Category: Daily Devotional

“5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.”

Today, another benefit we shall be looking at from the Psalms of David is Divine Establishment. When we depend on Him fully, we enjoy being Establish, firmness in His protection. What do I mean by Establishment? It is being able to stand without the fear of opposition when we trust in God. The sheep are not bothered in the presence of their enemies. They live as King and Queen because the shepherd makes all needs and protection available.

What David meant is, being establish regardless of who is after you. Enjoying the available grace and mercy of God in the mist of one’s enemies. Satisfaction, Abundance and fresh Auction accompanies us as long as we remain with the shepherd. All these benefits are products of having Jesus as our shepherd. That’s why flock are not easily attacked when the shepherd goes ahead of them. It get to stages where nobody attacks them even without the shepherd. The coverage has been establish visibly to the enemy as touch not. This establishment can only be found in Jesus Christ our Lord, when you’re with Him, you are secured.

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. …. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

A wonderful day to you all. Today, we move further to see more benefits of having the shepherd ahead of us. Shepherds are known with a staff, it’s a symbol of a Shepherd. The staff serve two purposes which David named. If can be used as a staff and at the same time a rod. A staff for Direction, control, to clear the way ahead of the sheep. It can also serve as a Rod for correction, rebuke and protection of the sheep from predators. The same staff that brought plague on the Egyptians as a Rod is the same staff that made a way on the Red Sea for the Israelite. 

David said, thy Staff and thy Rod brings comfort. When Jesus leads as a good shepherd He will direct us, show us love, care for us and likewise He will rebuke, correct, scorn us and use it against our enemies in order to protect us. Whatever we may be going through, He does this to comfort us, bring us to Himself and for our predestined place. That the shepherd uses the rod against us or our enemies doesn’t signifies hatred or wickedness towards us but a show of Love for the sheep. I don’t know what the staff is doing in your life right now but I know it’s for His purpose to be fulfil in your life. It’s for us to enjoy His comfort either way, not that He dislike us. He is a good shepherd who leads us to His purpose for our lives. His Rod and Staff is in our favour.

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. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:”

No fear but Confidence. When David was recounting his testimony to King Saul, he said,

“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. 1 Samuel 17:34-35.

That is what a shepherd does, so the sheep have no fear of evil. Even in the face of glaring oppositions, they are confident.

If David can rescue a sheep from a bear, how much more our Savour, Jesus Christ, whom God gave on our behalf? Since Jesus is our Shepherd, the shadow of death shouldn’t be a threat. What is shadow of death? Terrible Sickness, fierce oppositions, threat of the enemy, situations that looks scary, they may look like the valley of shadow of death but they are not, because Jesus is with us. Apostle Paul said in 2 Timothy 1:7, 

“7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 

If you are sure of being Jesus’ sheep, you have power over fear of the unknown, because our Shepherd is with us to rescue us always.

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. 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.