MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 27/05/2022

FRIDAY - 27TH MAY, 2022

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A PREACHER FROM THE DEAD IS PREFERABLE - Heart of Wisdom Series 008

READ Luke 16:19-31

Luke 16:27-29, KJV

"27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them."

Yesterday, we saw that the prayer of Moses, "teach us to number our days..." which obviously was an address to God finds fulfilment through God finding preachers who could reveal the urgency and graveness with which man ought to do his work on earth due to his brevity of life which he needs to discover. Today's teaching reemphasizes that. God won't come from heaven to teach man like that. He'll rather oracle this truth and cause this revelation dawn on man by partnering with some called and taught men on earth. In today's passage, a debate of no mean importance ensues between a certain rich man and Father Abraham. He is thirsty (being in hell) and would want Father Abraham send Lazarus (who was in his bosom) to quench his thirst by just a dip of his finger tip into water. What value would that be to him? Nothing. He made that humble request because he had lost all sense of entitlement. So, he couldn't decree big in boldness. When people sin or are in any fallen state, they lose their right and act this way like a slave. If a partner commits adultery and the other gets to know, the same principle goes into play. They lose sense of entitlement even if they're no longer condemned or judged by the other. Until they could see themselves in the right image and as co-owner and possessor of things of the other, they'll continue to act as an outcast to acknowledge their status of having fallen from grace, favour or love. This is why you should avoid being tainted by sin as much as it lies with you. Run from all its appearances if you don't want to lose sense of entitlement, boldness or right. 

Father Abraham wouldn't send Lazarus and he argued why he won't. He gave two points to counter this rich man's request (Luke 16:25-26). What a debate! Seeing Abraham's position on the inability of dwellers from each sides crossing to either of the sides, he saw the vanity of having his request granted and pressed on Abraham another request. Being already doomed, he switched his attention and began caring for the living though dead. He advocated that Lazarus be sent to go witness to his five brethren living on earth. Abraham didn't grant this again. He refuted him and had his request discarded by saying, "they have Moses and the prophets on the earth" to instruct them. The rich man still not pleased pressed further that the testimony of someone from a supernatural or fearful realm like "of the dead" would be extraordinary, esteemed and persuading enough to be believed. Father Abraham said they won't believe the testimony from the dead if they can't believe the law and the prophets with them. That's how Father Abraham won all the cases which the rich man opened. God is just. He'll always give us a fear hearing and explanation that can't be debated any longer.

The point is this. Preachers were not send to earth from this place (Abraham's bosom), neither will they be sent to earth from heaven now. God is saying, "your teachers are with you." That man pressed for it but it always met with a stiff refusal. Father Abraham kept telling him they've been provided for and the provision is on earth already and not any where else. Don't be shocked, what many are looking for from the far distance is actually by their side but familiarity is blinding them to taking it. We men have falsely trained ourselves to believe in the super taste. We would ask, "can it take me further, give me a feeling that's beyond this world, launch me into a craze that's different?" That's how some became addicted today because they were chasing to catch feelings even to its highest level on the long run. Yet, an illusion. This craving for  what is but already there make men unnecessary thirsty of something from a world beyond even when God Himself has granted them that by placing it with them or amidst them. To long for the divine or the supernatural is part of our core. There's a gulf that only Eternity can satisfy. The Bible is there to have such wonder or truth revealed to you today. The Holy Spirit will give you its explanation as you read it. However, the preachers in all their offices are called and caused by God to bring revelation of this same written word on us all. So, we listen to them and hear God speak through them. God has not left us without witness. Did He not speak that He'll raise a prophet for his people from amidst them and He did (Acts 3:22). What I'm emphasizing on is that the prayer of Moses, "teach us to number our days..." has been answered and will be answered continually by God giving men to teach the truth that will bring such understanding and possession of a heart of wisdom on them. This is the dealing of God - that He raises mortal men to have released through them the will of the Immortal. The question should be, "how well have you been listening to what the Bible and those oracles of God teaches to be true in the will of God?" I hear, "your preachers are with you." If you won't be persuaded to receive the truth of the gospel through them, you won't still be persuaded if there's a supernatural rising or send forth from God. You can't but remain a waster, despiser, neglect and rebel to all divine inputs sent to salvage and save your soul. 

