MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - 15/10/2025

WEDNESDAY - 15TH OCTOBER, 2025

MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO

READY FOR THE TAKING! - Ready For The Taking Series 002

Nahum 3:12, KJV 

"All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater."

This verse summarily explains ease and inevitability. I guess you might have had that experience of shaking a tree full of fruits before. May I ask what happened to the ripe fruits? 

They fell! You got it right. That's the exact imagery being portrayed here. When a stronghold is like the description I've given here, porosity allows it to give way. Without much effort, entrance will be gained and the population of people such stronghold houses shall be doomed.

May our own strongholds not be like that! Ours shall withstand and abide in strength. What we pull over ourselves this morning is that our own "bow abides in strength." Even our hands are made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel) - Genesis 49:24.

When we are vexed, we shall be unshaken. We shall remain solidly like mount Zion that cannot be removed, but abides forever (Psalm 125:1). You'll therefore endure and still exist when many elements have waxed cold and passed away. Your bow, even the strength of your hands shall remain like the beginning. 

Continuing from yesterday's series on Cornelius and his getting born again, I'll like to say Cornelius, his household and those he invited to hear the gospel are ripe grapes ready to fall. They only awaited someone to shake the tree.

Why did I say that? Did I see anything? Sure! God told Cornelius, "send men to Joppa to a man called Simon... he'll tell you what you ought to do" (Acts 10:6). 

Did you see some sort of submission of will in that statement? God is also not in doubt of Cornelius. He knows he'll submit to whatever the said preacher says. As a matter of fact, the often prayers, alms and the fearing of God that Cornelius has been noted for all points to the fact that this is a man aspiring to know God. He wants to meet God but he doesn't know how. So, he began doing good. He began giving alms. He could have thought by the doing of all these, he'll attain the kingdom. He began praying and who knows whether one of his prayer points was, "God, if you're there, let me really meet you." That won't be a wild chase guess because we have a verse that says he fasted and prayed, only that we don't have specifics on what he prayed or waited for (Acts 10:30-31). 

However, it is during that fasting God heard his prayer, sent him His angel and instructed him on what to do. We may have a reason to draw a connection between both, since God's appearance to him is an answer to his prayers. 

That Cornelius thirsts after God isn't an act to be taken for granted. God might have made a pull on his heart but sure, there's a need for a minister to meet that thirst. Saying this, a Bible portion is recalled to my understanding. 

Acts 17:26-27, KJV

"26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us."

Pay attention to verse 27 and what God says through Paul there. Contextually, Paul is preaching to heathen and idolaters in that place. They are nothing but sinners. So, it sure fits for our own context of discussion also. 

Cornelius began to actually feel after God. It shows in all the religious acts he did to reach God but that's actually not how to reach God when one doesn't have a relationship with Him. But thank God that God saves those who cry to Him! Cornelius has gotten to that stage and state where he now desires to meet God and know Him. He even fasts and prays towards what may have to do with meeting/knowing God or having his thirst and longings for God met. He wants to kick start a relationship with Him but he just doesn't know how. God seeing this, that somebody is somewhere seeking His face, feeling and thirsty after Him, made His recommendations. God was bold with it, "send men to Joppa and call for one Simon... he'll tell you what you ought to do."

That's a typical example of a ripe fruit ready to fall into the hands/mouth of the preacher who'll near it. A ripe field in a person already feeling after God doesn't need much labour to be won for God. They rather wait with eagerness to see what God will command them to do. As a matter of fact, a lot of things prove that Cornelius and those with him are ripe fruits or fields. One, his estimation for the man God told him to send for. He was almost worshipping Peter who refused it and reorientated him (Acts 10:25-26). His thirst is also revealed in the preparation he puts in place and the many people he had gathered to listen to the esteemed awaited preacher (Acts 10:24). Another thing that reveals his eagerness is the fact that the Holy Spirit fell on them all while Peter still preached. Peter had not even said, "receive the Holy Ghost" but it came on them (Acts 10:44). That's because they all had an open heart. Their yearning and desire to have God or reach God is genuine. God therefore meets them halfway. He walks up to them! So, God moved mightily and came on them even without a personal invite having been sent. What a thing!

