SATURDAY - 4TH OCTOBER, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
A HOLY MAN OF GOD! - My Manner of Life Series 001
"And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually."
Brethren, we're here to study why an alien who didn't know Elisha from Adam called him, "a holy man of God."
What did she see? Who gossiped to her? What appeared for her conviction? These and many are what we want to look into.
Let me quickly say something. No matter how hypocritical you are in speech or your lifestyle, you cannot hide your true self. I've grown to a place also where mere sitting or interacting with people would make me decipher who they are and what their cherished values are also. Without joking, if someone won't form before me but live his life, I can draw recommendations by having observed his or her living whether he/she is someone to court - as in to draw near, be friend with or hope to marry.
This great woman of Shunem saw "a holy man of God" in Elisha. Do you know that if you're prayerful, certain people can know. Being prayerful can reflect on you. Spiritual things are spiritually discerned. Spiritual devotion always leaves marks on their devotees! There are always smells that are given off which are only repercussions of having been with God or having been following Him (Acts 4:13). When you don't repay evil for evil but rather make payment for evil with good, your light will shine before men and they themselves (despite being vile) will be able to give glory and praise to your Father which is in heaven (Matthew 5:16). The Bible even acknowledges that this is when you can be the children of your Father who's in heaven.
"43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:..."
Brethren, this woman of Shunem saw something. Summarily, what she saw is what the Bible calls, "your manner of life" in II Timothy 3:10 and "your chaste behaviour" in I Peter 3:2. She could distinguish Elisha from other men and women who had passed that road. As Elisha trode through on his way occasionally (not mindful that someone may be observing his life and may get convicted by it), this woman sees a life marked by devotion, sacredness and consecration. While others had their gazes fixed on what the market and life had to offer, Elisha would just slip through the crowd and pass on. He was never moved by the many tricks stick jogglers, money doublers and many professional charlatans were doing to con people of their hard earned resources.
What this woman sees is focus and concentration. She observed a man on his journey and one bent on journeying until arrival. She observed a man with no interest in tale bearing and old wives fables.
"But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness."
Rather, she sees a man given towards the exercising (training) of himself towards godliness in the midst of a corrupt and perverted generation who want to feed their mouths than their bellies can take. Elisha for short begged to differ.
Elisha lived in a way. He has a manner of life. It is this manner of life that he couldn't do much to hide. Rather, it sips out like an aroma. It not only does, it evangelizes and wins hearts though he never made a proclamation himself.
How you live your life may look subtle and immaterial but it is graspable even if it is not grabable. Something graspable can be understood though it cannot be touched or physically related with. That woman couldn't hold the manner of life of Elisha as a physical tangibility in her hands but she "perceived" or sensed it. Perception denotes a spiritual knowing. It shows seeing, knowing or having knowledge beyond what appears to the physical senses. It takes a witness or conviction of one's heart towards being persuaded.
You're being watched! You too, you're being seen. Will your life convict men or confuse them?
PRAYER/CONFESSION: No! I am the aroma of Christ. My life will convict men and not confuse them.
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