MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 5/12/2023

TUESDAY - 5TH DECEMBER, 2023

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO

THEY'RE ASKING, "ARE YOU THE ONE TO COME OR WE SHOULD EXPECT ANOTHER?"

Luke 7:18-19, KJV

"18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?"

One might ask, "why would a fellow in John - as the one who identified and revealed Jesus to all be same who'll send such a message as we read above to Jesus?" If not for offence, he wouldn't stop believing in Jesus and seeing Him from the very light he had seen Him from the beginning. At the beginning, even his disciples left his ministry for Jesus' and he was not offended (John 1:36-37). He revealed Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the whole world. Doing this didn't offend him though he was losing men. He said in John 3:29-30 that, "29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease." Where then could this wrong perception and view of Jesus by John have come from when he himself proved that Jesus is God's sent Messiah to the earth. Even at His baptism when he John would have successfully convinced Jesus to baptize Him, Jesus had refuted and persuaded him on it been done as it fits all righteousness. Jesus has never been wanting before in his sight. The Son of God has never strayed off purpose but has always maintained His course. So, is it lately that Jesus has missed purpose and is no longer Who to expect?

John's view has been changed by imprisonment. He expects deliverance and he didn't see one. This is his revenge. This is his fury and explosion at Jesus. In essence, John was saying, "if you have power, get me out of here. Couldn't you see I'm stuck here". I need help now. He was saying, "if you're the Messiah, save me now!"

However, all these requests came out of huge offence. His own ministry has been stopped and hindered being in jail but Jesus' still continues. Hearing the report of Jesus' great miracles from his disciples, he sent word to Jesus if he were the One to come or they should expect another. He was indeed expecting that Jesus would know where to channel His power - for the saving of the messenger that announced Him. 

John became a failure and a disgrace! His reward and feedback didn't delay at all. Jesus having done many miracles at that hour directed the gazes and observation of those he sent to those acts and asked them to observe and go to report all they had seen and heard to John. 

Then, Jesus added one more thing, "blessed is he who's not offended at me". How did Jesus know he was in offence? Because John was expecting something to be done yet nothing had happened. People get offended when their expectations are not met or when it tarries and they're disappointed at such delay. Jesus knew he sent that errand because he was stuck and he hoped He would come to his aid. However, offence shouldn't propel us to demean our salvation and even reject it. John demeaned and rejected his own Salvation. He was in essence saying, "if you won't do anything, I might as well look unto another or another place". However, Jesus is not Esther that a Mordecai would tell, "if you look away, enlargement will arise for the Jews from another quarters" (Esther 4:14). This Jesus is the salvation - the final solution and answer and help of all men. Any who's offended at Him might die in his or her sin - never coming out of imprisonment of hell alive like John. Any who rejects His help and seeks to expect another might not find any at all. May I ask, have you found Him as your help and salvation or you're still looking for another one? I assure you, it'll never come.

Let me encourage you not to lose faith, doubt or become offended that your expectations till hitherto have not been met. He sees it all and He hears it all and He'll do it all. Just don't reproach Him and look unto another. Don't be offended at God or any you're expecting money, encouragement, sympathy, companionship etc from but who seems not to be looking in your direction now. Getting offended in them will make you vulnerable - shifting you away from expectation and the place of faith. This way, you'll receive nothing but wither in your offence and doubt. Rather, keep trusting and seeing Jesus as He who is to do it and not another god or goddess. Don't shift your position of faith. It's of great reward before heaven.  

PRAYER: Give me a heart release from offence. I purge myself of self justification over others.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Hosea 1:1-3:5; 1 John 5:1-21; Psalm 124:1-8; Proverbs 29:5-8

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 04/12/2023

MONDAY - 4TH DECEMBER, 2023

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WHEN YOUR HONOUR IS NOT GIVEN TO YOU - I Perceive Series 003

John 4:25-26, KJV

"25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he."

The concern of God this morning is the degree to which we are humble and count ourselves as nobodies. We've been told not to exalt ourselves or boast ourselves more than the measure we are dealt. If you seek to exercise yourself beyond this your allotted mark, that might be pride ( Rom.12:3).