All these prove that Cornelius, his household, friends and relatives are ready for the taking. Before Peter came, Cornelius also might have rehearsed in their ears his supernatural encounter with an angel and what he instructed them to do. This one only waters their eagerness the most. The way Cornelius looks up to Peter at arrival shows a man who's ready for anything. Ministers must not use this to rob or swindle people who express reverence and genuine love for God. You're not the one they're so honouring. It's God in you. All colts who have been decorated, carrying the Master must stop thinking the jewels in clothes and tree branches that are laid on the floor are for their own honour (Mark 11:8).  

God is sending you to a ripe field. You'll meet a ready soul. A soul on whom all has been made ready already. He'll only ask, "brethren what shall we do to be saved?" May you not make the mistake of saying sow into my ministry or basket at that time. Rather, may you preach Christ's love and sacrifice to him. Many are like a ripe field. Reapers should beware. Irrespective of their status, power, connection base, the Holy Spirit has encountered them earlier and made all things ready with them. He only wanted to seal it with salvation, which is why He needs a preacher through whom they can hear the gospel. For those of you contemplating and arguing whether all things are ready or not, receive your amendment in this verse.  

John 4:35, KJV

"Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest."

PRAYER: Lord, I am available and at your reach. When you need an evangelist and preacher, I shall be one. 

BIBLE IN A YEAR

Hebrews 4; Jeremiah 13-15

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WHEN THE MEASURE IS FULL AND IS READY TO BE POURED FOR YOU

WHEN THE MEASURE IS FULL AND IS READY TO BE POURED FOR YOU

God is sending me to some of us. He's saying, "continue to do the good you've been doing - the good you have learnt to do. When the measure is full and the time has fully come, it shall answer and be measured back unto you."

The Bible has this to say:

II Kings 4:11-13, NLT

"11 One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest. 12 He said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the woman from Shunem I want to speak to her." When she appeared 13 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her, We appreciate the kind concern you have shown us. What can we do for you? Can we put in a good word for you to the king or to the commander of the army?"

A day like this hasten to answer some of you. "Payday", it is called! A day when you'll reap what you have sown. Only that what you'll reap will be better stocks than what you've been tirelessly sowing. A Bible portion affirms that. 

Luke 6:38, KJV

"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."

Let's progress. We just read about Elisha and what he did on a day that no one could have ascertained was reckoning day. 

He told Gehazi, his aide and minister to call the Shunem woman. At appearance, Elisha expresses untainted and unfeigned gratitude to this woman. He confesses, "you've been careful for us with many cares...Therefore, would you have us do anything for you also?"

For short, this woman got an open cheque! Elisha even gave her suggestions probably she was short of ideas. "Would you have us speak to the king or the commander of the army for your sake?"

Why will Elisha speak like this? It's because he indeed has been touched by all that this woman did for him. Her deeds in his life are uncountable. So, Elisha having the hearing of those authorities suggested if he could help with anything. Indeed, he could sincerely make demands on them for anyone and it'll be granted. 

However, this woman has all things that pertain to those suggestions of Elisha. If it were mere physical things that a man can give or grant - goods or position, she has it all?

So, listen to her response. 

"No, my family takes good care of me" (v.13, NLT). 

That marked the end of the discussion. She had to be released since she seemed to be like the Laish people who lack nothing (Judges 18:7). 

However, Elisha wouldn't budge. I guess he's being nudged to inquire further. So, he asked Gehazi, "What can we do for her?"

In essence, Elisha was saying, "this woman has done so much not to be attended to. No o! Something must be done for her. Gehazi, what do you suggest?"

At this time, the long awaited confession is forced out of Gehazi's mouth. He might have reigned it in so he doesn't appear as a gossip but now that it is the master who has asked, he has no excuse not talking. 

