TUESDAY - 11TH JANUARY, 2022
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
REVIVE US!
Job 14:7-9, KJV
"7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant".
I read of a man that committed suicide during the great stock crash. He lost his wealth and then took his life which could have gotten all he lost back. No matter how extreme you've been hit, if you still have life, you can still make a reappearance. Boxers in the ring do make a come back you know. In warfare, it is very much understood that if you don't want the revenge of an enemy, you exterminate and crush him totally. The devil often make this mistake of not touching life while touching things round people's lives. God Himself understood this and so warned the devil not to touch Job's life [Job 2:6]. Job's life that was spared eventually got all back abundantly [Job 42:10]. If you still have life retained, I announce to you, you retain all.
In today's Bible reading, the Israelites have been subjugated by the consequent Pharaohs and Israel which was once loved because of the labour of Joseph now suffers in a strange land. God on seeing their affliction plans their rescue and sent them Moses.
Exodus 4:29-31, KJV
"29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped".
Did you read there that when they heard that the Lord had visited them, "they bowed their heads and worshipped?"Do you know the essence of that "bowing" and "worshipping"? Why did they do it? What calls them to bow and worship? These are people who have spent years of years in slavery that announcement of rescue has come for. Don't you think they had sigh and say, "Thank you Lord. Last, last!". They've been expecting. They've been peeping on tiptoes. At least they've heard of a land promised their patriarchs. They've heard it told them how even Joseph said the Lord would visit them and when he does, they should carry his bones hence [Gen. 50:24-25]. So, it was a sure concretized thing that they were in anticipation for a day when they'll receive an announcement of God's visitation to initiate their cropping into that land. At the announcement of Moses that the Lord has met them, they breathed a sigh of relieve. They shouted hallelujah. They rested from their work and gossiped about the visitation of God in great jubilation. They were delighted and so much grateful that at the reception of that news, they bowed and worshipped. They worshipped doing homage to Him, thanking Him for the hope, the chopper which has come to bear them out of slavery where evil bosses of life has held them.
Have you seen people who received good news before? May I ask you what behaviour they give off? Surely it may vary but it is not always devoid of thanksgiving. At the place of reception, you'll see some right away singing, dancing, closing their eyes in worship and prayer for the good news. Israel till this news' reception was like the dead but when that news of God having looked on their affliction came, they bowed in gratefulness and worshipped in adoration. They revived. But that was at the scent of water. What's the water? News of God's visitation.
Who is there who needs to revive? Who has stiffed? Who has given up? Who has thought the slavery would continue? Today, you receive a break. Behold your vacation! What good news were you anticipating? Angels move things for you to have it. Israel bowed and worshipped in revival of soul and thanksgiving. You'll do same. I say revive. Anything that can call you back from the position of death, let it happen and snap you awake to a glorious future and expected end.
PRAYER: Shepherd of Israel, He Who leads Joseph like a flock, I invoke You to give me a break from slavery. I want a break that good news brings.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 23:1-24:51, Matthew 8:1-17, Psalm 9:13-20, Proverbs 3:1-6
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