Knowing God Devotional is an online daily devotional written by Andrews Baah Kwafo, the president of The Bible Daily Network.
God sent John the Baptist to prepare the way for Jesus’ coming. But his mother, Elisabeth, was very old when she gave birth to her. In fact, she was so old that when her neighbours and relatives heard how the Lord had shown her mercy, they rejoiced with her (see Luke 1:58). Today, the work John the Baptist came to do has been recognised in scripture. Can I tell you something? There is great divine mercy for a special child.
This Christmas, what’s your focus? Is it on the plenty of food you will eat with your family or gifts you’ll receive from your loved ones? The food will fade away. The gifts will be used. The euphoria of the season will also go. But Jesus will remain Lord forever.
After the angel Gabriel gave Mary the news that Jesus would be born through her and used Elisabeth’s case of giving birth in old age, she decided to go and stay with the old lady. Mary’s decision to go and stay with Elisabeth implies that it is prudent to hang around people who are pregnant with God’s promises.
Believe in God’s promises without figuring out how He’ll do it. When you feel confused, pray about it instead of taking matters into your own hands. He’s a faithful God. He will never fail you.
God’s timing is very different from that of man’s. So anytime He gives a promise, when He’ll do it is up to Him and not to us. Never allow men to pressure you to make decisions to tamper with God’s timing for fulfilling His prophecies. Your duty is to keep believing in Him and watchful in prayer.
Child of God, I encourage you to not only settle for receiving promises from the Lord but also probe further to let Him explain how He will do what He has said. Doing that will give you more evidence to stand firm in your faith concerning what God has said.
Don’t be a passive churchgoer in Christ. Work on understanding the Word you receive every single time. Don’t just take notes while listening to sermons, only to leave them after service. No! Make time to revise and pray through them. In that way, the devil won’t be able to steal it from your heart.
You have authority over the enemy and his demons. But if you don’t use it, they can capitalise on your ignorance and cause harm in your life without you knowing how to do anything about it. The devil is never your friend, so don’t entertain his evil ways in your life.
God has more in store for you. But in most cases, He wants you to listen to Him, study His Word and put what you learn into practice. When you fail to do that, Jesus said your life is like a foolish person who built his life on sand.
People who disfigure their faces when they fast are people who fast for people-pleasing and not to get close to God. Don’t be like that. Stay close to God and live as you would live on a day you’re not fasting when you’re actually fasting. The Lord is Your strength.
Do you struggle with porn, alcoholism, gluttony, smoking, what? Bring all of them to Jesus. Just stay in His presence and keep fellowshipping with Him. He will transform you wholly.
Two primary functions of a sword are offence and defence. For offence, it destroys the works of the enemy. For defence, it provides us with divine covering when we live in its consciousness.
