Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for September 29, 2026

SLOWLY BUT SURELY

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Acts 1:7-8

“It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His Own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Additional Verses

📖 Genesis 12:1-9; Luke 10:1-24; Acts 1:1-9

What is Christianity? Christianity is a way of life. It is not just being born again, sit, walk, run and talk today and run activity. It is actually a slowly but surely process. Just as a newly born baby cannot do everything that a fully grown-up person is able to do, it is also the same with every child of God. From the day you are born again you go through different learning stages of growth in your Christian journey. The Christian journey is not for the fastest. Many people would like to do everything immediately they are born again. They would like to immediately speak in tongues, they would like to heal people, they would like to prophecy. In fact, they would like all the gifts of the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12 to manifest in their life. Let me tell you that once you are such a person, you are certainly yielding yourself to the temptation of the Devil. You must know that God does not work with speed, but works with patience. When the LORD Jesus Christ called the twelve disciples, they had to spend three years learning from Him. This is why they were called disciples. Disciple is the Greek term for student. This is someone who is undergoing discipline. If you lack discipline as a child of God you will not be able to complete your Christian journey. Abraham was promised that he would be the father of many nations, but he did not just wake up being the father of nations. He had to undergo a lot of discipline as a test of his faith. Many preachers have just rushed to become preachers of the Word of God without being called by God at all. All those who were called by God in the Bible had their call tested. You have to go through tests, temptations and trials just as what happened to the LORD Jesus Christ and all the disciples. You will be persecuted, rejected, intimidated, blackmailed, falsely accused. If you are able to remain steadfast upon your testimony, you will then become a true ambassador of the LORD Jesus Christ. Today I am encouraging you to therefore follow the examples of the departed saints in the Bible who were obedient to the Word of God which sailed them through all the different stages of their Christian walk. Acts 1:4-5 says, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days, you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” The Apostles waited for the promise of the Father and they received the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. It took Moses forty years of training before he could become God’s kind of leader to deliver God’s people from bondage. It was also the same for Joshua who took over from Moses at an age of eighty years. So wait upon the LORD and at the right time He will certainly magnify you for His own glory. Alleluia!

Prayer

Thank You Heavenly Father for today’s message which has taught me not to rush into Your things but to instead wait upon You, for You know the right time for Your glory to be revealed through me. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray, Amen.