DAILY-GODLY Devotional
(by Anakgazo – The Infallible Word Ministries)


If That is What It Takes: Pain Pang Before Birth

Genesis 17:24 (BSB)
“So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised...”

For 25 years, Abraham held on to God’s promise that he would be a father through Sarah, his wife. Just before the promise was fulfilled, God asked for more—a covenant sealed by circumcision. A 99-year-old man had to bear his foreskin to the knife.

Yet Abraham didn’t back down. He went all the way with God.

When God wants His will done on earth, He looks for partners—men and women who will carry His burden and birth His purpose. But divine partnership comes with a price.

Mary bore that pain when she submitted to be the mother of Christ. Jesus bore it on the cross to bring salvation. Abraham bore it through years of waiting and the pain of late-life circumcision to partner with God in birthing a nation.

What has God promised you? What are you carrying or keeping for God?

If you're feeling the pain pang before the birth, you’re not far from delivery.

Yes, it will cost you. Yes, it will scar you. But it will also bless generations. And the reward is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:16-17 (NIV)
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.”

You are God's partner. His vessel. His carrier.

Your pain is not punishment—it’s partnership.
Your scar is not shame—it’s a sign of glory.
Your wait is not wasted—it’s the womb of the promise.

Bear the pain. Birth the promise. God will be glorified in your journey.

Title: The Divine Exchange: Understanding Tithing Through Abraham and Melchizedek

Scripture Focus: Genesis 14:18–20 (KJV)

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”


The First Mention of Tithing:

This passage marks the first recorded instance of tithing in Scripture. The act seems natural and unforced between both parties—suggesting that tithing was already an understood practice. Abraham gave a tenth to Melchizedek, and Melchizedek, a priest and king, gave bread and wine to Abraham—a prophetic shadow of Christ’s body and blood.

The Exchange Between Priests:

Both Melchizedek and Abraham were spiritual men—Melchizedek, a king-priest of Salem (peace); Abraham, a prophet and patriarch. The interaction between them shows that tithing is not merely about material transaction—it is a spiritual exchange.

Melchizedek brought bread and wine, elements later used in the New Covenant. Abraham responded with tithes, a tenth of all he had.


Tithing as a Divine Exchange:

Tithing is not a payment or tax. It is not a gift to a church or pastor. It is an exchange between man and God. While the tithe is received by a human vessel, it is presented to God Himself. This is affirmed in Hebrews 7:8:


Voluntary and Honor-Based Giving:

Tithing should be voluntary. It is should not be coerced. It is an act of honor and thanksgiving to God, acknowledging Him as the source of all increase. You don’t "pay" tithe—you give it, out of relationship, not obligation.

Tithing Invokes Divine Cover:

Tithing is a form of spiritual insurance and covenant alignment. As seen in Malachi 3:10: “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse... and prove me now herewith… if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing...”

The windows of heaven are not opened by effort but by honor. Tithing invites God into your financial ecosystem. It is God’s investment program, where your tenth is a seed, and His return is a flood of blessing.

Seed, Harvest, and Honor:
God is the Lord of the harvest (Matthew 9:38), and the One who brings the increase (1 Corinthians 3:7). Your first seed should go to Him. Tithing aligns you with this divine principle.

Giving provokes gifts. Honor produces honor. Blessing releases blessing.

Tithing is not a burden—it is God’s invitation to participate in His divine system of exchange. Just as Abraham honored Melchizedek with tithes and received blessing in return, so too do we step into a divine flow when we tithe: seed time and harvest, giving and receiving, honor and blessing.

Though it may be great and look good, I
f ain't His will, it is not worth pursuing.

Spirit’s Influence in the Affairs of Men

Genesis 11:3 (BSB)
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

Where did these thoughts and ideas come from? What inspired the invention of bricks and tar, and the ambitious vision for a city and a tower?

Though men have free will, they also have an innate ability to receive inspiration, insight, and whispers from realms beyond their senses. This is how Satan was able to speak to Eve, and it is also how God communicates with man. It's why Adam could name all the animals—he heard the whisper of Elohim.

