SATURDAY - 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE KING AGAINST WHOM THERE'S NO RISING UP
READ Exodus 15
Acts 9:6, KJV
"6 And he trembling and astonished said, LORD, WHAT WILT THOU HAVE ME TO DO? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do."
Down the line of history, men have accrued power and made themselves into a demigod to be feared and cringingly obeyed. Even in this civilization, we still have countries that their rulers rule supreme and demands reference like God. North Korea bears testimony. Against a dictator like the one there, there's no rising up. Acts of rebellion against him are intolerable which makes rising difficult.
You have to know that you and God can't enter into the contest of who will first blink. You won't only blink (break down and consequently give in), you might run blind (totally vanished into oblivion or extinction) if his hand becomes heavy on you. One of such men that rose against God out of ignorance that pretended to be zeal was Saul of Tarsus. God saw his heart to serve Him yet he was doing the opposite. He was observing tradition and defending it, believing it was for God. He seeks to flow with the High Priest (God's supposedly representative), yet all of them were in error. God might have been merciful to him considering this and the fact that he just needed to be tamed as predestination has written him a chosen instrument who will preach Him even to nobles yet suffering many things also (Acts 9:15-16).
This Paul that went proudly in boasts to the High Priest to collect a letter that would authorize him bind any that belongs to the way was one that now becomes soft tempered after the Lord had dismounted him from his bunk. Saul was so soft that when the Lord introduced Himself to him as the One He persecutes, he had no more spirit to rival or go further in contest. He rather asked like a prisoner of war, "what would you have me do?" He was brought into agreement!
Are you seeing submission? This was the man that the perspective of him we had at the beginning of that chapter was that of a chimera. Now, he has been cooled down. The tamer has touched him and indeed he has been tamed. Without a chain, he was bound and faithfully followed instructions that he knew could only lead to the restoration of his eyes. He was told to rise and go into the city where things would be shown him. Who don't know that a receiver of an instruction is submitted to the giver? Over the once boastful Saul, God has gained glory and victory like He gained over Pharaoh and his proud host (Exodus 15:1).
How many people are there persecuting Christians all over the world? It is Jesus you're persecuting and He will triumph gloriously over you. Some people like the High Priest may be supporting, financing and authenticating you to do more. They'll only put you face to face with God. The High Priest was at home when Saul met with Jesus face to face. The brunt will be yours to bear.
Those whom God rose against testified of their encounters. Like Jacob, they still do behold often the indelible memory they sustained while striving it out with God. Yahweh is the One against Whom there's no rising up.
Proverbs 30:31, KJV
"A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
He towers any dictator or most feared fellow you may know. May He not lay what you're doing to your charge. Rising against a king shows rebellion but God is the One against whom there's no rising and there ought not to be one. You can stand to rebel against God but God doesn't have to take much thought against subduing you because you exist in the palm of His hands. The inhabitants of the earth are as grasshoppers before Him. If that be, what sort of mind ye ought to possess? May you know your boundary that God has given you liberty to go far but not farther. Just like He sets for the water, He has one set for man also (Psalms 104:9). He is the One that determines how long we can last in any battle against Him and I know no human can last a second against God.
PRAYER: Father, forgive my ignorance wherever I have contended with Your will. Input it not to me as sin. May you teach me submission and agreement with You rather. Encounter persecutors of the church worldwide and fight for those who have gone to the end of the earth . Against You, there's no rising up.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 34:1-Joshua2:24, Luke 13:22-14:6, Psalm 79:1-13, Proverbs 12:26
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