MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 14/10/2025

TUESDAY - 14TH OCTOBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

WHO WILL TELL US WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO? - Ready For The Taking Series 001

Acts 10:6, KJV

"He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do."

People, this is the conundrum in which God has found Himself! Shockingly, God is in a jam - a strait if you will call it that. His question is, "who will tell the dying world what they shall do?" To deepen the criticality of the matter, a verse says "How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?"

Immediately, the premium on a preacher - declarer and voice for the message comes to fore. Till today, it is still, "and how shall they hear unless there's a preacher."

The story of Cornelius is a popular one in the Bible. He is a Mother Theresa in acts. The Bible testifies of this when that visiting angel says, "...thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God." Cornelius has the habit of praying and giving alms. That angel reports what he knows to be true. See it again in Acts 10:2. 

Imagine that! Cornelius fears God. In another word, he eschews evil (Job 1:1). For short, we can call him a morally upright man. A good man as people would say. God Himself knows that and He doesn't want all these good of his to be a waste. For that, God sent him an angel. Mind you, this supernatural visit is necessitated because God wanted to give him a sign. It's also a way by which God affirms Himself to him. That's why he didn't doubt all that the angel instructed him to do. You don't have to covet any angel visiting you. That's an unusual way through which God speaks to people and He doesn't use it frivolously. It doesn't also prove how spiritual you are because we know Cornelius wasn't even born again when he had an angelic encounter. You don't need it. If you ever need an angel, leave it to God's disposition whenever the need arises. They are mere ministering spirits (Heb.1:14). Put your gaze on Jesus! Desire Him!

Meanwhile, I thought the angel should have preached to Cornelius but the angel didn't do that. That's because angels don't preach the gospel. They are not the ones the Bible describes as having beautiful feet (Rom. 10:15, Isa.52:7). Humans only do. Knowing that, God makes a recommendation through that same angel to Cornelius when He says, "5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon...6 ...he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do."

God has refused to meet the urgent need of Cornelius through an angel. Rather, He recommends a human vessel. The crux of the matter is this, "are you recommendable as a minister? Can God trust you with sinners? Can God trust that if someone like Cornelius were sent to you, you will preach Jesus, salvation or the gospel to him?"

You know, it baffles me that God had to recommend Peter for Cornelius in order to hear the gospel message. God knows the quarters that could give it. It means a lot to me as a minister. It means there's a trust God has entrusted to all preachers and ministers of the gospel and He's expecting us to discharge it. It's to preach the gospel - the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (to mention the core). If God were to bring you before sinners and any in need of salvation, what would you preach? The gospel or The 52 Ways To Stay On Top?

You see, there's nothing wrong with 52 Ways To Stay On Top/Make Money but it'll be a waste of ministration before sinners. Of course, that also should not be your best message before your born again congregation also. The greatest need of Cornelius or anyone who isn't born again is salvation and God has found nobody to custody this trust with but the ministers. How unfortunate it'll be for all of us if the man being waited upon goes on to have the floor but preaches another thing even when the souls eagerly waiting are expectant of being commanded and taught concerning that one thing they lack. Consider Cornelius, he only lacked salvation. He's already on the top. He has the bags and has the cash. He has officers for errands and men who respect his name. That's why he's able to gather family and friends (Acts 10:24, 33). However, he is not saved!

Peter could have been intimidated by his status, the riches, the calibre of people surrounding him and so changed his sermon. He could have decided to talk to them on How To Subdue The Earth With Ease, thinking that'll fit the calibre of people seated. But, this is indeed a servant of God - one that God can trust with the Word of life. He dished Jesus out to his hearers and in no time, God answered "with fire" (Holy Ghost out poured) - Acts 10:44, I Kings 18:38.

God Himself is in his right senses when he says, "send men to Joppa to Simon... he'll tell you what you ought to do." God wouldn't have spoken this way if He knows Peter does not have the Word of life? God wouldn't have been this assured to direct a sinner from a Gentile world to look for a man by all means just to hear the gospel being preached. God rather is assured that Peter won't disappoint and indeed Peter maximized this once and for all door of ministry to enter the Gentile world. He preached Jesus - the gospel in truth and indeed. 

