Victory Daily Devotional

YOUR SCARS  2 Corinthians 11:22-33 Dev:- “Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;” (V. 25)      Your painful experiences in life are part of what God has allow you to pass through that you might use it to help others. Each of the junctions and bus stops you have passed through in life are all to have the experiences of feelings of others and be able to help them out (Hebrews 4:15). 

YOUR MONEY 1 Timothy 6:17-21 Devotional: “Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share,” (V. 18)           In this world, money is one of the strong means of exchange. With it we buy things from the market, with it, we pay wages, with it we pay bills, with it we serve the Lord and with it we demonstrate our love. So we can see that money is a vital factor in the life of people. But we must not forget that it all belong to God (Haggai 2:8). It is a product of the creation of God. So we shall give account of how we direct it.

YOUR MOUTH Matthew 12:33-37 Devotional: “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. (V. 36) NKJV      One of the good gift God has given us is the ability to express ourselves through the mouth. This is a major way to communicate our mind to each other in the world. Our words are direct products of our heart (Matthew 12:34). When the soul of people are sold to the Lord, it will sooner or later reflect in their words. That is why the bible says “we shall give account of all the idle words we are speaking. The one in the secret or in the open (Matthew 10:26)

YOUR SOUL Mark 8:34-38 Devotional:- “Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (V. 37) NKJV      Your soul is actually your being. It is the man in you. It is your soul that will stand the judgement of God at the end of life. Your soul is the immaterial part of your life. It is your soul that really drives your life to all you have been doing and will do. It has three compartment. The intellect, the will and the emotion or action drive. Everything you do in this world passes through three compartments of your soul. That is why you are responsible for all your actions. They all pass through processes.

YOUR STEPS Psalm23:1-6 Devotional “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”  (V. 1)      You are responsible for your steps on earth. That is, where you go and what you do. All of these shall be brought to judgment and you will give account of them all. That is why as a child of God, we must mind our steps in life.

YOUR DECISION PROVERBS 3:1-10 Dev:- “In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” (V. 6)        The decisions are your choices. And it is important that each of us understand that we shall be judged in eternity based on the choices we make in this world. (2 Corinthians 5:10) The truth is that we make our choices and our choices make us. We are what we are and we are where we are today based on the choices we have made in the past. We also determine our future by our choice today. That is why we must make our choices carefully.

YOUR POSSESSION   Luke 12:13-21 Dev. “But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?'” (v. 20)      The word of God says all that we have are given to us by God (John 3:27). That makes all that we have to belong to God automatically (Psalm 24:1). And if our procession is from the Lord and belongs to God, then they are trusted into our hands as stewards. This then demand that we manage them with a sense of stewardship in the fear of the Lord.

YOUR GIFTS 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Dev:- “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:” (v. 7)      When we come to know the Lord, we receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Part of the package of the Holy Spirit are the gift of the Spirit. The word of God says the Spirit gives them to each one as He wishes (1 Corinthians 12:11). That is why none of us can call it our own. It is called the gift of God.

YOUR BODY 1 Corinthians 3:11-17 Dev “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (v. 16)      Most people don't know that the body God has given to us is a gift of God for our living. The reason is because many are not even aware that they are spirit, who have a soul and dwell in a body. When God made man, He first molded the body with dust before breathing into the molded dust that became man (Genesis 2:7) 

YOUR TIME Ephesians 5:15-21 Dev: “redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”  (v. 16)      We need to remember this always that our time on earth is an investment to our life. Our time seems to always be there. There is tendency to assume that we will always have all the time and forget to manage effectively.

STEWARDSHIP AND ETERNITY Matt 25:28-30 Dev:- “And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'”        It is important that we take note that in the parable of Jesus about our stewardship, eternity is connected. This tells me that God is so concern about our stewardship in this world. This tells me that it is our stewardship here that determines our place and reward in eternity. This calls for seriousness on our side.

