🌅 NEW BEGINNINGS DAILY RESTORATIVE DEVOTIONAL
Edition: #009
Date: Wednesday, 9 July 2025
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Theme: When Nothing Looks Like It’s Working
SCRIPTURE:
"They that sow in tears shall reap in joy."
— Psalm 126:5
MESSAGE:
Sometimes it feels like your prayers are hitting the ceiling. You’ve obeyed. You’ve given. You’ve waited. And still… no breakthrough in sight.
Years ago, one of our top pastors introduced me in the middle of a church minister's meeting. The room was full.
He said: "This is pastor Yinka. She's a very gifted, very intelligent and hard working. She's well read, and sharp, but God is yet to do it for her."
Yeah! You read that right.
"GOD IS YET TO DO "IT" FOR HER.
I was too ashamed to ask what he thought God was meant to do, but I never went back to his church.
I had been brought up under the ministry of late Archbishop Benson Idahosa, in those days, years ago in Benin City, Nigeria. I was just 20 years old and was not a minister, but I learnt enough to understand that, only the counsel of God can stand, alongside my faith.
I didn't get annoyed, and would great him very well, anytime I meet him. But, I never forget that he was "waiting for God's manifesting in my life." So, God has taken me "through the valley of the shadow of death." And I'm still here.
I am in awe of how far and how deep God has taken me through that valley, and still standing bold and strong! If I was a man, the story will be different. I would be applauded and hailed and elevated and celebrated. 🥳 🎉
But, you must know WHO you are and WHY God has invested so much in your life. If you don't know, you will run around fighting for posts and jobs that you are not called to do.
You will end up in another person's mission doing what you were not sent to do. And it will all be WRONG!! You will always resemble a square peg in a round hole, or like a fish out of water, no matter how hard you try.
But here’s what many don’t realize: Heaven doesn’t simply record results.
Heaven records obedience.
When Elijah sent his servant to look for signs of rain, there was nothing!! SIX TIMES.!!! 🤔
But he kept sending him. Why? Because Elijah knew what God said, even if the sky still looked empty 🙏🏾
Faith doesn’t always look fruitful at first. And progress is often invisible before it becomes undeniable.
If your life feels “stuck” right now, just keep obeying the foundation of your faith..
Keep showing up. Keep trusting. Delay is not denial.
What looks invisible is being built in the realm you cannot see… yet.
LIFE APPLICATION:
What is one thing God has already told you to do but you’re tempted to give up on because nothing has changed?
Write it down. Speak over it.
Do it again. Heaven keeps scores.
DECLARATION PRAYER:
Lord, remind me that my faith walk is not about fast results but faithful obedience. I trust You even when nothing looks like it’s working. I declare that my harvest is on the way, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
BIBLE IN A YEAR:
Genesis 30–31
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Obedience is the seed. Faith is the water. Trust is the sunlight. The harvest always comes — never early, never late."
~ Dr. Yinka Dixon
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