TODAY’S DEVOTION (TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 2024)
“For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.”
“For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath,’ They shall not enter My rest,'” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.” Hebrew 4:2-3 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 331ST DAY OF OUR YEAR OF IMPACT.
We give glory to the LORD God Almighty for the gospel of our LORD and saviour Jesus Christ.
We thank Him for another day that He has given us to live and serve our generation according to His will. Indeed, it is out of His mercies and miracles that we are not consumed.
Our God have been faithful to us and we will not take it for granted.
You will not take the faithfulness and mercies of the LORD in your life for granted if you fully understand what would have happened to you if they were not there in the first place.
If there is anyone who wants the righteous out of this world, that person is the devil and his host.
He wants bearers of the true light to be quenched so that his darkness will fill the souls of men. He is using the least expected, like some preachers, misguided and aggrieved Church goers, and etc. to do that.
That is why God surrounds us with His mercies and faithfulness. He said in His word;
“For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.” Isaiah 60:2 NKJV
While God has raised people to preach the gospel of light and cause the glory of the LORD to rise upon men, there are preachers, misguided and aggrieved Church goers out there, who wants that light quenched.
Ordinarily, a preacher and a Christian should protect the light of God from going out no matter what happens but not these ones; especially when the darkness God’s light is targeting is benefiting them in one way or the other. It is very dangerous to have an absent of God’s true light.
Yes, it is very dangerous when a generation cannot find people to keep the true light burning. Satan will always fight to make sure that people with God’s true light do not exist, and those with a false light are given international platforms.
That was what led to “the dark ages.” Bearers of the true light were extinct and darkness set in until the reformation. Stories had it that the last set of bearers of the true light in that generation lost the support of men, and the true light of the gospel finally went out and the dark ages set in.
THE ETERNAL RESULT WAS TERRIBLE!
The world was in moral darkness for years – with millions dying and going to hell, both from the dead Church that existed then, and the dying world.
The darkness prevailed until mercy spoke and one Catholic priest named Martin Luther caught a ray of light on salvation from the throne room, and sparked a revolution.
That light would later be sustained until other moves that resulted in fresh moves that got us saved today would be kindled. It moved from Passover teachings, to Pentecost teachings, and today we are in season of the feast of Tabernacle.
But on the flip side, our generation is presently sitting in a theatre of another spiritual war, where so called Christians who have been misguided are bent on quenching the true light.
We have asked some of them why they resist the truth but none of them can give meaningful explanation.
Yes, there are no meaningful explanations to why they are resisting most of us and fighting against God, sadly in the name of the LORD. They are clearly being used by the devil to do what they are doing.
The only good news is this time around; the true light will not go out.
God’s throne has mobilized great angelic host and Heavenly forces to make sure that His end time light bearers remains strong and solid enough to shine His light to the hearts of men.
There is a lot from the throne room to keep Heaven’s men standing strong with the touch light of the needed gospel for the now.
If there are no known men to give them support, God has unknown men to give them the support they need to remain solid with the torchlight of living truths, shinning it right into the dark hearts of mankind and turning them away from Baal to the true God.
I have seen unknown men and women minister to me in very trying period in this battle with Baal in Church.
The God who stood by Paul when all forsook him, and by Peter when he was chained in prison, and the rest of the apostles when their time of departure had not come, is still alive.
He is standing with His own like a mighty terrible one to neutralize the forces of the evil one being unleashed against them.
GOD’S GREATEST REDEMPTIVE TOOL TODAY IS THE LIGHT OF HIS REVELATION WORD.
I want you to understand that, as we get closer and closer to the consummation of all things and the final return of our LORD and savior Jesus Christ, the Bible made it clear that the mystery of God shall be finished.
Meaning, we shall come to a perfect understanding of hidden truths in God!
That is a part of God’s sovereign desire to fill our lives with the knowledge of His glory as the water cover the sea.
Our devotional word today is simple, instructive, and maybe deep! It tells us what God expects to happen in our hearts when we hear His word. It tells us that His word should be mixed with faith in our hearts.
