TODAY’S DEVOTION (FRIDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2025)
“I will stand upon my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected.
Then the LORD answered me and said; “write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” Habakkuk 2:1-3 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 338TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF VICTORY
We bless the God of Heaven and earth for His kindness and marvelous works. He has freely given us all things and mercifully kept us from all evil. The days we have seen this year alone tell of His grace and favor.
Each breath in our nostrils testifies of God’s faithfulness and ability to keep us from all evil. He is our lawgiver, He is our Judge, He is our King, and He has been saving us. Amen!!
Today’s devotional will be beautiful as others have been. It will speak more to Spirit and Divine DEPTH loving believers. I want to share something about the longevity of divine mandates, prophecies and purposes in GOD’s kingdom. I hope we are ready!!!
To start with, we must understand that when God speaks, or purposes a thing, He does that with eternity in view.
But most times when we hear, we hear it with TIME in view. When we hear it with time in view, we begin to build expectations that runs contrary to God’s without we knowing about it. That is when what we expect to happen in time do not come to pass, making the immature feel the thing has failed, or maybe he or she did not hear GOD well.
You see, when GOD called Moses and spoke to him about leading Israel from the land of Egypt to Canaan, everyone would think Moses will see the promise land. No one would ever conceive at heart that he would not even step a foot on it.
Did God know from the onset that he would not step foot there? Yes, He knew! But He still spoke as if he would anyway because He wanted Him to! The Bible says,
“And the LORD said; “I am the God of your father – the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
And the LORD said; “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. …come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” Exodus 3:6-7, 10 NKJV
THE VERSES IN BETWEEN (VERSES 8-9) TELLS US THAT MOSES UNDERSTOOD WHERE HE WAS TAKING THEM TO.
As earlier stated, the mandate covered from Egypt to the promised land when Moses received it, but he never finished it, even when he thought he would. We must understand these truths and know that longevity of divine purposes by our hands and our participation in them is not always as we think.
There are times when things will turn out very differently, we must acknowledge that and be ready for it.
In the same way, Elijah thought he would be the one to vanquish Baal worship in Isreal. He did think that way because of his dedication to God’s call upon His life. It was not wrong at all. But thinks did not turn out that way, and He began to feel frustrated and even wished to die.
He would later leave the scene for Elisha to continue from where he stopped. If GOD give you a mandate, do not always think you are the one to take it from start to finish. Your job may just be to receive and then train and pass it on to those who will execute. God is strategic and eternal in His view of things, and generational in His thinking.
He would give a word to one, and that person will think he or she will be the one to fulfill it, and then move with that prophetic frenzy, only to realize that things will no longer work out as foreseen. That is not the time to doubt but the time to ask the LORD, “what next LORD?”
Perhaps someone else is waiting close by to carry the word to the finish line.
I remember reading a story where the LORD spoke to the mother of Maria Woolworth Etta of going into ministry. I think the same was said of the mother of Amie McPherson. None of them could fulfill the call of God upon their lives, but they received the word and began to almost run with it.
THEIR STORIES IS AS UNIQUE AS THE VERY TRUTHS WE ARE SHARING NOW. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS TO KNOW AS A CHRISTIAN.
One of the two women would later go into marriage, but death would strike at delivery, and in her dying bed, she would lift up the child she just gave birth to and say to the LORD “all that you want to do with my life, I pass it to my child.” That little girl who had not encountered the LORD herself, would later grow under the portal of her mum’s mandate and begin to have encounters with the LORD.
She lived and died as one of the greatest warriors of faith.
Death could come to truncate the lives of those God has given a mandate to, but the mandate does not die if it is from the LORD. It will continue in the lives of their spiritual or natural Children, their disciples, or their protégés. That is why we must keep holding unto the LORD and His word in all circumstances.
We must not doubt anything even if there is nothing to believe again.
Every mature Child of God must know that men may die, but mandates continue. People may die, but prophecies continue. God is eternal in His views and generational in His thinking. That is part of the faith and patience of the saints.
I feel strongly in Spirit that there is someone reading this with a mandate of word of prophecy that he or she thinks, “it is over.” The LORD sent this to tell you that it is not. You did not make a mistake. Do not allow the turnout of events to create doubts in your heart.
