SATURDAY- 29TH JULY, 2023
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
MARKING OUR COMMANDED
READ Gen. 24
Genesis 24:7, KJV
"The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence".
There's another miracle that's mostly found or attached to finding it so (where you're given a description and you go but to meet it so). That other one is the miracle of commanding or putting men under command for your sake. I have taught this previously in a series but it's coming anew.
I have loads of reasons not to doubt an inch that before the arrival of that servant of Abraham, God had to kneel Rebekah on her knees to receive Isaac. One of the things that amazes me is prophecy and consequently its manifestation and how God can start drawing a line here and connect it to another there. God can raise a man here and raise another there and make both cross path together. Shockingly, they may not have met and may even differ in race, tongue or tribe. It's the Lord's doing and it's always marvellous in our sights. We have rolls of testimonies upon testimonies on how God led or guided A to B yet B was not in unawareness of the fact that A would come. That's the God of prophecy. He's the only One who could draw an angle on a straight line in this manner. He gives A a word and He confirms same to B so that there'll be agreement when they both meet. Believe Him!
Abraham told his servant from the confidence of having walked and tarried with God that God's angel will go before him and help him in choosing rightly for Isaac. At the well, the fact that leading and guidance are not scam or fraud turns me from the inside out. That servant stood by the well that day and prayed.
Genesis 24:12-15, KJV
"12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. 15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder".
Imagine brethren! That place says, "before he was done praying", behold Rebekah came out. Where was she hiding before? Everything looks as if it was planned, arranged and automated right? It can't but look like that and that's because something divine is now working and walking with this man who has gone to find a wife for Isaac. When God is with you, such is the destiny meet you'll have and experience. What Abraham said that an angel will go before him in reality is true. The manifestation of an angel having gone before him is what we are witnessing now. Despite the fact that he leaned the choice of who he wants Isaac's wife to be to the woman who will give him a drink and then water his camels (a very hard one), yet it was the right, chosen and ordained one that came. It's the one he'll be happy to go back with for his master that came. It is the daughter of Bethuel, a relative who shows up and not one who's not of the kindred of Abraham and so will be unfit according to the afore stated requirement (Gen.24:4). How well believers must know they must not be unequally yoked! Rather, we marry our kindreds in faith.
What sort of life is this? A miraculous life. This man didn't stoop low. He lifted his bargain higher. He inflated the price on who to Isaac's wife will be. He didn't stop at she who will give him a drink but she who will water his camels also. Ten camels for Christ's sake! I agree with giving a man a drink. He won't even finish a gallon but what about 10 solid camels who had journeyed and of surety are thirsty. I'm sure those camels have even used up most of the storage of fat and energy in their hump and now they're all craving for replenishment. Who is that born well lady except one under command from the Lord (chosen and ordained) who will agree to such demand when there's no prize obviously at sight. Nobody! I am sure. Except she that God has commanded and appointed. The fact that such has been commanded or secretly afore spoken to by God is revealed in how without argument, they are prepared to do hard things for your sake. It is only a request from Abraham's servant to Rebekah that got the job down. She agrees to give him a drink and then volunteers to give his camels.
Genesis 24:17-19, KJV
"17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking".
Mind you, though this servant prayed to God that service would be extended to his camels by that chosen fellow yet he didn't request that of Rebekah specifically. It was Rebekah who volunteered herself for that. What else proves she's under God's command and is an answer to Abraham's desire for Isaac?
Imagine a man adopt a child and gives him the best just like he's giving his biological children, so much more that differences couldn't be read between them. That man even if he didn't hear any audible voice was softened or spoken to by the Lord and put under such obligation. This is why I don't worry. This is why I don't turn to all persons for help. I only go to those commanded for my sake. I only pray to be led or guided to them. Even if you make overwhelming demands on them (not because of covetousness) but in order to prove God who has sent you to them, you'll see them rise to meet it. Look at how God met the need of Abraham's son. As if Abraham knew it, he had said God's angel would go ahead of them to make the journey prosperous and so it is. Rebekah so much comes under God's spell and command that she wouldn't even agree with her brethren to tarry some days before departure. While they were advocating for her, she rather refused and chose to go immediately with a total stranger (Gen.24:57-58). Now, I'll say irrespective of where you are, live or stay, God can send you to who to marry, befriend (as in normal friendship) or to submit to (as in father-son relationship). I want the relationship I have with people be the type that's ordained of God and not the type that people choose friends based on perceived reasons. I want to be ignorant of a fellow yet finding God knitting my heart with his and vice versa. This is how Markson Etta Lane Timothy Benson (Missionary to the Cameroon and Calabar) and I met in Nigeria Christian Corpers' Fellowship in Kastina. It began as a relationship of a father to a son. I coached him in the things of God. I just observed that he admires me though older than I. Something about me (the anointing I sure know) attracts him and so he sticks to me. Even other corp members would fondly call me Elijah and call him Elisha. On this note, he opens to all I have to say and so I was able to instruct him in much. Not knowing he'll even go into ministry later, I told him of Zacharias Tanee Fomum of Cameroon who has the ministry of mission, fasting and praying. Just in a year, this young man found himself in that ministry and has been there since then. But today, our relationship has sweetly evolved. We are now friends. He's my covenant friend and brother. He's one of the few on earth's surface who could call me now and I'll exercise myself for and vice versa.
People of God, the message I bring to you is that of destiny, destination and the ordainment of paths. It ain't joke. It works like fire when God is involved. You'll meet yours. The patronage Spirit of our tribe - the Christian tribe shall ensure you meet your Rebekah for marriage, business, friendship, fathering etc in the name of Jesus. Whenever you meet the commanded, they're always under command - ready to do God's bidding even if they don't look commanded. Markson is the least I physically observed to open up to me and I'm too lean and physically deprived in stature to have been esteemed a prophet. However, we collided, we met; deep called unto deep and so we remain. To this end, I say HALLELUJAH! Let God work out relationships for you or else they'll be those of sorrow and pain to you. The God who spoke through Abraham that an angel would go ahead in choosing a wife for Isaac is He who must have secretly persuaded Rebekah of acceptance of an Isaac that she has never seen before. Whatsoever God does is straight. Don't add to His work lest He rebukes you and don't remove from His act lest you're proven a liar. Apart from prophecy being made manifest (like the servant met Abraham's words so), your path shall cross with the commanded. Those who will stick closer than a brother. Those who could risk all for you. Those who will submit in surrenderness and say, "I am the handmaiden of the Lord. Be it unto me according to Your (God's) word". Such are always Mary in obedience.
PRAYER: Father, ordain my path with those critical to my destiny. I become Mary at heart and in obedience. Kneel people for me.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Chronicles 21:1-23:21; Romans 11:13-36; Psalm 22:1-18; Proverbs 20:7
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