By Oke Chinye
Read: Luke 1: 1-80
Meditation verse:
“And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit” (Luke 1:41).
The baby in a woman’s womb feeds on whatever the mother takes in. Food, drugs, and poisonous substances taken in by the mother will find their way to the baby through the placenta. The baby also responds to outside sound and stimuli. Pregnant mothers are often counselled to begin to pray and speak life to their unborn babies as soon as they take in. It is a mystery we may not understand. Elizabeth informed Mary that the baby in her womb leaped for joy as soon as she heard her greeting and the bible records that her child, John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit even from the womb.
There are many voices that speak to us which unknowingly affect the babies in the womb of our destinies. Whatever assignment or dream, or greatness that you are carrying in your heart, which is yet to manifest is a destiny baby. Jealously guard it from strange voices which include false prophets, lies of the devil, self-condemnation, and wrong counsel from others. Your experiences can also take on a voice and speak fear and doubt into your life. Listening to the right voice will cause your destiny baby to thrive and come forth in the fullness of time but listening to the wrong one will cause it to shrivel and die a premature death.
The story is told of a man who planted two seeds in a pot and placed them by his window to grow. Each day, he would speak to both plants, albeit different words. He spoke words of affirmation to the first plant, whilst he cursed the second. After a while, he examined both plants, and found that the first had thrived and grown leaves, whilst the second had shriveled and died. Why not do a life audit this day and ask yourself “am I listening to the right or wrong voices”?
IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).
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