Your prophecy still stands irrespective of what has happened. If you fulfill your days and die, it will continue with another person you may not have even met. The reason is because death cannot bring things in God’s eternal plan to an end. So, brace up your loins and move on with the word of the LORD.
There could only be a fresh pattern for its execution, but it will be executed. Our job is to bend our ears to the LORD to hear Him the second time and pick those executive patterns. Things will become clearer and better for us after a season of suffering, loss, pain or adversity.
THE BIBLE SAYS EVERY WORD OF GOD IS TRIED. WE JUST DO NOT FULLY KNOW HOW IT IS TRIED. SOMETIMES WE SUFFER WHEN IT SI BEING TRIED.
Yes, since we are usually the carriers of His word, when the word is being tried, we will be tried too. When the word is being tried circumstances will change, making it look as if we did not hear the LORD properly. But we must stand when that is happening and always remember that when the word or mandate of the LORD is being tried, that is when the stand strong in it.
When God’s word in his life was being tried, Joseph was in adversity. But he stood strong and moved from the declaration to the manifestation.
Moses also stood strong and saw Joshua appointed to finish what he started. Elijah, stood strong for another 20 years after he had wished to die due to the heat of battle. He did not stand prophesying, but he stood to raise his Elisha. We are to stand strong too. Our devotional text shows us how to stand. It says:
“I will stand upon my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected.
Then the LORD answered me and said; “write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” Habakkuk 2:1-3 NKJV
This is a very spiritual scripture. The encounter this prophet of GOD had with the LORD and what He said to him has a lot to teach us. The lessons buried in it have been drawn and applied in the lives of God’s warriors for many generations. One thing I see here is the possible scope of every mandate, prophecy or purpose from Heaven.
There is the aspect of standing upon your watch and setting yourself upon the prayer rampart, to see what He will show or say to you. There is the part of receiving and making it plain upon table; without running with it. There is also a part to run with it.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE LENGTH OF TIME TO DO ALL THAT SO LONG AS AGE IS CONCERN.
So, you must sense which part the LORD wants you to live your days doing. There are times that your job could just be to stand upon a prayer watch and set yourself upon a prophetic rampart just to watch and see what He will be saying to you all the days of your life.
If your role is to do just that, then your job will just be to spend your years on earth laying a spiritual foundation for either your child or someone else, to come stand on and receive a Heavenly vision for execution. David received the plans for the temple, thought he would build it, but Solomon was the one that built it.
There are also times when your role could just be to receive the vision and spend your days making it plain upon tables for another person in your spiritual or natural bloodline to come pick it up and run with it. Not understanding this prophetic dichotomy could cause a lot of headaches in our lives.
I have seen women with Children, those people call single mothers, who think for having Children out of wedlock the calling of God that came upon them when they were pure and innocent was false. Please it was not. Maybe your job was just to receive it. Now, pray for your child or children to fulfill it!
It is important that visionary people understand what role God want them to play in all the aspects that constitutes a vision or mandate and not get confused when circumstances changes. Know that the word that the LORD has given you will be tested, tried and proven.
Your faith and patience will therefore be required in the process. So, keep it intact no matter what may be happening in or around you.
If your job is to stand upon the rampart and set yourself on the prayer knee all your life or just see what He might be saying to you for onward delivery to someone else, please do it. If your job in all the LORD has said He wants to do is just to receive and make it plan upon table, instead of running with it, please stay at your post.
If yours is to run with it, that is also great. Run with it. God wants us to understand our rank and formation so that we will not be found in what is not part of His assignment for our lives.
The end time army will be full of soldiers of the cross who will be in order; keeping their ranks and knowing exactly what the LORD want to do with the life He has given them. GOD has scheduled your days. Please know what He wants to use your life to do and stick to it. We do not have eternity to live in this life. We have TIME to live. So, let us make good use of it.
One major way to do that is to identify what to die for, not live for.
LET THESE WORDS OF PAUL SPEAK FURTHER TO YOU THIS MORNING!
“Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go to Jerusalem,
Then Paul answered, “what do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the LORD Jesus.” Acts 21:12-13 NKJV
