The Oscar Ajoku Blog: Daily Vitamin Devotional

  DAILY VITAMIN - Like A Firefly "In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16 CSB) What makes a Firefly so special?  Its fluorescence. Its ability to be spotted amidst darkness unaided. And most times a sparkle of fireflies can be enough illumination to find our way through dark paths. In other words, they help us see what on our own we might not have. In the same vein, you are sort of like a Firefly. Because you were designed to show light in the dark. At least that's who you were meant to be. Jesus in John 8:12 says He is the light of the world and those who follow Him never stumble into darkness. And then in Matthew 5:14 says we are exactly the same. Lights; confirming John's words that as He is eternally so are we in this world (1 John 4:17). Yet in all this Jesus still insinuates that being a thing isn't enough except we act like it (Matthew 5:15). See also Ephe

  DAILY VITAMIN - Remember Who You Are "Ye are gods and all of you children of the most High..." (Psalm 82:6) The songwriter says "I'm no longer a slave to sin, I am a child of God." And to be sincere that is all that matters. YOU. ARE. A. CHILD. OF. GOD. It doesn't get any better than that. As a result, you are joint heir with Christ (Romans 8:14-16); meaning whatever Jesus can do, you've been given the grace to as well. And whatever can't happen to Him should be never be allowed to happen to you. In other words, was Jesus ever oppressed by devils? You shouldn't either. Was Jesus ever stranded without help? Not till prophecy required it to be for His purpose to be fulfilled. In the same way, you cannot be without help. Never. Because your help is from the LORD who made the heaven and the earth, and He never sleeps (Psalm 121:1-3). Therefore, when these aforementioned things start to occur in your life, remember who you are, and declare the only

  DAILY VITAMIN - There Is Power In This Place "And the inhabitants shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity." (Isaiah 33:24) I'm sitting here listening to Hillsong's 100 Billion Times and in those words today's devotion comes alive. Visible, apparent; because it not only reveals the strength of our God, but all of our potentials in and through Him as sons and daughters of God. Our position in Christ is one of power. Power sufficient to change lives for good. Not just ours, but even those amongst us. Power to heal and to change fortunes forever. The scripture says the same power that raised Christ from the dead now dwells in us and will quicken our mortal bodies (Romans 8:11). Not another body, this one. This same one everyone says is sick and weak to death. Not in any other life, but this as well. In other words, it doesn't matter how sick you seem or how weak you look, there is sufficient power to restore you

  DAILY VITAMIN - Adopting The Kingdom Life "And He will give them to you if you give Him first place in your life and live as He wants you to." (Matt 6:33 TLB) The above scripture is simply telling us all to seek to make Him known and to know Him. That's all that matters. Everything we could seek out of life is found in that simple practice. Is it good health? A fulfilling life? A great marital life? A sound financial life? Or wisdom? All come as an addendum when we do that. This is what Jesus came to teach us. He didn't come to give us a religion. Man had that already. He came to give us this Kingdom life and to show us how to live it (John 10:10).  The Kingdom life is a life focused on God. In this life, we aren't the protagonists. God is. So, out problems aren't the main highlights, He is. That means only what He says matters as truth. In other words, even when you don't look or feel good and He tells you you are you are. Even when you don't know w

  DAILY VITAMIN - You Don't Have All The Time In The World "All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, for there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end." (John 9:4 TLB) There is a reason why you are here right there where you are. You might not know it, I might not, but there is and God knows it, because it was His plan. There is a reason why you are still alive today. Perhaps you're like me who has narrowly escaped death a couple of times and keep wondering "what for?" Well, this is what it's for. To fulfil the reason you were made. And the thing is we don't have all the time in the world anymore. We could go anytime -- in a year, ten, a hundred, yet all that matters is if we did what God made us to do. The night will always come regardless of how hot and bright the sun shines, and as Jesus stated in the theme verse everything will come to an end. Death will come, work will end and

  DAILY VITAMIN - Be Wise "In this silly life I have seen everything, including the fact that some of the good die Young and some of the wicked live on and on. So don't be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself? On the other hand, don't be too wicked either-- don't be a fool! Why should you die before your time?" (Ecclesiastes 7:15-17 TLB) To be wise is to be able to discern what to do and how to do it when it's the right time to do it. Sometimes, it might look nasty, but at all times it is the right thing to do. It was how Jesus lived. He did things not because it was what people expected of Him, He did things only when it was God's desire and what would yield the best result. For instance, at a time like ours where most preachers would love nothing more than to increase the number of unrelenting followers, Jesus refrained from being a cult hero. At a time, when even preachers would love to be on the good side of governments and influential people, Je