25/08/2026
BLESSED DAILY DIET (BDD) ☕🥪.
TUESDAY, 25TH AUGUST, 2026.
TOPIC : DOING IT WELL
TEXT : 1 SAM. 15:16-23.
“And being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfiled (2 Cor. 10:6).
Many people confuse service for God's approval or acceptance. It will be profitable for people, particularly children of God, to understand that it is one thing to engage in the service of God and it is another thing for God to accept service. Not just doing it, but to “do it well, and God will accept you and your service" (Rom. 12:1). In our Bible reading today, we read of the first king in Israel who put sacrifice over and above being obedient to God and His Word. God told king Saul to go and utterly destroy the Amalekites and everything they possessed; from the king to the least of the beast.
However, Saul went, fought and won the battle, but failed to carry out God's instruction to the letter. When he was cross examined by Prophet Samuel, he had the effrontery to tell Samuel that he had done what God asked him to do, except the spoil to sheep and oxen which he took to use as sacrifice to the Lord. This unfortunately cost him his throne. (1 Sam. 15:22). There is a great lesson we should learn from the story of king Saul and the assignment he was given to fight the Amalekites.
Some people seem to be more spiritual than the Holy Spirit when you consider the way they claim to know everything about the ways of God. It is not unlikely that king Saul felt it would be a waste of resources by totally destroying the material resources in Amalek. It is also not unlikely that he felt it will be an act of wickedness on the part of God to have asked him to kill the king, Agag. Don't be more righteous than God, when you're carrying out any assignment. Beloved, there are many types of Amalekites and king Agas that God will want us to get rid of in our lives. The Bible lists some things that we must do away with in Gal. 5:19-21.
CONCLUSION: Some so-called workers in the Church are still harbouring these things that we are to get rid of, yet they are 'zealously' working for God. It is unfortunate that their labour attracts no reward. Remember the Word of God in Luke 13:26-27.
PRAYER: Father God, please help me to be obedient, and begin to do the right in your sight from now onward. In Jesus' Name.
PROPHETIC DECLARATION: May we not be rejected by God at the end of our assignments here on earth, in Jesus' mighty Name I decree!.
Shalom!!
Apostle Chris N. Nwafor.