MONDAY- 5TH MAY, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
A TOUCH FROM THE CHASE!
John 4:19, KJV
"The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet."
God has the address of every living being with Him. He knows what button to press that can activate something in anyone. To have Jacob halt on his thigh only needed being disjointed at the hollow of his thigh. Having done that, he limps on his thigh (Gen.32:24-32). God knows where to touch in you to 'disable', break you down or make you yield. He knows what to say to you to make you cry like a baby or take a second thought for your life. You might have been spared till now but may God confront you with His love that chases men. Once He does, you either manifest like Jacob who limped upon his thigh or you give off a surprising remark like the woman of Samaria who says, "I perceived that you are a prophet." From that juncture, you become open to God even if you've been a closed wall before.
The gift of the word of knowledge very much is at work here. You can be gifted with this revelatory gift and it can reside permanently in your calling as a minister. But also, you can manifest it as deemed fit by God or when occasion demands for God's purpose. This gift doesn't reside in my own calling permanently but I have manifested it innocently without knowing until I see its confirmation. You can just know things and spit it out just like that. Until it is confirmed by those who came to meet you later, you have no idea what you were saying or doing earlier only that you had hearkened to divine promptings.
Oftentimes, those who are dedicated to teaching or preaching would exercise this gift because God wants to reveal certain intents in the hearts of certain individuals. However, it resides in the prophet's call (I Cor.12:8). Listen, you may have secrets in your heart, fears residing in your soul but before God, that darkness is as the day. Nothing is hidden before Him and when He's ready to draw out things that reside deep in the secrecy of your heart, it takes no time. No secret is secret with God!
Today, it's my prayer that God will use your ministry as a minister to encounter and deal with people - even to break down walls of resistance, prejudice, bias or fears in them. Many times, humans don't want to reveal their true identity or intentions except by a means that's not ordinary to them through which God forces it up. This exercise of a gift by Jesus here is one. When that woman was touched where she should be touched, she dropped all arguments and consented. She didn't disregard what Jesus said, rather she gave in. Imagine the conversation and her affirmation.
John 4:16-19, KJV
"16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet."
Why won't she say, "Sir, I perceived you are a prophet?" Did you see her reverence? That is because what was happening is beyond ordinary. What Jesus couldn't have known ordinarily is what Jesus just told him. "You've had five husbands in time past and even the one you're with is not your husband!" What a knowing! What a shock! From that moment of revelation henceforth, you can see that woman open up to Jesus differently. Even their interaction was much more delightful and smooth. Why? The walls in her are beginning to be dealt with and broken one by one.
Immediately, you could see her open up to Jesus and agree Jesus was someone special when she said, "Sir, I perceived that you're a prophet." May God use you to figure people out. May God use you as a miraculous tool to reveal the intents of people's hearts, so much more that they'll wonder if someone had conferred with you to tell them your story. The end is not to be praised but to lead such to the Lord Jesus and win his or her soul for Christ. Manifestation of a gift is meant to be a sign mostly to the unbelievers to turn their hearts back to their Creator in the days of their youth and when they haven't had much wasted years. Even if you're an old fellow with wasted years, God's call is the same to you. He loves you the same way and calls you too. This woman of Samaria is not a small lady. A woman who has been all around isn't small in age or inexperienced but Jesus still brought her in. May this consume us as ministers. May we not be spoiled by physical food but confess to those who care to hear that, "we have meat to eat which they know not of (John 4:31-36)." What meat if not to do the will of God and to finish it? What meat if not to chase after souls and have them won for Jesus? May this be your testimony and not the running after debauchery or vanity!
PRAYER: Lord, transform me and use me to meet Your utmost needs in people. Take my lips and let them speak!
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