PRAYER: Lord, grant me estimation for your Word and ministers. I won't be a despiser of holy things.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 9:1-11:27, John 15:1-27, Psalm 119:49-64, Proverbs 16:1-3

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 26/05/2022

THURSDAY - 26TH MAY, 2022

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GOD HAS FOUND A MOUTH TO SPEAK THROUGH - Heart of Wisdom Series 007

Read John 9:1-7

Psalms 90:12, KJV

"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."

The prayer of Moses was that God would teach the generation judged and soon to pass away that they might get a heart of wisdom. A heart of wisdom is one that has already been instructed or taught. It is a ready made heart indwelling man. In temperance of living, it is tempered while bearing eternity in mind. This manifests in what life of focus, purpose and dedication he lives daily. He has sieved himself away from what doesn't profit and only lives for one thing - "why am I here on earth?" Meanwhile, will God come down from above to begin to teach all men that are living life outside the revelations of death's inevitability and brevity of life to change in order to reroute them? No! He won't because such task is already given to men amidst men. Moses cried to God, "teach us to number our days..." God does that through His messengers. They're designated for same.

Romans 10:14, KJV

"14 ...and how shall they hear without a preacher?"

Preachers or teachers have been raised and equipped to teach all God's counsel. This includes not withholding from their congregation the ever stable fact that death is the end of all things and that that death might come even sooner than they think. They have victory over death though and it isn't a thing to fear but that fact should make them gird themselves with utilizing their short life here. If you ask any man, I don't think there's any who will naturally embrace death when the earth is treating him well. That's why many evades thinking about death but say, "it doesn't matter since I can't but one day  die eventually." So, they neglect the place of living with focus which comes by having the revelation of life being temporal on the earth. They however are numbered amidst those who scatter their forces, strength and ability and so couldn't be recognized for having achieved something in particular in this life. They chased too many things - of which many were distractions but of which one is their calling (which should have been the one thing they should have done) just like Paul said, "this one thing I do..." Paul also said to a congregation that he has not withdrawn from them God's whole counsel.

Acts 20:26-27, KJV

"26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God."

There are ministers now who select what to teach people and neglect others which are also fit for edification or setting right. Teach all is what we're admonished whether it is bitter to swallow or not. You must also know that your office is a special privilege. They can't hear if you won't preach or teach. God called and anointed you to teach all these things with the authority and strength of the called He has given you. Your office as a minister was given you by the Lord Jesus Christ who gave gifts to men and set men in their different offices for the perfecting of the saints (Ephesians 4:8-14). So, don't waver but teach them God's whole counsel which includes this one I'm on. You didn't call yourself. God did and it is He you'll also have to do with one day. So, rejoice in your calling as one called to teach men what God would want them know for respectful living on earth. Don't forget, time is running. We must therefore do the works of He that sent all of us while it is day because night comes when no man shall work no longer. If night (the day of death) is never sure, we could then recline a million years doing nothing with our might as we should do. As long as we are on this earth, we should choose to be the light of the world. We can't choose to be darkness because Jesus was not. He was the light of the world and conscience of it. We don't have much time for experimentation. This truth on right living or what is most suitable to abide by has been proven and given us. If we had a million years to live, then we could choose to be darkness for awhile before coming back to live with commitment as light - one who shows others the path to follow in Christ and lives out the coding on purpose left in his soul at creation. Today, God is saying, my teaching you how to number your days is not something you'll have to come to heaven for or get transported in a trance before you're instructed about it, the words are with my preachers - even the word of truth. Those preachers luckily are on earth. They're the ones I will move on and through to bring you timely messages by which you'll get a heart of wisdom on how to live life like he who has been slated not to see tomorrow. Preachers, preach it!

