WEDNESDAY - 9TH FEBRUARY, 2022
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
A MAN OF LIKE PASSION
James 5:17,KJV
"Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months."
Passion is what equalizes all of us. Elijah, the great man of God was just like any one of us. He has feelings, affection and a constitution like ours. Meanwhile, he was also able to live beyond being human because he was able to exercise the supernatural side. That was the part that makes him not look like men of like passion with the constitution of ours. Because of being a man of like passion, that could have restricted and hindered him from living the God-life. This part which is divine however that anointed men of God constantly exhibits is what has deceived many into sinning. They'll think "I'm not prone to falling again." Raising the dead is not a guarantee that you can't backslide. Aren't you still having human affections?
On another note, that Elijah wrought the supernatural is an assurance that while we're humans in this flesh and while we still exhibit our human nature yet we can live under the divine constitution. That Elijah was a man of like passion means he was consequently opened to all the challenges you're facing and complaining about now in the flesh. There were moments his own body moved too. He only had to subdue it. He felt hungry e.t.c also.
Even our men of God today and those we call daddy or mummy have parts of the opposite sex they like and are falling for. That makes them truly a man of like passion that is vulnerable to temptation, seduction and even backsliding just like anyone. Our frame is dust: still flesh and blood though we may be anointed or fire brand. So, beware and take caution around the opposite sex.
The disciples were men of like passion also. That's why they experienced weakness to pray somewhere.
Matthew 26:40, KJV
"And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto peter, what, could ye not watch with me one hour? 26:41 watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
If you're too tired to pray (which is not an excuse for that exercise), it's because you're a man of like passion. Angels don't get tired. It is in the nature of man to be tired. Even Paul was a man of like passion. That's why Paul said " I put my body under." He knows being unguarded for a minute could wreck down all his years' labour in Christ. That's an exercise that everyman of like passion must do daily or else, you may not know when you'll stray in thoughts and begin to sleep with someone in your heart. Consequently, you can do it live. You'll feel sexually aroused as a correct man of like passion but you must keep your body under until you're married or until you have your partner ready (if married) to communicate ministration to you (I Corinthians 9:27).
Why did Paul keep his body under? He was a man of like passion with blood, cold blood running through his veins. Please, don't do counselling behind close doors or start prayer with the opposite sex and hold hands. Doing so is wanting to reap consequences. Can a man carry fire in his bosom and not be burnt. Let's ask "why did Paul counsel that every man should have his own spouse?" It is because he knows we're men of like passion. That's why he said "in order to avoid fornication." He knows only humans can commit fornication and not angels. Our own make up makes us men of like passion. Knowing that is the key for building defences (I Corinthians 7:2-3, KJV). These are just a run through of the fact that we are men of like passion who is susceptible to weakness, failure, fear, temptation, hunger, thirst, pressure e.t.c that a human being like us will be opened to. In the light of this, we will know how to behave and take preventive measures which will keep our body under subduing. As bitter as it is, no man could kill being a man of like passion because that's why he still feels hungry, thirsty or sleepy. We can only control and subdue the exhibition of the nature in man that can bring him into sin.
PRAYER: Help me overcome my passions and human weaknesses.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Exodus 28:1-43, Matthew 25:31-26:13, Psalm 31:9-18, Proverbs 8:12-13
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