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10/12/2024

THE CRY OF THE SPIRIT DEVOTIONALS – BY RICHARD E. S. TAKIM

TODAY’S DEVOTION (TUESDAY 10th DECEMBER 2024)

“For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11. TLB

WELCOME TO THE 345TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF IMPACT.

Yesterday, the LORD spoke to us about having good relationships and discerning the duration a relationship was designed by Him to remain in our lives.

The highest point was knowing the relationships that should last a life time, and adjusting our behaviour to make it last. The LORD drew our attention to Ruth, who discovered that her relationship with Naomi should be a lifetime relationship and pressed into it.

It is important to understand that any relationship God sends our ways will not be sweet all the time due to our humanity and the dynamics of life.

There will be periods when it will be bitter. But that does not mean it is no longer the will of God.

When it becomes bitter, that is when we need to stand on its prophetic purpose and use the same to war against whatever is against it. That is when to stand in God’s plan for that relationship to neutralize the works of the evil one.

Today, we will be refreshing our minds with a few life-giving truths on following God’s plan in life. There are three basic plans that are influencing humanity on our planet Earth today; the plans of God, the plans of man, and the plans of the evil one (the devil).

The plans you have in life fall into either of them. Yes, they do! You are either living your life according to God’s plan, the devil’s plan, or your own plans. The Bible sometimes calls plans, “the counsel of the people,” if it is man’s plans, or “divine counsels,” if it is God’s plan, or “the counsel of the wicked,” if it is the plan of the evil one.

The word of the LORD says “the counsel of God shall stand.”

Meaning any other plan may manifest but will never stand the test of time. Only that of God will both manifest and stand the test of time.

That declaration is the reason the plans of the evil one do not work in the lives of the righteous. It is the reason we can stand in prayer to frustrate the plans of the evil one or the evil plans people cook against us. It is the reason why our ministry in Kenya has survived.

There have been very terrible church members who have been working with the Kingdom of darkness to execute a dark plan against us, but God’s firm declaration has been watching over the work and us the workers in the vineyard.

YES, THE PLAN OF THE LORD SHALL STAND. NOTHING SHALL BE ABLE TO BRING IT DOWN.

The declaration is the reason why our lives can only be sure when we find God’s plans for them and live our days within their boundaries. People who did exploits for God in Bible days lived their lives within God’s plans for them. That is why we are still talking about them today.

The life of Ruth, for example, took a fresh turn when she stuck to Naomi and stepped into God’s redemptive plan for mankind. Today, we still talk about her.

The plans of God are the only ideal plans for us. They are the only plans on planet Earth that have a glorious future for any man. Any other plan will sink you terribly.

Sadly, many are living according to the plans of men and the evil one for their lives. That is why they are in misery.
We were not originally designed to live our days in our own plans, no matter how successful we might become. That was what Ni**od did, and God came down to scatter everything.

He scattered it because the plan succeeded and became an order of Satan on earth.
His life tells us that it is possible to develop our plans and succeed in them. But when we do, we establish the order of Satan on earth. His life also teaches that the fact that a human plan succeeded does not mean it was originally God’s plan.

The success of your plans can never turn them into God’s plan. We could be successful in our plans, but God never designed our lives to be lived that way. Our lives were designed to succeed in God’s plans alone. If we succeed in our carnal plans, it will become an order of Satan on earth, and in most cases, resist God’s will.

That is why if you study the early church, you will realize that Christianity is not receiving power from God to succeed in your own plans. That will be Christianity controlled by the spirit of Babylon – the spirit of this world.

CHRISTIANITY IS SUBMITTING YOUR ENTIRE LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST AND HARMONIZING IT WITH HIS PLANS FOR IT.

It is a way of life that takes you to the cross, where you jettison your own way of life and plans, and embrace God’s way of life and plan. It is a pre-planned life of faith, that is why you do not come into it and remain the way you were in time past.

The rhythm your life will produce if you harmonize it with God’s plans will be supernaturally pleasant. Two words we can use to describe it are, “peace” and “Prosperity.” Yes, because we live in an imperfect world, there could be challenges, but the peace and the prosperity of God will always be available to deal with them.

