TUESDAY - 25TH NOVEMBER, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
WHILE SOME ARE BEATEN TO EXTINCTION!
"Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee."
Some will die off. Some will not be able to continue into the distance before them. They shall in no wise progress. That won't be because God didn't plan progression for them but because they didn't live it out and so couldn't manifest it.
"Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, they will be still praising God."
Don't you think this verse has very much to do with the godly, blessed man in Psalm 1. In verse 3, the Bible likens this man to a tree planted by the streams of water that brings forth his fruits in his season, his leaf also does not wither and whatsoever he does, he prospers. What a life!
Psalms 1:3, KJV
"And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."
This life is the life that continues because of his planting, siting or location. It is planted by the rivers of water. It literally takes source and life from God, the Holy Spirit and the Bible. God being his continuous feeder, this man reflects the perfectly blessed man. In fruits, that is character, godly influence, good works and output, he doesn't come behind. His leaves which speak of his beauty or outer life is one to covet as well. He doesn't shed leaves. He maintains its forms all year round. His joy, hope and peace are not tampered with by external circumstances. He is spiritually fresh. He endures heat and hard times and yet it doesn't show on him. Rather, he remains fresh. More importantly, he prospers in all he does. This prosperity is not the materialistic prosperity but the prosperity of the soul, mind teeming with ideas and as God gives it to him for His plans and will in his hands. He prospers in purpose and destiny, having what God will have him have for the fulfillment of the work in his hands.
However, for all these to happen, it has to be sited first. First of all, it had to be planted near an ever flowing source that can never come short. That's why when others are quieten down, out of service or production, this one person continues.
Since it's planted in the house of the Lord - a metaphor for God's presence, this person continues to take living and direction from Him. No wonder, he prospers in whatsoever he does. That's because each step he carries is ordered and birthed from instructions from the Lord. So, this man never stops giving what he is known for. That's what the Psalm 84 calls, "he will still be praising God."
The idea that a man in the Lord's house or presence will continue to praise God still irrespective of the heat or difficulty that has come upon the world sets a contrast that some fail at. So, while he still praises the Lord and maintains vitality, others are dried off, cut off and literally ended.
One thing is sure for you if you'll dwell in the Lord's house and be continually planted in his presence, you will be still praising God. That is, you will still be in Christian practices, churning out your fruits. You wouldn't have gone out of it. Joy and all sorts of spiritual expressions will continually still be called out of you. You'll just be like the tree planted by the streams of water that never stops producing and bringing new forth.
When other fans have stopped rotating, yours will maintain motion but it all depends into whom you're plugged into.
PRAYER: Lord, I'm plugged into You. I refresh my relationship with you anew. I know no ending. I produce and bring forth continually.
BIBLE IN A YEAR
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