MONDAY - 18TH DECEMBER, 2023
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
COMMITTED TO THE WATERS - Gone To Prepare A Place Series 003
Exodus 2:2-3, KJV
"2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink."
Committed to the waters! Moses was committed to the waters. I said yesterday that as it concerns us, we must be full of discernment to recognize destiny journeys of people and then release them to run or go on such journey. The reason for the hitherto smallness of many people isn't because God didn't plan big time for them but because they're afraid of stepping out. Yet, if any man fears or withholds from stepping out, he cannot see his perfect day. When you're released to run and go the way of destiny, you not only profit yourself but all that may be attached to you shall profit from same.
Today is another day Wing men and women. God is about to wing His truth and enlightenment to us again. As I teach this gospel on destiny, purpose, calling and finding oneself to people and nations, I see God following it with many signs and wonders in the lives of people. May I say you're next. I see a staircase being let down to bear you up. You'll go all the way and none shall cut you short.
Still on this series. I want to emphasize the fact that Moses was released to go. The mother was reluctant. She had her reasons, her fears. All the same however, when she couldn't hide baby Moses again, she let him run. May fate and life not conspire against you so that you don't fulfill your destiny. God has a purpose and in line assignment for Moses. God has planned where He'll be raised and who will be his sponsors. However, the biological mother is not letting him go. Moses is just too close to her heart. The Bible says she wouldn't let go of Moses because "he's a goodly, beautiful, unique, gifted child". Something in this boy is too precious to be lost. So, she grimmed at protecting him. But hitherto could she go. She has hidden Moses for three months but now she can go no further.
Here, she must call it quit. Here, she must give up. Here, she must let Moses go and run what line of things God has prepared for him. As far as God is concerned, He's waiting to collect Moses at the Nile but first of all, Moses must be let go. Moses must be released as a seed. Until then, the next phase, next level, immediate plan cannot kick start. You'll just hope that things happen but they will never unfold. Why? You have refused to trust God. You have refused to let go of the past, murder it and journey into your future. Yet, your future is filled with glory and is like a treasure house that has never been looted.
At last, Moses' mother takes courage and commits Moses to water. She has the courage to let go when she devises to do her best by making an ark of bulrushes for baby Moses. However, as she does that and as she places baby Moses by the Nile amidst the reeds, one thing she did was to cry to Yahweh that He'll protect this one at his new placement and on his new journey. It is not written in the Bible in blacks that she prayed as she was leaving the basket by the Nile but I sure know she does. No mother would depart that day from such little boy without much weeping and prayer.
Did the Bible not say however, "when my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up" (Psalms 27:10). Yes, Moses' mother didn't want to leave him. She did out of fear of the king and love for Moses' life. However, we can call it a kind of forsaken. After that forsaken and committing to the waters, what happens?
God picked Moses up. God adopted him and gave him new parents that no plan of Moses' parents could have anticipated. I told you that if you'll let go and launch out you'll see the glory and wonder of the Lord. If Moses' mother had never released Moses, she wouldn't have seen what God could do. For everyone on a journey, God is actually involved. At the next bus stop, He knows who to call or command for your sake. He knows what to awake or legislate through human government just for your sake. Moses' mother dropped Moses by/on the Nile. She didn't make the mistake of advertising for an adopted mother or parents. She only committed Moses to the waters (into God's hands). Then, God takes it up and find Moses a parent. I'm hearing, "the next wait is waiting for you".
Today, where you thought less of things working out for you, I say it'll work. Miracles will appear at you out of nowhere. Your next carer, adopter and parents will appear. Over the years, God has given me parents and adopters. People who took me under their wings to grow and become something. They even put their resources at my disposal believing that's a young man going somewhere to happen. Thank God I have not been a disappointment.
I still want to speak Jesus' word to someone. It says, "believe in God and believe in me also" (John 14:1). You only need to trust the process. You only need to trust God. You only need to commit into His hands. He'll take it over from there. He'll exceeded your imagination. You'll see a new day. Just commit. Just push a little into the waters and that'll be all.
PRAYER: Father, where I'm afraid to launch out into the waters (next level) in 2023, brave me up and let me launch at 2024. I refuse to withhold again.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Habakkuk 1:1-3:19; Revelation 9:1-21; Psalm 137:1-9; Proverbs 30:10
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