MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 8/01/2022

SATURDAY - 8TH JANUARY, 2022

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO

THE DANGER OF LINGERING

Read Genesis 42

Genesis 43:8-10, KJV

"8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time".

At the first journey of the sons of Israel to Egypt to buy grain, Joseph knew them to be his brothers and he asked them personal questions. He also accused them of being spies. They did all to prove their innocence which led to their telling the stories of their lives and birth. This led to their saying they still have a brother in the person of Benjamin who didn't take the journey with them. To this end, Joseph requested that Benjamin be brought on their next journey to have them verified as truthful men. So, he took Simeon and bound him in their eyes. 

After the narration of all these things to Jacob, he refused to allow Benjamin take a journey with them. He has been bereaved of Joseph and there is Simeon already detained in Egypt. What a complicated life for this elderly man. This refusal spanned awhile until the bought grain finished and there was need to go back to make a new purchase. Jacob would still not allow Benjamin to go yet Joseph had vowed solemnly not to allow them see his face unless he proves them by seeing Benjamin, his own mother's son. Judah while trying to persuade their father gave surety to Jacob about the safety of Benjamin. While speaking to convince him, he said, "if we had not lingered, we would have returned from the second journey".

Did you see the danger of lingering there? Did you see what not taking action when it should be taken could cause? If Jacob had not exercised fear and they had gone on that journey since before their grain finished and were now at strait, they would have returned. There's always a disadvantage of lingering when the time is ripe. Is there an action you should take now that you're postponing for reasons that are not tangible? Is there a journey, schooling, proposal, project etc that you should throw yourself into but which you're refraining from for the sake of fear despite the fact that the time for such is ripe. Nothing stops them from going to Egypt except for Jacob's fear that Benjamin might be lost like his brother Joseph. Yet, at day's end when they needed grain, he agreed by submitting to take a step of wisdom, exercise faith and hanging all on "whatsoever will happen, let it" [Gen.43:11-15].

Don't linger again. Put in for that study now, start that building project, go into that business. Judah's witness was that they were shortchanged not to have returned the second time. Those who linger don't finish on time. Their mates who are early starters would have been ahead of them. By the time they wake to the reality of having lingered because they were forced to a rude awakening by time, regret of, "I could have given birth to my first born, could have finished my M.sc, could have laid my house's foundation etc by now" would be visiting and coming out of their mouth. 

Don't linger. Identify your fear and eliminate them. Throw yourself into it in the Spirit of faith. Our fear is just a disguise like Jacob's was. The Lord is with you and that's all that matters. The time is ripe and your time is now. 

PRAYER: Lord, let me be able to take that one important step that will lead to a great unfolding of destiny for me this year.  I resist fear. I launch out. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 16:1-18:15, Matthew 6:1-24, Psalm 7:1-17, Proverbs 2:1-5

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 7/01/2022

FRIDAY - 7TH JANUARY, 2022

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO

THOSE WHO REWARD EVIL FOR GOOD IN REALITY

READ Genesis 44:1-13

Genesis 44:4, KJV

"And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?"

When the steward of Joseph caught up with the sons of Israel and had them arrested, he said, "Why did you reward evil for good?" What good did Joseph did them? What evil did he accuse them of doing?

Joseph had been generous to them having discovered they are his elder brothers of so many years. To this end, he filled their sacks with food and refunded their money by putting it at their sacks' mouths. It was like this at their first visitation. The second good he did them was to take them into his own house at their second journey to entertain them lavishly with Benjamin his mother's son. He had an animal slaughtered and addressed them like friends. It was after being guests to him they left for Canaan before they were arrested and accused of having rewarded evil for good. They were accused of stealing Joseph's silver cup through which he drinks and by which he divines as his steward falsely said. 

We all know this was just an accusation and a plot devised to sink them. It was never like the witness given by Joseph's steward. Benjamin was innocent of the accusation. Meanwhile, let me call your attention to how the spirit of disfavour or error works and how by it people fall from great height. 

