MFM Daily Devotional 22 October 2024
TOPIC: Waiting Is Not Denial
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 45; Jeremiah 46; Romans 4; Romans 5
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Habakkuk 2:1-3
2 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
MEMORY VERSE
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalm 40:1
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: Those who do not hope cannot wait. If we hope for what we see not, then we do with patience wait for it.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP: Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: Power to wait and be rewarded shall fall upon you, in the name of Jesus.
MFM Daily Devotional 22 October 2024 MESSAGE
We are in the jet age when the world at large wants everything to be done speedily, a time when the word “waiting” is foreign to so many people who want fast food, fast trains, fast cars, fast money, fast miracles, fast solutions etc.
One of the Christian virtues that is diminishing in the lives of Christians nowadays is patience. Yet, the Bible says only those waiting for the Lord will renew their strength. Anything hurriedly got outside God will always lead to regret, woe and destruction. Waiting patiently in God is a major virtue God expects all His children to possess.
READ MFM Daily Devotional 19 October 2024 – Receive Your Breakthroughs
You should know that God never comes too late. When Lazarus was sick, Jesus did not visit him until he died. He appeared when all hope was lost. If many had waited on God for something they needed, they would not be in the mess they are today. Esau could have waited a little to prepare his food, but he chose not.
So, he sold his birthright to Jacob hurriedly because of food. Later, he sought it with tears, but it was too late.
Many have failed the test of waiting at the junction of marriage, business, child bearing, career, ministry and so on, forgetting the fact that the Bible says “Faithful is He that has promised and He will do it.” They felt they had been denied of their expectation by God and that God was too slow. Hence, they went for fast alternatives, which ruined them.
READ MFM Devotional 17 Octo 2024 – Facing Ignored Realities
God is faithful to His words; His ways are not our ways. He always does His own thing in His way at His own right time. Abraham waited for God’s promises until it was fulfilled. The Bible says, “Though it tarries, wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”Abraham believed in hope.
His case was hopeless, yet he waited on God and he got the promise (Romans 4:17). You must disregard the voice of discouragement and wait upon the Lord as the Psalmist did in Psalm 40:1. God’s plan is always the best. Sometimes, the process is painful and hard but don’t forget that when God is silent, He is doing something for you.
MFM DAILY PRAYER POINTS 22 OCTOBER 2024
MORNING
1. I terminate by fire, every journey to vanity, in the name of Jesus.
2. Spirit of discouragement, I am not your candidate, release me and die, in the name of Jesus.
3. Power of complete trust in the Lord, overshadow my life, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. I receive the power to wait upon the Lord, in the name of Jesus.
5. Spirit of errors and mistakes assigned against my life, backfire, in the name of Jesus.
6. Every confusion around my life, expire by fire, in the name of Jesus.
7. I overcome the spirit of impatience by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