If it were you before sinners, I hope you won't begin to 'romance' them, wanting to act like a 'civilized' being who wants acceptance by all means? Brethren, God didn't teach Cornelius how to make money. He taught him to be born again. If you care to know, Cornelius is a sinner despite his wealth, status and generousity. However, he yearns after God. God could see that and that's the gulf God wanted to fill by asking him to send for Peter. 

May you not waste ministry doors that it takes God to furnish. May you not waste the chance to harvest the ripe field. May you not begin to dance and perform in front of your audience like a fallen Samson when you should prick their hearts with the Word and convict them to godly sorrow, leading to repentance. May the angels not ask, "who's this comedian entertaining to eat?" At your rising and issuance, may you not go to impress your audience but to fulfill Romans 1:16, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." May men say, "what shall we do to be saved" instead of picking your hands and shaking it frivolously as if you'd just won a lottery (yet you'd just preached)!

PRAYER: Lord, sharpen my mouth as your arrow. Renew my concentration. Refocus me. Reharness me and let me be your go-to minister when Corneliuses are around.

BIBLE IN A YEAR

Hebrews 3; Jeremiah 10-12

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 13/10/2025

MONDAY - 13TH OCTOBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

DIVINE SUMMONING!

Psalms 105:16, KJV

"Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread."

God calls for things! Do you know that? Things don't just come to be. They come to be because God calls them into being. Consider this verse. 

Isaiah 42:9, KJV

"Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them."

Did you read, "and new things do I declare...?"

That just proves God calls things to manifestation - obeying Him. Imagine God holding a mouse and using the same to drag an image into a page. God calls things into existence!

The Bible says, "He (God) sovereignly called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread."

It's solely His act and it shows His sovereignty over nations and her people! It means it couldn't have been without God's ordering. That the staff of bread is broken and that famine pervades the horizon is not man made but what God brings about for His own workings and purpose. Some at that time could have attributed it to injustice and violence of the people, idolatry or unnecessary shedding of blood or whatever. The human mind doesn't stop thinking of causes when things go wrong. He just wants to know but the Bible discards whatever reason any one might have or suggests to say, "Moreover, He (God) called for a famine upon the land..."

This one is God caused! It's in this light we can probe further to understand why.

Do you remember that Joseph before he left Canaan had certain dreams pointing to his rulership? God brought that to pass through the line of events that produced and eventually ended as this foreseen famine (Gen. 41:40). 

You'll also remember that God had earlier spoken to Abraham that his descendants will be slaves in a foreign land for certain specific years (Gen.15:13-16). Obviously, Israel and other down lines had not even gone to live in Egypt at this time but God is beginning to set things in motion and in order - so that the outcome would be what He had earlier declared to Abraham. 

So, when the Bible says, "Moreover He (God) called for a famine upon the land...", that act is an initiation of God in order to play out things that He has determined and scheduled to happen. At that point, the journey began! God goes on to cut through certain events to bring about that mandate therefore. It's this mandate that the same Psalm refers to in the next verse by saying, "He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant" (Psalms  105:17). May you quickly become someone for people's sake!

That famine should therefore be seen and interpreted as a purposeful one meant for direction rather than an occurrence of evil. If that famine had not been called for (commanded to happen), Joseph's brothers wouldn't have gone to Egypt to buy grain let alone discover Joseph and be taken in eventually. It is the prevalence of that famine in Canaan that rather drove sons of Jacob to seek grains. This act therefore unknowingly hooks them up with God's divine set up at last.  

This way, an entire people or nation (in Israel - God's own people with whom He had covenanted and promised to multiply like the stars of heaven) are preserved.

Did you now see that God doesn't do things for nothing? He acts for a purpose. He brought that famine when it should be brought. May God call for things to meet with time in your life also! God only lets it show up when the stage has been set and when that famine would make sense. If Joseph had not been sent to Egypt when that famine came, it would have been like an unharvested rainfall. Its purpose for coming would have been defeated. 

It is the existence and abiding of Israel in Egypt that eventually turns sour, leading to their captivity and the fulfillment of God's Word to Abraham. All those happened after Joseph had died and a new Pharaoh had risen (Exo.1:6-16). In the future, God will need a saviour (in Moses), a type of Jesus to deliver them out of Egypt, and lead them to the promised land. 

Thus far, you've seen that the sovereign God just doesn't do things because He has power to do it but so that it'll serve His will. The same way, God will call for certain things on your way as you go. You may wonder, why is this stirring up now? If you're indeed God's son or daughter and one under His administering hands, it'll be because that's the time for that thing to manifest in your life. God is in charge! He dates things! He schedules events in His own calendar for us. He calls for a famine in the land and breaks the whole staff of bread - every possible means of sustenance or provision. He shamed barns and store houses so that they had to seek help where He (God) had left it. It's this that made Egypt attractive to Jacob (and sons) when they heard there's grain there (Gen. 42:1-3). 

It's just time for some happenings to pop up in your life. God will call and stir them up for your sake. 

God just wanted to bring His will to pass. He knows what He is doing when He gives those dreams to Pharaoh. It's so that through it Egypt will be able to put preparation in place for Israel. God already sees Israel coming to Egypt. He knows they'll come. 

Brethren, God calls for things and they show forth. The Bible says, "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light" (Genesis 1:3, KJV). Just the same way He calls for famine here and it came. Everything is answerable to Him. As if famine had ears, it heeded God's unminced call at a summon. Same way, what needs to hear God's voice in your life hear it now? Let them bend the knees. Let them obey. Let them align. Let them fit. Let them amend. I'm hearing another verse in my spirit again. 

John 5:25, KJV

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live."

Even now, this is being fulfilled. Are any dead there, down with sickness and incapacitated or depressed with head bowed? Rise in Jesus' name! Hear His voice! Pick His summon!

You too, open your mouth and call things into existence. You are co-creator with God.

PRAYER: Thank You Lord for calling things into existence for my sake. My journey meets with time and destiny. I enter into the long awaited moment. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR

Hebrews 2; Jeremiah 7-9

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 11/10/2025

SATURDAY - 11TH OCTOBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

A MAN OF WAR FROM HIS YOUTH - My Manner of Life Series 008

I Samuel 17:33, KJV

"And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."

Manner of life cannot be taken for granted. How you've been living your life can have effects on how you'll manifest. Everyone knows that in competitive sports. What you don't train for, you rarely can do well in. 

When King Saul tells David not to dare Goliath because he has been a man of war from his youth, he simply intends that having been a man of war from his youth has helped Goliath with skills and experience. He's not such to dare for any random or presumptuous person. Such fellow who has been in the act and in the profession is not easily defeated. That therefore hints at Goliath's manner of life.

When it concerns battles, he has been doing it since he was David's age. Goliath could probably be in his 40s at the time of this statement. How difficult it'll be for someone who knows nothing about warfare to stand up against him. 

Even David knows this to be true. He rather immediately sets out to assure Saul. 

I Samuel 17:34-37, KJV

"34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee."

David had to do this so that his worthiness would be seen. Else, everybody will be in doubt of his capabilities. 

It therefore means David also has been a man of war, though no one knows until when he shared his experiences. It also means there'll be people in life whose training may not be associated with what's popular or could be said to be organized but however still be valid. 

I'm sure Goliath didn't train for warfare by having to conquer wild animals. All he did would have been practice with swords, shields, spear etc while David's is crude (a sling and a stone), yet it becomes the leverage for God to strike Goliath down. 

What has been your manner of life? Have you been used to solving problems from your youth? What is your consistent manner of life? This is what wins in the day of battle. Hypocrisy or pretentiousness don't win. You can't pretend to be who you are not all the days of your life and think you'll have breakthroughs at the juncture of tests and confrontation. Never! If David had not fought bears and lions indeed, learnt to take risks before the Goliath encounter, all would be betrayed. His confession would be proven to be lies. 