Human will, therefore, often functions in cooperation with spiritual influence—whether divine or demonic. That’s why discernment is crucial. We must be able to trace the source of every thought, desire, and idea forming in our hearts.

In the plains of Shinar, men suddenly had the idea to make bricks, use tar, and build a city with a tower reaching to the heavens. They didn't just conjure these concepts on their own—they were inspired. They heard a whisper. They received a nudge. Sadly, the inspiration was not from God. It was a demonic scheme, another whisper from the curse, another attempt by Satan to manipulate humanity.

God’s response—confusing their language—revealed the true nature of their unity. It was rebellion, not righteousness. Their alliance was a corrupted one, infiltrated by darkness. Heaven had to intervene.

That’s why we must guard our hearts:

Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Your heart is a gate, a window, a receiver. It can be influenced, filled, manipulated—either by the Spirit of God or the spirits of darkness.

Proverbs 20:27 reminds us:
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

God communicates through your spirit, your inner man. But Satan also seeks to gain access to the same place. That’s why it’s possible for people to speak God’s thoughts through prophecy, wisdom, or knowledge—and it’s also possible for demons to think and act through people, just like in Eden or Babel.

Shinar was another battleground for the minds and destinies of men, just as the Garden was.

If you are born again, the Holy Spirit dwells in your spirit. But if not, Satan will persistently try to woo and gain mastery over your heart. The Lord’s words to Cain are still relevant:

Genesis 4:7 (BSB)
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.

Your spirit is the door. Jesus knocks—He seeks to enter and take full possession. But sin also crouches—seeking to control.

So, check your heart again.

Who is in charge of it?
Are you mastering it with the help of the Holy Spirit, or has the enemy gained a foothold?

Daily-Godly Devotional

NIMROD: When Power and Purpose are Misaligned

Scripture Focus:
Genesis 10:8-9 (TLB)
"One of the descendants of Cush was Nimrod, who became the first of the kings. He was a mighty hunter, blessed of God, and his name became proverbial. People would speak of someone as being 'like Nimrod—a mighty hunter, blessed of God.'"
Alternative reading: "a mighty hunter against the Lord."

The power and promise of Nimrod
Nimrod, a descendant of Cush, was a pioneer king and empire builder. He founded mighty cities—Babel (Babylon), Nineveh, Assyria—becoming a symbol of power, fame, and unrestrained ambition.

His name became proverbial, celebrated as a "mighty hunter before the Lord." But this "before" could also mean "in defiance of" the Lord.

The dangers of misaligned gifts
Though Nimrod began with promise, his gifts and power became tools of rebellion. He stood before the Lord, but not with the Lord. His power, though great, was corrupted.
His influence, though wide, was ungodly. Nimrod submitted his strength to the purposes of darkness, not divine destiny.
"His gift and power were not aligned to the will of God. His gift was corrupted and his power manipulated by dark forces."

Nimrod’s was a legacy of darkness
The cities Nimrod built—Babylon, Nineveh, Assyria—became epicenters of idolatry, pride, and rebellion.
These places, despite their splendor, were later judged and destroyed by God. They became models of civilizations that thrived in power but fell in purpose.

Spiritual Gifts Without Submission
Jesus warned about this very deception in Matthew 7:21-23 (CSB):
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven... Then I will announce to them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!'"

Powerful works and spiritual displays are not enough. Fruitfulness in God's eyes requires alignment with His will. As Jesus taught, it is only those who do the will of the Father who are truly known by Him.

This is a warning to our generation
You may begin with God, and yet drift from Him. You may possess gifts, authority, wealth, and influence—but if it is not aligned to God’s purpose, it is nothing but vainglory.

As Jesus says in Luke 16:15 (BSB):
“You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.”

Choose Fruit Over Fame
Let Nimrod's story teach us this: Spiritual gifts, leadership, and ambition must be surrendered to the will of God.
Let us seek not just to be powerful—but to be pleasing to God.

Let our legacy not be one of rebellion wrapped in greatness, but of obedience crowned with fruit. “A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions” (Luke 12:15), but in the obedience and humility that reflect the heart of the Father.

