SAT, 8TH NOV, 2025 - 𝐁𝐄 𝐀 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋

SAT, 8TH NOV, 2025

𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ:
𝐁𝐄 𝐀 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ:
Ezekiel 18:1-19:14;
Hebrews 9:1-10;
Psalm 106:32-48;
Proverbs 27:10.

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:

1 Kings 19:19-21

[19] So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

[20] And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

[21] And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:

Mark 1:17

And Jesus said unto them, come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
Good followers today, great leaders tomorrow.

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧.

ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.

MFM Daily Devotional Message Saturday, 8th November, 2025.

Apostle Paul was so sure that his walk with the Lord had no blemish or reproach that he confidently told beievers in his days to follow him as he followed Christ. His principle was not 'do as I say but don't do as I do'. He also urge believers to be imitators of God. He was an exemplary spiritual leader. He paid a huge price to attain his enviable spiritual stature and the status of an apostle. He deserved being a role model to believers in his days as well as Christians of today. Timothy, his spiritual son and protege, turned out very on life and ministry for following in Apostle Paul's steps. Barnabas, Silas and John Mark will attest to the power of God at work in Paul's life and the deluge of Grace he carried.

Many people blame those in leadership position for the problems in families, organisations, churches and nations. The proponents of this school of thought believe that lack of visionary leadership is the reason things are not working in many organisations. Is this true? While this may be so in some cases, it is not so in all cases. Bad followership creates problems as much as bad leadership does.

Moses was an exceptional leader but Aaron and the children of Israel erred when he left them to seek the face of God for a while. Elisha was a remarkable leader but Gehazi failed to follow Jehovah with unstinted devotion like his master. Similarly, Achan proved he was a bad follower as he put the whole nations in trouble and unwarranted defeated for stealing the accursed materials. Even our Lord, Jesus Christ, the leader par excellence had a bad follower in the person of Judas Iscariot, who made himself a child of perdition by choice.

What was the problem with these followers who failed. They knew the code of conduct, rules, ethics and etiquette as well as corporate culture that govern their organisation or nation but refused to follow them. They acted disgracefully as bad team players, covenant breakers and disloyal felons. The consequences of the actions were grave. No one will ever pray to experience what happened to Korah, Datan, Abiram and their family members or to Miriam for speaking wrongly against Moses on the issue of the Cushite woman. All these are consequences of bad followership.

How then do we identify a good follower? First, he or she learns and supports the leader's vision, as long as they do not conflict with God's word. Second, he or she demonstrates total loyalty and commitment to the success of the leader and the vision he champions. Also, he or she prays for the leader and the organisation day and night. In addition, he or she serves as a good ambassador of the organisation and protects it interest always.

Beloved, a you a good follower? Only good followers have the right to aspire to be leaders. Only good followers will make good leaders. Joshua, Elisha, Peter, James and John were once good followers before they became successful leaders. Borrow a leaf from these Bible heroes. I pray that the Lord will make you a captain of His people, the head and not the tail, in Jesus' name.

MFM Daily Prayer Points 8th November 2025

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

1. Father, make me a good follower, in the name of Jesus.

2. Father, make me a great leader, in the name of Jesus.

3. I receive the grace to support those in leadership and pray for them, in the name of Jesus.

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

4. Father, make me a good team player, in the name of Jesus.

5. I refuse to waste divine opportunities as Achan, Gehazi and Judas did, in the name of Jesus.

6. Spirit of Gehazi, depart from me, in the name of Jesus.

7. I will not end the way Judas did, in the name of Jesus. From being a good follower, I will become a great leader, in the name of Jesus.

©2025 𝙈𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘳. 𝘋.𝘒 𝘖𝘭𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘺𝘢 (𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦)