MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 27/06/2021

SUNDAY - 27TH JUNE, 2021

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WHAT AN HONOUR! - Make a Search Series 003

Read I Kings 5:1-5

I Kings 5:6, KJV

"Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians."

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter but the privilege of kings is to search it out. If God prides, boasts and has the privilege of making matters mysterious to us, our being called to come and find, decipher what God has coded is what brought honour on us. We should count ourselves worthy of such call. 

David had died and here is new Solomon speaking to Hiram on the need for him to build God's house. He requested Hiram, King of Tyre to hew him cedars of Lebanon. Solomon then said something worthy of note, "for none is skillful in the hewing of cedars like the Sidonians."

How did you think Hiram receives that request? With thanksgiving that he was found to do a task for a king though he's also a king. His competence was praised by David when he said there's none like the Sidonians in hewing of trees.

You must see the honour that people are trying to do you when they request your help. If you can't do it, they wouldn't have brought it. It is the greatest honour ever whenever someone finds you fit for a job. 

God found mortal men fit for the job of finding out matters. Solomon found Hiram fit for hewing down cedars. Make it a prayer that God and people would honour you by finding you fit of a work. How can we commit something tangible into hands that's disable handling it? Solomon would never make that mistake. He doesn't want to suffer loss which is why he clarifies for Hiram why he's choosing him - his competence.

It is an honour to serve the king. It is an honour to be found of service. It is an honour to be called to render one's skills. It is an honour that God even makes financial demands on you. Everything is to esteem you. Everything is to make you feel acknowledged. So, see it that way and not rather refuse God or godly leaders who might call you for the accomplishment of a task.

There are people that I have called to do one or two things for us in ministry or even for myself. Many of them would zoom off in haste and get it done. They have the revelation that if they say no, God would find another. He is never stranded. However, you should count yourself worthy that somebody could see you where you're located with the bundle of gifts in you and is calling you to come and put it to play. Is that not an honour being done you? That is wanting to bring you out to the public. If you don't turn down that assignment, another would come your way through the one at hand and that's how you'll be earning commendations and recommendations on and on. 

A call to a task is not a favour you're doing God, it's a favour God is doing you. It's an honour having being called in the first place. In this world where there are many professionals, if your competence is praised and you're called for the job, it is an honour. Cling to it and deliver your best.

PRAYER: Father, let my work preach me. Let people testify good of me. Recommend me. I release myself and my gifts to serve you.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 9:14-10:31, Acts 17:1-34, Psalm 144:1-15, Proverbs 17:27-28

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 26/06/2021

SATURDAY - 26TH JUNE, 2021

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COUNT YOURSELF WORTHY - Make a Search Series 002

Proverbs 25:2, KJV

"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter."

There's one thing that fits and befits each of us - it is the searching out and doing of investigation on a matter. 

God is to be praised for being mysterious. He hides things away, beckons on us to dare to find them out. Then, the Bible says, "trying to find what God has tucked away out" is the privilege given us.

If you look at the act of keeping away, it is an act that puts the one meant to search at a disadvantage because what was tucked away is no where to be found obviously. It is like gold in the earth that one would have to dig for. Digging for such is what we were told each of us is lucky doing. Instead of saying, "poor me! Look at what I have being assigned to do while bemoaning the situation." We should rather express curiosity at the sight of being told to come and decipher what lies in the darkness in the secret room of God. If your professor sets questions and tells you to crack it as a student, do you know it's a privilege being found and called to crack what your professor who's more educated and better than you in all ways has set. Should you not attack it with joy?

What befits us is the searching out of matters. Whenever it comes upon you to pray and find out something in God's heart, kindly do it without murmuring. It is your honour doing it.

If something is your honour doing, you see it as your job. You see it as what you specialize in. You see it as a thing that you know can't weary you. You just believe the riddle is yours to be solved. If I don't do it, who else would do it? The unbelievers?

