Devotionals

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YOUR INSTINCTS

The cry of the newly born baby is sweeter than the sound of music. By instinct the baby cries out even without being taught to. Everything God created was created with Instinct. Speaking with a teenager in church she began to say 'I don't really know God's plan for me, I don't know if its being a Doctor having my own hospital or music'. She has instincts.

Instinct refers to a natural or inherent impulse of behaviour, it also means an intuitive reaction that isn't a product of rational thinking. Instinct are also promptings of the heart. It is instinct that tells a bird it was meant to travel the skies, instinct tells the lion to roar and rule the jungle. Instinct is what informs the ants "to prepare its supplies in summer and gathers her food in the harvest"- Proverbs 6:6-8. SIMPLY PUT: Instincts are the raw materials of Purpose while Vision is the Revelation of Purpose.

Mankind is no different, just as the baby cries without any prior knowledge of being taught, announcing his presence on earth even so God has planted his purpose for our lives within us and through many unconscious Actions we point to our Purpose. From the first Adam to the Last Adam instinct was at work. Jesus at 12 said to his parents, I must be "about my Father's business" -Luke 2. Paul must have had the instinct, intuitive knowledge he was to serve God, he submitted to the teachings of Gamaliel and became zealous in the wrong direction at first till he submitted saying " Lord what will you have me do?"

You remember while growing up a number of things you could do, the things you said. Things like "I want to be a scientist"" I want to be a nurse" etc. You sang like a mass choir and wouldn't let the house have rest for a moment, or dismantled electrical appliances looking for ways to fix them. These were instincts. Instinct is not purpose, but the pointer to Purpose.

Instinct is like the sound of the doorbell, for the fact that you hear the bell doesn't mean you know who is there. It could well be a robber out to steal from you.

Many young people are bewildered and confused because of failure to locate their purpose. I've often spoken to young people about Discovering God's vision for life. I had those instincts as well. I played the drums, then switched to Bass Guitar, then to the Lead Guitar, and finally to the keyboard, and gave my heart to it thinking I was going to be the best Pianist in the world. Now I know better.

I'd like to say to you today, if you'd like to discover God's vision for your life, the first step is to accumulate all of the instincts you've always had and the ones you presently have, and then like Paul, submit them to God. What are those things you tell yourself 'I am going to do this!' 'What's your heart cry?' There's something your heart beats for.

Finally, know that Purpose is revealed when instincts are submitted to God in Prayer. Habakkuk shows us the way. In verse 1 its written " The burden which Habakkuk the Prophet did see". And later he began to pray then in chapter two God began to say "Write the Vision and make it plain"

Key Points
1. Your instincts are pointers to your Purpose.
2. Accumulate all your instincts.
3. Submit them to God in prayer.

ACTION POINT:
1. TAKE A NOTE AND PEN and write down your instincts from way back as you could remember till now.
2. Spend quality time in prayer today as you submit that burden, those instincts to God.

NB: Please its advisable that you get a notebook for this month, kept specially to track your progress.

STUDY FOR THE DAY: Habakkuk Chapter 1 & 2

*Meditations of the day would shared in the Evening*

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