THURSDAY - 5TH MARCH, 2026
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO
"But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:"
Every calling is like a capsule. That capsule contains certain details. Those details are given or determined by the Lord. I believe strongly that what has not been allocated to you, you cannot do. Even if you strive to do it, it won't come easy and if you eventually get it done, it'll be dead work for you because it was never counted for you to do.
After this teaching, you'll see reasons why you should stay in your lane and not break rank. God has given and determined for everybody what they should cover and how far they should go. Consider the verse we have above.
First, God affirms Saul (later Paul) as a chosen instrument unto Him. What this means is that Paul is not an interloper. He didn't come there to poke nose. He was called. He was chosen to come and do certain things for God. With being chosen comes the instrumentality of the anointing that'll make those works prosperous in his hands. He couldn't have done anything with the arm of the flesh or by presumption.
Then, the Lord begins to disclose certain things on the calling/ministry of Paul that he would be known for. He's to bear Jesus' name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. Unlike Peter who mostly stayed in the Jerusalem church, Paul was a traveling minister. He took the gospel to new territories - the Gentile nations just as it was said of him and fulfilled in all these places (Acts 13:46-47, Rom.11:13, Gal.2:7-8). Also, in the process of being tried, he stood and brought the gospel before kings as earlier said of him when he was receiving his mandate (Acts 25:23-24, Acts 26:1-2, Acts 24:24-25, Acts 25:6-12, II Tim.4: 16-17) without neglecting witnesses before the children of Israel also (Acts 13:5, 14-16, 17:1-2, 28:17).
You wonder why some people have special open ministry doors to the government, influential people, children, the addicted, force members etc, it may be because when they were being harnessed for their calling, those were subject matters God would have them cover. There's no calling without an intended audience or purpose(s). God raises and sends callings to people for diverse reasons as they have needs. He knows who is best suited to meet certain needs of certain people at a particular time.
All these should make it clear to you that you cannot copy another man's calling or the details of his calling. If you do, you'll leave the details of your own calling undone and be ineffective in the other which was not given to you to do. All the details in Paul's calling were so much fulfilled that the accompanying suffering that was meant to follow his ministry also followed him.
"For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake."
Indeed, he fulfilled all those severally (II Cor. 11:23-27, Acts 14:19-20, Acts 16:22-23, Eph. 3:1).
You see, everything was determined for him at the beginning. What differentiates his calling from any other apostle's calling are those. It was God who measured and determined for him what to do. Thanks to God that he ate all and finished the meat of He that sent him. Thanks that he could later open his mouth to say, "I have finished my race" (II Tim. 4:6-8). A man who has finished his race or course has fulfilled every bit and part of his calling. This is who you should be. A man who goes all the way doing everything written, prophesied and declared of him. None should be missing - even when there are portions of suffering for you to drink.
PRAYER: I embrace my calling and accept it with trust. I fulfill the details of my own calling and finish it. I shall not do another.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 4:1–5:31, Mark 12:18–37, Psalm 48:1–14, Proverbs 10:26
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