God has done His part by concealing the matter. It may seem hard to people's mind and they might wonder why your Father isn't making information so available for you. To you, you don't see it as much hard work or a play on your intelligence to show you're not a brain. You rather see it as a trivial thing that won't cost you much to locate. Your enthusiast to accomplish. 

What you see as an honour to do is what you avail yourself of. Imagine  someone builds a building and seeks your honour to open such for service. Would you see that as trouble? You'll see it as how much you're estimated in such fellow's mind. You'll see yourself as being counted a chief person as to be required to do such task. You'll immediately concur that you're indeed the one to do it and not another. 'I'm I not noble for which I've been called?"

It's a privilege. I say it's a privilege that God hides something away and gives mortal men the call to find it out. If an immortal hides something away, should it be the mortal that would search out? Yet, that's what God has done. He didn't commit it into the hands of angels but mere men like yourself and myself. He uses that task of finding out to esteem us as His children who should know His mind. What spirit knows the mind of another if not the spirit made anew at salvation? (John 1:12).

Today, diligently seek to know what's in the mind of your Father. This shows He is treating you as His child. What an honour to come and find out. Please, avail yourself of it. 

PRAYER: Father, thanks for calling me to find out, for equipping me at New Birth to find out. I do with ease and delight.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 8:1-9:13, Acts 16:16-40, Psalm 143:1-12, Proverbs 17:26

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 25/06/2021

FRIDAY - 25TH JUNE, 2021

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WHAT GOD BOASTS HIMSELF IN - Make a Search Series 001

Proverbs 25:2, KJV

"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter"

God is on His throne brewing with smiles. One thing He takes delight in, which is His pride is to keep a matter. God is very much involved in concealing of information. His intelligence is without bounds. 

If all things are opened or are without search made known to you, you won't praise it enough if handed over to you. That is why the Bible says:

Proverbs 18:22, KJV

"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing..."

You can't find unless you first search for. If you find a wife by searching for her, you'll sure honour her. For this reason, God conceals matters. He also conceals matters to train us on how to hear Him speak. If there's anything that confuses many Christians and unbelievers, it is the fact that God, the One we can't see with our naked eyes could speak. Yes, He does and I'll like you believe it. Until you believe that, you won't come to seek Him for the unknown. God, when He hides things away does so not to trouble us but rather to treat us as proper sons and daughters. The future God wants us have is tied to our daily discovery of it in Christ. What prince is that whose father never brings up in his heritage?

That place read, "it is the glory of God to conceal a thing..." God prides Himself in keeping things while beckoning on His children to come and unravel it.  The words, "God's glory" refers to what God rejoices doing and which He is known and praised for. There's nothing anyone can do about that. The Bible has finalized it that God takes joy in keeping things away. So, you can't change His mind to not doing what He enjoys doing.

There are many things we pride or glory ourselves in doing. We enjoy it and when asked, "we'll say, it's just good to do." Even when you're restricted, you still want to be freed. 

God also is praised for being a concealer of things. His ways that are not obviously open makes us look at Him in awe. His ways are just pass finding. If you unravel this today, many layers sure awaits you tomorrow. So, God keeps you waiting on Him to know more. That is why it is of Him have received grace for grace (John 1:16). It is not a one time donation but a thing that keeps pouring as we stay with Him.

No one comprehends God or His bundle plans for him as a whole. Progression in the journey reveals things to us. It is His glory to conceal a matter. That's His chosen field and He hasn't repented of it. Your own calling is what we shall see tomorrow. Hopefully wait to see what you're praised for.

PRAYER: Secret keeper of the earth, reveal to me what's in Your mind for me.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 8:1-9:13, Acts 16:16-40, Psalm 143:1-12, Proverbs 17:26

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 24/06/2021

THURSDAY - 24TH JUNE, 2021

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CHILDREN OF ONE'S YOUTH

Psalms 127:4, KJV

"As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth."

It is a blessing having children in one's youth. Or let me say, it is a better blessing. 

We must know that some things are best done and verily beautiful when they happen without trespassing the appropriate time for it. You can't be graduating as an undergraduate at forty and think you're a superstar. The media might take notice of your perseverance and success but it isn't a very nice testimony.  "As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are CHILDREN OF ONE'S YOUTH."

That place didn't read, " children of one's old age." So, if you're giving birth late when as a woman for instance, you should have closed all under 35 or 40, the result might face one. That's why that place says, "just like arrows are in a warrior's hand, so are children of one's youth." Why don't you ask why children of one's youth is likened to arrows in a warrior's hand?

It takes a fellow who's also a youth - with strength, initiative, skill, aspiration etc to harness a growing child and shape such into what God would desire he becomes. Parents are moulders and if issues break forth into their arms when there is still capacity and interest of a youth for adequate training there, you'll see them bring a force into grooming such child into becoming one that could be sent on an errand of destiny without being afraid. 

If a man has a child at sixty, the man would be eighty by the time the child hits 20. Is it an eighty year old man that wants to train a complete child at that old age? You know youths. Despite the fact that many parents are youths also who are still relevant in the world of their children, these children wearies them and see them as far back and ancient. Now, is it an eighty year old man that would now do better? The old man might be too feeble curbing his youthful exuberance. He'll be tired and let him be. Yet, God doesn't want that. That's why that place read, "...so are children of one's youth."

Only children of your youth are like arrows in a warrior's hand. A warrior is a trained fellow. Arrow itself is useless even when polished without a handler. It would just be in the quiver without its purpose for invention being accomplished. If arrows - polished arrows, made ready for battle should however find its way into the hands of a warrior - one who's skillful in shooting it, you'll see what he'll achieve with that arrow. You will watch with mouth agape how someone uses arrows to accomplish great things. Yet, you had tried doing the same but it was not happening for you. The difference is that he is trained to use arrows while you are untrained. Arrows don't use themselves. Men does. Unless they're concentrated in a man's hand, the destiny, endowment and potentials of arrows won't appear for recognition. Arrow can kill. It can injure. It can pierce. All these capacities of arrows would only be felt if the right person (fitted for the arrows and one the arrows are fitted for grabs it). Until then, expect nothing.

So also are children of one's youth. Since the parents are still young with so many dreams of what they might want these children to become - it is these dreams, thoughts and desire that would drive them into raising children that could discharge the potentials of arrows in them. Those of you with children, do you know how to use your children? Do you know what to turn them into? Arrows in a warrior's hands are turned into killers. That's its purpose. Children in your hands would become what? 

I pray that this God's free gift in your hands would be trained in God's fear, discipline and knowledge that their discharge in life would appear so different and contrast from those raised by those not in their youths. Have you not observe that children grandparents helped their own children raise are always over pampered. Instead of their lording it over those children in godliness and enforcing their godly will on them for a better future, it's such children that dictates things. They'll be eating without brushing! Why? The grandparents strong will or forces has done what it could do in raising the parents. At their stage, it has pedaled down into accommodating and tolerating. That's why you'll see grandparents advocate their grandchildren from being dealt with many times by their parents who are still focused in discipline and what should be. Force of leadership can reduce by age too. This and many more contributes to the raising of arrows. 

God has you in mind. Today is your day, it won't be tomorrow. The waiting mothers would receive opening of womb and those due for marriage shall marry. Some things are best done in your youth.

PRAYER: Lord, teach me the harnessing of arrows. May I bring up children to meet purpose.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 6:1-7:20, Acts 15:36-16:15, Psalm 142:1-7, Proverbs 17:24-25

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 23/06/2021

WEDNESDAY - 23RD JUNE, 2021

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THE SUN SHINING AT ITS FULL STRENGTH - A PICTURE OF DESTINY

Revelation 1:16,KJV

"He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two - edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength."

Do you know there is a climax for the shining of the sun? That's why we can't compare the intensity of the sun at 9am with that of 1pm. One thing marks the difference. The intensity. The intensity of the sun in the morning is less powerful compare to the intensity of the sun at midday. This intensity increases as the day grows older before its declining in the evening or sunset.

