The Oscar Ajoku Blog: Daily Vitamin Devotional

  DAILY VITAMIN -  Your Best Is Yet To Come "...no mere man has ever seen, heard or even imagined what wonderful things God has ready for those who love the Lord." (1 Cor 2:9) Today marks the end of the year, but not the end of your life. Thus, where you find yourself today isn't the pinnacle of all God has in store for you. The theme scripture tells us that His plans are unfathomable--too good for common minds to comprehend nor unearth. And then coupling that with the confession that the path of the righteous shines brightly till the end of time (Pro 4:18), it becomes apparent that many a good thing are still in store for you. You'll see this and give praise to God. However, being this is the last day of the phase in our lives called 2022, i'd love to pray for you: "Father, I thank you for a productive year; because sometimes even though we felt stuck or stifled, you had your own plans, and those plans are why we are still alive today. So again, I thank you,

  DAILY VITAMIN -  Share The Joy This Christmas "The Christian who is pure and without fault, from God the Father's point of view, is the one who takes care of orphans and widows, and who remains true to the Lord--not soiled and dirtied by his contcts with the world." (James 1:27) The essence of all celebrations is not just to merry and bask in the euphoria of our abundances, but to appropriate the significance of that abundance in all we do. That is, to show what the event truly stands for in the first place. In the light of Christmas, we know it's in honour of God's gift to us--Jesus. Hence, Christmas is all about giving back. Jesus gave His life and glory for us to have an upgrade of that in our once doldrum of a life. And in his honour, we are bound by responsibility to help others have that too. The angels announced that in Him light had come to all men, today we must also help others see the same light. The scripture tells that we start with those who feel l

 DAILY VITAMIN -  Overcoming Grief "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." (John 16:33) The scripture tells us that no man can truly know the happiness of another man, nor his grief, because only the bereaved or the joyous bears the brunt of the experience (Pro 14:10 TLB). Grief, on one hand, is a complicated feeling, set in motion by some sort of loss that seems larger than life itself. For example, the loss of a child, partner, business; with each coming at varying degrees. In that case, it would be absurd to assume I understand how such a person feels. It is impossible; outrightly impossible. Perhaps have an idea of it, but never the exact entent of his pain. I cannot, I repeat, I cannot know what the other man who losses his child suffers even if I had suffered the same fate; because people suffer differently. Some worse than others. But there is a commo

  DAILY VITAMIN -  Maximizing Faith "....as thou has believed, so be it unto you." (Matt 8:13) Once you understand the extent of the power one can unleash through faith, you'd never doubt God nor yourself ever again. In our theme scripture, we see the story of the centurion whose servant Jesus healed. The first thing jesus did was recognize and praise his faith, then told him that whatever he believed becomes his reality. Many times in scripture, He repeated this. Mark 9:23, to the man with the epileptic son; Matt 9:29, to the blind men; Mark 11:22-24, to His disciples. In other words, faith is the basis of all reception. Thus, there can be getting without first a believing. To better understand this, I'd like you to know that when you faith for a thing, you release the power to create it. And this is the same power capable of creating new worlds. Recall that the worlds were established through faith (Heb 11:1-3); so when you choose faith, you exercise your God-potent

  DAILY VITAMIN - Is Anger Really A Sin? "Be ye angry, and sin not..." (Ephesians 4:26) Anger; is it a sin? This is one of the most debateable premise in most church meetings about the subject. So, here's my take: anger is not a sin. Yes you heard that right; it isn't, rather it is the acttions of anger that is considered sin. Don't worry, I'll explain. As the theme scripture says, it is normal to get angry at times, but when sin comes in then it becomes something evil. So, it's not a matter of how often we get angry, but one of how we channel that anger. Let's consider cain. After God rejected his offering, scripture says he was angry as most people are when rejected, yet notice what God said "...if thou does not well, sin lieth at the door." (Gen 4:7). Thus, while it is not untrue that sin sneaks behind the angry, it is what he or she does that gives it the leeway it needs to thrive. And what did cain do? He went ahead and slew Abel, and as

  DAILY VITAMIN - Have Faith In Yourself "...According to your faith be it unto you." (Matt 9:29) The Proverbs syntactically tells us that men are what they think of themselves (Pro 23:7). And that's true; exactly why a lot of believers are impoverished despite the heritage and promises of God for us. We expect God to throw down miracles at all times, failing to understand that there is a time for the demonstration of miracles and another for the demonstration of inherent potential.  Before crossing Jordan, God supplied manna, but afterward he didn't, because the people had enough "manna" within to feed nations if they'd only harness it. You see, the world is a level playing ground; which is why hardworking unbelievers prosper in spite of the marker in scripture that says such will not prosper. God is a just God. He doesn't reward laziness or cowardice; and so if anyone will do what needs to be done to get what must be gotten, he or she will achieve

  DAILY VITAMIN -  You Can Do It   "...Anything is possible if you have faith." (Mark 9:23 TLB) The scripture admonishes us never to read the path of the godless (Pro 24:1). These godless people prosper ironically on the earth, thus we are told not to envy them when they do (Psalm 37:7); but this they do by plotting violence and cheating (Pro 24:2). In other words, God is saying there is always another way. There is a better way to make your light glow than doing despicable things. Yes, we all want the best things of life, but there is a better way to attain them. You don't have to prostitute yourself or rob institutions to get these things. There is always a better way. And He shows us how. Proverbs 24:3-4 tells us that any enterprise is built by wise planning, becomes strong through common sense, and profits wonderfully by keeping abreast of the facts. The term "any enterprise" can be made to mean "anything desired". So anything you dream of can be y