WEDNESDAY - 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
CONTEST AT THE PRELIMINARIES - Qualify Series 001
Read I King 17:29-37
Jeremiah 12:5, KJV
"If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?"
There's always contest at the preliminaries. Your success at this stage is an indication that you may be ready for the main stream's. Men or God just don't graduate people into the main stream contest. They'll watch such man's performance as to determine whether he qualifies entering the main stream level or not. It therefore becomes of all of us to take caution, gird ourselves and know what expectation heaven has over us. It would be death if you suddenly get graduated into the main stream level. No coach would allow that. They'll rather cook you in the preliminaries to cultivate speed, competence and the confidence needed at the mainstream. This boldness or competence is the basis for your doing well one day in the mainstream. God told me, "your preparation will always show." You may deceive men about it but you can't deceive yourself. And if you do, a test is coming to have it revealed that you've been living in falsehood.
Consider David. He didn't meet Goliath first of all at his waking up into soldiery. Not at all. God doesn't trust people with Goliath when they're yet to triumph over their bears and lions. He'll rather still leave them at the back side of the desert and not make any effort introducing them into the mainstream. God knows discipleship. He's the greatest mentor. His thoughts for us are of good and not evil but He achieves that end result by first beginning with a man at the humble stage. No matter how much God's thoughts are precious to you, He won't carry you over a level which is your testimonial for the next. It has to be line upon line, precept upon precept.
While we knew faith in the God of Israel and his covenant position capacitated David for triumphing over Goliath; yet, we knew that he had built some level of competence and confidence at the "footmen" level. At that level, the contest is bearable. The fight is not overwhelming and it has been made mild for all who will enter into the competition there. They always bear with the frame of the contestants. They know "they're formed of dust and have just been weaned from pleasure to be brought for camping and training." If you want, you could call it the light weight championship. When Saul said David wouldn't be able to fight Goliath because he is just a youth and that Goliath has been a man of war from his youth, David quickly open his profile that he didn't fail in the contest at the footmen level. He assured the king he passed the preliminaries and so should be granted the opportunity to face Goliath. On that note, Saul believed him to be qualified. May I ask, "what witness have you purchased for yourself amidst people till now?" He that is capable or he that can't be trusted with the job? If you've been failing at the preliminaries, you have judged yourself out of the mainstream. Nobody, I say nobody would believe in what you're able to do. They'll always tell you to go outrun the footmen before having a view of contest with the horses. I pray for you, you won't fail at your place of training. God might have put you under a minister that's not very popular to learn from. That may be your preliminaries. Don't fail. It's because one day, "horses" will be harnessed for you to compete with. Harder times are coming and only hardened men could take such time for themselves. There was a time even the kingdom of God suffers no violence but a time came when people began to be compelled to double up. The Bible says, "and from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of God suffers violence and men of violence takes it by force (Matt.11:12). Remember, all those who fail in the days of adversity, it was because their strength was small. Brace up. Fill your vessel and let it be known to you, men, God and the devil that you're ready for fights at the height. Purchase a clearance for yourself into the mainstream.
PRAYER: Enlighten me to take training seriously. The training for my future promotion won't be despised. I esteem the days of little beginning.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Song of Solomon 1:1-4:16; 2 Corinthians 8:16-24; Psalm 50:1-23; Proverbs 22:22-23
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