FRIDAY - 13TH DECEMBER, 2024
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
WILL THIS BE YOUR TESTIMONY? - Knowing The Planned Time Series 013
Mathew 2:2, KJV
"Saying, where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him."
Do you know the testimony of some? It is, "for we have seen His star in the east..." Before we launched, we bear record that we had seen his star in the East.
However, it is not everyone who can open their big mouth to say they have seen his star in the east before launching out. Some never had that experience of knowing God's mind before choosing their life's partner, choosing school, entering a career or relocating somewhere. They can lie about it or fake response to having received God's testimony before launching out, yet they will know deep down that they lie.
The magi were able to boldly say it to whomsoever they come across in Jerusalem to help them in the location of the new born King of the Jews because we are sure of what we saw - "...we have seen his star in the east."
God wants this to be your testimony son/daughter. He wants you to be able to look back and testify that you had a prompting of the Spirit before you leaped out. He wants you to be able to tell people that you are not like other men but that, "you saw His star (heard Him) before you left your fatherland to another country."
2025 is not for the careless to dwell in. Except God initiates your journey or launches you on a path by providence (which you can testify of). Those who have gone on journeys on their own initiative will be falling for it. What the Lord is knocking this morning is this, "can you speak assuredly like these magi that you've seen my 'star' (revealing) before taking any step?" You're now in Jerusalem right? You've left the East. However, if you call people back home or meet new people where you are, can you tell them without any shadow of doubt that "you saw the star before departure."
If you cannot, you need to repent and submit to the Lord who guides the feet of a man without letting him slip. The Lord is a good shepherd and because He is, those He leads will never live in perpetual want of a thing. He always meet their needs. That's why I'll like you rest in him without having guilty conscience that your operation is outside Him but only in pursuance of bread and not towards fulfillment of purpose where you are.
When the magi saw the star in the East, it launched them to Jerusalem on a journey that God initiated for a purpose. The fact that such caliber of men have come to pay obeisance to baby Jesus proves His destiny as a great King indeed. He's a King that the whole heaven and earth will worship and according to Philippians 2:9-10, "God has highly exalted Him and given Him a name which is above every name...that in the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess irrespective of their locations". Also, through the magi's visit, God was able to support the newly born family through the precious gifts they gave Jesus. It could have been sold to finance their journey or take care of baby Jesus while in Egypt.
That men from afar came to Jerusalem to bow down also shows how the fame of Jesus and His name would reach the ends of the earth. Today, we see all these in manifestation and we can reckon why God started the magi on their journey.
They weren't idle men. They are wealthy and honourable men who have businesses to take care of before the appearance of the star cut them quit and gave them a new assignment to embark on - to find baby Jesus and pay homage to Him.
I pray for you that God will end frivolity in your life in this year and 2025 majorly. May you not do anything that'll make you not to be able to say capitally that, "we are here because we have seen his revealing in our heart."
Imagine how they spoke assuredly. When people shiver, stammer and are lost for words, it may be that God didn't initiate their journey before them. And what He didn't initiate, He won't prosper. May you not be on your own in life.
PRAYER/CONFESSION: I am not lost. I am not alone. The Good Shepherd is with me and it is He who leads me on.
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