The sun shining in its full strength gives us a picture of destiny and what peak God wants each of us reach as individual walker on the road of our calling. Just like the intensity of the sun varies with time, so also should our accomplishments on the road of destiny differs distinctly by time. The progression of time means our progression in the accomplishment of that divinely implanted sense of purpose.

Proverbs 4:18,KJV

"But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."

The shining light means the shining sun. Its characteristic is that it matures in intensity until it reaches a place described as "perfect day." This 'perfect day' is a place of perfection of the intensity of the sun. I mean a level where the sun can no longer shine in intensity further. It simply means the peak of accomplishment for every man of calling, purpose and destiny.

Once you're born again, you come into the condition and position of having your human spirit know what is in the mind of God for you. Your spirit searches out your purpose as witnessed to it by the Spirit of God. From here, you begin to walk on the road of the calling - fulfilling destiny. The goal of God for each of us is that He will take us to the full release of our destiny. Do you know that a human being can be under-used. God doesn't want us to be under-used or behind the delivery of the marks He wants us leave on earth. This is why He wants us to be wise children who grow towards accomplishing destiny maximally as we go and grows also. It would be unfortunate if the yesterday of a destiny man doesn't have the testimony of being lesser than his today and his today being lesser than his tomorrow.

That's the picture that the varying intensity of the sun depicts at every hour of the day. Destiny can be discovered and taken to its peak of accomplishment. Grace is available for you like it was available for Paul. It must not be misused. Just ensure you're diligent to make your calling and election sure. In wanting to fulfill destiny, one's cooperation with God is important. So, team work with Him. As you fulfill a part of your destiny, you will have inner contentment on that side while there will be discontentment and a desire to reach out to areas that are far in front. God has planted a sense of purpose in us that nothing else can satisfy but Himself. This implanted sense of purpose is gauged by the satisfaction in our soul. May your soul not be lean. If it is, you're not fulfilling progressively. However, if it's fat, you have covered a lot of grounds with many already made gains.

PRAYER: Lord, I will not under accomplish in destiny. May the testimony of the just be mine.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 15:23-16:23; John 18:25-19:22; Psalm 119:113-128; Proverbs 16:10-11

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 22/06/2021

 TUESDAY - 22ND JUNE, 2021

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THE RIB THAT FILLS IN THE GAP

Genesis 2:21,KJV

"And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

God removed a rib from Adam and formed it into a woman. The same miracle of making a skeleton into a whole person here was done in Ezekiel 37 also. All the Lord had was a frame or structure through which He built a whole human in both places. When Eve (that rib) was removed, there was an open space in Adam. It is a hollow that comes to be formed just like a hole is formed in the earth when a digging out of soil is done. It's this vacant space that God brought Eve back to fill in Adam's life. God seeks to make two become one and complete by bringing them together. That's what makes Eve Adam's perfect match. She becomes a match because she could fill in the gap left in Adam's life by God's deliberateness when her very self was dug out. That tells you that a spouse is only a half of the other. No spouse is complete on his or her own. There will always be a vacancy (deficiency) or room in his or her life that whom God will bring to him or her will need to fill up. So, seek after completion and cherish your spouse's contribution into your very life in perfecting you. Also, don't marry the wrong Christian or else a fitting may not occur.

Thank God we all did fill in the gap in school. Do you remember how you used letters to fill in gaps. Let's say we want to fill "C--P". For those letters to make a word and be regarded as same, we will need to put into it a letter that can make it a meaningful word. For example  "u" or "o" can fit into it to form a whole word. That tells you it is not only a person that your 'word' can necessarily be filled with as a Christian for you to be completed. Let's assume Brother Green-pastures proposed to Sister Still-waters. If the sister though God's will for that brother refuses him, God will still find another Christian sister for him that can fit into his life and fulfill the ministry that the first sister turned away from without loss. So, we can say there is a complement and substitute complement(s). Mind you, this doesn't mean a Christian is permitted to marry and keep two spouses at a go except the first dies. What I'm saying is that "o" or "u" can be inserted into "C--P" to make "cup" or "cop". That means there are vessels who can fill in your gap by fitting into your nature, tolerate your habits and accept you as a spouse. God is likely to choose from such set of people for you. They're always more than one that you can marry or can marry you! Is this therefore preaching to you to therefore reject God's will when it's made known to you? No.

