Never Disadvantaged I

 STRENGTH FOR MY DAYS 

A Daily Devotional by Bishop David

Never Disadvantaged I

Wednesday, 9 October

 

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

 

MORE LESSON: I Corinthians 1:26-29 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

Sometimes ago, I was coming back from workers’ meeting and after dropping off everyone that was in the car with me, I was near to weeping. One of our pastors gave a hundred naira note to one of the young beggars. The boy looked at it twice, confirmed it was a hundred naira note and then prostrated. Anyone who is conversant with the culture of Northern Nigerians know that a Hausa man does not prostrate. But that boy prostrated.

This left me feeling terrible about the hunger in the land. Yet, in the days of Umaru Diko in 1983, we felt that Nigeria would never go down to eating from the dustbin. But as far back as 1983, Nigerians had started picking from the dustbin. This was the country that General Yakubu Gowon in the 1970s said the only problem we had in Nigeria was that we had so much money and we didn’t know how to spend it. I stand to be corrected, it is said that Nigerian leaders have finished spending Nigerian money and started borrowing. As critical as the situation seems, we must not give up hope on Nigeria because God spoke many great words over Nigeria. And regardless of what the devil does, those words will happen.

I believe the situation in Nigeria is actually going to be such that what the devil is laughing and rejoicing over now will become the very reason for which he will cry shortly. This is because God is going to turn it to an advantage for the Church. The Church of Jesus is never disadvantaged because the Master Strategist is the owner. For instance, right now Nigerians are going all over the world in what they call japa. But I have a personal conviction that God knows about it and what God is going to do is like what He used the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to do in Nigeria. When NYSC started under General Yakubu Gowon, it was to foster unity among Nigerians after the civil war. But God took advantage of the NYSC to propagate the gospel. Believers seized the opportunity to do what is now called rural rugged evangelism. Many churches (pentecostal ministries particularly) planted across Nigeria today were done by youth corpers who went to certain places and within one year they planted the name of the Lord. If not for corps members, the spread of the gospel and pentecostal churches in Nigeria would have been less than what it is today. That project was organised by men but used of God. In the same way, I prophesy today that whatever happens in the world will become an advantage for you, in Jesus' name.

 

Prayer/Action

* Declare that all things will work together for your good.

 * Pray that God will turn disadvantages to your advantage.

* Ask God to fulfil His words over Nigeria.

 

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: The shout of praise is my portion today. I shut down every contrary voice, in the mighty name of Jesus.