Wisdom For The Day Devotional 30 December 2024 By Bishop Mike Okonkwo – Focus On The Spoken Word, Not On Your Experience
TOPIC: Focus On The Spoken Word, Not On Your Experience (TREM Devotional 30 December 2024)
“Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, so shall thy seed be.” Romans 4:18 (KJV)
MESSAGE:
The scripture tells us in the book of Genesis chapter 12 that God went to a heathen land and called out Abram from an idol-worshipping background. God said to him: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.”(Genesis 12:1-2 NKJV)
From the scriptures, we know that Abraham had doubts initially. That was why he went into Hagar, and Ishmael was produced. However, when Abraham believed, God made dead things come alive. There might be dead things in your life today; get ready, they are coming alive. Believers are all over the place calling the things that be as they are. No! You are not designed to call the things that be as they are. You have been raised to call the things that be not as though they are. That is the scripture. He calls those things which be not as though they were and they become.
Call forth your desires as if they are there, not what you are experiencing. Calling your experience does not change anything. You are walking in faith when you begin to call what you are not experiencing but what you desire. What do you desire today? What are your expectations? What do you want God to do for you? Anchor your faith upon what the Lord has spoken.
Everything around Abram was crying that it would never happen. But Abraham believed against all human hope, not according to what he was experiencing but according to what was spoken. Always remember what God said: “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void… “(Isaiah 55:11 NKJV). When you are ready to believe God, then what He has said will come to pass.
FURTHER READING
Romans 4:13-25
DAILY BIBLE READING
Morning – Zechariah 13-14; Evening – Revelation 21
Wisdom For The Day Devotional was Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.