Your security, prosperity, protection, significance, and bearing in life are buried in the plan of God for your life. Stepping into it is the only key to turning them on.

This Meaning, you can not become anything significant in this life as a child of God until you step into God’s plan for your life.
What God has designed to be turned on in your life by stepping into His plan can not be turned on by praying, fasting, or sowing seeds (as we call it today).

When the bad and ugly are always happening to you, it is a sign that you are either outside God’s plan for your life or you are not following them accurately.

Stepping into God’s plan for your life remains the only solution to your entire problems. Life outside God’s plans can be very horrible. You will lack divine interventions when you need them most.

Many do not know that God does not just intervene in things. He will first look into the situation to see if the people involved are in His plans for their lives. If they are not, it will be difficult to secure lasting interventions.

Hence, in His love and mercy, He will send a teacher of His word to them to bring them into His plans for their lives before intervening in their situations.

Divine manifestations are a constant blessing of people who are rooted in divine plans. You see that in the story of the redemption of Israel from Egypt.

The Bible says the Israelites were in Egypt for 400 years. They were in slavery. Many people were also in slavery like them under other kings. But God could not bring these other slaves out of their task masters except the Israelites.

He was able to bring Israel out because they were in His divine plan.
The easiest way to terminate the works of the devil in your life is to step into a divine plan of God for your life. Step into a church that is God’s plan for your life. Submit to a minister of the gospel that is God’s plan for your life.

GET INVOLVED IN ANY MINISTRY THAT IS GOD’S PLANS FOR YOUR LIFE.

Get married to a man or woman who is God’s plan for your life. Pursue a career that is God’s plan for your life. Buy a car or live in a house that is God’s plans for your life.

People who limit their lives just to things that are God’s plans for them will end up living the most peaceful lives on earth. When you step into God’s plan for your life, the enemy will step out of your life. God’s divine plans and demonic oppression can not co-exist!

Even in the school of receiving blessing from God, what will come to you by stepping into God’s plans for your life will never come to you through any other means! Our devotional text is a direct voice of God to us. It says;

“For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
God‘s plans are the only plans with a future – a glorious future. When you step into them , they could look bleak and unpromising – you have stepped into a glorious future in the making.

Let me conclude this by showing us how to step into God’s plans for your life. It begins with a word from the LORD - in the place of revelation. God will have to speak or reveal them to you. Anything about God is not discovered on the surface of life but revealed to the heart in the deeper places of the Spirit.

Begin a deeper walk with God today. You must go deep to discover God’s true plans for your life. When you walk with God and allow Him to take you to the deeper places of His Spirit, you will wake up one day to see yourself fulfilling His plans for your life.

God is sharing with us some wisdom to apply our hearts onto. It is part of divine wisdom to limit our lives to places, people, purposes, ministers of the gospel, and every other thing that is God’s plans for us. It is foolishness not to do so.

This is a call to walk out of any lifestyle that is not God’s plan for us; any life that is ungodly, sinful, dishonest, powered by pride, etc. We also need to walk away from people and places that do not fall into God’s plans for our lives. If we do not, we will have ourselves to blame. That is the message of today!

MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR THE DAY.

“The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought; He makes the thoughts and plans of the peoples of no effect.”

“The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the thoughts of His heart through all generations.”

“Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His heritage.”
Psalms 33:10-11 AMP

09/12/2024

THE CRY OF THE SPIRIT DEVOTIONALS – BY RICHARD E. S. TAKIM

TODAY’S DEVOTION (MONDAY 9th DECEMBER 2024)

And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." Genesis 2:18 NKJV

WELCOME TO THE 344TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF IMPACT.

Yes, it is not good to be alone without God. Thank God He has been with us all the year. We have indeed not been alone. He has been our constant companion. That is why we are alive.

His kindness has kept us, His power is perfecting us every day, His grace is guiding us and His mercy molding us into what he wants us to be. His glory on the other hand is making sure we are not put to shame. He has been all over us, with His beauty, love and compassion.

Today we will be refreshing our minds on matters of relationship.

