You need to be overflowing

Scripture says that "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh" (Matthew 12:34) Jesus said again "a good man out of the GOOD TREASURE of his heart bringeth forth that which is good" (Luke 6:45). This means that whatever we see manifest in the physical is a product not of scarcity, but of the abundance of what you carry on the inside.

As a visionary, your cup has to be running over. This means that you must desire an abundance of revelation, insight and knowledge of the Word and the areas of life God wants you to find expression. It takes a man or woman loaded with content to truly be able to impact the lives of those God has called them to.

You need to be fed till you are filled till overflowing, then and only then can you dish out freely to everyone.

With God, there is always abundance. Scripture says "they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:17). Another scripture says "At thy right hand, there are pleasures forevermore" (Psalm 16:11).... That's the God we serve.

Are you filled or empty? Let God fill you today.

Prayer:

Lord, fill me up till I'm overflowing with your presence, your word and the necessary knowledge and insight I need to accomplish your vision for my life in Jesus Name.

Oluwatobi Adesanya
For Daily Dealings Youth Devotional

Vision is just like Faith

This morning, I began to meditate briefly on the concept of vision. I realized after muttering for a while that Vision is just like faith. Scripture tells us, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." I soon saw that that is what vision is exactly. In other words, we can say- Vision is the SUBSTANCE of THINGS hoped for, the EVIDENCE of THINGS not seen.

What God has shown you about your future is your SUBSTANCE, it is your EVIDENCE for a great life to come. This is why the devil wants to ruin the lives of many youths, it is not because of the present, he is afraid of what each one is carrying for the future. This is why the devil specializes in keeping a lot of people in the dark as regards their purpose. A blind man on the road to destiny will never get anywhere.

Friends, if you've found your SUBSTANCE, your EVIDENCE, protect it by all means. Why do you think the devil was so keen on killing baby Jesus? he wasn't scared about him as a baby, he was scared about the SUBSTANCE (The Salvation of mankind) He was carrying for the days to come.

If you haven't found your vision, ask God tonight. Scripture says "Call unto me and I will answer and shew thee great and mighty things thou knowest not" - Jeremiah 33:3

Prayer:

Lord, show me my own substance and let me not trade it for anything in the world. Help me Lord in Jesus name.

Oluwatobi Adesanya
For Daily Dealings Youth Devotional

The Mantle of Responsibility

Mantles are symbols of the anointing. We see how the mantle was used in dividing the river Jordan for Elisha after Elijah had been raptured into heaven.

There is a different kind of mantle I want to talk about here. It's what I call The Mantle of Responsibility. We must get to the point where we take our assignments on earth seriously and choose to make it a MUST. Jesus said while here "I MUST do the works of Him that sent me..." He said somewhere else "I MUST preach the gospel in other cities also..." These words connote responsibility.

There's really nothing God can do for you and I until you and I choose to be responsible. In the beginning, when God created the heaven and the earth, scripture records that there was no rain on the earth. Why? Because there was no man to till the ground. In other words, there was no man to take responsibility for the cultivation of the plants. God didn't send rain until the time of Noah (that was the first ever record of rain).

Friends, until God sees that you are willing to take responsibility for the dream He has laid in your heart, then He will not be committed to showing Himself in your life.

Your vision will speak only if you are willing to walk by faith.

Prayer:

Lord, I desire to see results in my life, therefore, I choose to take responsibility for the vision/the dreams that you have placed in my heart in Jesus Name.

Oluwatobi Adesanya
For Daily Dealings Youth Devotional

Vision Transforms People

I remember Pastor Sam Adeyemi sharing his story from his early days. He had come to Lagos from Ilorin with nothing more than the bag he was carrying and the clothes on his body. Today, 20 years later, he is known globally as a preacher. Through his ministry, God has brought several people out of poverty, sin, and several other life transforming testimonies have been birthed from his life.

When people see him today, it appears as though he has always been this way. The truth remains that all that we see today were not there some 20 years ago.

What really changed? What happened?

When God gives a man a vision, the vision is locked up within him/her. As the individual begins to take action and to implement the things God is revealing, changes begin to take place in the environment (the people around begin to feel the impact of the vision). Vision is always about people. Scripture says "Where there is no vision, the people perish." This means that people are the ones to be affected by the vision. When it is fulfilled, people will be blessed, when it remain unfulfilled people end up perishing.

Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life and have it more abundantly." John wrote saying about Jesus "For this purpose was the Son of God manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil." In Hebrews, it says that "....through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." Jesus fulfilled all this plus more. His life radically transformed the human race once and for all.


The question tonight is "what changes will your vision bring to the world?"