When the word we hear is mixed with faith, it will produce fruits in our lives, resulting in the manifestation of the glory of God. But when the opposite happens, our lives will still be filled with darkness in spite of what we may be hearing, resulting in Ichabod or no glory in our lives.
One of the common forces that facilitate this sad occurrence in the lives of many is spiritual bareness. Many are spiritually barren yet they do not know. That is why they are doing nothing about it.
Let’s take a little lesson on the subject at this point.
From the natural realm, barrenness and fruitfulness in marriage has a lot of lessons to teach the end time Christian. While in some cases it is the seed of a man that is responsible for bareness, in other cases it is the womb of the woman.
Everyone knows that no matter how fruitful the womb of a woman is, if the seed of the man that enters it is bad, it will never get the womb of that woman pregnant with Child.
On the other hand, a Fruitful womb is the key to conception. If the womb of a woman is not fruitful, no matter how powerful the seed of a man is, that womb will never conceive a Child.
NOW, What spiritual truth can we draw from this?
The seed of a man represents the word of the LORD, and the womb of a woman represents the spirit of man. There are Christians whose spirits cannot conceive anything no matter how powerful, effective, anointed, sanctified, miracle-producing and deep the word of God they hear is.
In the spirit, conception is the key to delivery; in simple terms, what have not been conceived in your spirit cannot be born in your life.
It is what we conceive in our spirits that God will make to be born in our lives. If our spirits conceive nothing while the word is being preached, our lives will be barren of all the things promised or contained in that word.
Having a fruitful spirit is therefore very important.
You must understand that if a word of favor, prosperity, healing, deliverance, or holiness comes from the LORD as a living seed (not just some empty words), through the mouth of a preacher to you, and your ear hear it but your spirit did not perceive, receive or conceive it, there will be no manifestation of that word in your life.
Our devotional text said “The word did not profit them because it was not mixed with faith in them that heard it.” Consequently, they did not enter into God’s rest.
The word they heard spoke to them about rest but they could not conceive anything in their spirit as they listened, hence not entering their rest.
Friend, “Until a fruitful and living word, meets a fruitful and living spirit over time, a man’s life will never come into God’s fullness and rest for it.”
What makes the spirit fruitful is the work of the Holy Spirit on the heart. When the heart is hardened, it can produce no results from the word of the LORD. When the heart has not been made ready for the LORD, it will be barren spiritually.
Often, we are troubled on every side and wonder and even blame God’s servants for our problems, particularly when they speak a word to us that we do not see it’s manifestations in our lives.
While in some cases it is the word of the preacher that is responsible for the lack of manifestation, in other cases it is the spirits of those who may have received it that is the problem.
DAVID SAID, “THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORD GIVES LIGHT.”
It means when the word of the LORD enters into a man’s spirit, it will produce something in the man. However, if the word that enters is dead, empty and unfruitful and your spirit is alive and fruitful, it will not give you anything.
On the other hand, if the word is alive, full of revelation, and fruitful, it will not profit you as well if your spirit is dead, unfruitful, and empty of God. A rich, living and fruitful word, and a rich, living and fruitful spirit, must meet for any turn around to occur in a man’s life.
Heavenly words are seeds; they are the medium of transaction between Heaven and earth. They bring blessings from Heaven to a man’s life.
However, until they enter your spirit and plant a spiritual picture of what God is saying to you in it, your life will be barren of the manifestations of that word.
A fruitful spirit meeting a fruitful word is therefore the key to the manifestation of God’s miracles, blessings and promises in a man’s life.
Are there things that you are yet to COME into as a Child of God? Are there blessings you are yet to come into? The key to coming into them lies in the truths you have just encountered in this devotional today.
Get your heart or spirit full of God through time with the LORD and His Holy Spirit in prayer, separating yourself from the pollutions of this world.
A preacher who understand these things can be of help. Locate one, with a true, living, and rich word that will meet your faith need, and sit under the person.
Over time, as you apply what you might be learning, there will be a conception and you will come into the manifestation of all pending promises, miracles and blessings in your life.
LET THIS SCRIPTURE BE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR YOU TODAY!
“Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.”
“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:11-12 NKJV