MONDAY - 29TH NOVEMBER, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
A CASE STUDY - Purpose Series 003
Read I Sam. 1:10-28, 3:1-10
I Samuel 1:24, KJV
"And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young."
Samuel is our case study and how at a very young age, he was apprenticed to the Lord. You're very much familiar with the story of Samuel. How he was a child of vow and how he was finally lent to the Lord. At the release of Samuel to the Lord and His vocation, the boy was very young. He was not even a youth. What age do women wean a baby? The age they stop giving him suck. It was that age the Bible calls the entry of Samuel into his vocation. His training began from that insignificant age. Those who visited Shiloh and saw him may think what would this amount to. Our eyes naturally disdain what is insignificant without knowing a journey of a thousand miles starts with a step. God began to visit him and that's all that matters. The fact that God has decides to walk with a man.
I Samuel 3:10, KJV
"And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth."
He couldn't interpret who was calling him but by proper mentoring, he was shown the way to pick God's call and receive communication from Him. Herein is Samuel's success in ministry. The door to being the national prophet he became started from his ability to be trained into entering into receiving from God. The Bible recorded that Samuel became one whose word never falls to the ground.
I Samuel 3:19, KJV
"And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground."
Could this be the same Samuel that was held by his mum with innocence of what the future holds that day? How did he get here? By the passage of time and without compromise of his consecration. Did you also notice that he was the one God anointed to continue in the stead of Eli. Fathers will go but who will continue after fathers? This is why you must be available. This is why you must allow prophecy come to pass over you. Hannah vowed to lend Samuel to the Lord in the pangs of barrenness and she did. Samuel existed as one that would be given to God before his birth. This is how calling predates the birth of people also. However, what happens after birth? Do you ever find out your calling, to accept and to enter into it? If Samuel was never lent to the Lord, how will he ever grow to a place with the Lord where whatsoever he says becomes it. That was not his result when he started but it became his result as he persisted. There will be many great things that you won't see when you start out but which will manifest as a reward of righteousness and faithfulness on the way. So, take the first step, step out of the boat. Jesus is bidding you to come. He that calls you is He that will do it. He is faithful. Anyone that God calls into purpose, that's where greatness is hidden for such. As that person walks in purpose, God will begin to give him to see and enjoy the results of walking in purpose. Once you discover purpose, don't pray or worry about becoming great, you're already great. It's in purpose greatness is destined for those who will find it to walk in it, not outside it. However, what do we have today? Multitudes seeking greatness and wealth yet haven't found it. Why? Labour outside purpose.
Saint, start early. Start your children out early. Find out from God their purposes and lend them to same and let them abide in it. Start and abide. Samuel didn't run back home. He allowed that vow find total fulfillment on him. Those who start will continue after Eli's done. A journey early started is one that promises early arrival. Who knew Samuel's lending to the Lord will give him the glory of speaking once and having it come to pass? He reached the utopia of his calling. Samuel arrived. Safety and arrival is yours too if you start.
PRAYER: [Lay hand on your children or anoint them with oil]. Pray that they'll locate their purpose. Show them also. Automatically, one is destined to become great in it. Now, pray that you too won't waste away but be redeemed to fulfill purpose even at the eleventh hour.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Daniel 5:1-31, 2 Peter 2:1-22, Psalm119:113-128, Proverbs 28:19-20
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