One of the blessings you will need in the coming year is the blessing of people, good people the LORD would have to touch and place in your life. People who will serve as His ministers to the different areas of your life that will need help in the coming year.

You see, faith and Obedience are the currencies of the Spirit. In other words, if you want to get anything from God, you will need to walk in faith and obedience. If you want to operate powerfully in the Holy Spirit, you will need to walk by faith, and live a life of submission and obedience to God’s will, ways and word.

But relationship is the currency of the earth. It is the bridge upon which all things flow from God to us. That is why everyone who was blessed in the Bible, had God given people doing one thing or the other in their lives.

After having a good pastor over your life as a child of God, the next most important thing to have in the coming year is people – people God has touched to touch your life and bring to pass the manifestation of His perfect will for your life.

ONE OF THE GREATEST BLESSINGS YOU CAN HAVE ON EARTH IS NOT ALWAYS MONEY BUT MEN; NOT PROVISION BUT PEOPLE.

For instance, a good family is better than a good plot of land, a certificate, some money, and etc. because none of that can do what a good family can do in your life. That was why God said, it is not good for man to be alone, that is to be without a family, despite the richness of the Garden of Eden.

God had to create a family for Him despite him having a beautiful Garden to make His life blissful on earth. God never designed a man to be alone. He never designed a man to be without a family.

When we say family, we are using that word in a broad sense. It is not limited to blood relatives. Your family is not always those you are related to by blood. The word family means a group of people related by birth, marriage, adoption, or any common good. That common good could be God, because God is good.

So, we can be family because we all believe in Christ, walk in His ways and do His blessed will. We can be family because God created man to need a family to live out His will. He created us to need family to become all He called or designed us to be.

People who say they do not need people are missing it. Yes, you may not need bad people, but you need people in your life. You need people who will function as blessed and eventful personalities in your life, to become a person – the person God wants you to be. I have said that repeatedly.

You need people Heaven designed from the foundation of the world, to be part of your life on earth, in other to become a person Heaven designed you to be from the foundation of the world.

Abraham needed his three friends to be what God called him to be. You will need people to become that person God has created you to be. David needed Jonathan during His moment of trial with King Saul, Elijah needed Elisha to prolong His legacy, while Elisha needed Elijah to become a legacy prophet.

Paul needed Timothy and Titus, and some other people who travelled with him as ministry companions.

The entire early Church needed Paul to be established in the doctrine of Christ. So, do not say you do not need people. You need people to be healed, you need people to be born again and stay born again, you need people to be prosperous on earth, you need people to be protected and to be all the good God desires you to be.

YES, YOU NEED PEOPLE, AND YOU WILL NEED PEOPLE IN 2025.

Pray the LORD to bless you with those special people, if you do not have them already. Some will be needed for a short time, maybe just for few weeks, months or years. But there are those who you will need for a life time. You must discern the difference and learn to stick to people for the duration the LORD brought them to be in your life.

That was what Ruth knew. Which was why she never let go, despite the adversity that had happened to her in her marriage. She knew she did not need Naomi for a month, year, or years. She knew she never needed her for a long time. She knew she needed her for a life time.

She also knew that you do not walk away from someone you need for a life time even if they give you reason to walk away. She knew if you do, your life will lose alignment, sometimes eternally. She definitely knew the cost of letting someone you need for a life time go away, hence determined not to let Naomi go away without her.

The Bible says;

“But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons, would you wait for them till they were grown?

Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me!”

Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”

But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried.

The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.”

When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her. Ruth 1:11-18 NKJV

THE WOMAN WAS DETERMINED BECAUSE SHE KNEW NAOMI WAS A LIFE TIME AND NOT A LONG OR SHORT TIME RELATIONSHIP.

You must learn to discern the duration of any God given relationship, and allow it to serve its purpose for your life during the time. Doing so will bless you significantly. It will give your life the flavor its needs to become beautiful, prosperous, and all God designed it to be.

Ruth would later become part of the maternal roots of Christ because of her decision to stick to who she realized she needed for a life time. You must stick to a God given person, church, or system you need for a life time to become what God wants you to be for a life time. That is the message.

