SUNDAY - 14TH APRIL, 2024
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
THOSE WHO ARE GROUNDED AND ARE NOW IN THE FISH'S BELLY - Loosed For Purpose Series 008
Jonah 2:1-2, KJV
"1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice."
The will of God is one of the greatest forces on earth. The will of God can carry you (when you're in obedience) or crush you (when you're in rebellion to it). It will carry you when you discover what God wants you to do and you make yourself available for that. You'll discover a power at work unimaginably helping you and giving you great success. I don't care how many men stand up against you; they'll all be fated to fall for your sake. That's because God will arise to fight anyone who fights His will which you're obeying.
However, if you're running a race contrary to God's will, that violated will or purpose of God can put you in a dead end or endanger you. That's why Jonah had to be swallowed up. Instead of him being a hind let loose - a commissioned and backed up servant of the Lord on a smooth journey to fulfilling God's assignment, he was brought to a halt and grounded. His being swallowed and held by the fish was to lead to a remedial act that we eventually saw. Jonah could have gone all the way to preach in Nineveh and never be held three days and three nights in the belly of the fish. However, when you're obstinate - seeking to perpetuate your will and run your own errand, you should expect to meet God in front. As such, he who ought to live loosed may be bound and held down: like Jonah was in the belly of the fish.
Years ago, 2016 or early 2017 it should be God's people. I met the founder of Evangel Publishing Firm, Nigeria. I was a Corp Member serving my fatherland in far away Katsina State but I had learnt the trade of selling books of all sorts from an Igbo man I acquainted myself with in Katsina camp who sells books to corp members. As such, he took me to Kaduna to learn how purchases are done. When I was launching out myself and I had to go; the man met me himself and expounded to me the vision of the institution telling me how it all began. He had told me he had refused God's persistent call to start a publishing and book firm that'll promote the gospel in core North because he saw no reason for that. More so, his food/provision business was doing well. He was transporting provision i.e gari etc from the East to the North to trade. He didn't hearken to God until God broke down that other business - putting the plough on his neck. Despite many persecutions and threats, he's standing for the Lord in a harsh territory by making materials available for the gospel now. However, he didn't start too well with God. God had to first hold him down. God had to first arrest him. So, on occasions, there are those that ought to be loosed to fulfill destiny that'll first of all be grounded before being loosed and that's because they're sold to their own will.
If you're proving unbendable, it is love you have received from God if He insists on you by seeking to persuade you out of your choice by giving you signs that'll convince you out of same. As such, we recognize there are those who ought to be loosed like the hind so they can deliver what they have brought to the earth as their own value who may not be progressing because they aren't cooperating with God and aligning with what He really has for them. Example is Brother Preacher Jonah of today. He was in the fish's belly three days and nights for disobedience. Until he repented, he was not set loosed or vomited to run and pursue the errand afore committed into his hands. Don't be suddenly tied or held down because of disobedience that's in your life that could disqualify you. Tomorrow, I shall show you someone who's loosed towards fulfilling purpose but whose disobedience and an unsettled act in his life was almost binding and holding down also. Be obedient and you shall know smooth journey.
PRAYER: Father, help me to surrender my will to your will. I shall not be grounded or swallowed up and brought to a halt instead of being on the loose for Jesus.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Joshua 5:1-7:15, Luke 15:1-32, Psalm 81:1-16, Proverbs 13:1
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