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 7:1-8:18; John 14:15-31; Psalm 119:33-48; Proverbs 15:33

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 25/05/2022

WEDNESDAY - 25TH MAY, 2022

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SCIENCE IN THE MATHEMATICS OF YEAR NUMBERING - Heart of Wisdom Series 006

READ John 4:31-38

Psalms 90:12, KJV

"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."

Discovery is useless without application. Application is what utilises discovery. Until application, you'll only wish results, it won't jump on you. Application rather births results, even types that many and those who won't abide by the law of application will still like to see. Moses in the view of how Israel (that generation will soon begin to fall down dead one by one ) said, "teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." "Teaching" is God's duty to man. As I write now, I'm teaching you as an anointed so that you'll learn the inevitability of death even if you're young and so double up. I am God sent to cause realization to hit you. The revelation of that teaching that we're but mere mortals who will soon fleet away even if we'd spend a million years on earth must therefore dawn on us. We are nothing but a breath. A syllable that's pronounced at one puff of air. "Getting a heart of wisdom", however is ours to do. The discovery which comes from God showing you how your years are but fleeting will teach you sitting right, doing with all your might any thing your hand has found to do and going full length in the little while you have to live. No room for distraction or decentralization of focus. God will teach you through His preachers and those with this insight. After discovery of learning the danger of inevitability of death, continuing in sin, giving of your strength to women or frivolous things of life, you'll need to become born again and start living anew. You must let discovery have its effect on you or else, teaching you and the knowledge from such teaching would have been wasted. 

In science, after following a particular process or step after step, they'll come to a discovery or a finding. Their findings are then used. That's application. That's why I titled this devotional "The Science of Application in the Mathematics of Year Numbering. "Applying" or "the effecting" of your discovery on yourself is what makes the process scientific. You discover how momentary life is, then you seek means to get the best out of life. It is process by process: one leading to the other. "Getting a heart of wisdom" there is not only receiving. It is putting down structures to ensure the revelation of not living a wasted life is actually ensured. It is to take action after discovery. So, it is a task to daily live out. There's no one who gets a heart of wisdom that goes to sleep. Like the Psalmist says, even if he has no man to put him in awareness of the proper ways to live, his reins will instruct him even in the night. 

Psalms 16:7, KJV

"I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons."

You'll see him while a youth therefore achieve what only the aged could have accumulated or garnered by experience (but because he has been taught or has received counsel and has come to the discovery of how to live). He will be doing things by revelation which comes from having been secretly instructed. By the time he's becoming an aged himself, he has achieved already and would even be in a strait whether to leave to be with the Lord or stay. Just like God showed me, once the meat for which you're here on earth is done, you may leave. That's why Jesus said, "my meat is to do the will of He that sent me and to finish it (John 4:34). That's what he who has gotten a heart of wisdom only does. He focuses on his assignment or life's task and does away with all other chaffs and distractions in our world. While the disciples were busying themselves with physical meat or food, Jesus busied himself with harvesting of souls. He kept thinking and taking thought for that Samaritan woman and other souls beyond her. He was lost in the higher will even at the availability of food that comforts a weary soul (for we were earlier told that Jesus was wearied). 

A heart of wisdom deals with action. Living in the now and utilizing it fully. That's why Jesus told His disciples, you said the harvest is four months time, behold the field is white (John 4:35). If that be, what's the white or ready harvest calling for? Today, show seriousness of application having learnt it is not the hearer that's blessed but the doers.

PRAYER: May this revelation of the inevitability of death cause a u-turn into spending my minutes to the fullest by giving all to God and humanity. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 4:1-6:23; John 13:31-14:14; Psalm 119:17-32; Proverbs 15:31-32

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 24/05/2022

TUESDAY - 24th MAY, 2022

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WE NEED THE TEACHING OF GOD - Heart of Wisdom Series 005

Psalms 90:11-12,KJV

"11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

We have been dealing with the mathematics of year numbering which consequent the gaining a heart of wisdom. It is that heart of wisdom that will now make you have eternity in mind while knowing you're only indwelling flesh momentarily. This will call for swift responsibility on the earth. So much more that your lifetime would have been used to live a purposeful life. Knowing you don't have all days, you'll have written books both by inspiration and effort. You'll have made scientific discoveries and also pour yourself into other men while advocating for a temperate use of all privileges on the earth. All these are revelations that settle on your heart of heart because you've discovered that man that is born of woman is of few days. 