Prayer:

Lord, give me an understanding of my vision. Help me to see that it is meant to transform the lives of people. Lord, keep my vision aflame enough to transform people in Jesus Name.

Oluwatobi Adesanya
For Daily Dealings Youth Devotional

Vision Never Dies; Fellowship Does...

Last weekend, I also got the chance to meet Victor Ogungbe; a young man who God to start up a ministry in Eruwa (You can read about him in The 3V's of Vision). He mentioned that while starting ministry, he was happy there were a couple of people who were also on the same journey of full-time ministry with him. As at when we were speaking, he later realized that they were actually not in full time and specifically mentioned that there was a particular one who actually just went and took up a pastoring job leaving the original assignment.

Many start up on the journey of vision. They take actions and get results at the start but later on, everything appears to die down and nothing moves. What causes this? Has the vision died? Did the person not hear correctly? Was it born out of self-desire? This vision may truly have been born of God but beyond the birthing of a vision, there is the sustenance of the vision.

The same process that birthed the vision, is also the same process that sustains the vision. If Habakkuk had to stand upon his watch to receive the vision, then he must have to keep on standing upon his watch to birth the vision. The same goes for you and me.

Friends, the inspiration I got tonight is simply to share with us that "Vision never dies, only fellowship does." This means that when you choose to stay away from fellowshipping with God, your vision loses the nourishment that is meant to sustain it and the result will be that you will lose the zeal, passion, and commitment needed to birth the vision. Fellowship with God sustains a vision and can awaken it when you do not sense it anymore.

With  #Project25000, God recently stirred my heart in a different direction, yet we are to have the same end result....

Have you lost your vision?

You can revive your vision through fellowship (Both with God and fellow believers)

Prayer:

Lord, restore your presence in my life. Activate my vision again. Help my eyes to see again. I refuse to be blind.... Revive my visionary heart, passion, and commitment in Jesus Name.

Oluwatobi Adesanya
For Daily Dealings Youth Devotional

God wants to give you the future. Are you ready?

Imagine yourself as a new undergraduate in the University and then on your Matriculation day the VC walks up to you and gives you a First Class Certificate duly signed by him and tells you "Start Living the life of a First Class Student, apply for any job you want and be successful." What will be your reaction? Surprise right?

What has happened here?

The VC simply gave the new student, a future and not just any shabby one, but a very bright one.

Do you know that that is exactly what God want for you and I?

He says in His Word "I know the thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of good and not of evil, to GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE." God want to give you the future. A lot of people are scared about what tomorrow may bring, they have no hope, they have no confidence in what tomorrow holds for them. But your case can be different if you have access to the future. When others are worried about what the future holds for them, you will be joyful about what you hold for the future. You will be the creator of the reality that other men behold in the days to come.

God gave Joseph the Future before others got there and he was able to solve the global problems of his time. God gave Daniel the Future by revealing things that no magician or astrologer could interpret. He mesmerized the people of his day. In the new testament times, Paul said he went to the third heaven and saw things that was not lawful for any man to utter. He saw unutterable things. That's the future. God gave it to these people.

Friends, do you know God doesn't want you to be worried about tomorrow? He wants you to be confident and step out everyday full of hope and not letting life happen to us but us making things happen wherever we find ourselves. This is why He wants you to have a VISION.

The scripture of focus tonight is: "Call unto me and I will answer and I will shew thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not" - Jeremiah 33:3

Prayer:

Lord, I know your thoughts for me are good and not evil. I pray that you will give me the future just as you have promised.

Oluwatobi Adesanya
For Daily Dealings Youth Devotional

We have two destinies (Part 3)

I've got a new alteration in this discussion.

What really happens when one becomes a believer is that God begins to alter the course and direction of one's life and like was discussed yesterday, the believer then moves from ambition to vision. Rather than being driven by the need to be a success, the person now understands that Christ has made him a success and what he has to do now is to help others realize this.

A life of ambition is always laden with struggles and a measure of dissatisfaction. One who chases after things never truly get them, this is because there is no end to things and we have only so little time to spend here on earth. This was what Solomon discovered and he wrote several times in Ecclesiastes saying "Vanity of vanities." He had looked deeply into life and realized the futility in the pursuit of things.

In order to function properly in our divine destiny, we must embrace what Paul said. He said, "All things are yours." When we function from this, we have a rest and we can then walk daily in the fulfillment of our purpose and not just trying to hit targets alone.

Prayer:

Lord, help me to rest in my Divine Destiny in Jesus Name.

Oluwatobi Adesanya
For Daily Dealings Youth Devotional