SATURDAY - 25TH MAY, 2024
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
TO THE MAN WHO HAS SOMETHING TO DO
Joshua 10:13-14, KJV
"13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel."
Many are the resources of the man whose hands have found purpose to discharge. When you have found something to do, before you call, you'll have answers. When you have found something to do - offcourse according to God's will and ordainment for you, eternity and earth would conspire together in mutuality unfathomable to make it come true.
I have come to love reading biographies. That ain't because I studied Literature but because of the purposeful pursuits of great men and women in our world. You'd read and not only be informed but inspired to the doings of great things. "If it were possible for them, it is possible for me too." You'd encourage yourself that way. Over the years, I found out it works.
When you have found what your hands should be busy with, hear me, all heaven's arsenal would be in your disposal to seeing to its fulfilment. Such is the case of Joshua. Though the fight is not his fight but the Gibeonites'; being their covenant partner, he avails them Israel's help. For the defeat of the Amorites to be completed however, he requested that the sun would not set. That's a wondrous ask. A risky ask but he did submit that tender to God and guess what, God answered it. The sun stood still and hasted not to go down about a whole day. Such a shocking experience that no one would have expected. So shocking that the Bible acknowledged Joshua as a record breaker and the only one to ever hold that title. Verse 14 says, "and there was no day like that before or after it ..."
If the sun stood still for Joshua until he accomplished the task at hand, it could sure stand still for you. How? It means, the element(s) of nature would be summoned to team up with you - work for your good and accomplishment of the purpose at hand. When God is working for you and He's right by your side, even the wind, the cold, the rain, the sun, the heat can all work for your definite good at a particular time. A team of players used to playing under a certain condition(s) could lose if the field of things changed. Weather, seasons, times and men are all ingredients that could work in the favour of the man whose hands have found purpose to discharge. God can make time, season and weather to be right for you!
When Barak/Deborah went out against Sisera, even elements of nature had to help them out (Judges 5:20-21). Even in this Joshua's narrative with those five kings, God rained down hailstones to help him eliminate his enemies. All these show that God is in the business of helping the man who's dedicated to purpose and the venture of destiny assigned by God. The sun can stand for you too. Even the course of things and the order of things could be compromised or changed just to accommodate you. After you might have been accommodated like Joshua, then the rule would continue to play on. Who has the Lord blessed today? Who has He favoured? It's you. Believe it! The sun will stand for you. Things will play in your favour that have not been reputed for such afore time. Now is that time.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for a new day and new order of things. The sun is standing still for me.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 4:1-6:23, John 13:31-14:14, Psalm 119:17-32, Proverbs 15:31-32
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