TEACHING WITH COMPASSION
Being a leader is not a license to flaunt knowledge; it is a privilege that confers on you the responsibility of helping those who are ignorant and have walked away from the faith.
Hebrews 5:2 KJV
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
Dear Believer,
I can still vividly remember how I struggled with some letters and figures.. I couldn’t just seem to have the ability to write them correctly.
One of the characters I struggled with as a kid was the figure ‘8.’ I always made the upper part of the figure much bigger than the lower part. My teacher would look at the top-heavy character and shout, ‘ridiculous!’
I couldn’t write the capital letter ‘E’ correctly also. I used to put up to three or four horizontal bars between the upper and the lower ones. Needless to say, it used to elicit shouts from my teacher. I would cringe as he brought out his cane to beat me.
That teacher wasn’t a patient teacher. He made learning difficult for me.
In Hebrews chapter 5:1-3, we are told that the Old Testament high priest was chosen from among men. One requirement God looked for in His choice was that he must be capable of having compassion on the ‘ignorant’ and those who are going astray.
We read that the high priest fulfilled his ministry in compassion because he knew he was also fallible. He had weaknesses, too.
Being a leader is not a license to flaunt knowledge; it is a privilege that confers on you the responsibility of helping those who are ignorant and have walked away from the faith.
The passage quoted is comparing Jesus and the Old Testament high priest. If those under the Old Covenant could have compassion on the ignorant and those who strayed, how much more should Believers today who are called to walk like Jesus?
The Lord has been calling my attention to the pervasive ignorance that is bedeviling Believers today. But as bad as the plague of ignorance is, there’s something worse.
Ignorant and arrogant teachers!
I am calling on you to ask the Spirit of God to empower you to impart knowledge in humility to those who need it.
Our little children need to learn. The religions of this world teach their kids and fill their brains with errors. That is why they are getting stronger while our own children are attacking the faith and the church.
Many Believers don’t do anything to even help their own children understand the word of God. It is quite surprising that they are surprised that their children are leaving the faith of their parents.
I pray for divine illumination for you today and that your spiritual life will be revived to walk in divine zeal for divine knowledge. May the Lord help you to impart his knowledge to this generation in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Have a great day.
Your friend,
Deon.
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For more study, read Proverbs chapter 4.
Luke 13:22 KJV
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Dear Believer,
Jesus died on a hill in Jerusalem on the outskirts of that city. He was buried there. He resurrected there. He ascended there. That’s how pivotal Jerusalem was to His earthly destiny.
He knew Jerusalem had everything to do with His death and resurrection. So at some point in His ministry, He began to move towards Jerusalem.
Luke 9:51 KJV
And it came to pass, when the time came that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
He knew within His Spirit that His time to die, resurrect and be taken up to heaven was getting near. He knew this would take place in Jerusalem, so He began to move towards the place as He preached, taught and healed. Jerusalem here represents the fulfilment of what He came to do on earth.
Jesus had a sharp and urgent sense of destiny.
He didn’t waste His time moving towards India, or Samaria, or Egypt, or Africa. The Gospel would eventually reach those places, but now He must go to Jerusalem.
One important way to fulfil your destiny is to know when and how to begin to move towards the direction and location of its fulfilment. The focus scripture of today says as Jesus went through the cities and taught, He made sure He was doing it in such a way that His journeys took Him towards Jerusalem. (Luke 13:22).
Many Believers get themselves into unnecessary problems in life by making choices that move them away from the direction and location of the fulfilment of their destiny. They choose spouses that don’t believe in their vision, profession or ministry. They move with friends that speak against what God is telling them to do. They live in places that make it impossible or difficult for them to do God’s will for their lives.
Long ago as a prayerful young man looking forward into the future, God’s Spirit showed me how some skills would be useful in some of the things I would have to do in the future. I immediately set out to acquire those skills even when it gave me much discomfort to do so.
It didn’t make sense then to many people, but I knew I was moving towards my Jerusalem, a place of destiny fulfilment. Those skills turned out to be the reason I wasn’t stranded when challenges came.
Avoid distractions. Ask God to show you the direction of your destiny and then begin to move towards it. This is what will make you pray the right prayer, live in the right place, have the right friends, marry the right person, study the right courses and generally make relevant decisions.
This will help you avoid wasting precious time on things that have no bearing to your life and destiny. Your precious energy would be used to do precious things.
You can’t attain relevance by doing irrelevant things. You can’t attain distinction by moving in the wrong direction.
Destiny is about destination. Everyone moving gets somewhere eventually; only those who move in the right direction get to the right location.
Be sure to pray about this!
The Lord help you to move towards your Jerusalem in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Have a beautiful day.
Your friend,
Deon.
Luke 13:22 KJV
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Dear Believer,
Jesus died on a hill in Jerusalem on the outskirts of that city. He was buried there. He resurrected there. He ascended there. That’s how pivotal Jerusalem was to His earthly destiny.