If Benjamin had stolen the cup indeed, what would have been Joseph's treatment of them all? This time around, let's say they aren't family members to Joseph but ones who have just met with the favour and sweetness of kind Joseph. Will they not all fall and be regarded as ungrateful and ones not to show generosity? That's why they themselves were discouraged and speechless when they found the silver cup in Benjamin's sack? They all rented their clothes. 

May God wean you from every spirit of disfavour that may be working against you. When disfavour is programmed into a life, that person must commit an error that will toss him down from favour to disfavour. The like of which Benjamin was accused of having committed here is what they do in reality. I know people who once stole at where they shouldn't steal from.  How can you be robbing your helper? How will he address and see you at the discovery of such? If you see any who acts contrarily where he has been welcomed and received as a son, it is the devil fighting him not to tarry long in favour and the benefits of being a son. I pray for you that you'll be bathed by the blood of Jesus. Wrong decision, act or speech won't proceed from your mouth that will endanger you and prove you're not seeking the peace of he that seeks your peace and does actively. May all inventions of the enemy to make any who is just or has been shown favour to be demoted. Your boss is taken new interest in you, you won't forfeit it. Is it that you're even homeless but you've found parents in some couples with bowels of compassion, may it not be said that you're the one plotting to steal their silver cup which serves a great purpose in their life and gives them joy. May they not take you in and find you harassing their children sexually. I say it won't be you. I stop bewitchment, enchantment and all incantations to send you back to the dunghill after finding favour to be raised up.

PRAYER: Lord, where I have found favour, may I not reap disfavour. I refuse to go back to the dunghill after promotion.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 13:5-15:21, Matthew 5:27-48, Psalm 6:1-10, Proverbs 1:29-33

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 6/01/2022

THURSDAY - 6TH JANUARY, 2022

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO

SALVATION FROM ALL PLOTS

READ Genesis 44, 45:1-5

Genesis 44:1-2, KJV

"1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken".

Joseph demanded of Israel's sons in their previous journey to buy grain not to come back again except they bring Benjamin. At the release of Benjamin and at the sighting of him by Joseph, Joseph's bowel was moved and he hastened to weep somewhere [Gen.43:29-30]. Blood is connection and it's very powerful. The maternal chord that binds both together reveals its potency here. This is how we should yearn for our brethren in Christ especially. If Joseph gave five time messes to Benjamin because he was his mother's son, should we be slow to hearken to the command that says "We should do good especially to those of the household of faith" [Gal.6:10]?

At their departure back to Canaan, Joseph instructed his servant to fill their sacks with grain like afore time, restore their money like afore time but this time put his silver cup in Benjamin's sack. Afterwards, Joseph sent a troop after Israel's sons accusing them of robbery of a cherished cup he drinks from and which he hypocritically divines from also. Joseph's servant won't stop talking and saying to Israel's sons, "Why have you rewarded evil for good? Is this not the cup in which my master drinks and divines from also?" To the shock of Israel's sons, they wondered how they've suddenly grown unfaithful since they disclosed matters concerning the previous money left at their sacks' mouths. Without knowing it was a plot, one who was bold and having clear conscience said, "With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen" [Gen.44:9].

At the search indeed, the cup was found with Benjamin. This is how they were successfully swallowed by Joseph's plot to collect or detain Benjamin for himself. Nowadays, plot may be propelled against another because of envy, favour he wins, competition or even as a revenge etc. Many who have been victims of plots today were never believed by society to be innocent as they laudable proclaimed. Only God knows how many have died by State power through plots. The prison yards across nations of the world are filled with victims of plot just like we have numerous testimonies of those who escape plots. Joseph himself went to jail due to plot but he emerged a survivor instead of a victim he should have been forever made.   