You can't call yourself who you are not without the substance of a close walk with that life and think that life will jump on you. I have the assurance to tell anyone that I'm not a liar to say I'm a man of God. Apart from the fact that God called me, I have also accepted the call and chosen to take the consecration of a man of God upon myself. I'm simply working worthy of my calling. 

Ephesians 4:1, KJV

"I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called."

If someone is a professional boxer or wrestler and all he does is to party, get drunk and eat oily and pickled food that'll be disastrous to his body, that means he's not working worthy of his vocation (in this case, his career). Goliath is said to have a manner of life. It is that he has been a man of war from his youth. He has accustomed his body with warfare. He knows the way of war. He has seen it all. Such man is not defeated easily. As a matter of fact, that's why the Bible could call him a champion - unbeaten and undefeated. 

Only few ever clinch such testimony. Why? Consistency isn't cheap. People only do hit and run nowadays. To be called a man of war from your youth, a man of God from your youth, a business man from your youth takes showing up even when it is hard. Loyalty and love are what must have been tested. 

Your consistent manner of life is a blessing that you'll need one day. Live well for your calling/career and you'll reap its benefits one day in the multitude of grace that'll work for you.

PRAYER/CONFESSION: When those who started early are being counted, I'll be one of them. I refute indiscipline and the defilement of sin that want to lure me to break my consecration. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR

Philemon; Jeremiah 1-3

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 10/10/25

FRIDAY - 10TH OCTOBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO

HAVE YOU KNOWN MY MANNER OF LIFE? - My Manner of Life Series 007

II Timothy 3:10, KJV

"But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

Once you know someone's manner of life, you become a disciple. Disciple is not a word to throw around. Jesus speaking says, a disciple can be as perfected as his Master (Luke 6:40). That doesn't happen unless that disciple has known and is following in the ways of life of his master. If you're not a sharer of the life someone has lived or living, how can you be? Until then, you cannot be successfully called a like. 

ESV calls it, "conduct."

You can't follow someone's conduct and not eventually bear fruit like they are doing. Never! That's why I do the works of those ministers God has drawn my heart to learn from - those I took as fathers. A very few of them. 

Have you known the manner of life of the fellow you said you're following. ESV translates more simply, "you, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness..."

It's not everyone who comes around you who cares to know or follow fully your manner of life etc. It only takes those who are given you from above. Why did I say that? You cannot inspire every man out there. It may take another person to inspire them. 

During my service year in Kastina in 2016/2017, I met another young man called Markson Etta Lane Timothy Benson. He's a Calabar guy who studied in Cameroon and has now been posted to the North of Nigeria for his service year. 

I already got anointed and I was used to Christian service having served in different capacities on campus and having done ministry closely with an anointed minister. What I don't know is that someone could see me to learn Christ from. This young man so became attached to me that we went everywhere together, did everything together. We fasted, prayed, and studied. There's nothing I hid from him. I know his background and he knows mine. As a matter of fact, apart from my wife and mother today, he's the only one who knows all my given names, the same way I called out all his names earlier on. Eventually, he knew what Christian service was all about and got trained for it within our limited time together. He saw me live, handle issues, save money and achieve things. Now, he's in Zacharias Tanee Fomum Ministry in Cameroon - a ministry I recommended for him when he shared his passion to be a missionary. 

You can't call on someone like Markson to talk about me and he won't tell you my manner of life. He was just drawn to me - liking my presence and I was also open to him. I know why God did that. He does whenever he wants people to be a beneficiary of an anointing He has placed somewhere. 

