SUNDAY - 5TH DECEMBER, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE LONELINESS IN PURPOSE - Purpose Series 009
Read Genesis 37
I Samuel 2:19-20, KJV
"19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home."
Training is always in secrecy though manifestation may be public. When Samuel was taken to boarding school for concentrated studies, the house of the Lord became his house. If you're a man of purpose, you must find your home of purpose and stick to it. He not only sticks to his home of purpose but lose all familiar faces to embrace strange ones. Mother Hannah and father Elkanah have been left behind. Eli, Hophni, Phinehas and probably their wives are those to embrace now.
There's loneliness in the calling that every man called according to God's willed pleasure must embrace. Did you read there that Samuel only sees his parents once in a year? He has been driven off for concentrated learning of God's things. Emotional attachment must be set aside when it concerns life's training. Only during that once in a year visitation he stands the chance of receiving the mum's precious gift. It's not different from how parents bring special meal or gift for their students during school's open day. Samuel must have anticipated same on tiptoes. The parents, especially Hannah closed her eyes to cut him off. It seems hard but she did. Samuel was just a small boy when he embraced the loneliness of the night all on a bed. At times, he might reminisce about home but he knew he couldn't change anything on that. Look, in purpose, all familiar faces may be lost for a season because that's not their own destiny. You must be strong to face it. Joseph was just 13 years old when he was set on the journey of destiny. Without parents, money or any leverage, he entered into Egypt. He was a three times sold slave but despite all, God was with him. Let that be your comfort. Is the journey becoming difficult? Are you abroad for studies e.t.c. and you're really missing home and all faces you know. I'm hearing, "yet a little while". Endure! Be patient and you'll see that this temporary separation causing nostalgia isn't as strong as the blessings of reunion and the celebration of your success. To all those who don't even have a caregiver to check on them even once in a year, be courageous. You seem forsaken yet you're not because like a mother hen broods over her chicks, God who secured a house for you for grooming has reserved you a seat amidst the strong and great. Face life. Let your payment of attention to training graduate you quickly to become the father or mother you don't have to others. When you succeed, it is the comfort you receive on this journey you'll use to comfort others like you. Journey of destiny is lonely and when it does, embrace it. When you're in your own boarding school, don't escape home or revenge on having being forgotten at the place of training by not taking training seriously. Don't undo yourself. If Samuel had thought so and labelled the parents as neglects, he wouldn't have possessed the witness of being a prophet in the land. Even this lonely moment or longing for home is but for a moment. Night is the timeline of expiry for weeping. The day shall soon break.
PRAYER: Encourage my heart to embrace the loneliness of my training and calling. Comfort me when I'm alone.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Daniel 11:2-35, 1 John 3:7-24, Psalm 122:1-9, Proverbs 29:1
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