This year as you go, it is my prayer that God will make you see what the devil is plotting against you even when it is hidden and you're not brought into the counsel of such men He has found as useful tools to plot against you. In this year, I also pray that God will give you the heart that considers twice and won't rush to resolution like one of Israel's sons did. He had said, whomsoever the cup is found with should be killed while others taken as slaves. He therefore sentenced himself and others to judgement.

Plots are real and that's why the Bible speaks like this of the bringing to naughtiness of the plotter's plot. "12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.  13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night" [Job 5:12-14]. Today and henceforth, I proclaim that these verses find fulfilment in your life. Others might have been victims of plots at work, amidst friends or even at church etc but once it concerns you, a frustration and revealing of their plot shall happen. So, he who digs the pit shall fall therein and he that cleaves the wood shall be injured by it. I declare long life and God's salvation upon you this year.

PRAYER: Save my feet from the snare of the fowler. May my Salvation deliver me from all eyes that watches my steps for evil.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 11:1-13:4, Matthew 5:1-26, Psalm 5:1-12, Proverbs 1:24-28

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 5/01/2022

WEDNESDAY - 5TH JANUARY, 2022

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO

THE HEART THAT GOES WITH YOU

READ II Kings 5:1-27

II Kings 5:26, KJV

"And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?"

Where can we go from the presence of God? Psalm 139 is a psalm of discovery that shows our not being able to escape from the Lord.

Psalms 139:2-3, KJV

"2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways".

God is the one that compasses your path. He is the God that surrounds you. In today's passage, Gehazi runs after Naaman to demand of him things that his master, Elisha had rejected after Naaman has been healed of leprosy. After his arrival back to the master, Elisha requested of him where he was coming from. He lied and said " thy servant went no whither (II Kings 5:25, KJV).

Elisha then replied, "went not mine heart with thee when the man alight from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to collect this and that?" The following consequence is that Gehazi is cursed and he carries the leprosy of Naaman.

You should know that God's eyes follows you all-around. There is nothing done in secret that won't be made manifest is what the Bible says. As a child of light therefore, let your deeds be wrought in God so that you won't fear being exposed. If you have good deeds, you'll want to manifest it in light/public but if your deeds are evil, you'll want darkness to cover you. This year is a year where secret sins and abominable deeds are really irritant to the Lord. You shouldn't indulge in any because God's heart and eyes would always go with you. Your conscience would bear you witness and call you to questions and order.  

There's no time like any other to stop secret sins also than now. It is God before whom we all have to do. Fear Him as one that knows all, sees all and surrounds you about. Decide today not to carry any consequence resulting from secret sins like that of Gehazi. When your ways are straight, you purchase for yourself clear conscience before men and God. Gehazi though lied he goes no where that day knew deep down that his conscience bears him witness. As he denies his master, his heart tells him, "you lie". Your first judge this year is your heart. So, pay attention. 

PRAYER: I break loose from any habitual sin. I shall keep no secret sin that would bring me losses, harm or death. I'm a child of light and I manifest so.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 8:1-10:32, Matthew 4:12-25, Psalm 4:1-8, Proverbs 1:20-23

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 4/01/2021

TUESDAY - 4TH JANUARY, 2022

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO

WHERE SOLOMON IS HEADQUARTERED - Witness Series 009

Ecclesiastes 1:1, KJV

"The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem".

Solomon was king where? Jerusalem! When God causes your rising, your rising will be tied to a place. In your becoming famous, that place will become famous also. Even if where God will cite you is undeveloped or popular, by your works and fame, it will take a new turn. You'll begin to see men patronize that place which previously may be the reproach of many. You'll begin to see multitude and throngs of people calling the name of that place. Ventures and new setup will begin to be situated round it. Why? An anointing, a gift or a grace has made that place its residence and is causing a change. Don't forget, it is where the carcass is that the fowls of the air gets drawn to. John the Baptist was in the wilderness yet people trooped out to watch him preach and get baptized in Jordan [John 3:1,5-6]. Anointing draws and once the drawing starts, it will as well turn a jungle into a city. It's just a matter of time. 