However, how humble are we? How humble you are is manifested when you're offended and you're right (with the other party being wrong). That's when we can see for once if you're really humble. 

I'll like you at this time go back to John 4:5-26. Read from there. You'll see the conversation of Jesus with this Samaritan woman. This woman believes the Messiah comes who will tell them all things that they'll have to believe. At the time she said this, it was given as a response to Jesus' stance on doctrine which conflicts with what she believes on the supremacy of what constitutes worship. Jesus didn't emphasize physical building or locations but talks about sincerity and heart experience or contact with God - which off course could take place anywhere in the world. That can't wait until you get to one place designated as holy city. However, after Jesus gave His position and what you'll as well agree was utmostly right for practice, this woman refuses Jesus' stand by saying, "the Messiah comes who'll tell us all things". 

If you were the one (since Jesus knew Himself as the Messiah who she was referring to come), how would you feel? You'll shake your head and wonder at how ignorant she is right? That's the temptation. The temptation of vindicating ourselves over others when they're wrong and proving it so to their faces. 

This woman was expecting the Messiah yet the Messiah she expects is the very one standing in front of her for the whole time they had talked. Yet, she didn't discover, acknowledge or even praise His presence. Rather, she was riotous and full of debates as Jesus even tells her what is utmost to be done in worship of God.

But Jesus was not offended. He didn't say, "look at poor you!" He didn't leave the well after she had made Himself known as a revenge for having not been recognized and worshipped. He stayed until the city came and the woman and others could be established and prove Him further as the Messiah. He even lodged with them though it was humiliation for the created to have no recognition for his Creator. If you were that great, mighty, honourable, the owner of a large estate yet your workers wouldn't even recognize you as the boss, what would be your attitude? Would you pick offence and seek to prove your worth? Would you allow men to discover you or you'll speak into their faces? Would you wait for your timely revelation or seek to slap men with yourself? I pray, may we not be offended when we worth much but we're treated and esteemed little. Even if we feel disappointed, may we not become offended - eventually becoming bitter. 

PRAYER: Lord, help me not to be sensed ruled. I practice the humility of Christ. I count myself nobody that you may exalt me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Daniel 11:36-12:13; 1 John 4:1-21; Psalm 123:1-4; Proverbs 29:2-4

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 03/12/2023

SUNDAY - 3RD DECEMBER, 2023

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BUT HERE IS HE; CLING TO HIM - I Perceive Series 002

John 4:25-26, KJV

"25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he."

May you not look for another when here is He. May your search end; may you cease expecting when He has come already. Like we studied yesterday, this Samaritan woman wouldn't believe Jesus wholly for His doctrine - especially as it concerns the place of worship and how to worship. Though Jesus had told her the real essence of worship, she's still of the opinion that Jesus does not have the finality because the Messiah comes. 

John 4:25-26, KJV

"25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he."

Yet, the expected Messiah is Jesus who stands before her and speaks to her. May we not be blind to our prepared salvation and the finality that says, solves and cures it all. May we see and recognize. May we recognize and cling to it. As for this woman, the Messiah she has been expecting came and yet she was unaware that it was He that spoke and recommended to her what men should do. She was rather full of jangling - debating Jesus and pushing her believing into the future when the Messiah comes. When your salvation announces itself or himself as your salvation, you can doubt it or believe it. My own prayer is that you'll believe it by first recognizing it. Though this woman narrowly misses her expected Salvation and Messiah, yet the provision of 'He Who Comes' was revealed to her in mercy. Jesus tells her as a matter of fact, "I that speaks, I am He". That begins the end of all arguments but her believing. She eventually leaves her water pot and laments in awkward surprise. 

John 4:28-29, KJV

"28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?"

For having told her all she ever did, she believed in Jesus as the probable Messiah. Why? It takes the Messiah - who they know will be divine and full of power and grace to have told her all about herself. 

