The Oscar Ajoku Blog: Daily Vitamin Devotional

DAILY VITAMIN - God Still Delivers "When he calls on me I will answer; I will be with him in trouble, and rescue him and honour him" (Psalm 91:15 TLB)       That testimony in our theme verse is for every Christian whose hope is in God alone- which I want to believe you are. If you aren't, this will be a good time to devote your life to Him all over again. But if you are, then all I have to say to you is congratulations.       In the old times, God showed that He has a special place for the Jews in His heart; and now through Christ we have all been declared Jews before Him. This means, He doesn't joke with us; and because of that things that trouble others to their deaths know that they can't have it so easy with us. In Jeremiah 50:33-34, "The Lord of Hosts says: The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged. Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go. But their Redeemer is strong. His name is the Lord of Hosts. He will plead for them and see

DAILY VITAMIN - Indeed All Things Are Yours "Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours...And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's" (1 Corinthians 3:21-23)      Moses said the secret things belong to God, while those He reveals have been given to us forever (Deuteronomy 29:29). Now because Moses could only have glimpses of the fullness of God's glory, the Jews never believed that a man could access and possess all of God's glory. They never believed a man could apprehend all the hidden riches of God.     Moses never knew all that were hidden in God, and yet his glorification was great before the eyes of men. If that is so, how much more shall it be when such a man literally dwells in the entire truth of God concerning him? The scriptures say that if the old was glorious, then that one shall exceed it beyond measure (2 Corinthians 3:10).     While Moses may not have enjoyed this experience, the New Creation does. The scripture says tha

DAILY VITAMIN - You Have Limitless Knowledge Through The Spirit "But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things" (1 John 2:20)      The scripture says that the spiritual man has insight into everything, and that bothers and baffles the man of the world (1 Corinthians 2:15 TLB). The natural man can't understand it, because while he's struggling with one step, the Spirit-driven man has gone ten steps further. The love for God he possesses makes the way to knowledge constantly open to me (1 Corinthians 8:3 TLB). Praise God!       Note, it didn't say the believer. This is because in the body of Christ presently, there are two kinds of people. The first are the carnal people, who have just as much right to the heritage of Christ in God, but do nothing with this great access to unlimited wonders because they are clouded by the whims and excesses of this physical world. The next are the spiritual people. These are those who walk not after the wi

DAILY VITAMIN - Nothing Lacking "I can never stop thanking God for all the wonderful gifts he has given you, now that you are Christ's: he has enriched your whole life...(1 Corinthians 1:4-5 TLB)      Did you capture that last part? It says your whole life. Let me explain better. What he is saying is that when Christ redeemed you, He didn't start and stop with your spiritual life. He redeemed every part of your life. He redeemed your health, your finances, your societal position and what have you. As such, you are no longer an outcast. This is what the scriptures meant when it said that he that was once termed an outcast shall be called blessed of God (Isaiah 62:4).      Thus, there's nothing lacking in your life, because everything you need that is essential for a good and godly life has been aptly provided by Christ already. And He is in you. The good health you seek, the good job you desire, the good platform for impact you're pursuing are all resident i

DAILY VITAMIN - God Will Fulfill His Promise To You "God is not like a man, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever He promises, he does; He speaks, and it is done" (Numbers 23:19 GNB)     God never leaves a promise unfulfilled. The scriptures say that He will never let His word fall to the ground without fulfilling its purpose (Isaiah 55:11). As such that means that when He speaks, the entire creation conspire to bring forth a response suitable for what has been said. For example, in 1 Kings 12, the Bible says that circumstances arranged Rehoboam's mistake just so that God would accomplish His promise to Jeroboam (v.15). But we know who rules over these circumstances.     What that shows is that it costs God nothing to bring His Word to pass in your life. No protocol can stop it, and neither can any disadvantage. It might not look like it now, but if God has promised it, then He would do it. The scripture says He always does what He says (see 1

