THURSDAY - 3RD JUNE, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
HAS ZEAL DIE IN YOU?
John 2:15 -17, KJV
"15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. 2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up".
There is love of the beginning. There is strength of the beginning. There is zeal of the beginning. There is concentration and focus of the beginning.
When you get a new job, you quickly want to prove you're capable. How do you work therefore? Like a ravenous wolf. When you first meet to court, how did you relate with your beloved? Never tired. Always calling. Always caring. Always there for him or her 24/7. That's the nature of man. He may not reserve the best for the end. For those who have taken on divine nature, the testimony should rather be.
John 2:10, KJV
"... Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now."
It's better if the testimony about you is that you increase and not diminish in what you've started doing. Some will take off like a jumbo jet but will end up going on like the first generation train.
Thermometer is used to measure temperature. With what are we going to measure your zeal level now? If zeal is dying in you, you will know. You will no longer be driven by purpose like before. A sort of tolerance has entered your soul and coasting along or doing it little little is now your song. Do you know how many enemies of the church has unleash abuse and criticisms on Jesus for having exhibited violence in today's passage? Many have called him the "impatient, violent, intolerant man" but how did God view him? "The zealous man". I found out that the objective (why) for doing a thing is more judged than how it's done. Why did Jesus do what He did? To restore His Father's house to the intention of God. Whenever you're accused of doing a thing wrongly but which is born out of the right motive, God has you judged right though men may judge you wrongly.
The zeal of God's house consumed Jesus. One of the things that any adult can easily lose is zeal. Adults have tasted love. Some have had many relationships. Their fingers have been burnt before. Some have even divorced while some are single parents now. Anyone with experiences that are bitter described above may find it difficult believing in love again. Let's assume a jilted lady is going into another relationship, how do you think she'll begin to relate with this just found man? She'll do it with caution and all carefulness. She'll do it with "I won't give my whole self in case I need to pull back. So I won't be so disappointed, I won't first give all". She'll want to observe and observe before she would begin to respond. One of the people that's difficult to win their trust again in love matters are those whose fingers have been burnt. Compare her with another lady that has not tasted and gone on adventure of love before. You'll see that this other lady will be saying to her man "you're the best thing possible that has happen to me". She'll start with a kind of trust and believe in love that the former lady won't have. There will be enthusiasm, commitment and importantly, passion will be sweeping them along like a flood.
What are the ingredients of God that have decrease or have been leak out in you? This include the first of anything in your life. This includes your first love, commitment, zeal etc.
Revelation 2:4 , KJV "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love."
You may have vision but if there's no passion, you won't be able to drive it. Just like great ships are driven by fierce wind, so also are visions driven by a corresponding passion or energy. Don't let anyone whose passion for what he is doing has died put you to check or quench yours. Derogatory statements, mockery, accusation e.t.c. are few that quench passion. There are those that will mistake your passion for other things. Passion can easily be taken for wanting to be noticed. Just despise the so many comments and pour yourself into what God has ordained you to do. For you to go more than inches in this life, you need a catalyst. I call it the hard driver. It is otherwise known as zeal, energy or passion. Visions are sailed by it. Even when there are hurdles on your way and you have passion, you'll not give up. As long as encouragement has not die in you, you will finish strong.
PRAYER: Father, what are the first ingredients I started with but which I've lost now, restore them into my life. Fill my wineskin with wine and my spirit and soul with burning zeal.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 20:14-21:22, Acts 1:1-26, Psalm 121:1-8, Proverbs 16:18
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