MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 18/05/2024

SATURDAY- 18TH MAY, 2024

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO

RESPECT ISSUES OF THE HEART

Acts 1:23-24, KJV

"23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. 24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen."

God wants you to respect issues of the heart. Your estimation should not be on the appearances of men firstly but the heart and its state. In today's reading, the Apostles are seen doing same. When it comes to choosing a replacement for Judas Iscariot, they specifically prayed that God who knows best the hearts of men would choose for them out of their provided two candidates. Yet, those two candidates are disciples. Christians, good Christians we might call them nowadays but still needed to be discerned. 

Whenever you're faced with the choice of who to go with in marriage, business or any sort of relationship; let the issues of the heart choose for you such that'll be on your team. I'll rather have a fellow who can't injure me next to me than have someone who appears charismatic and beautiful by my side. The Apostles have come to know one thing - a man is basically defined by his heart or what comes from there. As such, a man is his heart! That's why the Bible says, "as a man thinks, so is he" (Prov.23:7). What makes a tree good is the sort of fruit it produces: good or bad. And what sort of fruit produced comes from the inside of any man. That's why it is what comes from the inside of a man that as well defiles him (Matt.15:11). That's why Jesus was very much against hypocrisy, rebuking the Pharisees and other elders. He'd told them they loved to wash the outside of the cup and not keep the inside clean. He also compares their hypocrisy to a white painted grave which appears beautifully outside but which is full of rottenness inside. As such, Jesus esteems matters or issues of the heart over appearance. Appearance is easily forged and pushed! Anyone can fake appearance like the Gibeonites do but their motivation for doing such is what could be traced and rightly discerned to mark their genuinety or falsity (Joshua 9:3-14). 

The Bible says in Jeremiah 17:9 "the heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, who can know it." You may not regard this verse as very truthful until you're injured by someone you regard as your neighbour. Some have been duped and jilted and so know that the heart of man is deceitful and desperately wicked. They are so much conscious now that they're reluctant making choices of who to marry again. In business and other life's ventures, others have been betrayed also. Such disappointments have concretized this truth of man's heart being deceitful above all things. As such, it calls us to the need to weigh hearts before choosing one. Man may pretend to be B but in reality is A. If you have no discernment, you might fall for the front he is selling and eventually suffer for it. 

It is this knowledge of the heart being right that made the Apostles pray that God should choose for them a candidate whose heart is right. They might have also learnt from the betrayal of Jesus by Judas. Heart is everything even in choosing leaders politically. If you vote selfish individuals, you'll reap the brunt of their selfishness. However, let me quickly say "heart" as referred to here isn't that blood pumping organ. No! It rather refers to the motivation, thoughts, outlook or perspective, objective, desire, believe, attitude of individuals. Those are the things that would influence and dictate the actions and reactions of anyone. Someone may be very handsome but if he believes saying sorry diminishes him when he offends another, I'll say that's a bad heart you're seeing right there. His believe is wrong and so his heart would act wrongly. It is God's desire that our hearts would be right always. When Simon the sorcerer got converted but offered money to Peter in order to have the Holy Ghost, what Peter rebuked is his heart not being right because he thought of buying the gift of God with money.

Acts 8:21, KJV

"Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God."

As such, you know the heart in question is not the physical organ doctor deals with. Ensure that your heart is right always and ensure you make choices of people based on their hearts. Stop falling for people because of their fine appearances and how they solely paint themselves, you'd die by tomorrow doing so. How would you know people's hearts? A man is identified by his fruit. Do we gather grapes from thistles (Matt. 7:16)? However, let discernment be at work at all times to help you unravel man's deception. 

PRAYER: Lord, search me and see if there be any wicked way in me. Show me those around me who could hurt me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Samuel 20:1-21:15, John 9:1-41, Psalm 113:1-114:8, Proverbs 15:15-17

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 17/05/2024

FRIDAY- 17TH MAY, 2024

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO

DO YOU GO A FISHING?

John 21:3, KJV

"Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing."

God is in the business of restoring men. It doesn't matter how far gone you are in your backslidden stage, if you'll hear God's voice and acknowledge His signs, you shall be back ashore. 

This confession of Peter above comes after much meditation in his heart. He sees himself as idle - with no work. As such, he decides to be occupied. He wants his hands to find something doing. So, he stands up and proclaims, "I go a fishing." First of all, God wants to issue a warning to idle people. Those who have left their estates - the very ones God committed into their hands. When you have repented from following after the assignment God gave to you, you can't but say, "I go a fishing." Why? God created we humans to be occupied. He didn't create us to be idle with no job doing. He wants our hands to be filled and He wants only purpose and our calling to have that space. So, when you let go of your God given work (not work of ministry to everyone except those called into ministry), you become jobless and seek for a substitute work to do. That's what happen to Peter. The substitute work he could find to reengage in and go back to was his former fishing business from which Christ collected him. 

