Rhapsody Of Realities 11 April 2024: Bonded Together With Him

Rhapsody Of Realities Thursday 11th April 2024 By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (Christ Embassy)

Rhapsody Of Realities 11 April 2024 TOPIC: Bonded Together With Him

SCRIPTURE: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:30-31).

Rhapsody Of Realities 11 April 2024 MESSAGE

The term “wait upon” is translated from the Hebrew word ‘qavah,’ signifying to “gather” or to “bind together” perhaps by twisting. It’s comparable to twisting ropes together to form one braided rope. Contextually, therefore, “wait upon” might not be the most accurate choice of words in translating what the prophet Isaiah said in that verse.

For example, when you read the creation story in Genesis 1:9, the same Hebrew word ‘qavah’ is used when God commanded the water below the sky to come together in one place so that the land will appear: “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.”

Also, in Jeremiah 3:17, where the Scriptures emphasized the idea of people being united or bonded together, the same word is used: “At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered unto it….”

So, when Isaiah 40:31 speaks of those who “wait upon the LORD,” a more accurate understanding would be those who are “gathered together” or those who are “bonded together” with the Lord; they shall renew their strength. What does this tell us in the light of the New Testament?

The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 6:17, “…he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.” Now, you can understand why the Holy Spirit has come to live in you; you and the Holy Spirit have become one in that rich fellowship. It’s a “bonding together” as it were.

We’ve been brought into oneness with divinity; it’s an inseparable union. We’re in Him, and He is in us. Glory to God! This is the reason we can enjoy rich fellowship with Him in prayer—praying in tongues—and be reinvigorated through and through. We’ve been brought into a communion, a place of relationship, a oneness of spirit. Hallelujah!

You ought to enjoy that fellowship every day; it’s not something you go into and come out of, for you’re in Him, and He’s in you.

PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for my inseparable oneness with you, which gives me the privilege and awesome blessing of constant fellowship with you. As a result of this deep communion, I’m strengthened, energized and continually afire to serve you, live for you and fulfil your purpose for my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY
1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Ephesians 5:30; Romans 8:11

1 Corinthians 1:9
9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:12-13
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

Ephesians 5:30
30 for we are members of his body.

Romans 8:11
11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 12:49-59; Judges 10-11

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Romans 9:14-25; Psalm 118

Rhapsody of Realities 11 April 2024 Thursday Devotional was written by Pastor Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (D.Sc., D.D.). President of Loveworld Inc. aka Christ Embassy Int’l.