Ruth’s words and actions provides a guide on how we are to treat people we need for a life time, and how to be determined to stick to them. I reiterate again that you do not walk away from the life of someone you need for a life time, no matter the adversity.

Check out those who have left spouses they never knew they needed for a life time, jobs they never knew the needed for a life time, churches they never knew they needed for a life time, pastors they never knew the needed for a life time, spiritual authorities they never knew they needed for a life time, business contacts they never knew they needed for a life time, and etc. You will discover that they are not fine at all.

For many, its death and destruction. For others, it’s a life of perils and dissatisfaction. For most others its worse. All that they try to do does not really give them stability, peace or good success in life. They are disorganized and always in company with the wrong people.

Which reminds me of Lot. He never knew he needed Abraham for a life time.

Sadly, he allowed his prosperity to create the strife that separated him from Abraham. He would later find himself with the wrong people; he would later find himself living in S***m, and eventually on the mountains alone with his two daughters who he even impregnated without knowing.

He ended up as an old man full of misery.

The life of Lot is a lesson that if you walk away from people you need for a life time, you will not live your days in total peace. You might end up with people and perils that will wipe away your God given glory. So, do not depart from those you need for a life time. Be humble enough to let them know you need them for a life time and behave yourself properly. That is the message.

MAY THIS SCRIPTURE BE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR YOU TODAY!

But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God.

Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.” Ruth 1:16-17 NKJV

06/12/2024

THE CRY OF THE SPIRIT DEVOTIONALS – BY RICHARD E. S. TAKIM

TODAY’S DEVOTION (SATURDAY 7th DECEMBER 2024)

“Behold, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who by night stand in the house of the Lord!
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. The Lord who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion!” Psalms 134:1-3 NKJV

WELCOME TO THE 342ND DAY OF OUR YEAR OF IMPACT.

The whole of this devotional text you just read is an entire psalm. Psalm 134 is the shortest Chapter of the Bible. This chapter has just three verses. It is short but has very strong truths with long lasting effects!

I remember years ago when we use to sing that Psalm in a Song; especially when we assemble in what we call tarry nights, to seek the LORD. It used to be very glorious! When we get to the line that says “lift up your hands” you see hands lifted up in total surrender to the King, and you see His presence hitting us in response.

The lifting up of hands in the spirit (not in the flesh) by those who serve the LORD in times like that is considered an offering of evening sacrifice by the LORD. That is why we usually see Heaven pour out a fire from His presence upon us in reply.

Even in Church here in Kenya, whenever we enter the impartation session, hands are lifted up to the LORD, because He considers it as an offering. The divine response is usually the release of power.

Many people do not know why we have to lift up our hands to receive from the LORD. As those hands are lifted, He receives it as an offering, and sends His power to heal or deliver us in response.

The principle is, each time acts of worship are acceptable to GOD, you see an outpouring of the fire of His Holiness upon the people. That is how we grow up and walk in victory over sin, Satan and the evil and corrupt system of this world.

This year has been a year of impact even on this platform. We have learnt a lot, and encountered dimensions of grace and truths that we know would have been impossible without God’s mercy speaking for us!

When you read through the devotionals with a hungry heart, you find timeless truths. You discover that they hold timeless principles of the kingdom that need to be applied to our daily lives. Change does not come when we read, but when we pally what we read.

For instance, if our marriages are dying and we sit under the most beautiful marriage seminar God has in store for us, our marriages will not be restored because we attended the meeting.

THERE IS NO MUCH BLESSING IN ATTENDING A CHURCH MEETING OTHER THAN EXPERIENCING THE WARMTH OF FELLOWSHIP.

Our marriages will be restored because we attended the meeting, took note of our mistakes, and made decisions to apply what was taught in the seminar in other to bring a change. Life does not change because you attend a good seminar or Church, life changes because you apply the things taught in the good church or seminar that you attend.

It is application of the principles that restore a marriage that brings it back to order not hearing or reading of the principles. The import of this is commitment. Yes, commitment.

Let’s look at the subject of commitment. It is important to note that, in the Kingdom of God, nothing stands without commitment.