When Christ recruited him, Jesus says to him, "follow me and I will make you fishers of men" (Luke 5:10). Why would Jesus want to make him fishers of men? Because that's more a higher calling than his having been a fisher of fishes. If I should ask you which is of more value, "fishes" or "men", what would you say? We sure know that the human soul is more worthy and of value than many fishes put together. For the Bible says, "for what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul" (Matthew 16:26, KJV)? The answer ought to be nothing because nothing equalizes the value of the human soul. The human soul is so valuable that Christ died for it. Jesus' death was foremostly to redeem the human soul. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16). 

That's the reason - the sole reason for Which Christ called Peter and others. He wants them to busy themselves saving humans who are valuable than fishes. But now that the Master is out of sight, service to God and ministry seems to have gone into oblivion. No wonder, someone like Peter could say, "I go a fishing. At least, I need something to pass time with." 

Does this not show his backslidden state? It shows he has let go of his highest calling to returning to the lesser for which Christ collected him. Imagine a retrogression from "a fishers of men to a fishers of fishes." That's not interesting at all. It's not different from the backsliding of Samson to being a mere entertainer instead of he who strikes fear in the hearts of the Philistines (Judges 16:25). 

May you not retrogress.  May you maintain your lot and stick to your ministry. May you not leave your highest calling to serving tables or doing the lesser. May you see what to protect - that it's the very assignment for which God saved, recruited and trained you. May you remain fishers of men, living to evangelize and save men (bringing them to Christ) where you are. May you not solely be a fisher of fishes (someone who goes after bread and what to put in his mouth only). May what to eat, where to sleep or what to put on not wean you from "go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to all creatures" of the Master. 

PRAYER: Lord, open my eyes to my backslidden state. Recover me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Samuel 20:1-21:15, John 9:1-41, Psalm 113:1-114:8, Proverbs 15:15-17

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BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Samuel 20:1-21:15, John 9:1-41, Psalm 113:1-114:8, Proverbs 15:15-17

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 9/05/2024

THURSDAY - 9TH MAY, 2024

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO

REPAIR YOUR BROKEN ALTAR

I Kings 18:30, KJV

"And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down."

God is ready to meet man if man is ready to meet God. "Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear" (Isaiah 59:1-2, KJV). God still yearns having you and if you'll respond, He shall receive you. The Bible says, "come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isaiah 1:18, KJV). 

Speaking of altar, I do not intend a table in your home on which images or candles are placed. "God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worship him in spirit and in truth" (John 4:24). As such, the altar you have to repair is your heart being in good union and communion with God. If intimacy has been broken, you must come to repentance once and seek God with all your heart. 

The act of Elijah in today's reading teaches us that. At about the time that revival would occur in Israel, what he did first was to repair the broken altar. An altar is a place of fellowship with a superior being - God in our case. He had to restore the altar which for awhile had been broken down and neglected. "Broken down" explains its being out of use, being forlorn and substituted by other altars. Before anything else, he repairs it first of all. Elijah didn't start by crying unto God to send down fire. No! He rather first of all reconstructed the bridge between Israel and God, giving God the ownership right over Israel by repairing the altar through which they could contact Him and vice versa. He sought first of all to restore exchanges and communication between God and them. While he chooses 12 stones and restores the broken altar, you must seek to repent of your having substituted God with other pursuits and go back to such activities that allow God to possess and use you. 

Where has your altar been broken down? Where has it been neglected? Where has cobwebs and dust settled on it? For some, the dust has settled on their Bibles because it has been long they drew it out to learn of God. It were even okay if it were only dust, cobwebs now cover some. A witness to a broken altar. Some can't bear witness to what it means to pray again. Their altar have been broken down. No more interaction or fellowship between they and God. Only God knows when last some heard from Him. Even those fellows in question can't recall when in particular. God is calling you to a return to your altar. He's saying, "repair your broken altar". Let your zeal with which you pursued after God previously rises. Like a hart, pant after God who alone satisfies. However, you need to make ready. Let go of vain pursuits and give all other things that have come to replace God their second places in your life. Be ready at heart having repented of neglect and the sin of abandonment of intimacy with God. If you shall come seeking God once more, He shall answer you even with fire on your altar. He shall prove to be God and God again to you. 

