FRIDAY - 4TH FEBRUARY, 2022
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
ALL THAT I HAVE IS YOURS
READ Luke 15:11-end
Luke 15:31, KJV
"And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, AND ALL THAT I HAVE IS THINE.
This statement when it was said was given out as an assuring statement. Who was in doubt? Who needed to be reassured? It was the elder brother of the fellow popularly known as the prodigal son. The younger brother had found his way back home. The father had thrown him a welcome party with lavishness. The elder brother on enquiry and detection of what was going on refused to go in. He'll rather cut himself off from participation to show his disapproval and protest against his father's perceived unfairness. To him, the father accords favour to his younger brother than him though the younger brother has been the waster. One who has brought grieve and many sleepless nights to the father until he was found. He never knew the whole truth until the father's explanation.
"You're ever with me. All that I have is yours. The father said, "your brother was lost and he's found. It is good we celebrate".
This statement ends all his inner agitation and contention. It's just a statement but one that casted away the spell that Satan rubbed on him to rob him of the father's love. That statement also shows how the younger brother and father would from thence live on the elder brother's allocation. Don't forget, the father had two children. The younger brother had collected his lot - the one that fell unto him and had exhausted it. Automatically, that leaves only one portion which is that of the elder brother.
This is also a message that God loves sinners or backsliding Christians and would do all to have them back with cheers but God never celebrates a repentant sinner at the expense of a faithful believer who all the days of his life tarries in the Father's house without shifting position. So, if you've decided to backslide, don't just think you'll be equated with a faithful Christian. There's joy in heaven that you're back but much more than that are the privileges enjoyed by loyal sons and daughters who stay with God under seasonal weathers.
Until this was said, the elder brother never saw reasons to continue to esteem the father as one with a right sense of justice. When he saw that indeed his younger brother has been made like a servant unto him, he let go of contention. Who will be in his shoe amidst us that won't be jealous? If somebody wastes his own portion, should he come back and allow another not to enjoy his fully when at first, his was measured out in full to him? However, thank God for forgiveness.
Brethren, who are the ones you need to assure? Assurance answers cries of the heart. It comes by speaking the right word to change perspective, solidify perspective and concretize it. If there's no assuring word from parents to their children, the children may lose faith in themselves, their parents and what their parents' ability can do for them. If a lover don't give constant assurance and reassurance to his lover, she won't know her place. She'll have tough times believing wholly in the man especially if such man is popular or object of desire.
So, don't withhold to say, "all that I have is yours." This plus some other assuring words will bring encouragement to your lover and win them to your side. What will it costs you to exert your energy and say some words of affirmation?
PRAYER: Loving Father, the author of assurance and reassurance, put words in my mouth and acts in me that fit their seasons to win my lover always. Teach me the laws of assurance.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Exodus 17:8-19:15, Matthew 22:34-23:12, Psalm 27:7-14, Proverbs 6:27-35
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