[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Take hold of the plumbline immediately

[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: The many voices that speak

By Oke Chinye

Read: Luke 1: 1-80

Meditation verse:

“And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe  leaped in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit” (Luke 1:41).

The baby in a woman’s womb feeds on whatever the mother takes in. Food,  drugs, and poisonous substances taken in by the mother will find their way to  the baby through the placenta. The baby also responds to outside sound and  stimuli. Pregnant mothers are often counselled to begin to pray and speak life  to their unborn babies as soon as they take in. It is a mystery we may not  understand. Elizabeth informed Mary that the baby in her womb leaped for joy  as soon as she heard her greeting and the bible records that her child, John the  Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit even from the womb.

There are many voices that speak to us which unknowingly affect the babies in  the womb of our destinies. Whatever assignment or dream, or greatness that  you are carrying in your heart, which is yet to manifest is a destiny baby. Jealously guard it from strange voices which include false prophets, lies of the  devil, self-condemnation, and wrong counsel from others. Your experiences can  also take on a voice and speak fear and doubt into your life. Listening to the right  voice will cause your destiny baby to thrive and come forth in the fullness of  time but listening to the wrong one will cause it to shrivel and die a premature  death.

The story is told of a man who planted two seeds in a pot and placed them by  his window to grow. Each day, he would speak to both plants, albeit different  words. He spoke words of affirmation to the first plant, whilst he cursed the  second. After a while, he examined both plants, and found that the first had  thrived and grown leaves, whilst the second had shriveled and died. Why not do  a life audit this day and ask yourself “am I listening to the right or wrong voices”?

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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