THURSDAY - 12TH AUGUST, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
TO WHOM ALL OBEDIENCE IS TO BE GIVEN
READ John 4:1-41
John 4:25 -26, KJV
"25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he".
There's someone or some people that we esteem their words to be the final conclusion. A professional in his field has that enjoyed from us. When we are confused over a thing or argues a thing which couldn't get resolved, we may resolve to ask out what is proper or the correct of the things being argued and fit for practise from such professional whom we believe to know better.
The conversation between Jesus and this woman should win your attention. It started from a request for water which consequently leads to the talk on the partition of the Jews and Samaritans and then the living water. Later on, the gift of the Spirit is triggered and Jesus by word of knowledge discerns some marital issues in the life of the woman. Later on, their talk gets heated as to where is the right place to worship - " in Jerusalem as Jesus said or the mountain where the woman's ancestors had worshiped". To this, Jesus said, "a time is coming when you shall neither worship in this mountain nor Jerusalem. The Father seeks worshippers in spirit and in truth".
The woman not willing to continue arguing gives up arguing at the face of tiredness, confusion and the unsatisfactory resolve Jesus has given and say "Christ comes who is called the Messiah, when He comes, He'll tell us all things". He'll tell us all things means " He'll tell us as one ordained to know what is proper, what best to practice.
Now, with what she has said, you can by that infer yourself that she didn't agree with what Jesus said about not worshipping in that mountain, Jerusalem or worshipping in spirit and in truth. According to her, their fathers worshipped God in that mountain. It's a thing that has been of old and now that Jesus is contesting it with a saying that Jerusalem is a place to rightly worship God and then with a saying that what matters is to even worship God rightly in spirit and in truth irrespective of where one is; now, she's confused and her confusion is revealed by her leaving the matter for someone known as Christ, the Messiah to settle when He comes.
The Messiah has appeared but was missed at His first coming. Many didn't esteem Him so because He didn't come like a warrior who would deliver Israel from the ruling Roman empire. They didn't know the Messiah or Saviour didn't come for physical deliverance to possess a government on earth for Himself. So, since Jesus didn't fit that description, He was exempted by many as Who their Messiah could be.
In today's passage, this woman couldn't identify Jesus as that Messiah which is why she said "the Messiah comes who will tell them all things". Whereas, the Messiah to be believed and whose testimony is to be esteemed has spoken to her the truth to know and even stands before her. The conclusion of the matter and the best answer ever was what Christ told her. Only that ignorance was fighting her until Christ Himself said," I am the Messiah that speaks to thee". Until then, a cause to reexamine the facts didn't come to her neither did she ask like she later asked, "could this be the Messiah?"
People seeks to court the final answer and final solution like this woman seeks the Messiah who will tell it all. What are your doubts, questions, challenges? Today, not tomorrow, they're settled. Don't wait for a word to come in the future to attend to you, Christ has been revealed already.
I John 3:8,KJV
"...For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil".
So, all devil's works in your life are hereby erased.
PRAYER: Lord, give me revelation of those to esteem, give obedience to and receive. May I not postpone my salvation till tomorrow.
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