DAILY VITAMIN - Break Through By The Word "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out (John 1:5 GNB)      Nothing overcomes and overturns darkness faster than the light. Light never struggles in the midst of darkness. It doesn't negotiate, it enforces. In the same way, the light of God is the key to cast out every debris of the dark world that may have entangled themselves to you.     The light of God enhances your spiritual experience, and transforms your physical encounters, thereby facilitating your victory over the works of darkness. It made a nation out of Jacob, and as such ruined his adversaries' chances of ever overturning him. Just as the most fiercest bird can't go close to the sun despite its fiercesomeness, the light of God evidently present in a man's life keeps his enemies at bay. That unapproachable light of Christ was what brought Saul the persecutor down to His knees; and in the same way sent all manner of dem

DAILY VITAMIN - A Clean Slate Through The Cross "He has done this through the death on the cross of his own human body, any now as a result Christ has brought you into the very presence of God, and you are standing there before him with nothing left against you- nothing left that he could even chide you for" (Colossians 1:22 TLB)      The day you became born again, all the records to your disadvantage were erased (Colossians 2:13-15). He said there's nothing left anymore to accuse you of. Let's look at it this way; imagine a man who was jailed on a count that has three life sentences attached to it as judgment being called into the same court after a week to be told, without any self-acquired evidence of his innocence (because he never was), that he has been declared innocent and free. It's odd, right?      Because if there were no evidences, what justified him? Well, the judge who made the ruling has the same power to overrule that judgment. He has the ri

DAILY VITAMIN - All My Blessings Are In Christ "Christ himself is the Creator who made everything in heaven and earth, the things we can see and the things we can't; the spirit world with its kings and kingdoms, its rulers and authorities; all were made by Christ for his own use and glory." (Colossians 1:16 TLB)      The scripture says that Christ created all that is in heaven and all that is on earth. Remember, He wasn't created, but was and has always been eternally existent in God as the Word, physically incarnate in the man Jesus. The same scripture goes on to say that He is the creator of the things we can see and those we can't yet see- the creator of all realities.      What this means is that the realities you anticipate are resident in Christ. Recall that all our divine possibilities are present in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 1:3). So, you don't have to look too far for the change of level experience you desired; it's in Christ. And Christ is

DAILY VITAMIN - Walking In Abundance "And it is he who will supply all your needs from his riches in glory, because of what Christ Jesus has done for us" (Phil 4:19 TLB)     According to our theme scripture, we can depict that God has a treasure house, a store room full of riches. Now it all makes sense what is said in Malachi 3:10 about how He will pour down sufficient measures of riches for us from His store room. So, yes, God has a store room of abundant wealth. Well, the better news is that it is there just for you. Paul tells us that now that are Christians, practising the very Life He has called us to, there is a pool of riches God supplies us from. He called it "His riches in glory".       In other words, it is endless, ceaseless; and better still it glorifies the recipients always. And this you have access to. Anyway, now that the access is guaranteed, how do we experience it in real time? In the same letter, Paul said "Always be full of joy in

DAILY VITAMIN - Counting On Christ Alone "And become one with him, no longer counting on being saved by being good enough or by obeying God's laws, but by trusting Christ to save me; for God's way of making us right with Himself depends on faith - counting by Christ alone" (Phil 3:9 TLB).      It is absurd to think that we can be saved by anything we do without what Christ has done. He is the reason why we even have a life that can experience the very nature of God (John 1:3-4). Let me also say this; we aren't saved because we obey God, we obey God because we are saved. And we are saved because of Christ. Before Him, we couldn't have dreamed of any of this. He made it possible - He identified with us to redeem us completely, and facilitates our identification in Him so that we can claim His victory.      Yes, my friend, this is where our victory truly begins- in trusting Him for our salvation. "But all these things that I once thought very worthwh