PRAYER: Father, I repent of neglect and abandonment of fellowship with you. I am restored and made fine.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Samuel 2:22-4:22, John 5:24-47, Psalm 106:1-12, Proverbs 14:30-31

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 08/05/2024

WEDNESDAY - 8TH MAY, 2024

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO

HE REQUIRES FROM US IN COMMENSURATE TO HIS INVESTMENT 

Read Mathew 11:20-24

Matthew 11:20, KJV "Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:"

Why would Jesus do this? The reason is as well stated in that verse. We have a list of cities where Jesus' greatest works were done but without repenting. Such cities included Capernaum, Bethsaida and Chorazin who had most of Jesus' mighty works done in them. This mighty works ought call them to repentance, leading to a believe in Jesus Christ. However, it seems they wasted it all and didn't allow such works they saw have the expected desire of Jesus on them. Signs are not just wrought for its sake. They are done as a sign to call unbelievers to repentance and to faith. Meanwhile, it is futile to still see these cities not producing after the fruits worthy of what was wrought in them. 

God doesn't demand beyond His investment in our lives. In the parable of the talent, the master didn't request for profit incommensurate with what He has invested with each servant. He didn't expect the one He gave one talent to reproduce five talents just from his one (Matt.25:15-17). He's a just and fair God who gives to and asks of us commensurately. 

Without mincing words, Jesus blatantly told these unrepentant cities where most of His mighty works were wrought that they are in debt as Tyre, Sidon Sodom would have repented long time ago if they had witnessed such mighty works. Yet, Jesus says it'll still be tolerable for Tyre, Sidon and Sodom on the judgement than any of those cities who heard, saw and yet didn't repent. Does this moral a lesson? Yes, it does. We are debtors of the gospel we hear, the ministers sent to us and whatsoever ministration comes our way. God is expecting that it would change us. None of His resources including the giving of His son in our stead was meant to go in vain. We were meant to respond accordingly to His sacrifice yielded for us while we were yet sinners. He'll hold us accountable of what we have done with the preachers He has raised to teach us His way. If we have wasted their ministrations all together, we'll sure be judged with a stricter measure different from someone who never heard or heard with the intensity with which we were preached unto. 

Let today's message birth in you the spirit of accountability and not wastefulness of resources, graces and ministrations. Everyone will have his or her chances. Just don't waste yours. Those cities afore mentioned wasted God's love and ministration to them only to have recorded against them that it'll be more tolerable for Tyre, Sidon and Sodom than they on the judgement. Yet, we all know the sin of Sodom. Despite that, Jesus is saying, "it shall be more tolerable for those." May this voice not speak in your condemnation but in your praise. May you ever hold yourself accountable to the stricter measure of God than ever. Be such a man that utilizes God's provision to the fullest without any iota of wastefulness. This way, you'll have praise of Him. No one ever is happy seeing his provision wasted when he intended it meets certain needs of people. Be different! Manifest all you have heard and all invested into you. 

PRAYER: I shall not be a waster. I shall manifest accordingly to the gospel of salvation and sonship.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Judges 21:1-Ruth 1:22, John 4:4-42, Psalm 105:1-15, Proverbs 14:25

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 7/05/2024

TUESDAY - 7TH MAY,  2024

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO

SONIC ATTACK: THE BATTLE OF SOUNDS

II Kings 7:6-7, KJV

"6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life."

In the fictional movie 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever', sonic attacks are exemplified and deployed on two occasions by the Talokans against the explorers seeking vibranium (a powerful mineral resource) in their ocean and then against the Wakandans for retribution. At the hearing of the sound, all hearers must give attention as the hearers come under a kind of spell and obedience, jumping into the waters at his own peril. Except the flow of the sound is broken or prevented against by using ear plugs, anyone who hears it can't but be summoned to do the bidding of that sound or its originator. 

This is sonic attack: the battle of sounds. Sonic war is a reality hidden in the pages of the Bible. It'll surprise you to know that it is God who deploys it at an occasion I'll be talking about. 

Yesterday, I made a reference to Samaria being besieged by the Syrians. The Syrians takes enough time to prepare for that coordinated attack and if not for God who steps in on behalf of Samaria, the Syrians would have broken them just by the reason of the famine that has now taken over their city. At the declaration of Elisha who says, "Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria", God immediately moves ahead to begin to seek the fulfilment of what this oracle of His has spoken. It is ours to speak for God but it is God's to bring it to pass. We must know what God would do and so let Him do it. 