People of God, God is speaking to us. Are we the type that have ears but can't hear? Are we the type that see some strands of evidences and yet doubt? We'll beat ourselves like Thomas does if Jesus had to declare to us, "I am He Who has been speaking to you". You'll beat yourself for late believing and in recognizing Him.

John 20:26-29, KJV

"26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed".

Thomas would never believe though he was told Jesus had appeared unto other disciples. His demand was unless he sees the marks of the nails and see his pierced side, he'll not believe. When Jesus finally appears to him - knowing all his heart intent and all that had afore transpired, Jesus came offering him his demands, asking him to deep his finger in the print on his palm and his hand on his side. 

Believe it, Thomas was ashamed of himself. He poorly and weakly said, "my Lord and my God".  Jesus had to say, "blessed are those who have not seen yet believe". In other words, all those who does not believe because they have not seen are not blessed. May God give you sweet perception of the Messiah that stands before you when He (as the gospel) is preached to you. May you see the passing salvation and opportunity of being saved and by faith draw it in. May you perceive, sense and believe even when you have not seen or examine the existence of truth by the tangibilities that appears to the human senses. May you just simply resolve, "if He could tell me all the things I have ever done, He may be the Christ". That woman shouted, "come and see the man who ever told me all I ever did, is this not the Christ?" The answer as they all found out is that, "He is". May you not be passed by. May you not be faithless. May you not reproach Christ even as this year runs to an end. May you not be a mocker. May you be a believer - believing when others doubt, pressing on when others failed. 

PRAYER: Lord, grant me the heart of the doer - a recognizing heart. A heart that even picks shadows of things to come when it is far away or near.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Zephaniah 1:1-3:20, Revelation 10:1-11, Psalm 138:1-8, Proverbs 30:11-14

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 22/11/2023

SATURDAY - 2ND DECEMBER, 2023

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THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE MESSIAH IS HERE - I Perceive Series 001

John 4:25-26, KJV

"The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he."

If you follow the line of interaction between Jesus and this woman of Samaria, you'll see that the conversation encompasses water, the living water, the rightful place of worship etc. Until Jesus told her she has had five husbands before, she seems not to esteem Jesus at all. At that point however, she says, "sir, I perceive you're a prophet". This supernatural gift of Word of Knowledge helped Jesus penetrate this woman here and have her good attention. However, the consequent subject that leads to her being apprehended for God has to do with the rightful place of worship - in a physical place or in the spirit. It is this that was being debated. Jesus had said.

John 4:21-24, KJV

"21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

To this, the woman responds by postponing her clarity and salvation to the future saying, "when the Messiah comes, He'll tell us all things".

John 4:25, KJV

"The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things."

Why would she say that? Because she didn't believe wholly in the person of Jesus. She has not yet seen Jesus as somebody to receive unquestionably from. So, when Jesus told her it was not the matter of worshipping the Father in Jerusalem or at a mountain nearby her, she responds to having the final say come from the Messiah - who they are all expecting. 

You see, they were expecting the Messiah but these people were so dense that when the Messiah came, they didn't even know. Imagine a whole nation - group of people on tip toes for He who prophecies had predicted yet missed him at His very appearance. Their problem is still our problem. Why they missed Him is still why we're missing those God could use for us. That woman still didn't believe totally in Jesus though He told her her past life of sin and marital instability. She only accorded a little respect of being a prophet to Jesus but she never accepted Him as the Messiah - unto whom all obedience must be given. That's because she basically doesn't know it's the Messiah speaking to her as a matter of finality. What was she looking at? Appearance! The Messiah would look messianic. This man is too simple. He alone talking to me. No train of people to show His greatness. Nothing in the physical as she could have thought gave Jesus away. The only thing that began to do so was His exercise of the gift of word of knowledge by which she perceives that Jesus is a prophet. 

