Our Daily Manna Devotional 8 December 2017

Years ago, I remembered vividly: for a 45 year-old driver in
the city of Aba, Nigeria, there was no better way to encounter a temptation
than picking the sum 450,000.00 Naira forgotten in a cab by a passenger, just
as his landlord was threatening his with a quit notice. What would you do if
your landlord gives you a quit notice and you pick up 450,000 Naira (about
$1,300)? To many people, that would be the much-awaited “Promise Land.” Funny
enough, the owner boarded  the taxi and
slipped the money under the carpet at a particular road junction because he saw
policemen there.

When he got to the destination however, he just dropped ad
forgot the money. Hear the unbelievably honest driver: “I want to live a decent
life. The money was not my own and immediately my wife saw it, she became
worried whether we would be able to trace the actual owner. We have also
returned N17, 000 (about $50) which a female passenger also forgot months
earlier.” The shocker of this devotional story is that the couple rejected the
N50,000.00  (about 148 dollars) which the
owner of the 450,000 gave them as an appreciation gift! Of course they were
called “fools” by their family friends, but the words of Mahatma Ghandi  are instrumental here: “Truth alone will
endure: all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.” Edgar Mohn
said: “a lie has speed, but truth has endurance.” our daily manna download

Today’s Scripture talks about doing things in all honesty!
That is one secret of why this vision and my life by the grace of God has won
victories over satanic lies form envious enemies, blackmailers and criminals
from time to time! And I always admonish my children, pastors and indeed all: LET
YOUR HANDS BE CLEAN ALWAYS! No wonder a Bosnian proverb also says: “He who lies
for you will lie against you someday.” Close with this bombshell: “A lie may
take care of the present, but has no future.”

A half truth is a whole truth! Avoid shortcuts! Avoid that
dubious business, secret immorality, dark secret, etc. pursue truth, honesty; and
mercy will pursue you as 2017 ends and 2018 begins because 2018 is carrying
YOUR DECORATON! Amen! our daily manna bible verses  

ALSO SEE ODM Devotional 4 December 2017

PRAYER POINTS: Take your best worship song to God.