TODAY’S DEVOTION (MONDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2026)
“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 47TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF STRATEGIC VICTORY
This is another day that the LORD has made, we shall rejoice and be glad in it. Day unto day we have been experiencing His mercies and night unto night His faithfulness. There would have been no breath in our lungs if the LORD had not been our keeper.
Indeed, the keeper of Isreal will not sleep or slumber. Amen and amen.
We are in warfare!! In this war the enemy has terrible intentions. He wants the righteous out of this world so that he can colonize it for himself, and for his host. He wants the bearers of the true light of Jesus Christ to be quenched so that his darkness can fill the souls of men.
Sadly, he is using the least expected to accomplish some of these things, namely the preacher who either has no original calling from God, has not been trained in matters of righteousness or is heretic. He also uses the aggrieved Church members. God indeed said,
“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 His glory to rest upon men, there are preachers and aggrieved Church members 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. It’s is very dangerous when a generation cannot find people with the true light burning. That was what led to what Church Historians call “the dark ages.”
WHEN A GENERATION DO NOT HAVE TRUE LIGHT BEARERS, DARKNESS WILL SET IN AND CONSUME THAT GENERATION.
During the 1st century, the birth of the Church took place, and our Bible fathers kindled their world with the authentic light. It neutralized hell, shook the foundation of cultures and pulled down ungodly traditions, leading to great salvation of souls. It was also resisted terribly. But that did not last beyond that century.
The last set of bearers of that true light would later pass away leading to a long season of light out called the dark ages. During that time, there was no gospel light anywhere. The world was in moral darkness for years, with millions of people dying and going to hell both from the dead Church that existed then, and the dying world.
History has it that darkness prevailed until mercy spoke and one Catholic priest named Martin Luther caught a ray of light from the throne room on salvation. However, before him there were great reformers who God used to bring fiery lights that pieced through the darkness of the time.
All they did would later be sustained until moves that resulted in fresh moves that got us saved today were born.
Our generation is sitting in another spiritual war where people are bent on quenching the light. But this time around, it 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.
If there are no known men to give them support, I believe God will raise unknown men to give them the support they need to remain solid with the torchlight of truth shinning right into the dark hearts of mankind.
The God who stood by Paul when all forsook him, and by Peter and the rest of the apostles when their time of departure had not come, has not died. He is standing with His own like a mighty terrible one to neutralize the forces of the evil one.
Understand that God’s greatest redemptive tool remains the light of His revelation word. As we get closer to the consummation of all things, and 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 part of God’s sovereign desire, the 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. God expects His word to 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 barrenness. Many are spiritually barren, yet they do not know. That is why they are doing nothing about it. But let’s take a little lesson on the subject at this point. I trust it might help someone to wake up!!
From the natural realm, barrenness and fruitfulness 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 barrenness, 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.
What spiritual truth can we draw from this natural reality?
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 through the mouth of a preacher to you, and your ear hears it but your spirit did not receive and 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.”
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 will in a man’s life.
Are there things that you are yet to enter 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 spirit full of God. Make it alive and fruitful. Then locate a preacher with a true, living, and rich word that will meet your need and feed on it. Over time, there will be a conception, and you will come into the manifestation.
As you embrace this glorious day, spend this week meditating on these glorious truths.
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 4:11-13 NKJV