Truths are taught so we can commit to them. Relationships are given so we can commit to them. God presents Himself to us so we can commit to Him. It is commitment that brings the turn around.
Commitment to a righteous course will change your life.

The life of Ruth comes to mind. She was one young woman who use commitment to move from where she was, to the center of God’s redemptive move, and finally became part of the messianic lineage. When she started the journey, she had the chance and reason not to commit, but the Bibles says;

“But Ruth said: "Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me." Ruth 1:16-17 NKJV

Bible history has it that it took a long time for the book of Esther to be canonized into the scriptures; and you will agree with me that if that book was not made part of the Bible, so many would not have stepped into their destiny through it.

The same can be said about the story of Ruth. If it was not written, many of us would have not known the true meaning of commitment. Not even the pain of loosing her husband could stop her. In other words, death could not weaken her commitment. That was why she qualified.

SOMETIMES, WE ARE THE ONES TO QUALIFY OURSELVES FOR BLESSINGS.

When you look at the word commitment, you will realize that many people no longer commit these days. They just hang on. That is why as soon as what they do not want happens, they are out.

Pastors no longer commit themselves to their members or Churches. Members no longer commit themselves to their pastors or Churches. We make quick promises with our mouths but deny we ever made them with our lives, making it difficult for even the loving God to commit blessings and other sacred things to us.

In the kingdom, if you do not commit you are not entitled to anything. There are things heaven will never SUBMIT to us until we COMMIT or become committed.

As a marriage minister, I have come to discover that one factor that is keeping many single, or making those who got married not to stay married, is lack of commitment. A man of God once said, “People no longer get married these days.” and I concur with him, because marriage without commitment is a mirage.

I believe strongly that people no longer get married; they only march to the altar or look at themselves and exchange empty vows – vows they will never keep – then go to live together without committing to themselves (and maybe bear Children) and then tear themselves apart afterwards.

One of the greatest plagues that is upon us today as humans is lack of commitment to what is right in God’s eyes. Obviously, it is not helping us! It is hurting us very badly ad we are not ready to repent.

For instance, lack of commitment is the reason we have Children without parents. It is the reason for broken homes and broken hearts. A young man will impregnate a young woman and not commit himself to her, resulting in what the society calls “a fatherless Child.” But the truth is, there is no fatherless child, we only have children with non-committed fathers.

SADLY, WE DO NOT KNOW THAT COMMITMENT IS WHAT SHOULD QUALIFY A MAN TO PUT HIS SEED IN A WOMAN.

On the flip side, commitment is what should qualify a woman to open her legs to a man, not the satisfaction of sexual desire. But we all do what God created to be done between two committed people, within a marriage covenant, just to satisfy our carnal desires.

If Ladies stop men who will not commit to them take them to bed or march them to the altar, and if men stop women who will not commit to them from seducing them to the bed, or to the marriage altar, it will reduce a lot of pain on the face of the earth.

So many children are owned by parents who are not committed to them, leading to a lot of crises in their lives. Anyone who lacks commitment should never go into a relationship.

I submit that if Pastors stop joining people who will not commit to their marriages in marriage, it will save unborn children from the perils of life. Commitment is the glue that keeps any relationship together, especially when things goes sour.

Yes, genuine commitment to a course is not known when things are rosy and great. It is only known when things become ugly.

We are all guilty of lack of commitment in one way or the other. We forget that commitment is the force that pulls things from heaven to earth. It is the very salt of Christianity. Christianity without commitment (to the will and ways of the LORD) is deception.

God will always bless the committed and judge those who are not committed.

Our devotional text revealed how committed Ruth was, and the Bible made it clear that she became one of the maternal roots of David. It is through the commitment of those God has called and appointed that Heaven commit things to the earth. Vision without commitment will never be fulfilled.

Commitment is an unknown preservative of destiny.

Marriage without commitment will never be blissful. Prayer without commitment to God will never get answers from Heaven. If you remove commitment from anything in Christ, it will die without any attack from the devil. That is how things that are even God’s will die in the hands of many.

This morning God is calling on us to commit ourselves because He wants to submit things to us. Yes, we have to enter the coming year with fresh levels of commitment to the LORD, to our wives, to our husbands, to our children, to our pastors, to our members, to our staffs, to our bosses, and etc.