"It is heavy, but you can carry it, our Lord did the same, and when you are tired, another Simeon of Cyrene would appear on the scene and help you..."

Daily-Godly Devotional
(Anakgazo Infallible Word Christian Ministries)

Title: Protocol of Honour

Scripture: Genesis 9:23 (BSB)
"Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness."

Noah, the preacher of righteousness, became overwhelmed by the abundance he received. Perhaps he did not know the intoxicating effect of wine. Yes, he erred—but judgment belongs to higher authority, not his sons.

No matter how anointed the fathers of faith may be, they remain human—flawed and frail in their humanity. The anointed can stumble and fall, just like anyone else.

Though they may face public disgrace, their errors do not strip them of God’s anointing. The gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
“For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.” — Romans 11:29 (BSB)

Shem and Japheth acted wisely. They walked backward and covered their father's shame, refusing to look on his nakedness. They upheld a principle: the protocol of honour.

It is shameful for children to make a spectacle of their father's flaws. Fathers are to be honored, not discussed or ridiculed.

Ham failed the test. He saw his father’s nakedness and chose gossip over grace. He exposed what he should have covered.

When fathers—biological, spiritual, or societal—fall, it is the role of the younger ones to cover, not uncover. To restore, not broadcast. To intercede, not interrogate.

The command to honor our fathers stands with no condition or excuse.
"Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land the LORD your God is giving you." — Exodus 20:12 (BSB)

The word "father" means source. A river (child) who forgets or dishonors its source will run dry. Whatever the fathers do—especially spiritual leaders—we are bound by the protocol of honour.

"Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand." — Romans 14:4 (BSB)

Even correction must be done in honour, preserving the dignity of those wex esteem. Let us not become fault-finders in the name of discernment.

Don’t sit to analyze the mistakes of fathers—stand to pray for them.

Ham Sinned; Caanan Cursed; Why is it that Ham sinned but Canaan was cursed?


Genesis 9: 24-25 BSB
When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him, [25] he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

What really happened? Why did Noah chose to curse his grandson for the sin of his father?

Although Ham was not directly caused, he was not blessed either. Noah blessed his two of three sons and cursed his grandson, Canaan, the fourth son of Ham.

This indicates that the curse was still for Ham just like the blessings pronounced on Shem and Japheth were also for their descendants and generation that follows.

What Ham did by seeing and exposing his father's nakedness was a seed of dishonour and the curse is the fruit (dishonour and disfavor among his brothers) of his seed.

If you dishonour a man you will surely reap dishonour. If you shame another shame will be the fruit at some point.

It is clear in the scriptures;
Isaiah 33:1 BSB
Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

One thing that is clear from the incident is that curses and blessings work like cause and effect as well as seed and fruit.

Honour and dishonour are seeds or causes. Once they are sown, they will surely produce their corresponding fruits and effects.

So, Noah's curse was a verbalizing of the effects and fruits of what his children had already sown. Either spoken or not, the seed had been sown and it will surely germinate in the cause of time.

So, by cursing Canaan, the cause that Ham has given effect to would later manifest in it's due course in the generation of his son. Ham might suffer some consequences but the fullness of time awaited the next generation which Canaan represented. For Canaan would live longer than Ham. If by any means Canaan escapes the curse, it hangs until it finds someone in his lineage to carry the curse.

Therefore, Canaan was not really the one cursed, the curse was for a generation.
Our actions have generational impacts.

We find this principle in Exodus 20:5 BSB
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me..

Hence, our actions can be a form of sowing that we will surely reap from in the time of harvest. Our actions are causes we have put in motion and it will surely bring corresponding effect.
The seed will sow today will be reaped many years later.

Galatians 6:7-8 BSB
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

It is often said that the moments following a great victory or breakthrough are the most dangerous. Why? Because that’s when many let down their guard—believing the battle is over. But that is when the enemy strikes.

Noah, the preacher of righteousness, who walked faithfully with God through the flood, made a fatal misstep after his triumph. He drank from the fruit of his labor—wine from his vineyard—and in his unguarded moment, he became drunk and exposed. The enemy waited patiently and struck—not with a storm, but with a bottle.