STAGES OF DISHONOR: THE FOURTH STAGE OF DISHONOR IS TO PREVENT OTHERS FROM HONOURING SOMEONE

Scripture: Mark 14:3-6
Topic: The Fourth Stage of Dishonour is to Prevent Others From Honouring Someone.

"And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And THERE WERE SOME THAT HAD INDIGNATION WITHIN THEMSELVES, AND SAID, WHY WAS THIS WASTE OF THE OINTMENT MADE? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. AND JESUS SAID, LET HER ALONE; WHY TROUBLE YE HER? She hath wrought a good work on me."
Mark 14:3-6

Jesus also experienced this stage of dishonour. The next stage of dishonour is to prevent others from honouring you. Jesus was being honoured by the woman with the alabaster box. However, some disciples were against the idea. “It’s too much” they said. It is too expensive. It is not necessary. That is a waste of money! Who is he?  Is he God?  Why all this fuss about one man? Some people are simply against the honouring of God’s servant. If you want to give an offering to God’s servant, they would always suggest a lower amount.  Don’t give too much! Don’t spoil him! It is too much! This is not a bank!  He just preached for forty minutes. 

Indeed, there are always people who sit at meetings and dissuade others from honouring you. I was once at a meeting where suggestions were made for ministers to be speakers at a programme. When certain names were mentioned, the suggestions were immediately shot down by others. Someone said, “He shouts too much.” Another said, “We don’t want his brand of charismatism.”  Another said, “There are questions about this man so let’s stay off any controversy.” Another said, “We wouldn’t want his name associated with this programme.”  In a few moments, honoured servants of God were set-aside as though they were lepers. 

Indeed, there are people who prevent others from being honoured. They fight against the lifting and honouring of others. Make sure you are not someone who fights against the honouring of God’s servants.

Credits: Excerpt from
Those Who Honour You 
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

Comments

  1. Emily Nelima18 January 2024 at 07:13

    Lord help me to never fight against the honouring of your servants in Jesus name, Amen.

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  2. Purity23 January 2024 at 06:09

    Lord help me to honour whom I should honour every time.Amen

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