Today, God is dealing with those of you with hearts and eyes for the future to come yet without knowing the times you've entered into is your expected future. In 2019, I was at Ilisan Remo, Ogun State for a Christian program. Pastor Chingtok Ishaku (a minstrel-preacher) was to come to minister from the North. However, before his arrival at all and without ever having listened to him once until I contacted him that evening when the conference opened, I began to speak to the brethren with which I went to this conference as I was impressed. I was heavily impressed and I knew to what intent that day. Some of the brethren who I pastor and who were also my colleague workers at the work place just did not give ears to me though they were hearing (because they were seated near me). It shows in their attitude I was not the one they were expecting that day. However, the surprise came later. At the arrival of the guest minister, he began his teaching which had no topic. To the shock of all the brethren who had heard me spoke in the evening, the exact things I had said to them from the Bible were the exact things this man of God began to say. It was totally the same. It was as if the man of God had heard me in the evening and was then quoting me. Just as he spoke that day, some of my brethren seated in front of me looked back and gave me, "thumb up". I immediately praised the Lord!

That day, I learnt two lessons - that you could be a prophetic vessel without knowing. Two, that minds of people are difficult to change when their expectation is set. However, God can change it. I knew all of them felt a great awe for God later. Some might have felt bad shoving me away or showing the attitude of, "Bro. Sola, let us alone".

What am I saying? This woman was expecting the Messiah yet the Messiah came, spoke with her and yet she wouldn't see or believe Jesus as the Messiah because she was expecting someone (in the name and manifestation of the Messiah who's already in front of her in flesh and blood). People miss God's plan because when He comes, their sight is elsewhere. No sensitivity, no humility of heart. In pride, they keep looking into the future for what is happening in the present already to still come around to them. If not that Jesus told this woman that, "I am the Messiah who speaks to you", she wouldn't have investigated it let alone eventually believe in it as others from the city would also prove it so. 

Listen to me brethren, blessing passes before you daily but you must be full of perception to grab it. Or else, it'll flow passed you and go its own way like a flowing water. I pray for you that you'll have eyes and heart for all future expectations but which are happening now. May you open to He you should open to. May you not search for one Messiah, guru, salvation again when it is Jesus who saves. May you be sufficed and esteem Jesus as He only who saves. May nothing take you away to seek for another "way, truth and life". If you do, you'll find none. If you find any in any religion, they'll be false gods and practices. That's because Jesus Himself makes it clear that He's the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:6). It means, there's no other Messiah. There's no name man is given to be saved except His name (Matt.1:21, Phil.2:9-11). Let your search of a Messiah be sufficed today. Welcome Jesus as your Lord and Savior.

PRAYER: Lord, let me perceive Your angel, ministers and any with messianic duties to me in their real light. My long expectation shall not elude me at arrival.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Daniel 9:1-11:1; 1 John 2:18-3:6; Psalm 121:1-8; Proverbs 28:27-28

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 01/11/2023

 FRIDAY - 1ST DECEMBER, 2023

Happy New Month!

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AND THOU SHALL DELIVER THE CUP INTO HIS HAND LIKE THE FORMER

Genesis 40:13, KJV

"Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler."

Say, "God, reinstate me. From every departed position or perfect status, recover and restore me. Let this month be my month of reinstatement."

I picked that in the spirit. That should be our prayer so that we might attain perfect perfection wherever we have defected even before the year ends. The baker and the butler offend their lord, Pharaoh and he puts them in jail. Each has his dream according to its interpretation. The butler sees a ripe grape on three branches and sees himself pressing it into Pharaoh's cup and putting it in his hands. In interpreting it, Joseph says, "within three days, he shall be restored and shall put Pharaoh's cup in his hands like before". 

This is reinstatement. He was almost gone. His fate could have been that of the baker but he was recovered and brought back to serve like before. The most touching piece in that verse is, "and thou shall restore Pharaoh's cup into his hands after the former manner when thou wast his butler".

May this be your portion and testimony. Whereever you've been taken away from what you used to resemble or what is your perfect design and status, may God take you back to the former. Today, what God is doing is a work of restoration so that you might be what you used to be. Oh, that's what's good. If you've fallen from favour, you'll miss that former favour and graciousness you were once availed. You'll regret having ever falling from grace because you'll miss the privileges of your former office, status or blessed life. It's even most painful when  someone has taken over your office. Irrespective of the case however, you can be reinstated to the former. You can be recovered. Naaman talks of being recovered. 