What did God do? He let the Syrians in their multitude hear the sounds of horses and chariots so much more that they took it for the hiring of mercenaries against them. In this way, they fled for their lives not thinking twice. They left their tents and their provision as it were, seeking only to run for refuge as fast as their legs could carry them. This is sonic attack: the battle of sounds and as such Elisha's prophecy found fulfilment. God initiated sound war to discomfit them and that's what God is doing to your enemy and any affliction in your body. It'll hear the voice of the Holy One of Israel and either die (if it's an affliction) or resurrect (if it's an organ or a virtue) that ought to live in you. 

The Bible while talking  about sounds and about the voice of the Lord also says:

 "3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. 5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.  6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory" (Psalms 29:3-9). 

Imagine what the voice of the Lord does and could do. The "sound" coming from the voice  is a weapon that is fashionable and could be formed against an intent and objective. When God speaks, things are discovered and are accomplished. He spoke, ordering for light in Genesis and there was light. His voice, His speech, His Words and declarations do birth happenings and events. 

I pray for you that the enemy shall hear your connection with the Lord and shall flee. Anything that is oppressing your body, your life, family and affairs shall hear the voice of the Almighty and be broken. The enemy would hear the voice of the Lord and they shall be put to flight. The voice of the Lord is heard this morning!

PRAYER: Lord, I acknowledge the effectiveness of your voice. Let it fight on my behalf.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Judges 21:1-Ruth 1:22, John 4:4-42, Psalm 105:1-15, Proverbs 14:25

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 6/05/2024

MONDAY - 6TH MAY,  2024

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO

SO SCARED AND SO DIVIDED

Read Deut. 28:1-7

Deuteronomy 28:7, KJV 

"The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways."

You should burst into laughter after reading that verse. 'One way attack and seven ways fleeing' really shows the cowardice hearts of your enemies. This is the Lord's provision for those who are His, who are adherents and abiders in Him. Without Him, we know we can do nothing. This offcourse includes gaining victory over the enemy. 

Today's anchor verse is  fully loaded with blessings. In warfare, strategy is usually foremost. Strategic attack is the wit and soul of warfare and so it is usually employed by all military mights. No wonder, there's an entire section dedicated to military intelligence and strategy in the force. It is just for proper learning of the enemy, his ways and how to smoothly launch attacks at him. "The Lord (not any other) shall cause our enemies that rise up against us to be smitten (beaten down and to stubble) before us..." This suggests victory for us. However, we need to examine how the Lord does such work or achieves such promised end. As such, we have the part B of that verse which says, "they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways."

"Coming out against you one way" suggests the orderliness and coordination of the enemy's attack at launching out and attacking time. At this time, the enemy is still in his wit, boldness and sticking to his strategic plans. He still believes he could strike fear in you and in your camp. So, he is orderly - maintaining his cool. However, at the herald of a sound that does boom, the enemy is shaken, runs helter skelter for life and for safety. At such moment, he forgets formal arrangements or engagements but seeks safety and safety only. As such, he becomes scattered, abandoning all plans that was to be taken and decided on in the war room. Now is the time for self preservation and that becomes his solitary goal. Having witnessed a power more gloriously superb than his, he can't but seek refuge. And to do this, he throws caution away but seeks safety in panic, destabilization and throbbing fear. This is why the enemy that has come out against you would flee before you in seven ways. It is due to having witnessed a greater power and for having come to the realization of needing escape so urgently. He therefore doesn't mind which way he goes as far as he secures safety. 

Their hearts would fail them. They'll be frightened out of their wits. You see, when the hearts of people fail them, they'll literally lose their senses and forget plans they had pledged allegiance to. At times, they might suffer heart attack, fall down from an arrest of the heart and yield up the ghost. That killed Nabal. When he heard of the match of David, he was afraid, was frozen and immediately was dead at heart. It didn't take a minute before he collapsed to the ground (I Sam.25:37). That's what fear could do. It scares people to do the unreasonable. 

The sort of fear that would descend on those who come out against you is such that'll frighten them out of their wits and jolt them to the realization that they've messed with the wrong fellow. It's therefore regrettable like a dog's entering into the lion's den with a boast to challenge him. You know how regrettable that would be to him. The enemy would drop his weapons and devices and flee in different directions. We have seen many images of this in the Bible and during times of war. 

Syria came to build siege against Samaria. However, at God's declaration that there would be surplus, God made the Syrian army hear many noises of chariots and horses. Thinking the king of Israel had gone to hire armies against them, they fled for their lives - not considering orderliness, formality and organization. The Bible records that their tents were left as it were (II Kings 7:6-7). They didn't have any time to lose their horses, pack their belongings or collect their provisions. They only ran for dear lives. Another confirming verse says, "and all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste" (II Kings 7:15). As a matter of fact, they cast away every weight that could hinder them from right and timely escape. 

