‘And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.’ Habakkuk 2:2

‘The Lord answered me …’ It is a promise from God. If you ask Him about the purpose of your life He will answer you. The verse goes on to say ‘…Write the vision, and make it plain…’ As you hear God write it down, but also seek understanding.

Note these points when seeking the purpose of your life:

1. Pray; ask the Lord for direction
2. Listen for what God will say
3. Hear what God is saying to you specifically
4. Seek understanding of what He has said

These specific steps will help you clearly write the vision that God shows you, so it can be very plain to you. Then you will be able to run with it. This principle can be applied in every segment of your life – what course to study in college, where to live, who to marry, what business to do, or career to pursue, what ministry you are called to fulfil, etc.

Your first priority is to invest time to understand what God has purposed for your life. So, today slow down, ask from God, listen for what He says (it may come in bits and pieces), write it down as you hear God, and seek His face for clear understanding.  As you do this, you are laying a solid foundation for your purposeful, peaceful and prosperous life ahead. God bless your day.

¹ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. ² My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2

In today’s devotion, we should start by asking ourselves a very simple question. ‘Where have you been turning to for help?’ Yourself? Another human? Your degrees? Your Bank account? May be your level of knowledge? Well, the Bible says ‘My help cometh from the Lord’. God is trustworthy and dependable. He is the maker of the heavens and the earth. If you would cry for help from the Lord, there is no situation for which you cannot find solution.

Turn to the Lord; that is where help comes from. Turn to the Lord and He will surely help you. He will heal the sick of all their sickness, He will deal with every financial problem; He will solve all marital problems. He promised that if all that labour and have heavy burden comes to Him, He will ease and relieve and refresh their souls (Matthew 11:28, AMP).

I encourage you to keep your eyes on Jesus in all your situations, your help comes from the Lord. May you find divine help as you face your day in Jesus’ name. Amen.

 ‘Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard’. Proverbs 21:13

In yesterday’s devotion we learnt that we should not cheat or mistreat the poor. Today, God is telling us to go a step further. You might not have cheated nor mistreated the poor, but you probably have closed your ears to the poor, you have not gone the extra mile to help them.

The cry of any poor person in need of some kind of help might not be an audible sound, but if we would notice they have need and we respond, God would be happy with it. When we notice the need or the lack, and we ignore their needy situation, we have simply ‘stopped’ our ears at their cry. If we do this, God says when we cry ourselves, we will not be heard!

What does God expect us to do? He expects us to go out of our way as much as we have the capacity, to attend to any need we can notice with the poor. We should go out of our ways to visit the orphanage, the widow, the old age home, etc., and provide the help they need. If we find people who need a job, or an accommodation, etc., we should go out of our way to render the help we are capable of rendering to them. When you do this, when you are in need, even before you cry out, your voice will be heard on high and help will gravitate towards you. Today, you will prosper, great will be your peace, and may you find help when you need it, in Jesus name. Amen.   

²² It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. ²³ They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed. His compassions do not fail. God’s compassions are new every morning. As you read this text Gods compassions spring forth anew and it is reaching forth to you. His faithfulness is the basis for the renewal of his compassion. No one can qualify to receive mercy, but we receive mercy because of Gods compassion and Gods compassions are new every morning. We have not suddenly changed, it is a display of Gods faithfulness which brings God’s compassions anew to us every day; in order for us to have access to His mercies. Today by the faithfulness of God, the compassions of God is available to you, giving you access to the mercy of God.

Why not receive it! Why don’t you give the Lord your heavy burdens? Let the Lord’s mercy make a difference in your life. The fact that you will receive divine help from God if you cry to Him now is not based on how good you have suddenly become, it is all based on how gracious and merciful God is. You can receive that mercy today, because God has compassion on you. Call upon Him right now about any burden and cast all of them on Him. Have a great day.

 ‘Good people will have wealth to leave to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners will go to the righteous’ Proverbs 13:22 GNT

The way to prepare for the future of your children and their own children is to lay a good foundation for them. This can be done in many ways. First, by being good, faithful and loyal in serving others today, you sow a good seed that your children will reap from in future. Secondly, living a godly life as an example to your children lays a solid foundation for their future. Consider today’s scripture in amplified version; ‘a good man leaves an inheritance (or moral stability and goodness) to his children’s children, and the wealth of the sinner (finds its way eventually) into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up’.

It is a godly desire to work hard and gather great wealth to leave for your offspring. You however need to be determined to live a godly life, and to invest time and energy in raising your children in a godly way. The way to secure the future of the wealth of your children is to gather your wealth legally, live a godly life in front of them, and to raise them godly.

My prayer for you as a father (or mother) or as one hoping to become one in future, is that you will prosper, and you will find joy in raising your children, and that you will find joy in your later days when you see your children and their own children living a godly life, and enjoying the wealth you have laid up for them, and also seeing them growing their own wealth in a godly manner, and enjoying it.  May you find joy in your latter days, in Jesus name.

