TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL (SUNDAY 02ND August 2026)
“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill! If I do not remember you, Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.”
Psalm 137:5-6 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 214TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF STRATEGIC VICTORIES!
Today is the first day of another week. We give God the glory!!
We will assemble again as God’s people to fellowship together. We are not the generation that believes in living life with our own strength. We believe in living life with the strength of Jehovah.
When we assemble as a family, united by the bond of the Spirit, He commands the blessing, giving each one the spiritual treasure they need for the week.
That is how we move from glory to glory, from grace to grace and from faith to faith. Yes, that is how our lives move from nothing to something. That is how the poor are taken from the dunghill by the LORD and set among princes. That is how we receive the strength not to faint in the day of adversity.
Oh, what a mighty God we serve. Please find a church that is Christ centered and worship in today. If you can’t find it, please join us. If you can’t come in person, then follow us online. The Bible says,
“I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go into the house of the Lord.” (Psalm 122:1 NKJV).
YOU WILL BE GLAD IF YOU HONOR THIS INVITATION.
It is important we know what the Bible teaches about the house of the LORD, because a lot of people are confused on what it is. The house of the LORD is a place where God’s corporate presence descends. The house of the LORD is also a person who have become a temple for God in the Spirit, and the house of the LORD is a people functioning as a corporate temple for God in the Spirit.
When we say let’s go to the house of the LORD, we are referring to the place where His glory descends, and God’s people gather for corporate worship. Let no one confuse you about it, you will need this place always. You will not need a fake, you will need the original. There is always joy in our hearts when we go to such a place. It is a place where God commands the blessing. So, do not miss it!!
We have been looking at what the Bible teaches about the anointing of the Presence of God, and today, we will be looking at the role of our passion in receiving the anointing of His presence. It is my prayer that you find something to build your faith on, in Jesus precious name. Amen!!
First, let’s look at what passion is. Generally, passion is an intense emotion, a strong enthusiasm, or a deep romantic affection. All these are very powerful.
They have been responsible for far reaching consequential turns in people’s lives. For instance, good marriages have been initiated, made to stand or destroyed because of passion. Beautiful destiny molding relationships have either come to an end or kept growing because of passion. Life itself can be either beautiful or full of misery, depending on your kind of passion.
The passion of Samson for Delilah, and that of David for Beersheba for example, almost destroyed them both if not for divine intervention. Their deep romantic affection for those two women, and what came out of each person’s passion, would have ruined their lives. Your passion for something or someone is either destroying you or making your life beautiful.
If you will rise in life or fall, it will depend on where your passion lie on daily bases. One moment of entertaining a wrong passion can ruin your life in such a way that you will not be able to rebuild without a strong passion in the right direction. David’s life was beautiful with no scandals before his passion or deep romantic affection for Beersheba, arose.
DURING THOSE DAYS, GOD DID SO MUCH IN HIS LIFE.
One of the beautiful passions he had was a passion for the manifest presence of the LORD. If you read what he said, what he did, and about the people he influenced, you will discover that David had an intense emotion, and a strong enthusiasm for God’s manifest presence. He spread it to the sons of Korah, and they expressed it in one of their Psalms saying:
“As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?”
Psalm 42:1-2 NKJV
This is the sample of the passion you must have to walk, live and carry the anointing of God’s presence on your life every day.
It is not just the anointing you will carry if you have this kind of passion, but the glory, leading to a very beautiful life. If you have an intense desire for the presence of the LORD, it will shape your devotion and motivate whatever you do on daily bases. It will bring you to the place of being a man or woman who is greatly anointed.
God is calling on us today to develop passion for His manifest presence and pay every price for it.
If you are called into singing or preaching ministry, for example, develop an intense desire or strong enthusiasm for God’s manifest presence. That is the ultimate requirement to fulfilling your destiny. Those who are called into singing with a strong enthusiasm or intense desire for the manifest presence of the LORD, are usually not entertainers when they sing or minister.
THEY MANIFEST AS CARRIER OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD!!
Let’s look at the life of David one more time. He for example, conceived Psalms, spiritual songs, and dispensed the glory of God in battle because of the Anointing that rested on His life due to His passion for the manifest presence of the LORD. He was one general in God’s army that won all his battles without a scar. The anointing of God’s presence that rested on him was very strong.
It was very strong because his passion for God’s presence was very strong.
For instance, Saul was king for 40 years and never thought of bringing the ark back to Isreal. He was not passionate about the presence of the LORD. But David, because of his intense desire for the presence of the LORD, never left the ark outside the place God designed for it after becoming king. He went for it and brought it back to Jerusalem.
If you want God to fill your life with the Anointing of His presence, your passion must be on the right things. It must not be negative, perverse or ungodly. It must be righteous, and an intense desire set on Heavenly things. That is the passion that will drive you to countless hours of giving yourself to prayer and to the ministry of the word.
Passion is also a powerful feeling like anger, hate, or deep love. It is a huge level of excitement and devotion to something you consider important. If you consider the presence of the LORD important then you will have a huge level of excitement and devotion to it. you will seek it above food, money, people, pleasure, and whatever mere men go for.
Finally, David also had a passion for his assignment, and the place of his assignment. That is another kind of passion that brings the Anointing of God’s presence upon us. Our devotional text expressed it this way:
“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill! If I do not remember you, Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.”
Psalm 137:5-6 NKJV
THIS IS A STRONG EXPRESSION OF DAVID’S PASSION FOR GOD’S ASSIGNMENT FOR HIS LIFE AND THE PLACE OF THE ASSIGNMENT.
Passion for God’s assignment for your life will have the same quality. I have seen it make people resign from secular jobs to dedicate themselves to what God wants to do with their lives.
Friend, if God call you to be a preacher, you will not fall into the part-time snare because your passion will not let it happen. Jesus was so passionate that the disciples lost pace with Him. One day He was hungry, and they went to get food. But before they return with the food, the passion He had for His assignment had killed the hunger.
That also explained why He was so anointed. The Bible says God gave Him the Spirit without measure.
You are the next to have what He had. But your passion for His presence and His assignment for your life must be strong and intense; stronger than anything lying in your soul or space. That is the word of the LORD!! May this month be the best month of August you have ever had in Jesus precious name. Amen!!
MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR THE DAY!!
O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.”
Psalm 63:1-2 NKJV
