FRIDAY - 22ND AUGUST, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO
YOU CAN'T PATCH IT!
John 3:6, NLT
"Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life."
People, you can't patch it!
That which is of the flesh is flesh and that which is of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:6, KJV
"That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
You cannot change their destiny - which created them with certain expectations and characteristics.
The flesh (that which is born of a woman has a mind) and it only acts in accordance to that mind. The Spirit likewise follows in the footsteps of what it was recreated and created to take after, God's Spirit. The Spirit will act out being spiritual while the flesh will act out being carnal.
Don't blame the flesh for acting carnally. It couldn't have helped it if it doesn't change paternity or destiny. Why? There's an encoding in it that makes it act carnally. Its DNA is fleshy and what it contains and seeks are the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life (I John 2:16). Those are the things it exhibits. It has to live up to that because it was created and imbued to live up to just that. It just couldn't help living above that cap. It therefore functions that way because that which is human has to be humanly!
When the Bible says, in Genesis 6:5, "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually", it shouldn't come to us as much surprise that humanity is living up to his nature. It's all because that which is flesh is flesh. A dog must bark and a fish must swim! That which is flesh is flesh! Look, you cannot patch it! Unless there's a switching of sides and a becoming born again, that which is born of the flesh cannot become born of the Spirit and act in newness of life? (II Cor. 5:17). Where will he get it from? Will he steal it or what?
That's why Jesus plainly told Nicodemus, "look here boy, except you're born of water and the Spirit, you cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Period!" In plain words, Jesus told him the two sides that be and called him to take a new side (make a choice) and become born again - be of the Spirit.
Being born of the Spirit means you'll receive enablement to act and live after the desires or breathings of God. Where you once walked in the works of the flesh, you'll walk in the fruits of the Spirit even as you renew your mind and grow (Gal.5:19-23). But first of all, you're made God's child and impacted with His life. This happens immediately.
John 1:12-13, KJV
"12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
It couldn't have been possible unless you cross sides and change paternity and have the God life impacted into you. Until Zoe rests in your core, you're deprived of the divine life and you'll observe no matter how you try, you can't just live above sin and Satan. But with the divine life, you ascend and have the higher life. You become self taught (I John 2:20). You surpass the plants in the plant kingdom, animals in the animal kingdom and men in the human kingdom. You become god! You become supernatural! You have the higher life!
Where you're once hindered, you're therefore loosened to do greatly. Why? There's a new law working in you. It's the law of life and not death.
You can now touch higher things, receive higher things (even the Holy Ghost) and accomplish the greater works Jesus talked about (John 14:12). But without being born of the Spirit, the farther one could go is to achieve all the things the arms of flesh could only achieve and exhibit the traits of the mere man. The God life takes us further above human frailties. We forgive misdeeds, love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us (Matt.5:44). The human life has no capacity to do all those. It's given to selfishness and revenge. But the divine life does the hard, impossible and uncommon. Why? It brings a capacity and enablement with it.
Are you there having patched your way into the kingdom? Not really born again but a church attendee. Listen, you can't patch it up. God and Satan know you and you too knows. Choose a side now! That sinner pretending to be a saint, begin to confess your sins one after the other now. Call Jesus into your heart and salvation will be yours.
PRAYER: Thank You Lord for the distinct word of salvation I've heard. It has mixed with faith and I have responded. I'm born again now with the God (highest) life inside of me.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
I Cor. 8; Psalms 114-115
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