‘And Jesus looking upon them saith, with men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.’ Mark 10:27

Take this as a word from the Lord to you right now – there is nothing impossible for the Lord to do. Perhaps you are currently facing some negative situations that seems impossible to change; may be you are facing an impossible health situation. Your financial situation might be in a very bad shape, and you can’t see any change in view! It might be that your marriage relationship is under a strain and is facing the challenge of breaking. You might be worried for a child that went away, afraid that he or she might not return. Everything around you may seem impossible! This morning, the Lord is telling you ‘with me all things are still possible’.

God can still turn that negative situation around for good for you. Yes, He still can!  Jeremiah 33:3 says ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ (NKJV). There is so much you don’t know, and our God knows all things as regards the circumstances you face. Why not talk to Him again, and believe Him. He will show you the way out, He will hear your cries, send you help from the sanctuary, and strengthen you out of Zion (Psalms 20:1-2), in Jesus’ name. Go and face your day with a sense of possibility, lift your voice to heaven, let your faith look up unto the Lamb of Calvary. Divine help will be your portion, breakthrough and deliverance will come your way, in Jesus’ name. Have a glorious day. Amen.

 ‘Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it’. Proverbs 22:6 NKJV

As a parent, you have responsibility to be faithful both to God and your children in the way you raise them. Faithfulness is being loyal, being consistent and being able to use the gifts you have in the way the giver of the gift has stipulated; being committed. If you are not committed to the raising and training of your children, you are not being faithful to God, neither are you faithful to those children.

Do not let your business take you away from the responsibility of raising your children well. The Good News version of today’s scripture says ‘Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life’. The greatest blessing you can give to your children is to invest in their future by training them. Not just giving them school fees to go to school; but sit with them and point them in the right direction. Teach them how to live their lives. Teach them the way to raise funds, how to spend money, how to be clean, how to speak the truth, how to read the word of God, how to serve God, how to be good in the society; teach them the culture of working hard, how to raise and live in a happy family. If you don’t do this, you will be regarded as an unfaithful parent.

Train your children; and when you see them in future, you sure will be glad you did. And God will certainly be happy with you. The assurance of a great tomorrow for your kids depend on what you do today!     

‘Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.’ Proverbs 14:1

It is important in marriage to play by Gods rules. If in a marriage you a have made all the right choices and you do not play by Gods rules, there is likely to be problems. We look at the example of Adam and Eve in the Bible, in their situation there was no case of making any bad choices; in fact, there was no choice at all. God made Eve for Adam’s ribs, and presented her to him as his wife. Adam then declared ‘this is now the bone of my bones, and the flesh of my flesh’ (Genesis 2:21-23).

Even in this first marriage relationship, God gave Adam and Eve instructions to obey.  It was because of their disobedience to God that sin entered the world. It was in this first marriage in the Bible that we saw the first murderer! When we disobey God we do not play by the rules. Our home is only sure to succeed if we play by God’s rules.

Proverbs 14:1 a woman is to participate constructively in the marriage. Criticism can be both constructive and destructive. We should then choose to do things in our relationships that will be constructive. If we choose to do destructive thing we can expect to get a bad result. When we do not play by the principles laid out for us in the Bible, we are not likely to obtain good results. May God grant you wisdom.

 ‘Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him’ Proverbs 22:15

Our scripture today points us to a striking truth that many do not realise, or are not willing to accept. If you are a child, sorry, this is the truth – you are faced with the challenge of frequently being tempted to behave foolishly. As a parent, face the fact – this is what we have in our hands to deal with! Let’s look at the Message version ‘young people are prone to foolishness and fads; the cure comes through tough minded discipline’.

It is a natural thing for young people to think and act in ways that are not right. The Bible states that the cure for this foolishness is through tough minded discipline. It will be unfaithfulness to God and to the child if you don’t commit yourself to see to it that you assist your children to overcome this challenge. If we neglect to correct them, probably because of societal issues, it will be the greatest injustice we will be guilty of against the next generation. The future of that child will be jeopardised. Be involved in the life of your kids and be determined, not only to point them to the right direction to go in life, but also to discipline them when they go in the wrong way.

If you discipline your children when necessary, you will guide the child in the way of truth and understanding. As long as you do it in love, you would have proved to that child that the future is being sustained. If you are a child right now, be glad if your parents are giving you appropriate discipline; it is a sign that you are loved. Remember Pr. 3:12, ‘because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in’ (NIV). 

‘Can two walk together, except they be agreed?’  Amos 3:3

Marriage can be likened to making an egg omelette with two eggs. If one egg is good and the other egg is bad, the whole omelette will be bad. Same way, if you select a spouse with fundamental principles at odds with yours, you have laid a wrong foundation, and the marriage is not likely to work. If you fear God and your spouse does not, this is a fundamental disagreement and that marriage is not likely to work – no matter how much you think you ‘love’ each other.

If you are still single, consider what the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 6:14 ‘be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?’ (KJV). Choosing to marry a co-believer, that you also both love each other is the beginning. Choosing a spouse based on external factors alone is very problematic. The bible say in proverbs 31:30 ‘Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.’ Same goes for the lady, consider well when a guy approach you for dating with the intention of marriage, no matter how handsome or rich he might be, if he is not born again, it is a NO!

Choose a lover among your friends that love Christ. Choose wisely. God has promised to guide you as you prayerfully seek him, and follow His leading with trust.