THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD PROVINCE 2 H/Q
DIGGING DEEP
THE COST OF GREATNESS
BIBLE READING GENESIS.12:1-9
Memory Verse: Gen. 12:1The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people
and your father’s household to the land I will show you”
INTRODUCTION: Greatness according to the Oxford dictionary is the quality of being
distinguished or eminence in statue in society. This means it is a form of separation of class of
people to a level different from others. In our secular lives today to become great require some
basic steps in other to be in a separate class with our peers with whom we grew up or went to
primary and secondary schools together therefore the call to greatness by God is a divine one
to those He has chosen which must be taken seriously. May the Holy Spirit open our eyes to see
and understand what He is teaching us today in Jesus Name, Amen.
THE CALL TO GREATNESS: Most times it takes the grace and divine intervention of
God for us to hear and understand the calling to greatness. It is a very difficult call that
the enemy don’t want us to understand because they can see beyond us as a result
they try to create doubt in our mind while trying to answer the call to greatness.
In the case of Abram whom we will be studying today in the book of Genesis 12:1-9 we
can see how challenging the call was for him to answer because God called him
immediately his father died, being the first son of his father he was suppose to arrange
his father house and inherit the wealth left behind by his father but this was the time
God decided to call him this was a very tough choice to make even though God was
promising to make him a great man in verse 2 of Genesis 12 it was more easier to
chose the the things he could see than the ones he was being promised by God.
This scenario often plays itself out in our daily lives when it is time to change job, make
a choice in marriage partner or starting a business because by the nature of man it is
always easy to work by sight rather than faith, we always prefer our comfort zone rather
than going out or taking the risk. For example a brother would prefer to remain in a job
where he is being paid a meagre wage rather than lose that job in the process of
searching for a better one, this is working by sight and not by faith.
THE ROAD TO GREATNESS: The road to greatness has never been easy, ask any
great man in any sphere of life be it in business, academic, medicines or in the gospel
ministry and they will tell you it is not an easy journey because anything good don’t
come easy.
As we can through the life of Abraham his journey was not smooth right from the time
he hearkened to the call in Gen.12:10-20 there was always a challenge to be faced but
God was always making way for him as he journey on, that why it is said if God give a
vision He will make a provision, but these days it is very difficult to be patient and wait
for God to lead us because we want instant answer and result for our efforts and we are
not ready to face any difficulty thereby being tempt to take short cut and the result don’t
always last for long.
CONCLUSION: As we can see the journey to greatness is not an easy road but with
divine calling and guidance from God the journey will be rough but there will be a way
out and at the end success and upliftment is our portion
DIGGING DEEP
THE COST OF GREATNESS
BIBLE READING GENESIS.12:1-9
Memory Verse: Gen. 12:1The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people
and your father’s household to the land I will show you”
INTRODUCTION: Greatness according to the Oxford dictionary is the quality of being
distinguished or eminence in statue in society. This means it is a form of separation of class of
people to a level different from others. In our secular lives today to become great require some
basic steps in other to be in a separate class with our peers with whom we grew up or went to
primary and secondary schools together therefore the call to greatness by God is a divine one
to those He has chosen which must be taken seriously. May the Holy Spirit open our eyes to see
and understand what He is teaching us today in Jesus Name, Amen.
THE CALL TO GREATNESS: Most times it takes the grace and divine intervention of
God for us to hear and understand the calling to greatness. It is a very difficult call that
the enemy don’t want us to understand because they can see beyond us as a result
they try to create doubt in our mind while trying to answer the call to greatness.
In the case of Abram whom we will be studying today in the book of Genesis 12:1-9 we
can see how challenging the call was for him to answer because God called him
immediately his father died, being the first son of his father he was suppose to arrange
his father house and inherit the wealth left behind by his father but this was the time
God decided to call him this was a very tough choice to make even though God was
promising to make him a great man in verse 2 of Genesis 12 it was more easier to
chose the the things he could see than the ones he was being promised by God.
This scenario often plays itself out in our daily lives when it is time to change job, make
a choice in marriage partner or starting a business because by the nature of man it is
always easy to work by sight rather than faith, we always prefer our comfort zone rather
than going out or taking the risk. For example a brother would prefer to remain in a job
where he is being paid a meagre wage rather than lose that job in the process of
searching for a better one, this is working by sight and not by faith.
THE ROAD TO GREATNESS: The road to greatness has never been easy, ask any
great man in any sphere of life be it in business, academic, medicines or in the gospel
ministry and they will tell you it is not an easy journey because anything good don’t
come easy.
As we can through the life of Abraham his journey was not smooth right from the time
he hearkened to the call in Gen.12:10-20 there was always a challenge to be faced but
God was always making way for him as he journey on, that why it is said if God give a
vision He will make a provision, but these days it is very difficult to be patient and wait
for God to lead us because we want instant answer and result for our efforts and we are
not ready to face any difficulty thereby being tempt to take short cut and the result don’t
always last for long.
CONCLUSION: As we can see the journey to greatness is not an easy road but with
divine calling and guidance from God the journey will be rough but there will be a way
out and at the end success and upliftment is our portion
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