PROFIT ORIENTED Luke 19:16-23 Dev:- “Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'” (v. 23)     One of the principles we must keep at heart as stewards to the Lord is that God wants us to be profit oriented. In other words, God expect you to profit His kingdom and yourself in every assignment and opportunity he has given you. God wants us to labour as much as we can to progress and increase in our stewardship (Luke16:1-2) From the parable we read today, the Lord expects that what he has committed to our hands should increase more and more before He comes back. I want you to know that progress, increase or profiting is all about mindset. Understanding that you must be profiting as the Lord expect of you, gives you a forward thinking and progress focusing life.  F riend, the moment you have a profit and progress mentality, your mind will be set at work all the time to think of the way to it. This will make you to...

REGRETS Luke 16:1-4 Dev: “"Then the steward said within himself, 'What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.” (v. 3)    Stewardship teaches us that every act of unfaithfulness or irresponsibility in our current opportunities will be regretted. This is because unfaithfulness in every opportunity will lead to loss of such opportunity. No matter how great or small you think the opportunities are, when it is lost, it leads to regret.

LOSING OPPORTUNITIES Matt 25:27-29 Dev: “'For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.” (v. 2)      Today if you look back to your life, you will see many opportunities and privileges you have lost. This is often due to negligence. It is important you take note of it from now that every privilege or opportunity you are not faithfully utilizing will be taken from you and be given to another. You need to know that this is one of the strong principles God.

YOUR ABILITIES Exodus 31:1-11 Dev:- “And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,” (v. 3) NKJV      God has invested in each one on earth some special abilities. What you are design to do, no one can do exactly like you. That is why if you don’t make your unique contribution to the body of Christ, no one will. God will at the end raise others. Your unique abilities are your natural inborn talents (Exodus 31:3-5). All our abilities comes from God at birth (Romans 12:6). 

WICKEDNESS Matt 25:26-28 Dev:- “But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed” (v. 26) NKJV      It is an act of wickedness when God invest in your life, the opportunities he has given you and you use it for nothing. It is an act of wickedness when God sees the ability in you and He gives you the grace to manifest it but you refuse. It is an act of wickedness when we fail. It is an act of wickedness when God keeps you alive, heal you, save you, strengthen you, and you still see God not good enough.

EXCUSES Matt 25:20-27 Dev “And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours” (v. 25) God is a successful God and He has not make anyone to fail. But people fail when they lack understanding. When we see others more than us, we get disturbed and ask why me Lord? This is because our mind is only on the profit but not on the responsibility we need to take to produce more in life.

THE WAY TO MORE   Luke 16:9-13 Dev “Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?” (v. 11)      Everyone in the world always want more in life. That is why the economist says, human wants are unlimited. It is a beautiful thing to keep increasing and becoming big in life. That is actually the plan of God for all his children (Proverbs 4:18) But this is not just automatic. There are principles that govern more in life.

YOU WILL GIVE ACCOUNT  2 Corinthians 5:9-11 Dev :- “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad”(v. 10)      Everyone on earth will one day stand to give account to their maker on how they have managed all that the Lord gave to them (Matthew 25:19). This is because your life is an investment of God to your world. You are a gift to your generation. God's gift are always packaged into people that will be able to deliver them to their world and God have made all of us a gift to our world.

OUR DIFFERENT ABILITIES Matt 25:14-19 Dev “And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.” (v. 15)      Sometimes we get disturbed when we see someone doing better than us in life. We sometime feel God is partial. This is the mentality that made people organize robbery. This is because they feel so, so and so are getting better than them. So they feel they should rather go and take their share. This will always bounce back and result to zero. It is important we come to know that our level today determines what God allows us to access. There is no one to be blamed than us. If we want more we therefore have to improve our capacity (Luke 16:10-12). The capacity of each and everyone is his/her limitation. The scripture says each one is given according to his own ability. Friend, one of the vital assignment we have on earth is to increase our capacity. Our capacity is what we ca...

ALL BELONG TO GOD Psalm 24:1-6 Dev  “The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.” (v. 1)      The first and the most important thing that we need to set in our heart is that all things are made by God and all things belong to him. He made us and owns us (Genesis 1:26-31), He made all that are on the face of the earth. All that we can see and the one we cannot see, He owns them.