If you are looking for a word from God for your life today, and for the years to come; a word to guide you for the rest of your life. You have juts found one.

THAT WORD IS; “COMMITMENT! “COMMITMENT! COMMITMENT!”

It will keep you through and through. It will turn your life around for good, and make your Christian life beautiful. Without it, you might remain stagnant in life and never be able to succeed in anything. Commitment to a right course is one way we break from stagnancy and move forward in Life.

Commitment is what separates men from boys and women from girls.

It is commitment that separates the responsible from the irresponsible. If you will commit to that thing that God has given you; that marriage, that business, that Church, that vision in your heart, or that job, no matter the cost, you will stumble into blessings that will amaze you. God will begin to submit grace dimensions, prosperity, access to the high places of the earth, and never withhold any good thing form you.

If you will commit to that pregnancy, that child you gave birth to, that career you are pursuing, God will commit uncommon blessings to you. God does not commit heavenly things to the prayerful, God commit heavenly things to the committed who live their days from the prayer knee.

MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR THE DAY

“Then he said, "Blessed are you of the Lord, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich.

And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you request, for all the people of my town know that you are a virtuous woman.” Ruth 3:10-11 NKJV

05/12/2024

THE CRY OF THE SPIRIT DEVOTIONALS – BY RICHARD E. S. TAKIM

TODAY’S DEVOTION (FRIDAY 6th DECEMBER 2024)

“But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? Matthew 12:25-26 NKJV

WELCOME TO THE 341ST DAY OF OUR YEAR OF IMPACT.

To God be the glory for another weekend in our year of impact. We have seen God’s mercies, grace compassion and unending kindness. We have also seen His truth, which has been our buckler.

Today we will be refreshing our minds on wisdom. Our 2024 School of Bible Prophecy started with a revelation of ten of the many blessings we will see if we walk in the light of Bible prophecy. I urge you to get the messages. Today we will be diving deep into what the LORD has prepared for us.

If you missed yesterday’s session, join us today. It will be an unveiling of the prophetic word.

One major thing that we get when the prophetic word is unveiled is divine wisdom! Divine wisdom is the greatest need of mankind. The Bible says wisdom is the principal thing, that in all our getting, we should get wisdom and get understanding.

As important as prayer is, wisdom is called the principal thing. Meaning, even when you pray, you are walking in wisdom. Yes, praying is a wise thing to do if you know how to pray according to God’s will or God’s word. It is a walk of wisdom.

Yes, it is a work of wisdom because it makes things happen in the invisible realm. Then it in-turn gives you the wisdom to let what has happened in the invisible realm happen in the natural. If you pray effectively it will make things happen, and bring you to the place of wisdom; the place of taking wise steps to unlock answers to the prayers you have prayed.

If your prayer is not making your heart wise, you are not praying according to divine pattern.

The reason most prayerful people are less than dust or afflicted, lies in that. They do not pray prayers that makes them wise. The pray prayers that leaves them with no wisdom to apply, in other to turn things around in their lives. It’s therefore important that we all pray prayers that add divine wisdom to our hearts to make us wise.

THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT WHEN WE CALL UNTO GOD, HE WILL ANSWER US AND SHOW US GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS WE DO NOT KNOW.

The showing of those things is the delivery of wisdom. It is the delivery of divine wisdom, most times to eliminate all that is not God’s will for our lives, neutralize evil forces that may be up against us, and help us destroy obstacles that have resisted us for a long time.

Divine wisdom will eliminate stagnancy and help you travel faster in life. The greatest problem of mankind therefore, is not their problems but lack of divine wisdom.

Sometimes back, when we shared about wisdom, we said we must understand the two aspects of divine wisdom. We said we must understand how they govern the two shades of life – the natural and the spiritual. That is why you would always find people of divine wisdom radiating the glory of their wisdom.

There are two shades of life; the spiritual and the natural. We can also call them the subjective shade, and the objective shade of life.

The wisdom that covers the natural shade of life is a divine wisdom for dealing with things objectively or naturally. That is the wisdom for handling practical problems. There is also divine wisdom for dealing with thing subjectively. That is the wisdom for dealing with spiritual problems.

