SATURDAY - 30TH JULY, 2022
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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THOSE WHO LOOK AT THE SKY OR WEATHER TO PROPHESY
Ecclesiastes 11:4, KJV
"He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap."
Many there be in Christendom who are not waiting on the Holy Spirit. Who the Holy Spirit is to them isn't real or let's say they haven't learnt Him and His outworking. Some have found themselves in ministry and with pressure either from people or daily necessities to know God's mind have substituted the path for the pseudo they created out of convenience or tradition of men. In short, these are those who look at the sky or weather to prophesy. They are not being led, prompted or stirred by the Holy Spirit into teaching, speaking or the doing of one act or the other. Even when they respond to people's enquiries or searches, they look at every humanly possible ongoings, make judgements from those and then offer a response. So, they eventually become false prophets fit for condemnation.
The Lord told me and I heard. "Woe unto any who looks unto the sky or weather to prophesy. They shall not only slip but be disappointed!" "Prophesy" there means "to act." He that observes the wind shall not sow and he that observes the cloud shall not reap. The "wind" and the "cloud" are two natural phenomena or elements. We can gather that something will happen by them - when they're at work. They are even one of the best ways to naturally read that it might rain. When the cloud gathers obviously, one might judge by that it would rain. This is the addition of 2+2 which gives 4. But that's human calculation based on happenings in the environment which our intellect has picked or could add up. That it is cloudy doesn't always mean it would rain. Now, let us assume you're such a fellow who bases his deeds on the judgements of things round him before acting, how prosperous would you be? You'll embrace the evil, miss the good and be hindered from the best many times. For example, the election is coming in Nigeria. You'll hear some prophets begin to prophesy that it is this or that who will win. Many times, they do so having known the reputation, years of experience, cunningness, popularity etc of the fellow they're predicting. Those are actually the things they're counting on to win him the election and not because "God really says." So, they watch, take a roll call, call the numbers first of all and then use their little human mind to say, "this is what would happen. This is my choice. God's choice." God has a surprise for people of your like.
Christians are to live on instructions. They're to leave from inside out and not outside in. There's no guarantee that a thing would happen or won't gathered from any other source that holds water except God tells you "yes" or "no." I wonder why people aren't afraid. When you do your 2+2, is there not a part of you witnessing "you did this yourself. It's a guess work and it could fail" to you. Being occasional falling in line at times doesn't make you right because you'll know if none knows how you derived your answer. God is therefore calling us to real Christianity of not judging by ongoing daily activities around us to act but of leveraging on the "words of His own mouth (Matt.4:4)." Esteem the words of His mouth more than your daily necessary food (Job 23:12). He who watches the sky to act is he who won't go to reap because he'll believe it would rain. Whenever it doesn't rain, he can't but waste that day, that moment or hour which if he had been led, he'll never have been under fear or doubt of "likeliness of rain." Such also miss right timing and the beautiful time of each thing God ordains to be done in their calendars. It is better to be led than doing vain, doubtful calculation that you're not confident about. Obtain your results and let your acts come from He who created the cloud. When it will or will not rain, He knows and He is the best one to tell you whether to carry a step despite what the weather might be revealing or not. You may be looking at the economy of your country and so not invest, build or carry some steps. But if you were to ask God, He might tell you to launch out and that resources will come. Even in famine, Isaac sowed in the land and reaped hundred fold. Previously, he was watching his natural circumstances to act. So, he had gathered himself to travel to Egypt. However, God saved him from transgression and directed him to live by His own words. When others saw him stay back, they might have wondered at his foolishness but every action prompted by God's mouth or leading can't but be that of wisdom. People will soon be surprised to ask you "how, how?"
PRAYER: Lord, may I not be cursed for impersonating you to have spoken when you've not. May all my acts proceed from you in waiting and gathering.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Chronicles 24:1-25:28; Romans 12:1-21; Psalm 22:19-31; Proverbs 20:8-10
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