YOUR HEART  Deuteronomy 11:8-17 Dev:- “'And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,” (v. 13)      God has given each man a unique heart to be used in our stewardship. The term heart represents our soul where our desires, hope, interest, dreams, affections, passion and all our motivations are made. It’s what determines what you love to do and what you care about most (Proverbs 27:19). It determine what you say and why you say them (Matthew 12:34). Deep in our instinct is what make us think of and care for something of interest than others. Some things turn you on and others bore you. God gives you this inborn interest for a purpose. All of these reveals your heart and shows where we ought to serve the Lord. 

A TRUST   1 Corinthians 9:11-18 Dev: “For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.” (vs. 17)      All kingdom citizen should be aware that all we have received in Life, varied from our family, materials our business or our ministry are entrusted into our hands as stewards for the Lord. Our time on earth, our energy, intelligence, opportunities, relationships and resources are all gifts from God. He has entrusted them in our care as a property manager. We are stewards of whatever God has trusted into our hands. All things belong to God (Psalm 24:1).

IN CHARGE Genesis 1:26-31 Dev:- “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."” (v. 28)      At creation a major purpose why God made man was to put him in charge of all He has made. This directly reflect in the first verse when God introduce the idea of creating man (Genesis 1:26) God also bless man to be able to take charge (Genesis 1:28). 

SANCTIFICATION   2 Corinthians 6:11-18 Dev. “Therefore "Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you."” (V. 17) The act of sanctification is what each believer must seriously consider. Until a man is sanctify unto the Lord, he cannot belong to God. He cannot always obey the Lord. Such will always do whatever he/she likes, since it is their life. 

THE SOUL 1 Peter 2:18-25 Dev:  “For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”  (Vs. 25)      There are two forces that govern the souls of people. They are the forces of God and of the devil. These forces have no right to force themselves on you, till you give your soul to them. (Revelation 3:20). This is because you are made a free moral agent. Unconsciously to most people who don't consciously give their soul to God, they do not know that they have given it to the devil through sin (1 John 3:8-10, Romans 6:16)

OWNERSHIP 1 Corinthians 4: 6-13 Dev: “For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?” (vs. 7)      As kingdom citizen you need to establish it in your heart that Jesus is the owner of your soul and of your life. He has purchased you with His blood (Revelation 5:9-10). You have accepted His purchase when you gave your life to Him. Automatically he has become your owner. Since He is your owner, He owns all that you have. God's word says all we have, we have received (John 3:27) 

THE LORD   1 Peter 3:1-6 Dev: “as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.”  (vs. 6)      Most believers are not truly aware that they have not consider the implication of having a Lord. So many people think Jesus is their Lord and it is not so. They think Jesus is their Lord because they attend a church or because they bear Christian names or because they are born into a Christian family or because they have church titles. But none of these make people to have Jesus as their Lord. Some think because they confess Jesus as their Lord when they first believe or because they always sing it as songs. But none of these are true. That is why Jesus said it's not all who call or see me as their Lord that will inherit my father’s kingdom (Matt 7:21-23) 

SPIRITUAL GIFTS 1 Corinthians 12:1-12 Devotional:- “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit” (v. 4)      As stewards of God, the gifts of the spirit has been invested into our lives when we are baptism in the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16). It is not given to us by merit that is why it is called gifts (Ephesians 4:7). It is the Holy Spirit that determine what each person should be given (1 Corinthians 12:11). Because God loves varieties and want each one to be special, no single gift is given to everyone and no one have all the gifts so that we can need each other. The gifts are given to each of us for the benefit of others (1 Corinthians 12:7).

A STEWARD Colossians 1:24-29 Devotional verse: “of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,” (v. 25)      God want us to know that we are stewards in this world. Understanding this will make us walk rightly with God in this evil world. A major reason children of God don't live to please Him in all things is because they do not know that they are stewards.