WEDNESDAY - 1ST JANUARY, 2025
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE ABUNDANTLY BLESSED MAN - Full of Them Series 001
Genesis 48:12, KJV
"And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth."
The image being painted here vividly reminds me of a picture where my father has two of my siblings in-between his knees while the rest of us surrounds him. This imagery of having children - not one in between one's knees shows having abundance, being full or being blessed.
I know that some might choose not to marry, let alone give birth. It is by this they'll be marked as eunuchs for the kingdom of God if their dedication is for God and the furtherance of the gospel. There are other eunuchs anyway (Matt.19:12). However, having children and having them as arrows in a quiver paints the image of a blessed man.
The Bible says in Psalms 127:3-5 "3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."
Note the statement that says, "happy is the man that has his quiver full of them." Now, take that statement and compare it with the imagery of having children in-between one's knees as portrayed by Joseph who has Ephraim and Manasseh in-between his knees. You'll observe that what that suggests of Joseph is the picture of a blessed man. A man that has and has and is comforted because he has. He's a man that has and can be said to lack nothing because he has the crown of creation as his reward! He's a fulfilled man - not lacking in joy!
The Lord is starting this year with the fact that He wants to make your quiver full of them. He wants to make your knees to be full of them. He wants to bless you with one, two or three so that you can bring them forth from between your knees for certain purposes as fit their callings and destinies.
For waiting fathers and mothers, God has not forgotten you and it is not ordinary that God is leading me to proclaim to you that your quiver shall be full of them. The valley of dry bones is not in want of bones. It is full of them (Ezek. 37). Why should you be in want constantly for children? Does it seem you have none now? When others are pushing their own forward or bringing them out of their knees in fanciful and ecstatic joy, it looks as if your own knees are empty. However, Jireh (the Provider) says I should tell you that you shall not be disgraced. You shall have and to 'spare.' You shall have and have to send on errand. You shall have and have ones that'll become pride of parents. So shall it be. Welcome to a New Year where you're full of all blessings!
PRAYER: Father, my quiver is not empty nor is my house void of joy. Abundance upon and all around me as I journey this year.
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 1 & Genesis 1-2
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