Gehazi exclaims, "she doesn't have a son and her husband is an old man" (II Kings 4:14).

Imagine those hindering combos! It reminds me of another problem that certain women once contemplated over.

Mark 16:3, KJV

"And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?"

You see, that's their contemplation, brooding and worry. But the shocking thing is what follows. 

Mark 16:4, KJV 

"And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great."

Did you read that? When they eventually got to the entrance of the cave, they found the stone already taken care of. That's just the exact thing God does for this woman. Gehazi has done very thorough findings and he has supplied all the needed observations. But, there's nothing too hard for the Lord to do. Is it low sperm count, lack of egg or whatever? Oooh, you don't even have a womb! What is it that you need divine help for that only divine ability can supply? When God comes, He'll not only consume the sacrifice, He'll lick the water and consume the stones also.  

I Kings 18:38, KJV

"Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench."

All those impediments shall be gloried over. None shall be spared! He'll walk over all of them in absolute victory - like David rejoiced over Goliath.

I Samuel 17:51, KJV

"Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine..."

So, how long is the list of knotty issues you need God to unknot? How weighty are they? A combo like this woman's or hydra-headed? It makes no difference, God will 'walk' and mill everything without disturbance. After such a great victory over them all, He'll put them in their places heap by heap, making a public show of what He conquered for you. 

Judges 15:16, KJV

"And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men."

I said, "God is threshing those issues now!" That big stone is being rolled off! It shall stand no longer in your path. 

Please, follow me still. 

Having heard that she indeed has a need - one that outweighs his initial suggested help to her, Elisha hurries and asks Gehazi to call her back. 

She was standing in the doorway that day when Elisha made his decree that became the Lord's decree. 

"Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!"

Though the woman protested, she might have thought Elisha would turn out to be some false prophets who had prophesied to her for money, yet "The woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year, she has a son, just as Elisha had said" (II Kings 4:16-17). 

Brethren, your own measure too has reached, measuring to the brim. It's even beginning to overflow and at this time must be poured or better still given to you. What heaven owes you will be released to you at this time. It is today, not tomorrow. 

This woman indeed has been careful with all cares for Elisha. As often as Elisha passes that road, he stops by to eat in her house until an abode was built and furnished for the man of God in the bid to retain him, make him spend time longer and break the stress of his journey. 

We must learn to retain blessers with us. Laban knows that of Jacob (Gen.30:27). And Jacob himself once said to an angel disguised as a man, "I will not let you go unless you bless me" (Gen. 32:26). Have eyes for blessers - those carrying a portion that can run contagiously to you. They are key to your journey. They'll mostly give you what will put you ahead, something money cannot buy at times or codes of conduct manifested as a successful lifestyle that many aspire to have but which is vague and unattainable for them. They'll make you reach your destination faster than others because they'll slice delays and what unnecessarily engages the time of others off you. You'll be free of entanglements and the errors of many youths, which if there's no recovery from and a new focus, they might be forever vexed and sunk. 

The Bible didn't tell us how long Elisha passed by that way and was ministered to by this woman nor did we have specifics on how long he stayed in that upper room before he asked to summon her.  

We could only suspect that it might not have been long - probably shortly after the packing into that furnished upper room. 

This last act of generosity that seems uncommon could have been the trigger that prompted Elisha into saying, "Hmmm, enough is enough. Reckoning has come and so it is! I must address this issue today." You know, there's always a straw that'll break the camel's back (lol).

Brethren, you too, don't be weary in good doing. It's like a thrift contribution that's rotational amongst people. If you don't grow weary of giving for others, your day of collection and picking up will surely come. 

All the things you have laid down shall once again be picked up. The bread you have cast on the water shall be found and your joy shall be great. 

I said, your joy shall be great. 

For Cornelius, (though an unbeliever); when his day came - his measure having been full, an angel says to him.

Acts 10:4, KJV

"And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God."

Mark, "thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God."

That is not a day's prayer or alms. What came before God was rather his accumulated prayers and alms giving. That day, the payday of Cornelius came and it was shocking what the Lord instructed him to do that he might gain his payment. 

