April 9, 2020 Higher Everyday Devotional :- KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
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HIGHER EVERYDAY
THURSDAY APRIL 9, 2020
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
TEXT: ISAIAH 5:13-16
MEMORY VERSE: “Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst” (ISAIAH 5:13).
“We hear everyday that knowledge is power. Not really. Knowledge is information. It is potential power and it becomes power only when it is acted upon”, says Shiv Khera. Apply your knowledge in solving problems and it becomes power. The lion is described as the king of the forest because it is powerful. The whale is the biggest sea creature while the eagle is the champion in the air. However, all these and many fearsome creatures have been captured, tamed and controlled by man through knowledge for dominance.
People carry out researches to gain knowledge, and through it, the world has greatly advanced in various fields. Our text talks about the people of God who lacked His knowledge and suffered for it.
God gave us the Bible and His only begotten Son so that we can know Him and His will, else we perish in darkness. The youth who is without Christ and lacks proper understanding of God’s Word, lives in sin and in the congregation of the dead. Your greatest asset is your knowledge of Jesus Christ, Bible study and prayer.
QUOTE: Your greatest asset is your knowledge.
CHALLENGE: Your knowledge gives you all round dominion.
PRAYER: Oh Lord, deliver me from ignorance and spiritual blindness.