Solomon, that great preacher was king in Jerusalem. Due to this, Jerusalem's highways never rested. People were trooping in from all places to listen to Solomon's wisdom. His fame had gone to the ends of the earth and now Jerusalem has been set above all cities and places of visitation also. Only God knows how much they earned in Israel a year because of the crowd and pilgrimage who traveled to witness Solomon. Through Solomon, many foreign products found its way to Jerusalem. People saw and heard foreigners they would never have seen. Many Israelites became more prosperous as they build inns for rentals for these pilgrimages. Yet, all these were caused just because of a man, Solomon. 

I Kings 10:2, KJV

"And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones..."

Did you see that? She came where? Jerusalem! When the wise men saw Jesus' star as well and heard of His fame in the East, they came where? Jerusalem also [Matt.2:1-2]. It doesn't matter whether that place God will cite you is far. It doesn't matter whether people don't even know the place. Like the wise men enquired of men and were guided by divine means, men will enquire and be led by providence to contact you too. Once God sets you somewhere, just know that place will no longer be hidden. It won't be the road less travelled again. 

Through you, God wants to bring fame to a place. God wants its name to be heard. Benin City became extremely popular attracting tons of international audience when Archbishop Benson Idahosa was alive. Yet, Benin City was not Lagos. It doesn't matter where you're cited. As long as there's still balm in Gilead, men shall find you out. They shall seek you for ministration. I pray that your glory won't wane but God will use you to bring focus, attention and regard to such places that have been despised or are invisible. Nathaniel said, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" [John 1:45-46]. Yet Jesus did His childhood there and so was regarded as a Nazarene. Many times in the Bible, you'll hear people call Jesus in association with Nazareth. They'll say, "Jesus of Nazareth". It is this year and not another. Your name shall be known in relation with a place. Once they mention your name, that place will come to mind and once that place is mentioned, your name will come to mind. I show you a mystery.

PRAYER: Cite me. Use me to bring a total change to a land. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 5:1-7:24, Matthew 3:7-4:11, Psalm 3:1-8, Proverbs 1:10-19

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 3/02/2022

MONDAY - 3RD JANUARY, 2022

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO

SOLOMON'S AND JESUS' FAME - Witness Series 008

READ I Kings 10:1-7

Matthew 2:1-2, KJV

"1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him".

Jesus and fame. Solomon and fame. You and fame. It was reported by the wise men that they had seen Jesus' star in the Eastern sky. At the seeing of that star that announces His birth, they took a journey to Jerusalem to see the one whose fame was announced to them. Jesus was in Bethlehem of Judaea at that time but He was heralded far off in Babylon. That's how fame works. Fame crosses borders. It always checks out. You don't have to be somewhere before you're heralded and learnt of. You're just a person and that restricts you from being ubiquitous or omnipresent. Due to this, you need fame to pick you and fly your works to places at a time. Fame is a publisher. It can spread a man until his knowledge fills the earth. It goes ahead of him to where he may or may not be.

"For we have seen his star in the East and have come to worship him". Once fame goes ahead of you, it is to the intent that men may be drawn to you. Fame attracts. It will begin to create a thirst in people to come and satisfy their curiosity or dissolve their doubt. That's why these wise men and even the Queen of Sheba journeyed. 

1 Kings 10:1, KJV

"1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions".

Don't forget that the Queen of Sheba confessed herself that she didn't believe what was told her until she saw Solomon in all his glory. At her believing, she did obeisance to Solomon while saying, "half was not told her".

