THURSDAY - 14TH OCTOBER, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE FATHER TEACHES
Read Psalm 18
Psalms 18:34, KJV
"He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms."
It is the will of the Father that all His children will be taught. He has made provision for them to learn the hows of getting things done in the kingdom way without deviating from kingdom practices.
The Psalm of David which the Spirit has fetched for us for today's devotional refers to God teaching the psalmist's hands to war. The psalmist himself acknowledges God as He who trains his hands for war. First of all, you can't be taught a thing you already know and ascertain you don't have to be taught again. So, for the psalmist to be taught by God, he emptied himself or became like a babe: declaring himself ignorant as to be imparted. This is the first position that God wants you to take today. Don't say, "I know already." If you do mentally, you can't have God teach you. The full are not filled. Even if He teaches you, you won't absorb it because there will be a battle of knowledge. If you won't empty yourself to be taught by God, then you can't be taught. You must acknowledge you're poor. If you come to this state, there will be a natural hunger created in you to pursue after what God has to teach you. You'll never want to waste it because you know that His teaching you is actually your own equipping. You'll therefore open up. Will you take this position below first of all or you've already apprehended?
Revelation 3:18, KJV
"I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Those who will ever buy must first have need. So, see your need. See your inadequacy that must be made adequate. Once you do, you'll graduate to the next class where the Lord will then take you into the secret place for practicals. The Psalmist was very specific. He said, the Lord taught his hands how to wage war and accomplish a particular hard thing - " bend a bow of bronze". Your own profession may differ from the psalmist's since he was a warrior. You may be a speaker. You may be a writer. You may be a marketer. If you are any of these etc, what will be trained will differ. It may be your mouth, mind that God must oil etc. Look, no one actually begins to do well unless he's actually trained by the Lord. Do you know why? God won't give common or generalized information that the masses have access to to such. The highest degree of doing well you can attain is through God teaching, exposing or revealing to you something that will mark you out from other competitors. What He did for David was to teach him how to subdue the unpopular and bend a bow of steel. It is not all warriors that could bend a bow of bronze. I hope you know there are many bows. We have one made from the flexible stick, plastic etc but the one God revealed its secrets to David was a bow of bronze or steel. May I tell you something? It is difficult bending that one. A steel is very much like an iron. Now, imagine what strength or technique it will take to finally bend a thing that's iron in nature. However, because of being taught, David learnt how to maneuver and put that bow to use. A bow that's never broken can't be used for war. "Broken" doesn't mean to destroy here. It means to master for use. You can't use a technique and profit from it if it has not first being properly mastered or understood. Look, don't let your pride push you away from being taught. It is then the Lord will take interest in you and not detest you from afar. He'll draw near to you and teach you how to operate your calling and career. Don't forget, He taught David how to excel in his and do the difficult - bend a bow of bronze.
PRAYER: Ancient Teacher, your commitment hasn't changed. I receive the hows of handling the difficulty in life, marriage, calling or career. My testimony will be, "it's broken".
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 22:1-23:20, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Psalm 83:1-18, Proverbs 25:11-14
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