TODAY’S DEVOTION (SATURDAY 7TH JANUARY 2023)
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 7:11-12 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 7TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF SIGNS AND WONDERS!
We thank GOD for giving us another day this year. We have seen seven days already. There are 358 more days to cover; days that are doubtlessly pregnant with events that are relatively unknown to us all, except the Spirit reveals.
As humans, it is natural t be apprehensive about what the year holds. But walking with the LORD on daily bases is one way to overcome that. That is why you find those with a stable walk with the LORD calm and calculative as they wake up each morning.
No apprehension, just faith in GOD and submission to His will.
People who live lives that are totally submitted to GOD’s will are committed to His ways and course for their lives. Once your life is both submitted and committed to GOD’s will, ways and course for your life, your security is sure. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. The Bible says;
“In righteousness you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you.
Indeed, they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
“Behold, I have created the blacksmith Who blows the coals in the fire, Who brings forth an instrument for his work; And I have created the spoiler to destroy.
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me,” Isaiah 54:14-17 NKJV
Spiritual heritages like this will begin to speak in your life because of your submission and commitment to the LORD, His will, ways and course for your life.
WE LIVE IN A CHURCH GENERATION THAT PRAYS TO A GOD THEY ARE NOT TRULY COMMITTED TO.
Most of us are a people who pray and fast always but are not genuinely submissive to God’s will, ways or course for our lives, hence not committed to the same.
We think that prayers will work regardless of how we live. Some are even taught that giving offerings or raising financial or material sacrifices to give will facilitate answers to their prayers and change their lives regardless of how they live. Emphases are made on giving instead of living; people have been zombified to be giving for better lives, instead of taught and trained to live righteously for a better life.
The truth is, greedy preachers will emphasize on giving but Godly preachers emphasize on living. Your life is not improved by giving according to the preacher’s definition. Your life is improved by living according to divine will, Ways, and routes for your life. We need Godly preachers not greedy preachers. The word says;
“In righteousness you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you. Isaiah 54:14 NKJV
The word did not say “in giving offerings to the pastors or raising altars of sacrifice you shall be established.” Giving, and raising of altars, redemption of first born, giving of first fruits and all forms of money for miracle offerings are the gospel of greedy preachers. That is why it has not made any eternally relevant. It only made the preachers owners of properties here and there, private jets and all that.
Yes, God does bless His servants for faithful work done but most of what we see today are proceeds of erroneous teachings from the mouth and lives of greedy men and women of God.
IT IS GOOD TO GIVE OFFERINGS FOR THE WORK OF GOD BUT TO BETTER YOUR LIFE, RIGHTEOUSNESS REMAINS THE KEY.
Righteousness is living a life that is submissive and committed to God’s will, ways and course for it. Sadly, many are not taught the truth; they are not taught the truth of living a life that is submissive to God’s will and ways, and His predetermined course for it. They are just taught to give and all will be well, which is very heretic.
There is so much in God that must be in place before our lives will begin to pick; it is not giving as defined by greedy preachers. One of it is visionary living.
We have seen three laws of visionary living. The first we saw was the law of visionary residency, the second the law of visionary hearing and the third the law of visionary relations. We are still on the law of visionary relations. There are visionary relations from hell and there are visionary relations from Heaven.
Both are driven by visions to come into your life and fulfill something. The ones from hell come to fulfill a Satanic agenda that may not look like that at the onset. The ones from Heaven comes to fulfill a Heavenly agenda, which also may not look like that at the onset. It all depends on how close you are to God and how deep you are in the prophetic anointing.
The fact that something is visionary does not mean it is from God. God has no monopoly of visions and revelations. That is why Paul called the ones from Him, “visions and revelations of the LORD.” They could be from hell and look like from the LORD, especially when presented to us in the language of God.
Do not forget, the Bible says when Satan steps into the Church system, he does not come like a demon. He comes like a divine manifestation of God. That is why many call his manifestations God, today.
Many lives have been ruined by visionary relations that came in the manifestation of God to them. That is why, the best way to avoid such in your life is to take the proper faith position that allows only visionary relations from Heaven into your life.
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN LOOKING AT THE FIRST FAITH POSITION TO TAKE, TODAY WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE NEXT.
Our devotional text says;
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 7:11-12 NKJV
What can we find in this scripture? There are spiritual laws in it.
But we want to look at the one that speaks to us this day about what we are considering. It holds the faith position to take in other to receive and keep receiving visionary relations from Heaven. It states “You must be a visionary relation in another person’s life for God to send a visionary relation into your own life.” Period!
We can close this devotional at this point because a word they say is enough for the wise. If you are not a visionary relation in anyone’s life, do not expect anyone to be a visionary relation from Heaven in your own life.
When Samson was busy being a visionary relation for all Israel, there was no opening for Delilah. It was when he relaxed that faith position and decided for marriage that the door opened for Delilah. Whenever we shift our minds from the eternal to the earthly, we create doors for the enemy to use in launching terrible attacks against our lives.
Maintaining a Bible based faith position of being a visionary relation from Heaven in the lives of others will help in keeping your mind on eternal things, thereby closing doors for the enemy to use against you. Again, the word says;
“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 7:12 NKJV
IN OTHER WORDS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO RECEIVE FORM OTHERS, GIVE IT TO THEM FIRST.
If you want to receive visionary relations from Heaven, be a visionary relation of Heaven in the life of someone. If you are not a visionary relation of Heaven in the life of anyone, you are not in the faith position to receive a visionary relation from Heaven. In fact, there are chances that you will receive visionary relations from hell.
David was a visionary relation of Heaven at home, then in the battle field with Goliath, and in other people’s lives. Consequently, he received visionary relations form Heaven to become king over Israel.
You will never get good things from others if you are not a good one in the life of any one. The Bible says at the appointed time for him to become King, what he was in the lives of others was remembered. All the tribes of Israel came to him, moved by how he had been a visionary relation of Heaven in their lives in time past, to crown him king.
The word says;
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.
Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the LORD said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’”
Therefore, all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel. 2 Samuel 5:1-3 NKJV
If you want God to raise men and women to function as His visionary relations in your life tomorrow, be a visionary relation in the lives of others today, faithfully.
Do not look at their faces either they appreciate you or not, God will appreciate you at the appointed time. Do not forget, when David was a visionary relation of Heaven in the lives of the very men who came to crown him king, there was no appreciation from them. But at the appointed time they came to fulfill God’s will for his life.
Make up your mind to be a visionary relation of Heaven in the lives of all around you. Find out what mantle you carry, what mandate you have from the LORD for them, and what ranking to operate from and all will be well.
Child of God, enough has been shared for the day. It is my prayer that God will use these few thoughts to shape a life of visionary living for you in Jesus precious name. Amen
LET THIS SCRIPTURE BE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR US TODAY!
“But arise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, that I might appoint you to serve as [My] minister and to bear witness both to what you have seen of Me and to that in which I will appear to you,
Choosing you out [selecting you for Myself] and delivering you from among this [Jewish] people and the Gentiles to whom I am sending you—
To open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may thus receive forgiveness and release from their sins and a place and portion among those who are consecrated and purified by faith in Me.
Wherefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision,” Acts 26:16-19 AMPC