II Kings 5:11, KJV

"But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper."

You can be recovered. When Naaman was eventually recovered, he was taken back to the state he had departed from. His skin was restored unto him like that of a new born baby (II Kings 5:14). 

What you used to do, you'll do again. The cup the butler used to put in Pharaoh's hands, he once more puts into his hands. I cry over you, know restoration. Be reinstated. Be taken back. Have the testimony of before. Praise God like before. Produce sap like before. Be assured like before. Experience His presence like before. Know joy like before and let everything that once flowed for you flow again. So shall it be. 

PRAYER: Lord, let me be reinstated to do and be what I used to be before. Thank you Lord. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Daniel 8:1-27; 1 John 2:1-17; Psalm 120:1-7; Proverbs 28:25-26

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 29/11/2023

WEDNESDAY - 29TH NOVEMBER, 2023

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OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM - Our Travelogue & Travails Series 005

Acts 28:4, KJV

"And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live."

If humanity exists without any justice system, the hearts of many would be set to do evil. It is also the same when the law refuses to execute justice at a go. 

Ecclesiastes 8:11, KJV

"Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."

Having a justice system encourages being good over being a criminal and a violator of community laws. It's clear that the islanders of Melita have a justice system and believes in justice. Their deduction might be wrong on why a viper fastens itself to Paul's hand, however, it is clearly portrayed that justice is a world wide phenomenon whether with the barbarians or the civilized. 

They inferred that for a venomous snake to have fastened itself to Paul's hand, it is because Paul was a criminal who though has escaped the sea, justice isn't allowing to go scot free. They've indicated that a criminal ought to be punished. According to cosmos and God's laws, offenders ought to pay. A murderer is someone who has taken the life of another [intentional as it might interest us to hear here]. If Paul were one - having a record of such recent case which has not been pardoned, then he ought get punished according to God's justice system. God is the One who puts order in place and for order to be, there must be a system of rules and regulations that will keep the body of people under or reward the obedients. He calls order out of disorder at the beginning (Gen.1:1-3). A revelation that God is interested in order and not disorderliness. He asked Cain why he was not his brother's keeper and also punishes him accordingly for Abel's murder (Gen 4:9-13). Another revelation that God takes interest in how we treat our neighbors. It can't interest you to do evil while believing in escape without retribution. The law is the one who maintains recourse between you and your brother and it should be on nobody's side. Wherever the law hesitates however, God's or cosmos' justice system shall take effect. You can't bribe that.

The sanctity of the human life says no one should take it unnecessarily. For this reason, God seeks to protect lives - same is what any law of the land does. So, when the barbarous people inferred that Paul should pay for what he has done, their minds have gone nowhere but the universe's justice system and I'll say until a society is governed by an impartial justice system, justice can't reign. Justice should be able to catch up with anyone irrespective of status or background. If you do it, you should pay for it. However, many justice systems are corrupt and justice is all overlooked or bought over. 

God is addressing the issue of justice this morning. He has put nobody else in charge but what we call government today. 

Romans 13:1, KJV

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."

It should be our prayer that the government established on behalf of God to bear rule in every nation shall discharge holily and not judge after the sight of their eyes but rather in judgement and God's fear.

Isaiah 11:3, KJV

"And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears."

PRAYER: God of all flesh, teach the nations Your heart. Let Your sense of justice be known rightly by all. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Daniel 5:1-31; 2 Peter 2:1-22; Psalm 119:113-128; Proverbs 28:19-20

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - 28/11/2023

TUESDAY - 28TH NOVEMBER, 2023

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ALWAYS RECOVERING - Our Travelogue & Travails Series 004

Acts 28:6, KJV

"Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god."

May you always recover. Comebacks will be your testimony. That place says, "however, they looked when he should have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god". 

This will be your perpetual testimony. You will always recover to make comebacks. What does the Bible say about the righteous falling and coming back? "For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again" (Proverbs 24:16, KJV). I pray for you today that salvation will be near your house. Comebacks in your to and fro and in any trouble you might enter into. 