Your better half is somewhere and only God through His leading and good choice making can make the path of you both cross. Like Ezekiel prophesied, I pray that you will gravitate towards your life partner in Jesus' name. No matter how distant the deer is to the stream, it gravitates towards it. There is a calling of it to come to the stream. Unless he drinks from the waters, he is unsatisfied and lacks rest. May the hollow and unsatisfactoriness in your life drive you to seek after that fellow who will bring completion to you. Let it be bone to its bone.

PRAYER: Lord, give me one that will be water to my deer, a satisfaction to my soul and a complement to/of my person.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Kings 19:1-21; Acts 12:1-23; Psalm 136:1-26; Proverbs 17:14-15

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 21/06/2021

MONDAY - 21ST JUNE, 2021

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WHY BE TEMPERED

Ecclesiastes 11:9, KJV "Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment."

God is never against our making choices though He desires we make the right choices. He placed life and death before Israel but still leaks the exam questions to them by whispering to their ears to choose life (Deut.30:19). That's how God desires we choose right despite having full right to choose from a variety of good or bad. If He wants us to be pruned of making choices, he'll have made a robot or eliminate alternatives.

God has given man freewill. The man He makes is one that can explore the world for himself. Somebody who can say like Solomon:

Ecclesiastes 2:10, KJV 

"And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour." 

Or one who will not make his liberty a bait to hook himself despite his having the privilege of doing anything that interests him (which of course may not interest God). We know that the undoing of Solomon was that he didn't deny himself some things his eyes saw and which his heart cheers or encourages him to do. If there's no inner restrain of the Holy Ghost on some choices, they'll be detrimental to you. That you have the right to choose what to eat shouldn't make you desire poison. Who don't know that would kill you?

Our passage for today is bringing to our prompt consciousness one reason why youths and all humans must be tempered: the remembrance of judgement. God is not against your exploring life like Solomon. That's why in the first place He makes you the wanting man he makes you. That's why He gave you sight. Just remember that after doing all as you may deem best to yourself, God will call you to account. Nobody is on his own. No human is an absolute authority or end of the road to himself.

Youths are known for experimentation. They are in a time of life where they want to have, taste and touch everything. When you restrict a youth on adventure, he might resent you and see you as one limiting the exercise of his liberty.

Meanwhile, God is not saying, "don't exercise your rights" but rather calling us to restricted liberty even while total liberty is given us. Though God has said you could make your choice and do whatsoever, it doesn't mean you should begin to live like Esau, as a profane man who despises his birthright. When you begin to fornicate, club and waste your time in this life, especially the ingredients of your calling, never think God won't call you into account one day for that.

So, what manner of man ought we to be when we know brightly that a day of accountability comes to request us to give a tender on how we've spent our time and used our free will. God isn't against enjoyment but sin must not be what you'll indulge in and call enjoyment. There are still choices to make out of choices that you think best.

To all of us without an exception to an age group, our moment on earth is the time of our choice. We can do anything, act anyhow (either good or bad) but we should bear at the back of our mind that we would be checked out. Our acts won't just go like that. So, hear and be tempered. Caution yourself and live a life that's acceptable before Jesus Christ your Saviour and the Father. You should fear and call yourself to immediate caution if you've run out of control because you were told today to know for sure that you'll be brought into judgement. The certainty of it is steadfast and you should expect that. So, that can't be a little reason to take dressing!

PRAYER: Lord, teach me right living on earth. I will not be baited by undisciplined liberty.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Judges 2:10-3:31, Luke 22:14-34, Psalm 92:1-93:5, Proverbs 14:1-2

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