SUNDAY - 17TH OCTOBER, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
YOU AND GOD'S GENTLENESS
Psalms 18:35, KJV
"Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great."
None would have gotten to his destination if God's gentleness was withdrawn from such. The men we see in the kingdom and this mini life today as voices on the mountains they've conquered are those God's gentleness was abundant over. Do you know why? Men can't depart from being men. It is of men to err you know. However, we thank God for His mercies that are new every morning.
The Psalmist, David of course said, "Your gentleness has made me great." Do you wonder what that means? It means God's exercise of tolerance and pardoning of his mistakes or relaxation on those that are strongly punishable and should have set him back but which has finally made him great. We all know that such man is blessed unto whom God doesn't imput iniquity [Psalm 32:2]. One time, David offended God and God in wanting to punish him told him to decide what punishment amidst some given options. He chose falling into God's hands [I Chronicles 21:12-14]. That act was an act of God's gentility. Imagine you still deciding your punishment.
For this reason, he did not go into extinction but rather grew until by God's tolerance and bearing with him, he became all in destiny. The Bible recorded that David served the will of God in His own generation and slept with his fathers [Acts 13:36]. In serving God's will, he got to the height of destiny not because he exercised sinless perfection but because God was merciful on him. When I look at David and as well set Saul beside him, I saw one enjoyed gentleness while the other didn't. David was a first class offender that receives slight pardon. Though the sword never departed from his house yet that never disrupted his destiny of reaching that highest peak. Saul did his own but it swallowed him up. If you look at the New Testament, you'll still be hearing the name David ringing as Jesus was addressed many times in relation with him [ Matt.20:31, Matt.21:9].
No man is without fault but let your prayer be that your imperfections will receive God's gentility. Whenever God looks at you, may He be filled with the compassion of a father never to measure judgement to you at all or does but not in full. If it's not in full, you can't go into extinction under such judgement.
Psalms 103:13-14, KJV
'Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust."
One day, I was listening to a set man and General Overseer of a worldwide denomination that's headquartered in Nigeria. He was celebrating over three decades in ministry. Then, he thanked God who has been merciful on his mistakes. He said he has made some but he's grateful for having a Father for a Boss. Immediately, I comprehended him fully. Men of God are humans. No wonder David in another verse said this about the minister or the man God uses.
Psalms 18:50, KJV
"Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore."
David could write about mercy because he was showered some. Show me the man whose life lacks mercy and I'll quickly prophecy he that can't go all the way up. Where are the beneficiaries of mercy? We are in Morning Wings Ministry. This is my sixth year in the ministry of writing and authoring of the Morning Wings Daily Devotional Guide. We're still pressing. It's already a decade in ministry which was clothed in days of small beginning during my undergraduate studies. If I look back, I have reasons to say, 'His gentleness has made me great."
I have human weaknesses and frailties. I have even known the terror of the Lord before but I thank God I can role model after that great minister that, "my Boss is also my Father. This is where the difference lies. In this we can put our trust that we'll go all the way up until we become what surpasses our labour and the imagination of those outside. Thank God we are not disobedient children also.
Only for His gentleness! That's why what appears still appears. That's why out of nothing, something is still daily being brought forth. That's why from what is strong and hard to conquer, we're daily gathering honey. I say, "for His gentleness over me, associates and those who have succoured us as partners or members, we glorify God!"
PRAYER: Pray for Morning Wings Ministry, the founder and writer of the devotional for a glorious years ahead. Pray that God will be gentle on your own mistakes too.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 28:1-29:32, 1 Timothy 1:1-20, Psalm 86:1-17, Proverbs 25:17
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