What you must know is that as long as we live on earth, we can't but enter into troubles. We don't have to be the cause as you'll testify but life can't but happen. However, if you'll survive and continue to live on, what you must always have is recovery, a comeback or what the Bible succinctly calls salvation. 

Psalms 91:16, KJV

"With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation."

If you're denied God's salvation when you're in trouble, you'll sink, get choked and might pass out. It is salvation that draws you out of the miry clay or many waters, setting your feet on solid ground. If not, the quick sand had swallowed you up. That's why the Bible guarantees long life for anyone who keeps getting saved from his troubles. That'll always be consequential. It says, "with long life will I satisfy you and show you my salvation". Long life doesn't become an experience except salvation - saving from trouble is first of all activated. The man of God, Sunday Adelaja, the pastor of the largest church in Europe said he was called and labelled a lot of things when he began ministry and God began to move things for him. He said he was likened to North Korea dictator's leader and that many national and international newspapers spread rumours about him as being a cult leader who hypnotizes people. Moreso, being a Nigerian born leader, they called him a drug lord. He even confesses CIA monitored him for three years to discover nothing. It was when all was revealed that he knew. He said in that audio message of his I listened to that he dreaded what next would be published about him each day. His members had cried for him testifying about his integrity. He also had locked himself up to pray 10-15 hours once a week asking God for all the help He could muster for him. At the end, the victory came and he was recognized as a godly influencer and a rare African who's a gift to Europe and all the world. 

You see, that was salvation that worked for him. If not, he could have died - ceased because of the many cases filed against him. He could have been falsely sentenced! Imagine a minister appearing in court like money appears in your hands. You yourself would have thought there was an iota of truth in the accusation levied against him. You'd say, is he the only minister in town and why are they coming after him only? But God preserved him by granting him salvation from all his troubles. This leads to the long life and the present life he's still enjoying. I even watched a video where he testified of how he escaped from Ukraine when the war began as he was a major target. He left with nothing. Scarcely could they pick toothbrushes. But look, God granted him salvation and he yet live. Thank God for his salvation and recovery from all our present troubles.

Paul got bitten by a snake and he could have died from it. However, recovery answered. As a matter of fact, those who knew the process of things and how long it takes for the poison to choke waits for him to yield up the ghost. But when they looked that he should have swollen or fallen down dead, yet nothing happens, they had to change their minds. Look, I proclaim recovery over you, your health, family, finances, business. I'm picking there's someone whose child is sickly unto death there. I proclaim recovery. Let God's salvation draw him or her out of the many waters of sickness. Salvation! Salvation! Salvation!

The king Darius rushed to the lion's den where Daniel has been sealed to die. He cried, "Daniel, the servant of the living God. Has your God whom you serve continually being able to save you or not?" Daniel replied, "O king, recovery has answered! Salvation has worked for me!" Look at how he puts it to the king. 

Daniel 6:21-22, KJV

"21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.  6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt."

Did you see that? Yesterday, I was ruminating on the expression, "where there's no doctor". I know there's a book like that. Then, the Holy Spirit said to me, "where there's no doctor, you can pray!" Therefore, where the charmer can't charm today, God is ready to help. Over all situations that are dilapidated and are already collapsing, I declare, begin to experience recovery. Recover! Know God's salvation and amend from that corrupted state to the perfect model. Everything, anything that has being spoilt, plundered, dispersed is being gathered back now. Paul recovered, Daniel was recovered, Adelaja was recovered, you're recovering also. I heard something now. "Recovery from every wound, especially wound of the head". Anyone wounded on the head, be healed. Let your leadership power be restored. Salvation is walking and surging your highways now. Amendment is being done. Yes, amendment. All our missionaries are saved. What they'll experience at every juncture is God's salvation!  

PRAYER: Father, I enjoy recovery, salvation and amendment. I see the end of all arguments and I last. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Daniel 5:1-31; 2 Peter 2:1-22; Psalm 119:113-128; Proverbs 28:19-20

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