SATURDAY - 9TH DECEMBER, 2023
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
HE STANDS TO MEET THEM - I Perceive Series 008
Read Gen. 19:1-16
Genesis 19:1, KJV
"And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
What's in the training of Abraham and also in the training of Lot that both recognize divine luminaries even when they appear as men? Your training as a Christian is what positions you for such awareness. If you've not been cultivating awareness to divine things, divine moments and blessers would come and pass by you just like that. You remember Abraham was just at the gate of his tent at Mamre when he saw these trio that he had a witness to go and fetch unto himself. He just had understanding and a move of the spirit. Same actually happens to Lot. Lot as well is at the gate of the city when he sees these two strangers but who his heart latch unto. That's the truth I have found out. God leads us by our desires at times. God will just fill your breast with some certain aspirations, desires and pursuits. You may not be able to explain why you're feeling after such things but that's summarily because God has your salvation or your provision in mind. This is why God will just make you have eye for some things or some persons that others tend to ignore. You must therefore cultivate such heart. A heart that God can impinge on and will vibrate hearing and recognizing what God is stirring him to attempt or do. This is the case with Lot.
At the city gate, he saw, he ran, he persuaded and he brought these men into his house - under his shelter. However, these aren't ordinary men. They are at least angels disguised as humans. It's in them Lot's salvation from Sodom and Gomorrah is hidden. I pray for you, you won't despise your salvation at the gate. Do you know that the man who'll head the interview panel you'll attend on Monday could cross your path on Sunday seeking direction and you may be so much attentive to him then that on Monday, you'll have bought yourself a testimony and then, all others shall be history. God do put schedules before schedules for people. God solves difficult problems for people before its eventuality. However, what is your response to God's move when it appears ahead of its D-day?
Lot exercised himself for these men. He even goes as far as wanting to endanger his virgin daughters in exchange for their safety. All these non-challant attitudes and acts of Lot speaks a million times to these divine luminaries. They came to inspect all together and they found one righteous. You know there's a verse that says, "there's none righteous, everyone has gone his way".
Romans 3:10-12, KJV
"10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one."
Yet, this one gives attention. He still understands. I pray for you, you will still understand amidst many who have all gone astray. Wherever you may be on the surface of the earth, national or societal calamity shall not pin you down. You'll always be ahead of it. You'll receive notification and leading by mercy that'll take you out. That's basically because the righteous must not suffer with the wicked. God constantly do make a separation between the righteous and the wicked and as long as you won't become stubborn or disobedience but willing and obedient, God will move for you when it is imminent. When heaven is seeking for accommodation and they are seeking for a man who still understands, may it be you who'll give them rest. Today, many ministries and called ministers are in search of rest. Only few could have a revelation of what God wants to use them for and so respond to them. You'll see that such fellow who gave his land or his house for a takeoff of such work would not be forgotten. Their act would solidify as a memorial before God and even in the history of that church. They'll have the testimony of this woman who broke her alabaster box before Jesus. Jesus said this of her.
Mark 14:9, KJV
"Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her."
Imagine that! Yet, so it has been. How do you want it to be that as someone who has come to a great estate today preaches, he references your parents intermittently as those who accepted and gave them space to start in what has gone world-wide today? Only if they can perceive. May you be with understanding. Understanding or revelation will give you knowledge that will make you act differently. Obviously, it couldn't have been Lot only that was at the gate. However, his heart yearns after making a room for them in his house. Yet, his salvation is hidden in this also. May you move in the act that'll preserve you today and then tomorrow.
PRAYER: I am rightly sited as I receive a heart that sees the blesser and responds.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Joel 1:1-3:21; Revelation 1:1-20; Psalm 128:1-6; Proverbs 29:18
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