ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.
Wednesday July 24th, 2024.
Topic : The Prevailing Life.
Memory Verse : John 1:5. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Bible Reading : John 1:1-4 KJV. Key Verse : v4.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
There are portions of the scripture that are very deep, to the extent that sometimes we lack words in the vocabularies of men to explain them. The above verses are one of such. Having said so, I will attempt by the help of the Spirit to explain these verses in the context of our topic, ‘the prevailing life’. Something happened not long after man was created by God and given a helpmate. Both of them was placed in Eden to tend the garden and to live by the resource God made available to them conditionally. Satan in his furry was full of envy because of the status and placement of man, having lost his own placement and status in heaven out of his rebellion. In his rage and determination to destroy, having been doomed, he came for man who was enjoying the light and life of God in fullest measure. Man fell to his bags of tricks as Eve led her husband to eat the forbidden fruit, thereby going contrary to the conditions and terms of their stay in Eden. The resultant effect was that man was cut off from the source of life and light and sent away permanently from physical Eden which is a place of God’s presence. That was the fall.
Now God needed to restore man to a place of fellowship with himself which the fall tampered with. This was an assignment beyond the capacity of any angel. He therefore had to humbly come over here to the earth by himself through the word. That is how the word became flesh to live among men in order that he may recreate the things Satan succeed in destroying in the relationship that existed between God and man at the beginning of all things. The choice of the word was strategic because that was where the creative power and the very life and light of God resided. That was just all man needed to be restored, that is the life and light of God. The life is that dimension that makes man be, act and respond to God as his replica. That is the dimension of semblance with good even in reasoning. That is the reason Apostle Paul could write in 1 Corinthians 2:15-16 that we have have the mind of Christ and therefore can discern or judge all things. That is a mindset of discernment just like the creator himself which affords us a different dimension in perceptions. “Those who live in the Spirit are able to carefully evaluate all things, and they are subject to the scrutiny of no one but God. For Who has ever intimately known the mind of the Lord Yahweh well enough to become his counselor? Christ has, and we possess Christ’s perceptions.” 1 Corinthians 2:15-16 TPT.
Another thing that Christ restored to us through redemption is the light which the enemy tampered with. When men don’t have light, they grope or live confused and without right direction. That’s the reason some men are comfortable in, absurdities like same sex marriage, etc., all forms of evil and wickedness because they don’t have light. When you come into that light, you will know and people around you will testify of visible changes in your personal life and perceptions. On a very important note, I must point out here that we should not stop our journey of faith at the point of walking in the light or being children of light and enjoying the blessings it affords. We need rather to make progress or mature to a point where we become the light as demanded by the master himself. At that point, ourselves begins to illuminate environments and territories. “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.”
Matthew 5:14-15.
Prayer :Thank you Father God for all you did in your son to restore me to a life of fellowship with you. Help me life by your Spirit always to live like you. Let me walk in your light till I become the light so that I can illuminate my environment and territory for you in Jesus wonderful name…. Amen 🙏🏿.
Yearly Bible Reading : Mathew 17:24-18:6.
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