09/01/2025
*RHEMA FOR LIVING*
OFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL BY DR LIZZY JOHNSON SULEMAN
*THURSDAY 9TH JANUARY 2025*
*BIBLE READING* : Genesis 40-44
**TOPIC: 𝐆𝐎 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃*
**TEXT* : "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦." *𝟐 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝟓:𝟏𝟎*
In this kingdom we are in, there's no room for retrogression or stagnation; the instruction from our commander is to 'Go forward'.
There is something always ahead to reach out to; you are not to pack up until you are out of this world.
As expressed by our anchor text, David went on and grew great, so is every child of God supposed to go from glory to glory and grow as the path of the just should (Prov 4:18).
To remain a child is an anomaly. One is expected to grow to maturity and exercise one's sonship.
No wonder scripture spelt out in Galatians 4:1, "𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫, 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥; Not to grow is to groan in this kingdom.
Advancement is expected in all ramifications even in speech and understanding.
𝟏 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟏𝟑:𝟏𝟏, " 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐈 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝: 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬."
You are to go forward and possess all your inheritance in Christ.
If you are conquered in one aspect, move on to also conquer the others.
God said to the Israelites in 𝐃𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝟐:𝟑, "𝐘𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡: 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝." And it said of the same Israelites, when they had gone forward in 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝟏𝟏:𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟐, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦: 𝐬𝐨 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧." You also can posses all, so arise and go forward.
*Prayer:* My Father! My Father! As I begin to pray, awake in me the desire to always go forward in life.