FRIDAY - 9TH JULY, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
GO ALL OUT!
II Kings 9:24,KJV
"And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot."
You will always have a target and bringing that target down isn't your second thought but first. In the pursuit of a goal and seeing it succeed, you need to go all the way out.
Jehu went all the way out. In today's passage, he stands as the anointed king for vengeance against the house of Ahab and Jezebel. Jehoram is a son of Jezebel. When he fled, it took a sniper to take him down by a shot and Jehu did that.
In arrow shooting, I heard that when you draw bows, you should draw the strongest and when you hit, hit hard. If Jehu had not drawn hard and hit hard, one thing would have been true: Jehoram might have been hit but he might have escaped by later recovering.
What did the Bible says about Jehu and the bow: his instrument of target for achieving purpose today? "Jehu draws it with his full strength." I know why people are not achieving their goals. One major reason is because they pursue but they don't pursue excellently. They don't give it all. They don't give commitment. Why did Jehu draw his bow with his full strength? He wants to ensure if it hits, it will be a hard hit. Do you know that the bow do make a kind of threatening sound as if it would break if well drawn for release? I believe that bow gave off such sound that day. Jehu drew with his full strength so that when it hits, it will hit well and his target will not survive it. So, what happen after the hit? Jehoram was pierced. It wasn't an arrow he could escape because it was an arrow well drawn on the string and released with fury. Such arrow can pierce a dry wood and come out of it. Exactly, that's what the arrow did. It pierced from one end and out it came out of Jehoram's heart. If it were a bow not drawn well with all Jehu had as strength that day, there is tendency that Jehoram is hit, escape and afterwards heal since the arrow would not pierce much. This one ain't one. It left no chances for recovery.
Today, draw your arrows with all your full strength. You will do so if you have a goal that you must achieve once and for all. That's when you can't become careless. For Jehu, he carries the anointing for vengeance and the escape of Jehoram might erupt into a declaration of war or hostility against him. So, to avoid that, he gave it his best shot and sniped Jehoram out at a shot.
Give that goal of yours a blow but a deadly blow. Let it be a blow that won't make it sneeze but rather faints and die. Read as if you won't read again to pass exams. Attack your plans with all you've got in you. Give new enthusiasm and don't diminish in encouragement. Only those who can't risk Jehoram escape will draw the bow with their full strength. Please, if it hits, let it hit hard and make irrecoverable.
PRAYER: Lord, strengthen my feeble hands and my drooping knees. I receive strength to give all resources at my hands to achieve my target in life. May I always be fully committed.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Kings 3:3-4:34; Acts 6:1-15; Psalm 126:1-6; Proverbs 16:26-27
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Go all out! Don't spare your strength.
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