Be the First Partaker

Monday February 25th, 2019
Word of Life Daily Devotional
Be the First Partaker
Memory verse: - 2Ti 2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
Bible Reading: - Ezr 7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Message
The father is the head of the family and must provide mundane things for the family as well as feed them spiritually. But he does not do this neglecting himself otherwise he will be famished and might not get strength to continue providing for them.
Therefore as a leader in the church, do not read Bible for the people alone, read it for yourself; take time apart regularly to be with God alone and let him talk to you and have good communion and good rapport with your God so as to be spiritually fresh and well nourished yourself. As the husbandman, a co – laborer in the vineyard of God you must not neglect your spiritual life and Christ likeness so as not to be a cast away on the last day.
Look at how Ezra did it for your learning, he prepared himself to seek the law of God for himself and carry it out before teaching others. Read the Bible to yourself, for yourself, get message from God and pray it in before teaching or preaching to others: you first and then the people; you must be the first partaker.
Paul would have done it that way and that was why he counseled Timothy to take heed unto himself first and then the doctrine; the early church said “we shall give ourselves to prayers and then ministry of the word.
Jesus our perfect example would rise up a great while before dawn and went into a solitary place for prayers even before his disciples woke up. Feed yourself to the full in the word first and that must be everyday; then others. It must be in that order so as to be spiritually fresh and full of anointing to feed others.
Remember you can only give what you have to others; hence, take care of your spiritual life diligently; maintain a good personal fellowship with the Lord of the work every day and your profiting shall be visible to everyone that hear thee. Let his word [Christ] dwell in you richly so that like a spring of living water, it will flow from you to others that are under your ministry.
Confession of the Day
I will maintain my fellowship with the master of the work diligently, so that I can receive from him to share with others.
Prayer Points

My Lord and my God let me not be a cast away on the last day after I might have ministered unto others; give me grace to constantly and diligently observe my quiet time.

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