MONDAY JULY 27, 2020
TOPIC: LESSONS FROM THE LEPERS
TEXT:2 KINGS 7:8-16
MEMORY VERSE: "Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace...now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household" (2 KINGS 7:9).
Leprosy, according to Webster's dictionary, is a chronic infectious disease caused by a myco-bacteria. Because of its infectious nature, lepers are usually kept away from living among people.
The lepers in our text did not have any better deal. They lived outside the gates of Samaria and were not to mix with fellow countrymen. Samaria at that time was under a siege by the Syrians. The result was severe famine in the city.
It was at this time that the lepers ventured into the Syrian camp and discovered abundant provision abandoned by the fleeing Syrian army. A perfect picture of God's mercy available for all unworthy sinners. Read Titus 2:11, 12; Ephesians 2:8, 9.
The lepers thought it inappropriate to celebrate when the king's house and Samaria languished in famine. Beloved, you do not well if you keep quiet when people around you perish in sin, ignorance, sickness and poverty.
You were saved by grace through faith and not of yourself. Have you shared the testimony of your conversion with your relations and friends? You do not well if you have not!
QUOTE: You do not well if you keep quiet.
CHALLENGE: You are saved to serve.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, help me to reach friends and neighbours for You.thout
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