When Moses prayed in that verse, his objective was that God would teach Israel (those deemed to die within the time frame of 40 years of journeying to Canaan) and know their death day has been fixed how to now use or live their lives. The word waiting to be fulfilled on this people is like the one issued to King Belshazzar here: 

Daniel 5:26, KJV

"This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it."

Their days have been numbered and it's to be brought to an end. This is where this teaching gets interesting.  For the murmuring generation, God said they won't see Canaan. So, He wore them all out within those 40 years time frame. All these people knew their fate. They've received God's judgement and not much that could be done to change that. Knowing this, Moses prayed that God would teach all this generation the numbering of their days. Currently as I speak, there are those with report of terminal diseases. They even know when they might die. They're not different from those awaiting execution in jail. Now, if there's somebody with the awareness of such time he has left to live and the one he doesn't have to live, what will you advise him to do? Will you say he starts drinking himself to stupor or you'll teach him the judicious use of the leftover? That's the case of any whose death's day has been fixed. These people (the judged Israelites) would still have lived in the ignorance of the years left for them unless they're taught. God must ensure the fact that they don't have much years to spare again irrespective of their age at the time of the prediction gets their attention. It must be so clear that they'll live today as if tomorrow won't be seen for sure. Unless you're taught the mathematics of your years or its numbering, you won't come to any discovery of earth being a temporal abode, man's years being fleeting or another destination hurrying. This matter was not taken with levity by Moses. He prayed, sought and begged God to actually set a remembrance, by making them not forget that their  life shall be cut short at the progress of the predicted 40 years. If this is understood and its revelation distilled and serenaded into each of them, they'll be tempered to only live for what is worthy to be lived for. They'll have fun when they should, order their children where they should go and put up a memorial for themselves. 

Man can't cause you into the revelation of having a heart of wisdom. It takes God for us to know in reality what fate soon befalls he who has been scheduled to die. If he knows so, he does what men who have not been caused to see their future won't do. He'll be full of action - practicing and seeking to accomplish more and the most of each passing time. Having such heart of wisdom, a sense of urgency doesn't come cheaply, God must confront us with it. I pray that the burden of this will weigh on your heart. Like lead do sink the drag net, it will sink you into meditation for correctional living until you brace up to take much from each of the day you have left to live. 

PRAYER: Teach me responsibility with each passing day.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 2 Samuel 2:12-3:39; John 13:1-30; Psalm 119:1-16; Proverbs 15:29-30

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 23/05/2022

MONDAY - 23RD MAY, 2022

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WE WILL DO A TEST - Heart of Wisdom Series 004

We will do a test. The test to do is the test of numbering. Without this test, we can't change the direction in which we're living our lives, especially if hitherto, it has been lived unsatisfactorily. It is the test carried out and the result obtained from such test that would teach us what life, seriousness, attention, carefulness, caution each must bring to live his remaining years on earth. Let's enter the test centre. Here lies a test tube before us. 

Test tube: He has lived 35 years on earth. 

Test tube: she has lived 70 on earth. 

Like Moses said, 70 is our years but eighty by reason of strength. So, let's say the terminal age of the two here is 80. After the test, we found out one is 35 and the other 70 for instance. One has 45 years left to live while the other has 10. That's how it is for each of us. Some will have much time left while others may not. Irrespective of what their age is, their hope of living lengthily like a just born baby isn't assured again because they've both spent a great deal of their lives. They are all near the grave than a child. The time each of them has left is therefore their leverage to catch up. 

