WISDOM FOR THE DAY DEVOTIONAL
BY BISHOP MIKE OKONKWO
FRIDAY MAY 15th 2026
TOPIC: YOUR RIGHT STANDING GUARANTEES YOUR VICTORY
“In righteousness shalt thou be established; thou shall be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear; and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.” Isaiah 54:14 KJV
All the promises above are predicated on your being established in righteousness. Righteousness in this context refers to your right standing with God. God has made you right with Him. No one can make you wrong. When you accept that you are right, you will do right.
Right people will do right. Wrong people do wrong. Those who know they are right do right. They do it without struggle because it is part of their lives.
“In righteousness shalt thou be established; thou shall be far from oppression, for thou shall not fear and from terror, for it shall not come near thee”. So you will be a spectator. They will be throwing their jabs and arrows, and you will be watching. They will never come near you because you are a winner.
Apostle Paul says: “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ………” (2 Corinthians 2:14 KJV). We always win. Are you passing through anything? I can tell you that you are already a champion forever.
The book of Isaiah 54:15 says: “Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.” (Isaiah 54:15 KJV).
Why are you bothered and losing sleep because they gathered? They are doing what they have been ordained to do. They shall surely gather together. Who is he that speaks and it comes to pass when Jehovah has not spoken? When they take counsel together, it shall come to nought.
Whatever tempest is raging before you will pass. Why is God so confident in saying so? Because He created the smith who blows the coals in the fire and that brings forth an instrument for His work, also He created the waster to destroy.
So why are you bothered when no weapon formed against you shall prosper? If any tongue shall rise in judgment against you, open your mouth and condemn it. That is your right as God’s beloved.
Further Reading: Isaiah 54:14-17, Lamentations 3:36.