MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 9/07/2026

THURSDAY - 9TH JULY, 2026

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

LEAVE AND CLEAVE - My Priority Has Changed Series 001

Genesis 24:58 (KJV)

"And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go."

God may be commanding one or two there to leave and cleave. When it comes to the issues of leaving and cleaving, people have wrongly and mostly believed it's only for the men in marriage. While that is the popular view, it's not correct. If a woman refuses to leave and cleave, she will cause the same hurt as the man not leaving. 

The ignorant and those who want to escape accountability are quick to point to Genesis and quote as it was said in the beginning. 

Genesis 2:24, KJV

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."

Indeed, that's the goal - to be of one flesh - do everything in unity and oneness. Though it is the man - masculine gender that is mentioned but that doesn't exclude women from this same obligation. 

In this story of Rebecca, she was asked if she would go with the representative of Abraham sent to find a wife for Isaac. Her reply is yes. Her reply summarizes leaving and cleaving. Her reply is, I have found my rest and here is it, let us go. She not only accepted but shows willingness. 

If you read the entire narrative, you'll even observe that she was only being called to confirm what the servant of Abraham had asked to be done. Yet, the oneness is astounding. Rebecca hadn't met Isaac but she could see the image of who her husband would be in the generosity and good graces words spoken by Abraham's servant to her and her family (Gen. 24:30). 

There's something the Lord is doing now. Whether you're a man or a woman, God is helping you to find your spouse. Someone that you'll have a knitted heart with. Someone you'll hear of or see and you'll discern that this is who to go with.

There must come a time when your priority changes. That is what leaving and cleaving is. We're not saying you should renounce your extended family. It's only that priority must change. If you have seen that man or woman, your response should be as Rebecca's, "I will go with him/her." Once you go with him/her, you're taking him/her to renounce any competition. He/she becomes your number one attention collector. If they ask you ten thousand times, it should be, "I am willing. Power has changed hands. It has come unto whom it is now. Daddy and mummy have tried over my life. The man who'll continue is here now, release me to follow him."

That affirmation of Rebecca not only necessitates her departure from her family but also is a change in her priorities. 

This knowing was not forced or coerced on Rebecca. It is her decision and her revelation of the time that has come on her. What follows? 

Genesis 24:59, KJV

"And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men."

You must learn leaving and cleaving if you've always been going back (not in occasional visitation of extended family members) but in prioritizing them over your immediate and new family. 

PRAYER: Lord, guide me into discernment of time and seasons; he or she that is right for me and the operation of this principle of leave and cleave. 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

I Chronicles 7:1-8:40, Acts 27:1-20, Psalm 7:1-17, Proverbs 18:22

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