If age numbering is what could be done at the hospital before the discovery of what years is left to live, you'll see that many will come out of the doctor's office with different reports. Some on discovery of nearing death might like terminal patients be discouraged first of all. A 78 year old man would be making preparation for dying. He'll finalize his will, sign peace with all and hope for the final call because of being near the terminal age than any other. Those below however might still be full of other life's activity but his (the 78 man's) can't but be different. Thank God for the test of numbering that exposes and betrays to us what years or days each may likely have left to live. If not, many of us will still recline carelessly in life the more. We'll still be saying, "today is not the day of salvation." This would have been trouble for mankind but we thank God that we could number and by the discovery from it order our lives, reset it or make new promises for it to outperform our past. May you not be without watch. May the day - your years not be fleeting away just like that without an awareness in your soul that you're aging. Science may help us delay ageing but no aged should fall in the error of being a youth when he/she is not. Do breast enhancement or tummy sulk. Do face surgery. It can't but somehow somewhere show that the dew of youth that once made your body its house has dried up long ago. This morning, God is saying, "do a test". This test will show you where you belong: whether your years are still much or almost gone. This test luckily don't have to be with the doctor. You can sit yourself down, account for when you were born, how many years you've lived and the likelihood of when to die. As blatant and confrontational the result might be, it will help you  live a brand new life.

PRAYER: Lord, may the truth on age numbering I should know not be hidden. Anything veiling the truth of temporal living on earth to me, I tear you off.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Samuel 29:1-31:13; John 11:55-12:19; Psalm 118:1-18; Proverbs 15:24-26

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 22/05/2022

SUNDAY - 22ND MAY, 2022

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HOW MANY EGG DO YOU HAVE LEFT? - Heart of Wisdom Series 003

Psalms 90:12, KJV

"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."

Yesterday, we saw the mathematics of numbering one's days or years. It is the discovery of the years already used that'll make any gird himself towards the thorough and purposeful use of the remaining in his future before being called home. That place says, "teach us to number our days..." It was a prayer point Moses, the man of God prayed to God. It seems forgetfulness is worrying many in this age. They need to be put in remembrance of their days being numbered by which they'll cultivate a heart of wisdom which will make them do what they should do now and not postpone till later. There's no one who's first of all brought into the awareness of the years he has left to live that doesn't do something different from what he's been doing before. You'll see new love, passion, commitment e.t.c by which he'll attack what his hands has found doing. 

May I say one of the reasons many don't want to number their days though they do birthday yearly is basically because they don't want to have thoughts of nearing death. They'll say, "I don't want my mood spoilt. Whether I learn what is left or not, life can't but go on and I can't but one day die." None of us debates those. Whether you live life consciously or not, life or time can't but pass. However, God wants you beware. If you're brought into the awareness of how little time you have left , you will wake up, hurry to fill it with so many objectives toward the fulfilment of your vision. You ought to number and seek to know whether you still have much years left to live naturally or not. That will bring you to a face to face confrontation with awareness.

Just like people won't intentionally number their years and thereby be affected with the temperance of the "coming night", so do people don't want to go for checkup for the fear of discovering one abnormality or the other. Do you know that if you do frequent checkup and it is found you have chances to become diabetic, you'll stop the eating of much carbohydrates and ensure other safeties. What if tendency towards diabetes was never discovered? Life will continue until the person finds himself a patient of what he could have controlled by discovery and then prevention. God is not here to spoil your fun or make you at discovery slip into depression. I don't know anyone who's daily fulfilling purpose who's unnecessarily put at alert of dying. He'll only like Paul contemplate whether to go or stay. His staying is to benefit mankind and the entire world the more. If he leaves, he has achieved enough and he'll have no regrets. That's the life God wants you live. A life that has discovered what to live for, is living it and is assured of eternal rest one day. Ask yourself, how many eggs do I still have left in the crate? This is the typical question housewives do ask. They'll check the level of rice, beans, palm oil and all other ingredients at home to determine what next to do; either to supplement them for longevity or continue feeding on same until it abruptly finishes early. If a driver doesn't know how much fuel is left in his vehicle, he too can't gain a heart of wisdom. That's why every vehicle has a fuel gauge. It is to prevent unwanted shocks of sudden stoppage. You may not cherish adequately what it means for fuel to be used up until it happens to you and you're stranded especially where there's no fuel station and complicatedly, on a path less trodden. But, what difference will it make if you had known that you need more fuel to reach your destination and have gone for it. This numbering to gain a heart of wisdom is really not despised by any general or military tactician too. They check before the D-day. They don't live on assumption. They live on facts gathered from investigations. This help them forestall events and make them live in the tomorrow that has not come. God is saying I should ask you, "put in the gauge. How much fuel is left in your tank?" Will the years left be enough to fulfill the unfulfilled or you simply need to double up to meet up? Count the eggs you have left in your crate and you'll immediately see how much you've eaten different from the leftover on which you'll plan your remaining life, activity, calling, career, purpose etc.

