SUNDAY - 30TH MARCH, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
GOD WILL ADMINISTER YOU!
I Kings 18:10, KJV
"As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not."
First of all, all of us cannot live in the same place. That's why there are different men spread over the surface of the earth, living in different places. As a matter of fact, you cannot persuade some people out of the locations they have found to dwell. That is not because they are self sufficient or have everything in this life at their disposal there but because they are contented dwelling there. When you have inner satisfaction and joy staying somewhere, it becomes difficult being persuaded out of that location especially the one God has sovereignly administered you into.
The Bible has pointed out that God determines the periods of our existence and the bounds of our dwelling.
Acts 17:26, KJV
"And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation."
Apart from your time of existence that has been measured to you and can't be exceeded, God has also determined that people be born in different places and live in different places at different times. If you're born into a country and your destiny requires leaving or living and having to do with another, God will sponsor you there. Joseph didn't have to take thought for the transport fee to Egypt. Neither did Daniel and the Hebrew boys did. The vehicle of slavery or enslavement is rather what God used to catapult them there. God can carry you to a land where your destiny should unfold even when you don't have any family or friends there assuring you to come and that, "all is ready."
God hid Elijah. God told him, "turn thee Eastward."
I Kings 17:2-3, KJV
"2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan."
When Elijah heeded that word, he never knew the consequence God was saving him from. The consequence God was saving him from is being searched after for harm by Ahab. Obadiah declares that Ahab has searched for Elijah in all nations of the earth to no avail and when they said he's not there, he even asked those nations to swear to it. Imagine! Did you see how wanted Elijah was? Yet Ahab sought for him and Elijah was not found. That's because in the administering of Elijah at that time, God turned him where it would not be expected he could be. He was by Brook Cherith but he was not found. And later on when the brook dried up, he wasn't sent to a place where his cover would be easily blown off but to a widow's company. As such, Elijah was hidden from the danger that Ahab has intended for him. Ahab sees Elijah as the culprit to blame and one to be apprehended for the drought. He never saw his fault nor come to repentance. Rather, he was looking for him to blame and behead for sure.
What is the miracle here if not the word, "turn thee Eastward." When Elijah found his bearing after the Lord's compass had given him direction, he gained correctness on where to live at that particular time. He was not only supernaturally provided for in the ongoing famine because we read that he drank from the brook and the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and evenings. However, he was also protected from harm and destruction that was seeking him.
Your security and provision are in your commanded location. If you're out of your location when God's mouth has not ordered it, you're opening yourself to vulnerabilities that may befall you. Trust God like Elijah did for continual leading to another location even if green pastures have dried from where God afore led you to. Don't take laws into your hands. Don't paddle yourself. Don't choose where to live by yourself because the place seems like a green meadow. It may be but if your window opens to Sodom or Gomorrah, you may eventually count some losses. God is not only intentional about keeping you alive, He wants to keep you in fellowship and relationship with Him also. There are certain places that if you go, you'll be too distracted and encumbered to follow or love God. At this point for those looking unto Him for direction, may you hear the voice saying, "turn thee Eastward." May you be steered in the path of righteousness. No harm! No loss!
PRAYER: I am led and I am hidden.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Ezekiel 40:28-41:26, James 4:1-17, Psalm 118:19-29, Proverbs 28:3-5
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