TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL (Thursday 11th February 2021)
“Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.”
“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.”
“But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:27-31 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 42ND DAY OF OUR YEAR OF HIGHER HEIGHTS
The 42nd day of the year remind me of the 42nd generation; a unique generation of God’s people who will be part of the glorious or terrible church. The Bible describe them as a people who are fair as the moon, clear as the Sun and terrible like an army with banners.
Indeed, since we stepped into this year of higher heights, the LORD have been taking us from one height of faith to the other by taking us from one depth of scriptural revelation to another.
In God’s scheme of things, it is depths that determine heights. If you will go high in faith, you will need to go deep in Christ. If you will go high in glory, you must go deep in dying to the flesh. If you will ride on the high places of the earth, you must go deep into the deepest places of the Spirit. It is depths in God that determine heights in life. If you want to fly high in life, go deep in GOD.
The year of higher heights therefore is a year of going deep in God until you anchor your soul in the deeper places of the Spirit. It is the places in God that we anchor our souls in that determines how we fly high or rise in our Christian lives. This morning I want to take us to a well of truth dug three years ago. It was a well of truth on one of the major things our destinies will need to be fulfilled.
It is my hope that as we go back to drink from that well, our souls will find something deep in God to anchor our souls in. Amen and amen!
DIVINE DESTINY AND DIVINE PROTECTION.
The earth is a warzone; a spiritual warzone. Apart from other things that are under a keen contest, our divine destinies are a major subject of spiritual warfare on this earth. Your life will not be considered a threat to the kingdom of darkness until you begin to consider matters of divine destiny.
The old serpent will turn to the dragon and begin to spew things against you each time you begin to take steps towards your divine destiny. That is why you must know one of the major things your destiny will need to be fulfilled – divine Protection.
Yes, your divine destiny will need divine protection to be fulfilled. All through the Holy Bible you see this truth expressed from chapter to chapter. If divine protection is not added to your divine destiny, you may have all other things right but you will not live long enough to unleash your destiny.
It is divine protection that keeps a man or woman of destiny long enough to finish God’s will for his life. You see that in the life of David. You see God protecting him from Saul and all his enemies basically to enable him unleash his divine destiny. You see God making sure that even when he was battle wearied, his enemies do not prevail against him.
The same can be seen in the life of Paul the apostle; He went through so much that ordinarily he should have died in few months after accepting Christ. The first year he opened his mouth to preach, the Jews stoned him to ‘death.’ The Bible says;
“Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.”
“However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.” Acts 14:19-20 NKJV
It takes divine protection to be stoned and left for dead and then rise to go back into the same City you were stoned to continue what you were doing before the stones came. It takes divine protection to be so treated and still have the life in you to travel to another city without being admitted in the Hospital for recovery.
If GOD had not divinely protected Paul and the rest of the disciples, I do not think the gospel would have gotten to us. The dragon really tried to devour them but God protected them.
YOUR DIVINE DESTINY WILL NEED DIVINE PROTECTION TO BE FULFILLED.
When God gives you a destiny to pursue, God will assign angels to protect you. When God give you an assignment to do, the Holy Ghost will be assigned to both empower and protect you to do it.
If you see yourself causing ripples in the camp of the enemy because you are doing a Holy Ghost empowered service in the kingdom, do not fear what may happen to you. God said through Isaiah;
“Do not say, ‘A conspiracy,’ concerning all that this people call a conspiracy, nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled. The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow; Let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.”
“He will be as a sanctuary, but a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, as a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem” Isaiah 8:12-14 NKJV
The same Spirit that is empowering you to do those things is also protecting you at the same time from any harm that will come from doing those things. That is why you read Jesus telling us;
“Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Luke 10:19 NKJV
IF THE HOLY GHOST USES YOU TO TRAMPLE ON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS OR STEP ON TOES THAT ARE DESTROYING HIS WORK, HE WILL MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU THEREAFTER.
The Holy Ghost does not empower a man to do a thing then abandons Him when the repercussions come from hell. He is not a man that abandons his partner when the heat becomes hot! He sticks to His human partners to protect them from the backlash of the enemy after using them to do a work for God. That is why a major highlight in our devotional text this morning says;
“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.”
“But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
Fear will cripple the hand of the LORD and hinder us from experiencing God’s protection over our lives. But faith will launch us into the realm of glory where God’s protection exists! That is why the Holy Ghost always tells His human partners “fear not, for I am with you. Do not be afraid for I am your God.”
What is the message of our devotional this morning? Your divine destiny will need divine protection to be unleashed. It will not need human protection except the human protection built around you by the LORD!
Fix your heart therefore on His word of protection for your life, and go on doing only the things He has called or assigned you to do; even if you are in the midst of charging bears and roaring lions, God’s protection will keep you beyond their reach! AMEN!!
It’s a new Day for you!
MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR TODAY;
“Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.” Genesis 28:15 NKJV