It's the same way God took to attach me to Venerable Johnson Oyebode of Ijebu Anglican Diocese, Church of Nigeria before I left for service in Northern Nigeria. He's an anointed orthodox minister with Christ's life and charisma. Things happen with him. Today, I carry a portion of his prophetic, teaching and minstrel graces. And if you asked me what manner of life Venerable lived, I can tell you till a month ends because I lived with him for over three years in total - going back and forth, learning and observing his life. He's never a covetous man. When he became a Venerable, he yielded up some of the privileges of that office back to the pocket of the church and Archdeacon he oversees, saying, "those were too much. I'm not used to those many privileges." I'm talking of money. Imagine someone returning certain privileges that goes with his office immediately he gets promoted. 

That tells you he lives a humble, sober and contented life. He's not a greedy man of God, or one who runs after filthy lucre. I know him! We know him!

His family has been one of the greatest blessers of my life. So, when Paul used the phrase, "but you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith etc", Paul was speaking of what he was assured of. He knows how close Timothy had been. He knows he had seen him - observed his life and could serve as a witness of all he had seen. 

That's why Paul could call Timothy his son. It is this deep following and observation that made Paul be the one who shaped the doctrinal beliefs of Timothy. Timothy learnt what to believe, how to live and conduct himself from Paul. That can't happen between you and someone and you wouldn't know their ways of life. The question will be, "are you a witness indeed?" Are your eyes and heart really opened to learn Christ through those He's bringing your way. That's the only way through which discipleship happens and character is formed. 

PRAYER: Lord, may my life be trusted and approved to be followed.

BIBLE IN A YEAR

Titus 3; Isaiah 65-66

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 9/10/2025

THURSDAY - 9TH OCTOBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO

PAUL'S MANNER OF LIFE - My Manner of Life Series 006

Acts 26:4-5, KJV

"4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee."

Reading these verses above, you will have no doubt but to realize that "manner of life" refers to the lifestyle of an individual. 

How have you lived? How do you live? What do you live out? Manner of life is a big umbrella. It houses belief, values, doctrines and what we have come to hold dear as how life should be run - which of course can spill over to one's diet, appearance, hobbies etc. 

Paul, speaking before an examining group tells them that they have known his manner of life, and how he lives in accordance with the strictest order of the Pharisees. 

Now, what has Paul said? There's a way Pharisees live and I once lived that way, according to those rules and all of that before I met Christ. Does it shock you?

Pharisees adhere to Jewish tradition like anything. They believe in the resurrection, angels and the afterlife. With zeal, Paul persecuted the church. He thought he was serving God by defending the law.  

Acts 22:3-4, KJV

"3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women."

So, it's undebatable that manner of life is his life and lifestyle from his youth, which he now calls everybody to investigate if they want. Anyway, it is not hidden as Paul pointed out. Knowing what manner of life is, we shall proceed. But let's ask, what are you given to? What propels you? By what rules or standards do you live? What are your doctrines?

Or are you defenseless - having none. Just like an open gate that could be intruded into anytime. 

PRAYER: Open my eyes to every manner of life I've cultivated that antagonizes the gospel or is ill health to me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR

Titus 2; Isaiah 62-64

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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 8/10/2025

WEDNESDAY - 8TH OCTOBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO

A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS - My Manner of Life Series 005

Matthew 3:3, KJV

"For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."

The Bible identifies John as the voice of one crying in the wilderness. In other words, let us say, "a herald." A herald is a proclaimer. Have you seen a microphone before? 

No microphone manifests without ever being spoken into. A microphone has no word, saying or message of his to give. It's like a whistle that can't speak by itself. Rather, it needs someone to blow into it. That's when it can give the sound it was manufactured to give. That's who John the Baptist is when the Bible calls him, "a voice."

A voice is not the Word. A voice rather conveys the Word. The Word is Jesus. John 1:1 speaks of Jesus this way, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

The "Word conveyed" is Jesus Christ but the "voice" or "conveyor" is John, the Baptist - the channel through which it is pronounced. 

Also, a voice is symbolic of a trumpet that's blasting and heralding urgency, fervency and vitality. It is not rude but a stark proclamation of truth unmixed and truth uninfluenced or parodied. 

