TODAY’S DEVOTION (SUNDAY 29TH DECEMBER 2024)
“AFTER THESE things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your Shield, your abundant compensation, and your reward shall be exceedingly great. Genesis 15:1 AMP
WELCOME TO THE 364TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF IMPACT
From the first day of our year of Impact, the LORD has been everything to us. Glory to His great name for His unspeakable love, and glorious works in our lives. We have also experienced His living truths as never before.
I believe, the best meal on earth is yet to be cooked by any chef on the face of the earth, because the best meal on earth is the meal of the word and the goodness of the LORD.
Talking about spiritual food, I want to submit that no matter what you eat from the kitchen of men, devils can still feed on you. But when you feed from God’s kitchen, no demon can feed on you. You see that all through the scriptures.
We will therefore be refreshing our minds on spiritual feeding and the necessity of feeding on what will make sure no devil feed on you in 2025.
From Bible History, it is clear that the first Nation under Heaven to feed or live their days from God’s kitchen was the nation of ancient Israel. The Bible says they were fed with manna from God’s kitchen in Heaven.
The manna was a template of God’s word. The ate it for 40 days.
During those days, the Bible says their garment did not wear out, neither did their feet swelled. There was no feeble or poor one among them. Yet, they were walking in a terrible wilderness full of snakes and scorpions.
It is clear in scriptures that the word they ate made sure nothing ate them.
Friend, we are what we eat. If we eat the word of God, we will become sons or offspring of the GOD of Heaven and earth, making it impossible for the seed of the wicked one to feed on us. But if we do not feed on His word, we will be living our lives like mare men, and devils or witches will be feeding on us.
Jesus made it clear that anytime the word of the LORD enters our hearts, and we allow it to become our main spiritual meal, dimensions of God will break out through us. That was why He said in John 10:35, “If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), (NKJV).
When the word comes to you as spirit and life, and you eat it that way over time, your humanity will be swallowed by God’s divinity.
OUR DEVOTIONAL TEXT FOR THE DAY SAYS;
““AFTER THESE things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your Shield, your abundant compensation, and your reward shall be exceedingly great (Genesis 15:1 AMP).”
The constant and consistent coming of the word of the LORD to our hearts is the greatest thing that can ever happen to us. If we allow our hearts to feed on such proceeding words, there is no way that any devil from hell can feed on us.
Even if they parade in the very house we live in, because of access granted them by whoever we share the house with, the devils will make sure they do not disturb us with their noise, knowing what will happen to them if they do. We will just have a peaceful 2025 even if we walk or live in the valley of the shadow of death.
Friend, the devil that will feed on a man whose heart feeds on God’s rhema word is yet to be created in hell. If you look at Hebrews 11, you will discover that everyone there, was sustained by the faith that came into their hearts from the word of the LORD their hearts fed on.
No devil could feed on them. They all came out valiant in battle, even when they entered into the battles weak.
If your heart is not feeding on the rhema word of God, your life will be fed on by the corrupt world, and the unclean spirits in it. You will not be able to come out victorious in the battles of life. The word of the LORD must be coming to you from time to time, the way it came to Abraham, and your heart must be feeding on it for all to be well with you.
If the word of the LORD keeps coming to us daily, we will come to a realm of manifestation that will fit what creation is waiting for. That is one of the reasons for these devotionals – to always provide a now word for the nourishment of our hearts.
God will never stop sending His word. He will never stop giving His word to be published. He wants our hearts feeding on His word, hence making it available.
Yes, so long as the sin age is still here, God will keep giving us His word and great will be the company of the men and women who will be enabling it to spread or publishing it. The Bible says;
“The Lord gave the word; great was the company of those who proclaimed it:” Psalm 68:11 NKJV
The word company is a very important word. It brings us to an additional truth to close this devotional on. It is important to understand that one of the gifts God gave to men was men.
IT WAS GOD THAT SAYS, “IT IS NOT GOOD THAT A MAN SHOULD BE ALONE.”
No matter how align we are with God, how Heavenly backed we are, or how much we live in the Glory, we will need men prepared for us by the LORD to become all He may have created us to become. In 2025, you will need God given people to become the person He designed you to be. That is one word to feed your heart with.
I have said it repeatedly on this platform that God created men to “depend” on Him for success, but left a gap in every man for another man to fill before they can achieve anything significant in life. That is why the self-made syndrome is a deceit. No one can be self-made.
At one point or the other another man will be involved in your quest for success. Whatever the LORD gives us from Heaven, will need people on earth for it to take root and prosper among men. That is why God gives the gift of men to men.
Pride and arrogance will not let people humble themselves and allow God to blessed them with needed men and women. If sending His word depends on people to spread, then you must not allow any spirituality to deceive you.
We all need God given people to fulfill our God given purposes on earth. Let no one deceive you on that; do not even let your heart deceive you.
Any trained person with a divine assignment from the LORD, know that Divine visions cannot be fulfilled until they are surrounded by great men and women, who love the LORD and the vision given to us by the LORD to be fulfilled. Until divine purposes are surrounded by such men; people brought in by the divine hand of God, they will either remain unfulfilled, or be terminated.
MOST OF WHAT THE LORD WILL PUT IN YOUR HEART TO DO AS HIS CHILD, WILL NEED PEOPLE WHOSE MINDS HAVE BEEN TOUCHED TO HELP YOU.
The work of the LORD or the burdens of the LORD are usually too heavy for one man to carry. Yes, whatever is divine, is usually too huge for one man to take from start to finish. One man could provide leadership but without a corresponding followership, things may fail.
Talking about visions, at conception, they may need just a man, but for them to get to their manifestation, men will be needed.
Whenever God seek for a man, it is to impregnate his spirit with His plans and purposes. But whenever He wants to move those plans and purposes from the declaration to the manifestation, He will seek for men. So, if your life is without needed men, your efforts will not be crowned with success. The Bible says;
“The Lord gave the word; great was the company of those who proclaimed it:” Psalm 68:11 NKJV
He who gave the word also gave those He gave the word the people they need to proclaim it. He who planted the purpose in your heart, will also plant a people around you for that purpose to be fulfilled.
If the LORD gives you a marriage, for example, He will surround you with people that care to help you enjoy the blessing.
If the LORD gives you a business Idea, He will also give you the people you need to actualize the Idea and move things from your mind to the ground. If the LORD gives you a Child, you will not raise him or her alone. He will also give you people who will make the provisions and love available to raise him or her up.
If the LORD gives you salvation, He will also give you a pastor to help disciple you and raise you up in His fear.
If the LORD gives you a calling or ministry, He will also give you an apostolic father or spiritual family to help you bring it forth successfully. If the LORD gives you a project to execute, He will also give you the men that you need to execute it.
If the LORD gives you a life to live, He will also give you people to help you enjoy it. Sometimes it is not those you expect that will be given to you, but those you don’t expect. People you have never seen before in your life.
May the LORD fill your life with those you need in 2025. May He keep those you do not need away from you.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN PROVERBS 17:17 “A FRIEND LOVES AT ALL TIMES, AND A BROTHER IS BORN FOR ADVERSITY” (NKJV).
This scripture tells us what will happen in our lives when we find those the LORD has touched to help us in life. The elimination of adversity and the release of peace in our lives are the signs God uses to show us if whoever we have in our lives is from Him.
In other words, as soon as the person comes into our lives, adversity will start dying. Our lives will become filled with peace over time; both internally and externally.
It is my prayer that God will use these truths to prepare us for 2025, in Jesus precious name. Amen and amen!!
MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR THE DAY;
“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:” Hebrews 12:14 NKJV