LIVING STREAMS DEVOTIONAL
By Pst. Ezekiel Atang
MARCH 2025
WHY WERE YOU BORN?
(John 18:37 KJV)
Thursday 6th March
RETURN AND BE HEALED
(Hosea 6:1-2 KJV)
‘Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for He hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
When you notice that you have been torn, wounded and beaten down, when things don’t appear to be working the way they should and used to, when success seems to be running away from you, then it is wisdom at such times to return to the Lord. Returning can be by way of tracing your way back to your first love, it can be outright retracing of your steps from a wrong direction, etc.
Unfortunately it is at such times that many people choose to work harder at their jobs, some will begin to run around people for help, many will even further isolate themselves from God and from God’s people in fellowship. But most of the time, mishaps around us is a call to return to God our maker. Return in repentance, return to seeking Him the way you once did or ought to.
Return from your rebellion or hardness of heart in the things He had previously spoken to you about. Make it a point of duty to seek the Lord when you see things go wrong around you. Don’t be in the habit of just shedding empty tears, or looking for whom to blame. Many believers are experts in blaming people from the village or spirits everywhere.
The prodigal son did not start blaming any business partner that may have swindled him in the course of his journey away from home; neither did he blame his situation on the crashing of the Naira or Dollar, etc. Everything else is a symptom of the real thing, which is the fact that you may have moved away from the Lord and thereby created an unhealthy gap between you and Him. Returning to God guarantees the restoration of all things including the healing of your body, life, business, marriage etc.
Begin your journey back to Him today in Jesus Name.
Action Points
i. Discover whatever it is that may have been responsible for the gap between you and God and cut it off or adjust your involvement today.
ii. Refuse to postpone your return back to the Lord from today, and do it now. I mean right now.
Prayer
Lord I realize that I have become slack in my pursuit of you and your presence, I repent in Jesus Name.
I make my way back to my first love for you in Jesus Name.
Give me the grace to be consistent with you in Jesus Name.
Nugget
Most of the time, mishaps around us is a call to return to God our maker. Return in repentance, return to seeking Him the way you once did or ought to.
For Further Reading and Meditation
MORNING
Jonah 3; 3John 1
EVENING
Psalms 114
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