DAILY VITAMIN - Tarry In Prayer "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thess 5:17)     When things don't appear to change, stay on your knees. Keep praying. This was the prescription Jesus gave His disciples - "Watch and Pray" He said. In Jeremiah 42, the remnant of the captivity came to Jeremiah to seek guidance from the Lord; however God didn't respond until after ten full days. But what do you think Jeremiah was doing in those ten days? Daniel gives us a better picture.     The scripture says Daniel remained in prayer for three weeks as long as he hadn't seen the results he expected. So using that as our clue, we can also suggest Jeremiah remained in prayer. Now, are you also seeking guidance from God? Then keep watching and waiting in prayer. You may not know what to say, but the Spirit helps us in prayer (Romans 8:27), and He will help you. What's important is that after you have heard His response, you do well to obey it. The people said we know that

DAILY VITAMIN - You've Got The Higher Life " I have given you power over serpents and scorpions, and over all the powers of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means harm you" (Luke 10:19)      Demons do have the power to kill, steal and destroy. Revelations 9:15 proves it. Yet it doesn't mean they can-or should-destroy you- the man in Christ. Our opening verse assures us of that. And this is why; we have been placed in a realm of authority and dominion far above their base of operations. Though we may have to engage in battle, but we already conquered. Yes, remember we are now identified in-and with-Christ, and where Christ is is where we are as a result. And where is Christ? Seated in power far above all principalities and powers (Eph 1:20-23). In other words, since Christ is seated far above, we are far above, as long as we stand in our proper position in God.      And so, how they respond to Jesus is how they ought to respond to us. The scripture says they

DAILY VITAMIN - The Eternal Principle "...If you do as I tell you to and follow all of my commandments and instructions, I will do what I told your father David I would do" (1 Kings 6:11-12 TLB)      In the opening scripture, God was literally telling Solomon that if he did all He asked him to, He would do all He said He would. This is an eternal principle. All through scripture, that has been God's outlined principle - the more we do what He demanded, the more He does what we expected. Proverbs 13:13 says "Despise God's Word and find yourself in trouble. Obey it and succeed" (TLB). Even prophecy is keyed on this divine concept.     You must have heard me say in my books that prophecies are conditional; well, they are. The very scriptures prove this. For instance, in Zechariah 6:15, God said that the promised reality He had shown them will come to be if only they keep obeying Him. This is congruent, because disobedience gives the devil the room to usu

DAILY VITAMIN - The Spirit Of Life "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you" (Romans 8:11)      The Holy Spirit is the life of God in expression. And I mean true life, eternal life. When God wanted to breed life on the earth, He sent His Spirit to brood upon it. When He wanted to give life to the soul of man, He put His breath [Spirit] into him. In other words, the Holy Spirit is a transfigurator of the life God possesses. Our theme verse says it all.      It tells us that He raised Jesus from the shallows of death, and still rejuvenates the life of Christ in all who believe. And believe me this should excite you. Really, it should. Remember, God's blessings towards His people are always beyond spiritual (3 John 2). So, the Holy Spirit isn't only in you to sustain your spiritual life; He is there to also augment your

DAILY VITAMIN - Guaranteed For Glory "...Those who believe in him (Jesus) will never be disappointed" (Romans 9:33 TLB)      Our theme scripture was actually rooted out from Isaiah 28:16 where God promised a sure foundation to build His people upon. This is that very foundation that makes the gates of hell travail in defeat before the church (saints of God). This foundation was designed to transform His people from slaves to conquerors; from victims to victors; from needing to giving. And in Christ, this has been fulfilled.     Jesus is the foundation of God that brings the light of God’s promises to manifestation. All His promises are fulfilled in Him; we receive them as we believe Him. In fact, the moment God gave us Jesus, He made us qualified to be glorified. The scripture says that through His work, God lifted us from the gory grave into His gorgeous glory (Ephesians 2:5-6). Do your know what that means for you?     Well if you did, I'm sure you'd be as