TUESDAY- 27TH MAY, 2025
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
SILENT LABOUR! - Positioned For Divine Attention Series 001
Matthew 6:6, KJV
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."
God will help you to see that service to Him is not to men. When you have waited for long and it seems your breakthrough isn't coming, you might want to take laws into your hands. But, may God hold your feet from slipping.
I know a lady who has been trusting God for the choice of a husband. She has waited and has waited. It seems no one was looking in her direction. Unfortunately, she has been deceived to begin to rely on the arm of flesh and what she could do as if that's what gives anybody a spouse. When the Bible says, "God sets the solitary in families" (Psalm 68:6), do you think it's a joke. It's the work that God solitarily does. That's why there are many qualified people with money, beauty and many things that make a man or a woman. However, no one still comes their way. As a matter of fact, you wonder why some ladies despite their beauty and bodily figure haven't married at 35 and above yet some with less of those qualifications are already mothers of children. It's at that point, you'll begin to inquire into why God had to reward the Hebrew midwives in Egypt with families (Gen.1:21).
Events like these remind us that it is not by power or by might but by God's Spirit (only by His doing). It is God who sets the solitary (the single) into a family by making him a spouse. It is not what anyone can imaginably do on His own without God allowing it.
Let me tell you what that colleague of mine began doing. Looking at her WhatsApp statuses, she has begun to create awareness about her singlehood publicly. At times, it could be through a written post that makes jest of why she's still a single, or a meme or even a video. At times, she'll note on such a meme with sayings like, "me, when people ask me why I am still single." As I followed and checked her statuses, I was seeing someone who's tired operating the right process of attracting a husband. I'm now seeing someone who's trying to set herself up for a husband. You know, like putting oneself up for sale. This was confirmed because even on her birthday like some other days I had observed, the picture she posted was that of her wearing a nightgown that only one's spouse should catch one wearing. As a matter of fact, the cleavage was open. What was she doing? She has taken her matter out of God's hands and has begun to process it herself. Her belief is that, "I have to be well positioned to be seen. I have to bring myself out." Listen, you can try but you'd fail if God didn't end that period of silence over you.
How well can a lady be well positioned who's trusting God for a partner if not to be lost in God's service? How best if not to be lost in silent labour - serving God day and night like Elizabeth and Zacharias. The Bible says, "don't let us be weary in good doing for we shall reap if we faint not" (Gal.6:9). Looking at her, she has become weary of good doing. I didn't tell her but I prayed for her. I knew she was not ready for such an explanation. The church she attends as I suspected might have taught them so as well.
The Bible says, "if the ways of a man pleases the Lord, He'll make even his enemy to be at peace with him" (Prov.16:7).
That's a surprise because God is saying your harshest enemy can be at peace with you. It is not what you have to do but what God would need to do. All you have to do is remain in fellowship and relationship with God. With a life that pleases God that you're living, what can He not give to you plus His only begotten son that He afore gave to you?
Brethren, be lost in silent labour and when it's time to appoint the king, the Lord will take thought for you. How was David anointed king? Was he the one who told Samuel to anoint him or it was God who sees his heart and faithful services who said, "I have chosen a king for myself amidst the sons of Jesse" (I Sam.16:1). Even when Samuel was almost choosing Eliab because of a deceptively fine appearance, God caught him quit to preserve the throne for He who it is who has passed God's test. Be lost in serving God in spirit and in truth wherever you are as a lady. Ruth was lost in service until she was noticed and discovered by Boaz. Look, you'll soon be noticed. God is the God who sees. He'll command your own man to you who'll be caught by your service, sobriety and shamefacedness. You must know, you cannot scheme your way to prominence when it's not time and according to God's arrangement. Ask Joseph who wanted the butler to mention him to Pharaoh. I pray for you, you won't compromise while waiting.
PRAYER: Lord, teach me and encourage me to persist in silent labour that positions a man for divine attention.
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