When you are in any natural problem, learn to ask the LORD for the practical wisdom to deal with it. If you do, no problem of life will ever defeat you. The prodigal son was in a natural problem, created by his lawless behavior. The Bible says he moved from eating in royalty and with royalty, to eating with pigs.

Your problem could be worse. One day he conceived the practical wisdom that solved his entire problems; the wisdom to go back to His Father. It was wise for him to return to His father, with a plan on how to pacify Him for his misbehavior, and it worked.

The Bible says he went to the Father, pacified Him with words of repentance, and got more than he expected; full restoration. With practical wisdom from God, we deal with the natural objectively, and with spiritual wisdom from God we deal with the spiritual subjectively.

THE SITUATION OF THE PRODIGAL SON NEEDED PRACTICAL WISDOM, HE APPLIED IT AND HE GOT THE RESULT.

May your mind not be empty of practical wisdom. May you always know what to do from the LORD. May you find practical wisdom whenever you need it, in Jesus precious name.

When it comes to the spiritual aspect of life, practical wisdom will not be adequate, one will need spiritual wisdom. Since the spiritual is the birthplace of the natural, I want you to understand that the application of spiritual wisdom in solving problems that are beyond the power of practical wisdom, is a necessity of life.

Our devotional text today holds one of the most ancient wisdom of God for dealing with spiritual problems. A major highlight from the text says,

“If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?”

Now we all know that the kingdom of Satan is not divided against itself. So, when we look at the text therefore, we can conclude that “Satan cannot cast out Satan.” In dealing with spiritual problems therefore, we must understand this wisdom from the Ancient of Days Himself.

Let me share with you a bit about spiritual problems.

All spiritual problems are traceable to Satan himself. Even when the hand of a man is involved, he is actually the power behind that hand. That is why I tell us to try not to hate people he moves to move against us. Though not easy, we must understand the warfare and still respond in love.

Satan is responsible for that marriage that is crumbling. He is responsible for that health that is going down. He is responsible for that ministry that is under attack. He is responsible for that poverty, that loss of Job, that loss of peace.

He is responsible for all evil. The Bible made this clear when it says;

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 NKJV

Except to execute correctional judgment, God is not usually the author of crisis. Satan is the source of all evil. I think even a Child knows that. In dealing with spiritual problems therefore, you must learn to cast out Satan because when he leaves, all his works leaves with him.

THE WORD “SATAN” IS NOT ACTUALLY A NAME. IT IS A TITLE. IT MEANS “OPPONENT.”

It is a title given to the fallen angel Lucifer who fell from glory and became the major opponent of God’s will, ways, and word. That was why when Peter opposed Jesus, and tried to discourage him from going to the cross to die for us, (obviously because he was ignorant) Jesus called him “Satan” (or opponent).

But the ancient wisdom we are uncovering today says “Satan cannot cast out Satan.” That means if we are opposing God’s will or word in any way, we will lack the power to deal with Satan.

Since he is an opponent of God’s will, word and ways by nature, if we are not in synchronicity with God’s will, word or way in any way, we will be operating at the same plane with him, and on that plane “Satan cannot cast out Satan.” The most effective way to deal with the devil therefore is to be submissive and obedient to God’s will, ways, and word!

Obeying God and being submissive to Him, remains the most powerful way to bind Satan and cast out His activities from our lives. The Bible says,

“Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:7-8 NKJV

I believe the message of today’s devotional is clear. The ancient wisdom for dealing with all spiritual problems has been uncovered – just obey God! The coming year can be one of the best years of your life if you make up your mind to operate in the wisdom of obeying God, and leading a life that is submissive to His will, ways and word.

Be a submissive Child of God and you will not find the demonic or the satanic around your life!

The Bible says the evil one goes about looking for whom to devour. The reason is because he cannot devour everybody. If you are one of those who obey God, the devil cannot devour you.

MAKE THIS SCRIPTURAL PASSAGE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR TODAY;

"Come now, and let us reason together, "Says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword"; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” Isaiah 1:18-20 NKJV

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