PRAYER: Sensitize me to the time I am in. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Samuel 29:1-31:13; John 11:55-12:19; Psalm 118:1-18; Proverbs 15:24-26

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 21/05/2022

SATURDAY - 21ST MAY, 2022

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THE MATHEMATICS OF YEAR NUMBERING - Heart of Wisdom Series 002

READ Psalm 90:1-12

Psalm 90:12, ESV

"So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom."

Why many don't get or receive a heart of wisdom is simply simple.  They neglect the mathematics of their years. One way or the other, all of us are involved in numbering somewhere so that we may get a heart of wisdom in that same area. For example, consider a fellow who receives #500,000 every month after the deduction of his tax. For him to put this money to effective use and leverage on same till another comes next month, he must first recon with how much he was paid. He can't budget on #1,000,000 when he was paid #500,000. This is the beginning of his having a heart of wisdom. Do you already recon you also don't have eternity on earth? Having known that, he'll draw a budget on that money. As he removes money for this and that, he'll come to the realization of being left with little and little. If he doesn't number how much is left and goes on spending unbridled as if the money were still the whole #500,000 he was earlier paid, he'll come to poverty before month's end. So as not to come to poverty, he must then bring in the calculation and mathematics of, "how much do I have left in my account?" If not, he might order a thing he doesn't have money to pay for again. You know that can't but be trouble. Relating with this example will make it easier for you understanding that verse that says, "teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom." A begat B. If you number how much years you've spent and set how much you may have left, you can't but learn how to live your life anew, purposefully and responsibly. It is he who has a spare tyre that drives roughly. If you know your status, you'll be tempered and live in that revelation. It means without learning the numbering of your years and having information at hand on where you stand, you can never gain a heart of wisdom. Lack of numbering of what is left is what is putting people in trouble. That's why they live like a new born baby who still have all years ahead him.

Let's say here is Mr A. He knows he'll spend 103 years on earth. If he celebrated his 50th birthday for instance this year, he ought know that the years he has left isn't increasing but rather diminishing. He is now left with 53 years. He should then measure himself. How much of purpose has he lived out? How many people could say he is a gift to humanity? What could he himself claim to have lived for? What legacy will he leave behind? Has he satisfied God even if he's not popular or had never been on the TV? If his conscience doesn't judge him wrong and God witnesses of his being a beloved son, he has lived well. If after these checkups, the report isn't satisfactory, it means he has 53 years left to make impact on earth and live out the coding left in his soul from birth which may manifest as calling, gift or passion etc. If we'll be true, we should justify his having 30 years left. This is because at old age, it is only little anyone could do. Depreciation sets in as we age. Even before death arrives, old age can retire anyone. That's why the time any could count on is his youthful years. Teens and youths should hear and gain a heart of wisdom now. I mean those who still have much years to cash out. Number your years because your race is against time. You don't have all day. As you live, you near the grave. As you near the grave and it seems your departure is at end, you must be settled that you have been a good manager of your lifetime, calling, gifts etc given you and has done God's will and achieved by same on earth. Today is the day of mathematics of number. Number your own years and gain the new hows by which you should live your life by.

PRAYER: Lord, may I gain a heart of wisdom by discovering my status of years at hand and ones already spent.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Samuel 26:1-28:25, John 11:1-54, Psalm 117:1-2, Proverbs 15:22-23

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