Name Your Reality Correctly!

INSPIRE Devotionals With Emmanuel Afiawari Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Topic: NAME YOUR REALITY CORRECTLY! Memory Verse: "‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you" - Numbers‬ ‭14:28‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Bible Text: ‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭ ‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2:19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ 19. Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. INSPIRATION: Life, sometimes, would create bumps in our way in form or delays, setbacks, rejection, failure, sickness, lack, poverty, divorce, pain, betrayals, suffering, etc. The aim is to blur your vision, derail your goals and make you lose focus until you begin to reason subjectively instead of being objective, articulate and forthright. It is often geared towards making you tense and forgetful of God's goodness while clinching to and personalising your ordeals as your personal traits. It is dangerous to ascribe names and then personalise these ordeals. The moment the thought registers and you give voice to it, you legitimises it. Whatever Adam called a thing, it became! Isaiah says, "‭‭Do not call conspiracy everything this people call a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it" (Isa. ‭8:12‬). Don't call things what God hasn't called them. Even when it appears as hopeless as the dry bones in a valley, still prophesy as commanded rather than admit to the negative reality staring at you (Ezek. 37: 1 - 10) TODAY'S TAKE HOME: It is dangerous to give a legitimate name to whatever God hasn't named so in your life. Don't do it! PRAYER: Dear Lord, please give me the wisdom to guard my heart and disciplined strength to refrain my mouth from calling into being the negative things you haven't named or planted in my life. Help me not to sow trouble where peace should reign, in Jesus name.