He knew Jerusalem had everything to do with His death and resurrection. So at some point in His ministry, He began to move towards Jerusalem.
Luke 9:51 KJV
And it came to pass, when the time came that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
He knew within His Spirit that His time to die, resurrect and be taken up to heaven was getting near. He knew this would take place in Jerusalem, so He began to move towards the place as He preached, taught and healed. Jerusalem here represents the fulfilment of what He came to do on earth.
Jesus had a sharp and urgent sense of destiny.
He didn’t waste His time moving towards India, or Samaria, or Egypt, or Africa. The Gospel would eventually reach those places, but now He must go to Jerusalem.
One important way to fulfil your destiny is to know when and how to begin to move towards the direction and location of its fulfilment. The focus scripture of today says as Jesus went through the cities and taught, He made sure He was doing it in such a way that His journeys took Him towards Jerusalem. (Luke 13:22).
Many Believers get themselves into unnecessary problems in life by making choices that move them away from the direction and location of the fulfilment of their destiny. They choose spouses that don’t believe in their vision, profession or ministry. They move with friends that speak against what God is telling them to do. They live in places that make it impossible or difficult for them to do God’s will for their lives.
Long ago as a prayerful young man looking forward into the future, God’s Spirit showed me how some skills would be useful in some of the things I would have to do in the future. I immediately set out to acquire those skills even when it gave me much discomfort to do so.
It didn’t make sense then to many people, but I knew I was moving towards my Jerusalem, a place of destiny fulfilment. Those skills turned out to be the reason I wasn’t stranded when challenges came.
Avoid distractions. Ask God to show you the direction of your destiny and then begin to move towards it. This is what will make you pray the right prayer, live in the right place, have the right friends, marry the right person, study the right courses and generally make relevant decisions.
This will help you avoid wasting precious time on things that have no bearing to your life and destiny. Your precious energy would be used to do precious things.
You can’t attain relevance by doing irrelevant things. You can’t attain distinction by moving in the wrong direction.
Destiny is about destination. Everyone moving gets somewhere eventually; only those who move in the right direction get to the right location.
Be sure to pray about this!
The Lord help you to move towards your Jerusalem in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Have a beautiful day.
Your friend,
Deon.
Luke 13:22 KJV
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Dear Believer,
Jesus died on a hill in Jerusalem on the outskirts of that city. He was buried there. He resurrected there. He ascended there. That’s how pivotal Jerusalem was to His earthly destiny.
He knew Jerusalem had everything to do with His death and resurrection. So at some point in His ministry, He began to move towards Jerusalem.
Luke 9:51 KJV
And it came to pass, when the time came that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
He knew within His Spirit that His time to die, resurrect and be taken up to heaven was getting near. He knew this would take place in Jerusalem, so He began to move towards the place as He preached, taught and healed. Jerusalem here represents the fulfilment of what He came to do on earth.
Jesus had a sharp and urgent sense of destiny.
He didn’t waste His time moving towards India, or Samaria, or Egypt, or Africa. The Gospel would eventually reach those places, but now He must go to Jerusalem.
One important way to fulfil your destiny is to know when and how to begin to move towards the direction and location of its fulfilment. The focus scripture of today says as Jesus went through the cities and taught, He made sure He was doing it in such a way that His journeys took Him towards Jerusalem. (Luke 13:22).
Many Believers get themselves into unnecessary problems in life by making choices that move them away from the direction and location of the fulfilment of their destiny. They choose spouses that don’t believe in their vision, profession or ministry. They move with friends that speak against what God is telling them to do. They live in places that make it impossible or difficult for them to do God’s will for their lives.
Long ago as a prayerful young man looking forward into the future, God’s Spirit showed me how some skills would be useful in some of the things I would have to do in the future. I immediately set out to acquire those skills even when it gave me much discomfort to do so.
It didn’t make sense then to many people, but I knew I was moving towards my Jerusalem, a place of destiny fulfilment. Those skills turned out to be the reason I wasn’t stranded when challenges came.
Avoid distractions. Ask God to show you the direction of your destiny and then begin to move towards it. This is what will make you pray the right prayer, live in the right place, have the right friends, marry the right person, study the right courses and generally make relevant decisions.
This will help you avoid wasting precious time on things that have no bearing to your life and destiny. Your precious energy would be used to do precious things.
You can’t attain relevance by doing irrelevant things. You can’t attain distinction by moving in the wrong direction.
Destiny is about destination. Everyone moving gets somewhere eventually; only those who move in the right direction get to the right location.
Be sure to pray about this!
The Lord help you to move towards your Jerusalem in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Have a beautiful day.
Your friend,
Deon.
Deon Akintomide is a Pastor, author and publisher. He teaches the Word of God and ministers healing to the body and the mind. He is the founding minister of the LifeHouse Global Missions and the Pastor of The LifeHouse Kingdom Centre in Lagos. Deon is married to Tola Akintomide.