Acts 10:5, KJV

"5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter

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

Mark, "...he shall tell thee what you ought to do."

It means a minister has the Word of life on what people ought to do. May you not have the pulpit and begin to say nonsense on it. May God have confidence to recommend men to you behind your back. May you be trustworthy enough that when you have the floor, you won't begin to teach sinners how to make money but rather to see their wretchedness without Christ and the urgency for salvation first of all. Only few ministers could God trust this way. 

That copied out verse also reminds me of another verse that says, "and how shall they hear without a preacher" (Rom. 10:14). 

God places special premiums on ministers/preachers, of which you are since all of us received the command to, "go ye into the world" (Mark 16:15). 

God's answer to Cornelius starts to come in a recommended preacher that God trusts with the Word of life. It's this Word that Peter speaks that gets Cornelius and the many people who waited with him born again. As a matter of fact, the Spirit was poured on them (Acts 10:44). 

God's Spirit is also running a scan now. He's hovering over what looks like waters to see what to pick up and specifically administer as a reward for your consistent actions. 

For the Shunemite woman, her barrenness becomes broken. For Cornelius, he becomes born again, receiving the Holy Ghost as a seal.

What one thing do you need above others at this hour? God is fixing it for you. God is going about it right now. It's been put in place. 

The Bible has spoken well to us when it says:

Galatians 6:9, KJV

"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

"If we faint not..." is the key. God knows people can get tired of good doings. For that, He encourages us not to faint. Those who faint don't get compensated at all. They're the multitude who gets filled with bitterness, decry why they were not the blessed, envy the blessed and seek to open holes in their reputation. They'll say,"that thing doesn't work." They're the multitude who'll say, "Christianity is a scam." They might be of us before but now they have gone out from us!

Brethren, stay there! Don't be weary of any "good doing." The God yesterday who distributed to people who persisted and kept at it is still the same today. He won't jump you over. A day of reckoning is on the way. For you, it might just be by the corner. When David talks of his cup being full, that immediately hints at a blessing to immediately harvest and collect. What is full must be poured or offloaded! (Psalm 23). 

Once this act, this repeated act has filled the cup, you can't but drink of its return proceeds. How its return proceeds will manifest may differ from one person to the other but your reward will not tarry forever. 

"For in due season, we shall reap if we faint not..."

Don't be depressed at the due season of a friend that has come beside you. Your due season is specially of God made for you. It'll come. Follow after faith, hope and well doing. 

"Good measure" that will again be adorned shall be given back to you. Your room, barn, space or custody shall be occupied. 

You'll receive better than the inputs. God's scale promises better and richer than anyone's. But for the Corneliuses, you need to know Jesus died for your sins, rising on the third day in victory having conquered death. This way, He purchases eternal life for any who will believe in Him (John 3:16). If you believe, let it manifest in this confession. "Lord, Jesus, thanks for your death and the forgiveness of my sins. I believe in all your sacrificial works as valid for my salvation. I receive the gift of eternal life and I live - both now by the Spirit guidance and eternally in the afterlife."

That's the gift God first gives to the Corneliuses. Cornelius is naturally a good man. He prays and even gives alms. He eschews evil. He's morally upright if you'll say but he's not born again. God sees a need to immediately address and so God's angel's word to him is, "send to Joppa for a man called Peter."

Through Peter, he hears the gospel and has his greatest need met. What is the essence of building churches/mosques, doing philanthropy, sponsoring orphans' education and meeting needs of widows yet without having been born again. Any man's good works doesn't qualify him for heaven - eternal life. It's what Christ did which he or she accepts. Accept him now Corneliuses! Don't reject this ministration. It's God coming through to you through another Peter. This is God's greatest blessing to you. Have it! Don't drop the ball!

Olusola ADEJUMO,

M'Wings. 

Morning Wings Ministry,

Nigeria. 

+234 81 3704 6812

morningwingsministryplus@gmail.com 

12/10/25

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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