The Oscar Ajoku Blog: Daily Vitamin Devotional

  DAILY VITAMIN - Being Rich Isn't A Bad Thing "To be wise is as good as being rich; in fact, it is better." (Ecclesiastes 7:11 TLB) The scriptures never at any point say money is evil, it says the love of money is the root of all evils (1 Tim 6:10). Money, on its own, is a neutral entity, it is our taste for - and ambitious with - it that are oftentimes proponents of evil. God Himself is rich. He says the silver and gold are His (Haggai 2:9) as are the cattles on a thousand hills (Psalm 50:10-11). And because He is rich, He has the capacity to bless us accordingly. Abraham was rich and yet righteous. So was David, Job, Isaac, Jacob and co. All had money but stayed faithful to God. So the question of being a good Christian isn't if a person is rich or not as some religious affiliations have erroneously insinuated for years, it is if he/she loves God or not; because that's the only thing that matters. In fact, money is the only thing God partially puts at par with

 DAILY VITAMIN - Be Thankful For The Little Things "No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God's will foryou who belong to Christ Jesus." (1 Thessalonians 5:18 TLB) The little things are those that matter the most. Think about it; how many times have you woken up and sincerely felt like you were given the gift of an extra day? For most people, it's next to zero. They see waking up each morning as a right, a privilege. But is it? No, it's a gift. Each night we go to bed, we sort of die, just with a beating heart though. And the next day, we are raised back. It's a miracle and a gift we mostly overlook. A gift we don't thank God enough for because we are so busy being upset He didn't grant us that new job, that new car, that new house or better yet make our last relationship last longer. We spend so much time being bitter about the things we don't have we forget about the things we do have. For God's sake, you're alive and he

  DAILY VITAMIN - The Life That Pleases God  “No, he has told you what He wants, and this is all it is: to be fair and just and merciful, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8 TLB) Many years later, the same words stated in our opening scripture were re-enacted through the lips of Jesus Christ. Speaking to the crowd, He said “Yes, woe upon you, Pharisees, and you other religious leaders—hypocrites! For you tithe down to the last mint leaf in your garden, but ignore the important things—justice, mercy and faith. Yes, you should tithe, but you shouldn’t leave the more important things undone.” (Matthew 23:23 TLB). Note the words ‘more important’. All the giving in the world and all the smiling can’t substitute doing what is most important. Giving is great, smiling is good, but living the life that showcases godliness is all that really matters to God. You see, being a Christian isn’t as straightforward as we tend to think. And so if we are not careful, we could be deceiving ourse

  DAILY VITAMIN - Stay Calm Even In The Storm “Watch out! Don’t let your anger at others lead you into scoffing at God! Don’t let your suffering embitter you at the only one who can save you.” (Job 36:18 TLB) Have you ever seen people who speak vile against God because their lives didn’t turn out as planned at a particular time? Well, I have, because I was once like that. But there are also those who have this mindset on auto-replay. It’s one thing to panic and fall, but another to stay fallen. And according to the scriptures, the righteous don’t stay fallen; they may fall a thousand times, but they always rise back to their feet. Because God’s intention is for us to be calm even in the wildest of storms. You see, the reason many of us, including myself, doubt God sometimes is because we are not entirely flooded with light. By virtue of the New Birth, we might be living in the light, but we aren’t totally walking in the light. Living in the light is where we find ourselves when God too

  DAILY VITAMIN - God Can And Will Change Your Story “Now to Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.” (Ephesians 3:20) When you read the Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, you’d find a pattern. The entire book, just like the whole Bible, clearly reveals how extreme the power of God to save is for those who believe in Him. In our theme verse, Paul tells that God can do exceedingly beyond all we can (1) ask, and (2) dream of. He can surpass the limitation of our imaginations, desires and prayers. He’s just that powerful; and so it’s never about if God can, but about if God wants to; because He always can. However, in Chapter one of the same book, in trying to encourage the faint-hearted, Paul also said that he prayed our hearts be flooded with light that we might see (v.18). Which begs the question: see what? The truth that God can do all things. Mary knew this, and it was said of her that because she believed ther

 DAILY VITAMIN - God’s Not Dead “Our Father which art in heaven…” (Matthew 6:9) All through His sermons, Jesus reminded us that we have a Father in heaven. The question then becomes why He consistently did this? The answer is simple. Jesus knew with time men will begin to doubt that God existed. As a whole generation of mankind did in the beginning (Judges 21:25). Many did in His own time, but He also knew that with the increase in knowledge many men will conclude themselves as God, leaving room for no Father in heaven. Look around you. Everything men predicted in the early 70s, 80s and 90s are happening. With the development of Artificial Intelligence, we would soon be leaving in a world run by robots. So the mind begins to think “if this is happening, then is God really real?” Many are already thinking it; maybe you are too. But listen, God is real. He knew this would happen; so Jesus told us knowledge will increase and the love of many will wax cold (Matthew 24). Greater and more wo