Daily Devotional – ‘In His Footstep’
By Kingdom Support Initiatives (KSi)
January 3rd 2023

Focus on God and Growth (III)
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. (Ephesian 3:16, NLT)
Bible Reading: Ephesians 3:14-21
To reitarate, the goal is to focus on God and growth this year. Forgetting the things of past and pressing towards new things which God wants to do in our lives (Philippians 3:13-14). In our Bible reading today, Apostle Paul pray for spiritual empowerment of the Ephesians, that Christ may make His home in the hearts of the people so that they can grow deep root in the love of Christ. The ingredients Paul identifies are critical to our lives. How do we get there? By desiring the sincere milk of the word. This is how Apostle Peter puts it: “

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

” (2 Peter 1:1-2). When we focus on God by reading His word, praying etc we are transformed (2 Corinthians 3:18). It is the same attitude that will engage in other aspects of our lives. Here’s the word for today: study to show thyself approved unto God (2 Timothy 2:!5, meditate on God’s word (Joshua 1:8), read edifying books, listen to sermons (Daniel 9:1), live by what you learn (James 1:22-25), attend courses, seminars etc., and and pray (I Thessalonians 5:16-18).

Also, identify specific areas you want to grow in. Have specific goals, write them down, create deliberate action plans around them and execute them. I encourage you where necessary to have someone who you can be accountable to for the purpose of achieving these goals. Finally, “Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” (Acts 20:32)
Action Point: Get a Bible reading plan and create a system to follow through in reading it.
Intercessory prayer: Appreciate God for everyone in your circle of influence.
Hymn: I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I onward bound,
‘Lord, plany my feet on higher ground’