That is a likeable example of what that verse is saying. Look, let them come out against you one way at any time. It is written that they shall be discomfited so much before you that they'll lack proper organization (like before) but be scattered and flee (mindful only of escape) before you in seven ways. They'll severely be uncoordinated in their bid to escape. They might come coordinated but the terror that'll descend on them would leave them broken up, fragmented and scattered into several parts and that's seven parts as the Scripture guaranteed. If their band ever met, they'll question themselves, "Where were you and how did you really escape?" Their narratives would be that of a fearful and narrow escape. As such, you'll become the terror, the fear and the obeyed that the enemy gives obedience to. 

As you abide in Christ, He'll build a shelter of fear and terror over and round you. It'll be real and thicker than a cloud so much more that no man would be able to break in. They'll fear touching you and that'll be because of that hedge. At attempt to violate you, they'll witness a failure and see that your Redeemer is strong. At any attempt, what shall happen is a scattering and a dispersing into seven places. Yes, seven places that'll show how really discomfited the enemies are before you. 

PRAYER: Lord, may I always abide in You. I am sealed and can't be violated. No hand touches me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Judges 21:1-Ruth 1:22, John 4:4-42, Psalm 105:1-15, Proverbs 14:25

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 4/05/2024

SATURDAY - 4TH  MAY, 2024

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL  - Olusola ADEJUMO

THEIR DESCRIPTION

Read Psalm 105

Psalms 105:12, KJV

"When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it."

What is the description of Israel here? Lowly, very lowly; small, very small. They're so small that they lack the power of a force and the strength of a united nation which can strike fear in the hearts of enemy nations. They're not different from a lamb that's led to the slaughter but which can't open its mouth for any form of advocacy. That's because they're like worms with no backbone. They can't talk for themselves, rebuke for themselves or advocate for themselves. They're like babes that must be bathed, carried and helped. Why? They're reputed to be few in number and very few indeed. It means the ingredient that makes people fear large number is all that they lack. That brought us to the fact that they can easily be attacked or oppressed. Summarily, this smallness of Israel reveals its very beginning and inception as a nation. In truth, it's something that we should all learn from. Their growth from smallness to greatness is a sketch of our own personal journey as I said in yesterday's devotional.

One speech of Jacob (Israel) to his family that reveals the smallness of Israel and how they're not in reputation for war and defence is a pointer. After Dinar had been raped by Sheckem, the son of Hamor, Simeon and Levi went with boldness to their city and murdered all the men with the edge of the sword. They have undue advantage because all the men are sore (having being circumcised) - seeking to heal. Jacob in responding to that says "Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house" (Genesis  34:30).

Did you read, "and I being few in number" there? At this time, war and conquest was typical of their lives. That's what rules their world. They always talk of physical strength and brute and if you have it in an army, your nation will be feared and protected. Number is therefore strength but Israel lacks that here. That's why he complained to all his children that other nations would find out their deed and crush them for it. Nothing encourages another to make an attempt attack on another than seeing the other as weak. So, the population of Israel here reveals them as one susceptible to attacks. However, God shields them.

It even didn't happen as Jacob thought it to be. God had to do a miracle to keep all of Israel's enemies at bay as they sought to relocate. Where they'll have looked attractive to nations around them to attack and destroy, it just didn't happen.

Genesis 35:5, KJV

"And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob".

"and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob" means, "they could have pursued" but for the work of God that didn't make that attractive or executable to their enemies. He only made them receive pardon in their sights. Did you read that? What does the Bible says was upon the cities round about them? Terror! Kai! God's terror will work for you and walk with you today. You're not of those they'll touch, kidnap or harm. They don't kidnap an abomination! You are an abomination to them. You're not their sacrifice. You're their abomination. You're fenced with thorns, who'll touch you? Imagine that, see how God rebuked kings for their sakes, saying touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm. Even God knows they could be touched considering their smallness and the violation of their international laws which offcourse gives them away. That makes them easy prey to any predator. However, God tithed Israel to Himself so much more that the respect of God is what nations and people around them gave to them. Today, you're this protected and secured. Terror of the Lord will be fashioned against all with evil intents towards you. Terror will keep danger and all planned attacks at bay over your life. It might be planned but it won't be executed and that'll be because God will reprove kings for your sake. More importantly, as you journey individually as a small person today, may God preserve you until you become a nation and a great man. 

PRAYER: Lord, I enjoy your protection while I move from one nation to another. Until I find rest, I shall not be exterminated. You'll fight for my cause.

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