Are you a voice or the Word? Nowadays, many ministers have shadowed Christ. They have taken no humility upon themselves. They rather call themselves who they are not. They rather take on the garment of a master when they should disrobe like Jesus did as a servant - privilege only to serve (John 13:4-5). 

While Jesus didn't knock being called a father since the context explains what Jesus intends (Matt.23:2-12), we get to know He only rebukes Scribes and Pharisees who are fake/hypocritical ministers. Those are the ones he said shouldn't be called father. It is in the context of detecting someone as false or fake that you must not call him a father. If this were not so, Paul wouldn't have called Timothy his son. If someone calls you his son, it's reasonable to account that he's your  father - the one responsible for your doctrinal beliefs (I Tim.1:2, II Tim.1:2, I Cor. 4:17). I know many people who call me Papa but I know it's just their way of doing me honour. Why did I say that? I'm not the one who's responsible for their doctrinal beliefs. Many of them don't even read me. They can't even point to something I once said let alone be instructed by my teachings. So, how can I be their father? Some throw the word father around also because they're expecting something from you. Irrespective of their many reasons, God knows their hearts and will give to each of us according to our hearts. 

Brethren, are you a voice or a Word? According to ordainment, every minister or Christian is meant to be a vessel, conduit or a voice to pass the Word. Be like John. Decrease for Jesus to be seen. John confesses, "He must increase but I must decrease" (John 3:30). That's what he told those who came accusing Jesus to him as having all men come to Him (John 3:26). However, what do we have all around today? Bossy leaders who have shadowed Christ and substituted Him. They now collect everything that is Christ's and I know that they'll as well receive their just punishment, for our God is a jealous God! He doesn't share His glory with anyone. If you have robbed him this way, get ready to pay sooner or later. 

Are you a voice or the Word?

PRAYER: Lord, I rid myself of self deception to stand instead of Christ.

BIBLE IN A YEAR

Titus 1; Isaiah 59-61

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BOLT! - Olusola ADEJUMO

 BOLT!

By Olusola Adejumo

New versions -

Limited,

Special,

Exclusive they are.

A new horde of performers,

Inoculated, empowered with higher life -

To run and never tire.

Invasion of spirits!

Ushering you into the new age of a changed race.

Spirits are now our horses;

When they run, they need no water,

Nor provender when they stop,

For they are wholly forged to discharge as flame.

If you have run with horses

And have been far outrun,

How shall you survive our new prototypes -

Those that never blink an eye,

Wagging their tails,

Rejoicing only to the war drums?

What we offer

Is the ride of the fastest royal steed,

Bred from the royal stud.

Against these ones,

There are no exemptions - only losses.

Laboratory-reared,

Built to cheat the game -

Better than beasts,

Smarter than swords.

Threshing long-standing timbers into grasses,

Beating them into heaps yet to score a point.

Emergence of new times,

Forcing new races,

Revolutionizing new stallions - 

The rarity - cultured to outperform!

INTRODUCTION TO “BOLT!”

“BOLT!” is a prophetic vision of transformation - a declaration that a new breed of humanity is emerging: rare, divine and unstoppable. Drawing imagery from both Scripture and modern science, the poem reimagines people as spirit-forged prototypes - beings “inoculated with higher life,” running not by strength but by revelation.

The poem’s title nods to Usain Bolt - symbol of unmatched speed - yet its message transcends athletics. It is about the velocity of the Spirit, the acceleration of destiny. Through images of horses, laboratories and royal studs, the poem merges the ancient and the futuristic, declaring that heaven itself engineers its own champions.

“BOLT!” ultimately celebrates divine empowerment. It announces the death of limitation and the rise of those “cultured to outperform.” It’s a bold anthem for a generation built not to compete, but to conquer - those who, having received the breath of fire, will never tire nor turn back.

THEMES AND EXPLANATIONS

1.  Divine Empowerment and Spiritual Evolution

The poem envisions human beings who have been “inoculated, empowered with higher life.”

This suggests a spiritual biotechnology - where the human soul becomes the site of divine modification.

The speaker is describing a generation that draws power directly from God, not from the material world: “they need no water, nor provender when they stop.”