If you look at our study so far, you'll see we've been dwelling on how greater Jesus is to Solomon. This one is to draw similarities of greatness between both. They both drew international audience. Their audience both admired and gifted them gifts. Both were kings. Solomon was King of Israel; Jesus was King of the Jews. Only that Jesus' fame began as a baby. The intent of fame is that all men through you would know Jesus. When the Sheba Queen arrived, she blessed God who had set Solomon on the throne. Solomon's fame that even drew her was in connection with the Lord. When the wise men came, they also worshipped Christ. This reveals the purpose of fame. It's to give you multitude whose hearts you could turn to God. As God seeks to make you a national and international figure this year, know the purpose of fame. No high or rising officer  brought to your rising should escape the knowledge of your God.

PRAYER: Lord, I am lightened to lighten men. Give me a rising that'll draw a host to believe in You through me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 3:1-4:26, Matthew 2:13-3:6, Psalm 2:1-12, Proverbs 1:7-9

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 2/01/2021

SUNDAY - 2ND JANUARY, 2022

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO

SOLOMON'S WISDOM IS A BRAND - Witness Series 007

Read I Kings 3:4-28

Luke 11:31, KJV

"... for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon..."

Have you heard the phrase, "wisdom of Solomon" before? Imagine somebody being described as having the possession of a commodity because he originates things that refers to him as initiator and owner.

I Kings 4:32-33, KJV

"32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes".

Solomon had wisdom and his wisdom became a brand. Worldwide, the moment you mention wisdom, people's mind immediately shifts to Solomon and vice versa. Name someone that his name quickly hints wisdom like Solomon's. None of the men of his days could stood to the challenge. He excelled them all and established his own brand of wisdom as the valuable to listen to.

I Kings 4:30-31, KJV

"30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about".

How did it start since  Solomon was not this wise from the beginning? When the Lord encountered him at Gibeon where he asked of God a discerning heart to judge his people, he was therefore given wisdom plus other things he didn't ask for. It is a day something will start. Do not despise the entry of spiritual graces into your life. They are your aid and leverage. That gift in your life may be a brand the world is awaiting to receive in the manner God has given you to give the world. It's easier thinking in abstract that Solomon was born with such great wisdom. Meanwhile, He was not. It was rather a donation somewhere around his adult life. This same wisdom divided between two prostitutes. That was the first riddle solved by Solomon's wisdom. It was here that all Israel knew God's wisdom was with him to do judgement [I Kings 3:28]. He began to be popular. You can't say you have a thing without putting its existence in your life to test and confirm its presence. We knew Solomon had wisdom because it was tested and found real. He started by using his wisdom to serve his kingdom until he became an international presence. Do you desire a greater platform? Serve diligently on your smaller platform until you're promoted.  

His wisdom also led to products. He spoke proverbs and songs. May I tell someone that you're the next producer and next big brand that people will begin to pursue to buy. Solomon became a great brand that the whole world wanted to tap into. This same brand known as Solomon's wisdom brought the Queen of Sheba to Jerusalem in order to solve her doubts of how bohemian Solomon was described for vastness of wisdom. If you have a gift in your life and you're not using it to serve right where you are, then you may not taste how mighty it can become. Solomon asked for wisdom to govern Israel but look at how his unselfishness made him an international figure. In Solomon's days, all other great people and countries were inviting him to minister and coming to watch him. Yet, it was the wisdom that started as a seed of mustard in Jerusalem.

You can go beyond Jerusalem. Jesus was careful to tell us to start from our immediate environment but not stay there. He told the disciples to start from Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria until they reach the ends of the earth [Acts 1:8]. Somewhere must be your base. Jerusalem was Solomon's and from there He touched the world. May I prophesy concerning you that what seems local today will go worldwide. Solomon was not first an international presence that people were willing to pay to watch. He was a local champion using wisdom to settle disputes and social matters. His faithfulness grew his wisdom. May it be said of you that people will be coming to listen to your brand. This teaching is Olusola's brand if indeed we have a brand called Solomon's wisdom.

PRAYER: Lord, bless me with a valuable for mankind. Let it touch nations.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 1:1-2:25, Matthew 1:1-2:12, Psalm 1:1-6, Proverbs 1:1-6

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