your spirit man. So you have a royal
background in Christ Jesus and your future is kingly (1 Peter 2:9, Revelation
5:9-10).
Jesus brought you
from the former to the new. (Galatians 3: 13-14). Stop condemning yourself like
Saul. God always loves to give people of no-good backgrounds a glorious future.
He removes people from the back or on the ground to the front in a glorious
place. Settle it in your heart that you are moving from that background to your
glorious place in Christ.
PRAYER: LORD,
BRING ME TO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF MY NEW BACKGROUND.
“A MAN CAN
MOVE FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT BY FAITH IN CHRIST”
