Month: July 2023

“2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.”

We’ve established who a shepherd is and how it’s important to our lives. King David continued the role and duty of a Shepherd. He said, “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:”

What is green pasture? This is a freshly green grass for flock which serves as food, what they consume in order to enjoy healthiness. In other words, the duty of the shepherd is to make available food in surplus for the sheep he’s leading. When you have Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, and submit to His leadership, He will care for all your needs. Let me quickly say this, the sheep doesn’t know where the green pastures are, only the shepherd knows this. When the sheep surrender totally to the leadership of the shepherd, then green pasture is made available. Until we give Him the full atmosphere to lead us we might keep running from pillar to post looking for what’s very close to us.

Secondly, “He leadeth me beside the still waters”. The shepherd knows where the quiet and gentle waters is. He knows where thirst can be quenched and that’s where he leads the sheep. So when Jesus said, in Matthew 6:31,  

“Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” He is simply saying surrender to your Shepherd and you will be rightly placed where your needs will be met. He is ready to lead you if you will surrender to Him totally.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“4. Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

5. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”

Finally this week, You and I, reading this devotional, are tools in God’s hand. God have a purpose to fulfil with you and I. We are not a waste because things aren’t working as planned. We might not be fulfiling those purposes now, that doesn’t neglect that we are tools in His hand to perform wonders, affect life positively and lift others out of difficult situations. We may feel we’re not capable as Jeremiah felt but we are created for that from the beginning of the world.

God doesn’t called those who seems qualified by man’s standard but He qualified those He called. Being qualified is not the issue like accepting the call and carrying out the assignment. God might be showing you needs to meet, hands to lift, others to intercede for and lives to bless, it’s your calling, get going and do the needful. Never think you don’t have the ability to do it because He won’t sent you on an errand He never prepare or equipped you for. God is speaking to you today, take that responsibility and get going with it. You are a tool in God’s hand.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

11. And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;”

As we’ve been studying, we could decode that God works with different tools which are not expected. When Abraham’s promises was to be fulfilled, God came as a stranger, in the persons of three men. Thank God Abraham was sensitive. He welcomed Him with Good delicacy and through that, the prophecy was declared. What if Abraham had neglected them? 

David just lost all his family and the his men’s family to the raiders who raided Ziglak. He was supposed to be in sadness and anger to recover his family, but with that, he was Sensitive to show mercy to a stranger, the Egyptian who later led them to the raiders. You might say the world is dangerous, yes, that doesn’t stop God from using strangers to perform wonders. The story of Jesus about the Samaritan is another stranger used by God. God has never showed up in a way we expected him, He always come in disguise. Tending to strangers can be the needed tools for our breakthroughs. We need to have a rethink with our decisions to avoid strangers. Be more sensitive with strangers.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“1. Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

2. And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.”

Psalms 118:22, 

“The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.”

Most times, people who are categorise as rejected, unqualified, child out of wedlock end up being a vessel of honour in the hands of God. God doesn’t justify according to our beginning, so stop looking down on those born out of wedlock, they may end up being the only vessel of God to lift you out of burden.

Jephthah was a child of a harlot born to Gilead, meanwhile, he was the first born of the man. His younger brothers sent him packing because of his status. The scripture said he left home for the wilderness where men surrounded him and he became great. Then the Israelites found themselves in the hand of Ammon and needed him as a deliverer, so they went to ask for his help.

Out of wedlock is not out of God’s sight or God’s agenda. Stop calling people bastered because God knows them more than you do. Jesus Christ was born by Mary but not by Joseph, still He reigned as the Messiah of all. No man is rejected by God, treat all men equally. Their situation should be the reason for showing them love. God love all equally.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“2. And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

3. And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.”

Every creation of God has their use at God’s discretion. To man, some things seems meaningless and useless, but God uses them to shame the wise. The Psalmist said, 

“The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. Psalms 118:22.” Everyone is a vessel in God’s hand.

This slave girl was captured when the Syrian went for a raid, and she served Naaman’ wife. She served as a slave, and this is my believe, they’ve been treating her fine not just as a slave. She was happy and satisfied with her boss. A day came that she spoke to her mistress, “There is a Prophet in Israel who can heal our lord” and this news got to the king, then, the journey began. In Israel, Naamen met with Prophet Elisha but rejected His instruction. God did used another servant who encouraged him, 2 Kings 5:13-14, till the healing was perfected.