It’s a metaphor for complete spiritual sufficiency - those who live by revelation don’t run dry.

2.  The Horse as a Symbol of Spirit and Speed

The repeated imagery of horses carries dual meaning:

In Scripture, horses often symbolize strength, battle, or divine mission (Zechariah 6:5, Revelation 19:14).

In modern idiom, the horse stands for velocity and power.

By merging these, the poem elevates spirit above fleshly effort: humans become like steeds ridden by divine energy - tireless, disciplined, and unstoppable.

The poet is saying: the age of running with men is over; now we run with spirits.

3. Spiritual Technology and the Future of Creation

The poem’s vocabulary - “laboratory-reared,” “prototypes,” “cultured to outperform” - injects a futuristic tone.

It’s as if heaven itself has a lab, designing spiritual prototypes - a new humanity engineered for endurance, excellence, and divine fire.

This theme bridges the ancient and the modern: prophecy meets biotechnology.

It portrays faith as a kind of divine science - exact, creative, intentional.

4. Royalty, Rarity, and Divine Selection

Lines like “Bred from the royal stud” and “The rarity - cultured to outperform!” emphasize exclusivity.

These “new versions” are not common - they are chosen, sanctified, and refined through divine process.

The poet uses the imagery of royal breeding to suggest that those who carry this power have heavenly pedigree.

It is about election and excellence - not of privilege, but of divine purpose.

5. Judgment, Revolution, and Renewal

In the final section - “Threshing long-standing timbers into grasses, beating them into heaps…” - the tone turns apocalyptic.

It depicts the downfall of old systems, traditions, and powers (“timbers”) being reduced to “grasses” - the mighty humbled before the new.

“Emergence,” “Forcing,” and “Revolutionizing” signal transformation: a breaking of old norms to birth the new.

The poem envisions not chaos, but divine reordering - the restructuring of strength itself.

6. Defiance and Destiny

The line “Built to cheat the game” is a bold moral inversion - these new beings don’t play by the rules of limitation.

It’s not rebellion against morality, but against mediocrity.

The “game” stands for worldly systems that measure success by effort; these new ones win by grace, not grind.

The poet calls them a divine exception - “better than beasts, smarter than swords.”

7. Transition to a New Age

The poem announces a generational shift - “Emergence of new times, forcing new races.”

Humanity is evolving - not biologically, but spiritually.

This echoes the language of Pentecost, revival, and even the Renaissance - where divine energy redefines what is humanly possible.

“Bolt!” therefore becomes a manifesto of new creation - an anthem for those who believe the Spirit can make the impossible run.

Perfect. Let’s begin with the poet’s note, then move to a line-by-line interpretation that dives into your imagery, biblical and mythic undertones, and poetic structure.

POET’S NOTE - “BOLT!” by Olusola Adejumo

“BOLT!” is a visionary declaration of emergence - a poetic prophecy of new beings, new strength, and a divine acceleration beyond human measure. Inspired by the metaphor of speed and divine empowerment, it borrows from both athletic excellence (evoking Usain Bolt) and spiritual imagery drawn from Scripture - “if you have run with the footmen…” (Jeremiah 12:5).

In this poem, the speaker heralds a generation “inoculated with higher life,” beings who are not sustained by natural means but by spirit and fire. It is not merely about physical speed but about spiritual capacity - endurance, innovation, and transformation. The poem’s rhythm itself runs; its lines gallop, break, and resume like a race toward revelation.

“Bolt!” thus becomes both a name and a summons - the calling forth of those “built to outperform.”

LINE-BY-LINE COMMENTARY

Title: BOLT!

The exclamation mark energizes the title - it’s both a name (like Usain Bolt) and a command (“bolt forward!”).

Symbolically, it means lightning or divine speed - suggesting not just motion, but a heavenly spark or transmission.

**New versions -

Limited,

Special,

Exclusive they are.**

Introduces a manufactured rarity - this new breed is like limited-edition beings.

