TUESDAY - 28TH FEBRUARY, 2023
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO
DISCERNING AND CEASING THE TIME! - Our Saviour Series 006
Read Luke 19:1-10
Luke 19:4-5, KJV
"4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house."
Are you there? Let it be that what God wants to do will be by you. And as far as I know, God is in need of hands - many labourers (Lk.10:2). Ensure you're in the condition of honourable vessel that God can't jump over when perused for use. God left Saul for David but you must ensure if God enters a city today needing an Ananias, you'll answer with, "here I am Lord (Acts 9:10)." Also, be sensitive to what time has come on you if you'll ever be God's vessel. There's always a time of recruitment - a time God seeks for a worthy vessel to carry a call and send (Isa.6:8). Tamar has such sensitivity. Judah denied her marrying his youngest son for the fear of that dying also (Gen. 38:11). But Tamar wouldn't relent. She could perceive there's something in store that would be unfolded by time but which she must join herself to and make history by. It was so written in her heart that when she was told of his father in law going on to Timnath to shear his sheep, she gird herself, remove her sack cloth immediately and goes to make history by being joined to the Messiah's lineage (Gen.38:13-14). What a perception! This is ruling by revelation. Revelation of time and season that has come upon you that you must ride on lest it slips. You see, God will do His own. He'll keep us informed of the move we must not miss.
Genesis 38:13-14, KJV
"13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her..."
At times, we'll have a heart drawing or persuasion towards a certain move or action. What we have never felt or thought at a time before would begin to occur and reoccur in your mind because you've neared the fullness of time for it to be acted or birthed. For instance, God found people who gossiped to Tamar about her father in law (opportunity) passing by. This way, Tamar squeezed herself into the lineage of our Lord Jesus Christ by being pregnant by Judah himself. This way, she entered into the annals of records as the great grandmother of Jesus.
Matthew 1:3, KJV
"And Judas (Judah) begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram."
She ensured she's known in association with Jesus. Something was rousing and motivating her saying, "it's this family you must marry into and not another" and that's because there's a prophecy and calling you must be known in relation with. God, anoint me with such heart knowing. Help me to stick to what there is a future in. Show me who to go with because theirs is the future. May I have headlamps. May I see far. May I have inner light - guiding me towards making the right decision of destiny. May I see the vision of tomorrow which makes one a die-hard saying, "your God will be my God and your people will be my people (Ruth 1:16)." May I not let go of the discovery of what you want to use me to do which my heart has already caught.
People, Tamar saw it was Judah God was going to save by. As good as other tribes were, Jesus would never come through their lines. If it's not Judah, it's not any other. Tamar saw this and she did all to make this marriage bond with Judah by obtaining child from there though it was the harlot she plays. However, that just morals how God would like us love the calling and yield to it once we perceive a call on us. We must be Jacob in attitude and not Esau who despised the calling and the anointing (Heb.12:16). May you too irrespective of who you are smell the calling, the anointing, the vacancy in an office and in all preparation of heart righteously avail yourself for it.
"If God is currently passing by a road", will you be there is the question He's telling me to ask you? When Zaccheaus knew that Jesus (the salvation he should see) would be passing by a certain road, He made preparation to go await Him there.
Luke 19:4, KJV
"And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way."
On that same road Jesus was set to pass, Zaccheaus positioned himself by climbing the tree and setting himself where Jesus would see and call on him. This is a man with a hunger. This is a man with a revelation. This man has intentions and he won't let it slip. It is, "I must see Jesus" which now indirectly makes Jesus to see him too. This is a man who refuses to be passed by. He wanted to meet Jesus but hindrances of the press won't allow. So, he devised sacrificing by yet running ahead of Him to await Him on the road He knows He must need pass. This is a man who will "do all" to see Jesus and walk worthily of his being called by Him eventually. Lord, teach us strategic positioning. Let us act on the gossips of the Spirit and ones those who have lent their ears to the Spirit would avail us so that we'll be a beneficiary of season's move. Teach us how to organize destiny meet and appointment because of a glimpse of light from inside. Teach us how not to miss time when salvation is passing and coming our own way. Teach us how to enforce and say, "this is the day and now is the time." May it be today and not tomorrow. May it be you God's call will go out to amidst the crowd. Jesus called unto Zaccheaus. It was, "come down for I must be in your house today." Look at how desiring to see Jesus has landed Zaccheaus a call and a meet with Jesus and destiny. And if you'll remember, it was also that day salvation came into his house. He never missed his time that awaits to come but which has now come. If Zaccheaus had missed his time, when next would he meet Jesus? Is it not better to have tarried there and see Him that day? Was Jesus not passing by the way He knew He'll pass? That's why I pray that you'll see time to hold and utilize. May you from today begin to reap for your righteous desire to be part of what God is doing. The Bible says, "thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows" (Hebrews 1:9, KJV). That's reaping the reward of identifying with God. God's chasers and pursuers always have a dividend. Tamar and Zaccheaus did. You're next! As you pursue that little desire, you'll be admitted into the big thing God has planned. You won't miss prophecy, you'll meet it.
PRAYER: Lord, may I not miss my season's move. Give me desire and eyes for Your things and what I must in flight take and pursue. May I make myself worthy of Your call.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Leviticus 20:22-22:16; Mark 9:1-29; Psalm 43:1-5; Proverbs 10:18
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