INSPIRE Devotionals
With Emmanuel Afiawari
Monday, December 16, 2024
Topic: THE POWER OF ACCESS (Part 4)!
Bible Text: John 14:6 KJV; Isaiah 43:19 KJV
6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me
19. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
INSPIRATION: An access could be a small, seemingly insignificant doorway but it opens you up to a vast array of different opportunities. If you despise the seemingly insignificant small opening, you'll shut the door to the glories that await you in the future. Small beginnings doesn't always imply small destinies. Some are litmus tests to prove you. God would never commit great enterprises to untested and proven people.
Can you handle greatness when it comes in its raw, unrefined and unprocessed state? Are you discerning enough to recognise the channels God is opening you up to, especially, if it comes in the form of chaos? Most often, great opportunities are wrapped up in problems. If you focus on the wrapping, you'd see only the problem; if you focus on the gift, you'd see the many opportunities entrapped in that problem that's waiting for you to take the initiative to resolve it.
Cultivate every access you have, whether in human form or in opportunities. Water and service your accesses so they can bloom and blossom into something great. If you do not appreciate the gifts of men, the graces they bear may never work to advance your cause. Virtue flows only in the direction of value. If your value rating for your access is poor, the opportunities from them that ought to benefit you might appear like a burden.
TODAY'S TAKE HOME:
Shallow minded people think only of the immediate and so, may despise access, especially, if it doesn't appear so promising. That's how people trade off their destinies for peripheral gains.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, please give me the presence of mind, a discerning spirit, and right attitude to appreciate and leverage on each divine access You bring me into. Help me not to despise or disdain my opportunities, in Jesus name.