The line mimics marketing language (“limited edition,” “exclusive”), merging the spiritual with the technological - suggesting the sacredness of rarity in a mass world.

The clipped phrasing gives the sense of a rollout announcement - a new era is being unveiled.

**A new horde of performers,

Inoculated, empowered with higher life -

To run and never tire.**

“Horde” evokes a large, unstoppable force - not of chaos, but of performance and purpose.

“Inoculated” cleverly reclaims a scientific term: they’ve been infused or vaccinated with divinity, immune to fatigue and failure.

“Higher life” recalls divine vitality (John 10:10 - “life more abundantly”).

“To run and never tire” echoes Isaiah 40:31 - “They shall run and not be weary.”

**Invasion of spirits!

Ushering you into the new age of a changed race.**

“Invasion” connotes both military and spiritual incursion - a takeover from heaven’s realm.

The phrase “changed race” works on two levels: a transformed humanity and a literal new kind of race (speed, competition, and evolution).

The syntax “ushering you into” makes the reader a participant, not just a spectator.

**Spirits are now our horses;

When they run, they need no water,

Nor provender when they stop,

For they are wholly forged to discharge as flame.**

Majestic imagery. Spirits as horses - a recurring biblical motif (Zechariah 6:5, Revelation 19:14).

These are not creatures of flesh but of energy, requiring no earthly sustenance.

“Discharge as flame” combines the language of weaponry and holiness - divine combustion, pure force.

The stanza’s rhythm imitates galloping hooves, then slows into fire.

**If you have run with horses

And have been far outrun,

How shall you survive our new prototypes -

Those that never blink or sleep,

Wagging their tails,

Rejoicing only to the war drums?**

Allusion to Jeremiah 12:5: “If you have run with footmen and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses?”

“Prototypes” evokes technology and divine experiment - heaven’s laboratories birthing superior beings.

“Never blink or sleep” shows relentless focus — possibly angelic or spiritual prototypes.

“Rejoicing only to the war drums” intensifies the military cadence - the poem’s energy peaks here.

**What we offer

Is the ride of the fastest royal steed,

Bred from the royal stud.

Against these ones,

There are no exemptions - only losses.**

Here, the “we” voice shifts from observer to herald - like a divine announcement.

“Royal stud” maintains the equine metaphor while exalting the lineage: these are not common creations but bred from heaven’s royalty.

“No exemptions - only losses” closes the stanza with sharp finality - no opponent can escape defeat.

**Laboratory-reared,

Built to cheat the game:

Better than beasts,

Smarter than swords.**

One of the strongest stanzas: modern, clean, chilling.

“Laboratory-reared” fuses biotech and creation imagery - humans as designed entities.

“Built to cheat the game” is daring - suggesting systems disrupted by divine design.

“Smarter than swords” brings elegance - intelligence surpassing brute force.

**Threshing long-standing timbers into grasses,

Beating them into heaps, yet to score a point.

Emergence of new times,

Forcing new races,

Revolutionizing new stallions—

The rarity—cultured to outperform!**

“Threshing” - an image of separation and judgment; old powers reduced to stubble.

“Timbers into grasses” - strong reduced to weak; nature reversed.

“Beating them into heaps…” shows divine preparation: the old world humbled before the new.

“Emergence… Forcing… Revolutionizing…” - three verbs driving momentum toward climax.

“The rarity - cultured to outperform!” - an unforgettable closing; like a slogan of heaven’s elite breed.

OVERALL THEMATIC INSIGHT

“BOLT!” sits at the intersection of:

Biblical prophecy (Jeremiah, Isaiah imagery of horses and endurance)

Technological futurism (lab, prototype, cultured, reared)

Royal and athletic metaphor (stud, steed, outperform, run)

It celebrates divine evolution - humans transfigured by spirit into unstoppable forces.

The poem’s voice alternates between prophet, herald, and architect, balancing myth and science, revelation and revolution.

The tone is triumphant, prophetic, almost liturgical in cadence. It reads as a manifesto of divine innovation - God’s new race unveiled.

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