TODAY’S DEVOTION (SUNDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2026)
“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
“The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; Moreover by them your servant is warned, and in keeping them there is great reward.”
Psalm 19:7-8, 11. NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 46TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF STRATEGIC VICTORY
It’s been 46 days of God’s faithfulness, kindness and marvelous helps. 40 of those days were used to seek the LORD in prayer and fasting. For many of us that participated, we believe we are in a new season. God does not leave people in an old season after they spend time waiting upon Him. The Bible says,
“Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,
But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:30-31 NKJV
There are many ways we wait upon the LORD. One of those ways is through prayer and fasting.
This scripture made it clear that no one remains in an old season of life after seeking God in fasting, prayers, and intense word intake for a long time. It will bring the person into the season of mounting up with wings like eagles (especially when challenges come), running and not growing weary, and walking and not fainting.
That is the season the LORD thrusted us into, and if we follow the words taught during the season, things will remain that way for a lifetime.
Talking about following what the LORD teaches, sometimes I wonder why the Heavy truths God spews upon our souls do not make some people wise. This is not the first time we are having a 40-day prayer season. What we heard should make us wise. But like I said, I wonder a times why it does not.
However, I got the answer from a scriptural line in our devotional text. It says, “The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;” I found out that it is the simple at heart that the word makes wise not the complicated at heart.
To be simple is to be humble at heart, to be teachable and reachable by the Holy Spirit. That is one of the keys to receiving maximum impact through the word or testimony of the LORD. One could be reachable by a preacher but not the Holy Spirit speaking through the preacher.
THERE ARE PEOPLE I HAVE WEPT AND PRAYED FOR IN SECRET, BUT THEIR LIVES REMAIN THE SAME.
While there are others, I did the same that are changing by the seconds. Why is it so, one may wonder!! The answer lies in a statement I came across years back. The statement was by Juanita Bynum. It says, “The heart of the matter, is the matter of the heart.”
If we are simple enough to be made wise by the word and reachable enough to be healed by the Holy Spirit, it will not take us ages to move from inglorious states to glorious states.
Now, let us look at the power of rules, especially the ones made by the LORD. Understand that our bodies are mare earth suits for living. The real man is not seen. Our real self is invisible. We are simply spirits beings living in a natural body. As spirit beings living in physical bodies, there are rules that should govern us, else we destroy ourselves. The rules were made by our creator.
The rules are in God’s Holy Book, the Bible. This book calls these rules “The law of the LORD” “the statutes of the LORD” and “The commandments of the LORD.” Our devotional text made it clear that these rules are perfect and right and pure. It says they convert the soul, rejoice the heart, enlighten the eyes and by them we are warned.
Meaning we cannot live a perfect life in a chaotic and immoral world until we obey them. They are the source of true light in a morally dark world for the Child of God. They have divine capacity to protect us from harm and deliver us from evil. They transmit a kind of joy to us that keeps us happy even in very sad situations.
The first of these rules I want to present to us this great day says, “Mankind shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceed from the mouth of God” (Deuteronomy 8:3). I have taught this repeatedly due to its significance.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF ALL RULES.
The reason is, it sets the ball rolling and determines all things in the Kingdom of God that we all should belong. If we do not feed on what comes out of the mouth of God, we will die spiritually. And when we die spiritually, it’s just a matter of time. We will also die in our marital life, economic life, physiological life, psychological life, etc.
Many are already dead in their marital lives. That is why they cannot get or stay married! Others are already dead in their economic life, that is why they are either poor or rich through corrupt means. Many others are dead in their physiological life, that is why they are unnecessarily sick. It is not the will of God for our life that we die, that is why He gave the rule.
God never created man to die but to live forever. It was sin that brought death. That is why when we break this rule and suffer the consequence; there is nothing He can do about it other than to appeal to us to return to Him through repentance.
Friend, most things people struggle with and go through in life are products of spiritual malnutrition. We feed our souls with other things but do not feed it adequately with what comes out of the mouth of God. We forget that what we eat will eventually eat us.
We find ourselves eaten by things we have fed our souls with either knowingly or unknowingly. We find ourselves eaten by carnal desires, sinful pleasures, sexual immorality and all that because we have fed our souls with them for a long time.
Friend, if you are not always happy, check what you are allowing into your soul. If you are always suicidal, check what you are feeding your soul with. If you are lustful, check what you have fed your soul with. If you feed your soul with what comes out of the mouth of God, and apply it to your daily life, things will not be the way they are with you.
GOD’S BLESSINGS WILL BEGIN TO PURSUE AND OVERTAKE YOU.
Simply put, if we eat what Comes out of the mouth of God, God will eat us up, resulting in supernatural living and amazing blessings. Let me reiterate again that we suffer what we suffer as men because we do not keep the first rule God made to govern our existence.
We do not feed our spirits and live by what comes out of the mouth of God.
We feed our spirits and live by what comes from other sources. For example, many feed on the headline news, secular humanism, self-help knowledge, the social media, the words of the aggrieved etc. Until we change our spiritual diet, we will not be able to stop what the enemy may be doing in our lives.
The natural importance of good food is a revelation of the spiritual importance of feeding on what comes out of the mouth of God. If you change what comes into your spirit, you will change what comes into your life. If you change what you feed your spirit with, you will change your life completely.
Let me state something to kingdom citizens at this point;
sometimes when God want to change your life He will give you a fresh preacher to feed you spiritually. He will give you a preacher after His heart for you to commit your time, treasures and talent to for your spiritual feeding. If that person shows up in your life and you do not commit, your life will keep going in a circle.
He said to us in His word (Jeremiah 3:15-16) I will give you pastors after my heart who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. He did not say He will give us prayer warriors, as important as they are. He said He will give us spiritual leaders who will feed us.
That stresses the truth that lack of proper spiritual food is the reason for the woes of mankind.
As you embrace this day, do not forget that a healthy and proper spiritual feeding is the seed for a healthy spiritual life. You will never be free from any crisis until you are fed. Feeding is the key to freedom. If you are truly fed in any Church you belong, you will be truly free.
You will be free from sin, the power of the flesh, the forces of darkness, any form of spiritual attacks, curses etc.
MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR THE DAY
“But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'”
Luke 4:4 NKJV
