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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
OUT OF HIS PRESENCE - Where Art Thou Series 004?
Genesis 3:9, KJV
"And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?"
Once a man is no longer before Him, he is cut off from communication immediately and all spiritual vitality that makes a spiritual being a living spirit. God breathed into the first Adam and he became a living soul. Just because of the breath, he received life. "Araulah" wakes him up like a dead vehicle that has just received the installation of a new engine. As such, Adam could wink, move his body parts or speak. Previously, he was as dead as wood.
When Jesus told His disciples to wait for the promise of the Father - the Holy Ghost (Acts 1:4,8)), He meant when He comes, He'll enliven them. And indeed, when He came, He brought with Himself liveliness. He brought power by which they could lift hand or foot and accomplish spiritual and ministerial things. Else, they'll have been incapacitated and powerless. As a matter of fact, before then, the church was not living and functional.
This same experience is over time renewed and repeated in our lives when we stand continually before God. Those who have been uprooted, unfortunately transported or transplanted by distraction, luring or seduction of the devil may not know this joy. Why? They have left God's presence. That's why the Bible says, "thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore" (Psalms 16:11, KJV).
So, instead of having joy which impacts strength, they are as lifeless as a stone. Joy is not patronizing them. They lack motivation, encouragement and initiative. They lack ideas and the power of intuition or the ability to be personally counselled. As such, they look used, spent and finished; resembling egg shells that have given up the substance in them.
More importantly, they are cut off from divine supplies of information that guides and orders the step of a man. They are therefore far from experiencing the sure promise that says "man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" (Matt.4:4).
God is calling you back. Elijah is able to declare the decree of the Lord because fellowship and relationship has not been broken. If he were far away from God's presence and was not standing where communication could still reach him in the realm, he would have picked or known nothing to decree. Are you clueless about life? Come before God now. In God's presence, you'll discover what life is all about and how to spend it. You'll call unto Him and He'll show you great and mighty things which you know not of. In God's presence, you'll know what's next? In His presence, confusion is banished and you're permanently alien to which path or way to take. Why? There's light and clarity in His presence.
PRAYER: Father, I receive light and clarity before You. May I not run dry of strength, ideas and spree of information that You alone gives.
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