How do you handle your workers? Slave girls and boys, Gateman and Drivers? Your Cook, Gardeners and Nanny? Do you think they are tools in your hand and not in the hands of God? You may be the only help they have today, treat them well because they may be the vessel to lift you soonest. Don’t write them off, treat them well in as much as God has helped you.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“8. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

9. Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

If there are people that are written-off, I feel widow is another category. We all know what widows and widowers go through in the hands of in-law after the death of their husband or wife. Widows and widowers are usually classified as those who need help. Job said,

“The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. Job 29:13”

Widows and widowers needs helpers they are not who one can depend on. But God told Elijah, “…: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.”

The least person you expected is whom God will use to sustain you. The widow’s last meal sustained Elijah and the widow’s family for months without begging. Be open minded to any vessel God has prepared to use for you, that widow or widower might be the connection, helper or lifter you’ve been waiting for. Don’t despise anyone, rather stretch a hand of help and open heart to them.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“4. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

5. So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

6. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.”

The God of all flesh that uses insignificant tools to meet the needs of His children. He chose to use a raven to feed prophet Elijah during famine. What is a raven? A raven is a large, black bird that’s a scavenger — meaning that it likes to feed on dead animals. It feeds and eat greedily, it’s prey of dead body and obtain by violence. Raven is an intelligent bird due to their large brain size. With all these qualities, God made use of it to feed a Prophet for months. It brings the Prophet Bread and flesh twice a day. If i may ask, what’s the size of the bread and flesh? Where did it got them from? Who cooked the meat and baked the bread? A Raven, a bird was a wonderful tools in the hand of God.

Apostle Paul said, God chooses the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. Nothing is useless in the hand of God. Everything He created are tools in his hand. Those animal and pet around are His tools that we shouldn’t over look. All we need do is to be sensitive and be prepare to follow what He says and pay attention to the fulfilment. Elijah went to the designated place to wait for the Raven. Don’t use your brain to define God’s instructions. Just go and do as He says. Father, may we be able to act accordingly to your instructions without thinking with our little brain on how it will happen, in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“2. And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

3. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

4. And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:”

I welcome you to our Devotional for the week with the topic, “The Inconsequential Tools Of God”. Our God specialises in using tools written off by men to perform His wonders. Today, we start with the “Rod Of Moses”. Moses had a Rod used as shepherd, since he became one. Peradventure he found one stick somewhere and turned it to a shepherd staff. He uses it anyhow and throws it anywhere without special honour attached to it. He’s been used to it for almost forty years having left Egypt. But God called him and sent him on an assignment and told him, “This rod in your Hand is meant for signs and wonder” how would you feel?

Many of us have taken for granted many tools that God has predestined to make us a sign and a wonder. Many have looked down and downgraded what God handed over to us to lead us to our destiny all because they look insignificant to be used by God. The same rod became a snake that swallowed up Pharaoh’s magician’s rod, parted the Red Sea, brought alot of plague on the Egyptians. 

Today, I’ll like us to pray by Saying, Father, in the name of Jesus, Open my eyes to see those tools that looks insignificant to me but important to you for the fulfilment of my destiny.

Good Day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“9. And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’S anointed, and be guiltless?

10. David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

11. The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.”

As we round up our study for this week on the topic, “Sensitivity In Famine” we shall be focusing on, “Don’t take revenge nor Do Evil” while in famine. Famine time is a period to spontaneous anger, quarrel and uncontrollable actions. When you’ll feel cheated or being treated unduly but nevertheless, you need to put yourself under control. You need to know it’s a test, trial and temptation to elongate your famine experience. Responding to those who offended you or retaliating may take you backward in that famine.

David was experiencing the worst famine of his time. He was once the most important person to the king but now, the most unwanted by the same King. The king left his throne to pursue David to the cage. A time present itself for David to take the life of King Saul but David seek not to take revenge or do Him evil. He made sure not to laid his hand on him. No matter how hard the famine may be, don’t take revenge or do evil. As a matter of fact, that is the season to show love and care for others and not the other way round. Make it a season of forgiveness and reconciliation, and God will make a way out for you in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.

Good Day and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.