The practice of quietness is vital for divine guidance because often times God speaks in a still small voice. In 1Kings 19:11-13, Elijah sought to hear from the Lord and according to scriptures, there was first of all a strong wind that brake the rocks in pieces but God was not in the wind. Then there was an earthquake followed by fire but God was not in any of them. After the fire there was a still small voice and then the Lord spoke to Elijah. How did it happen? Elijah separated himself.

If you must become outstanding through divine guidance you must be separated. In Deuteronomy 5:30-31 God told Moses to send the people to their tents. But to Moses He said, “…As for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments…which thou shalt teach them…” To become outstanding among men, you must stand with God. You can’t be all available in the public and expect to make a mark in the public. It is time for you to separate yourself in quietness, in solitary moments before the Lord. You must first of all be with God before you can be revealed to your world. Jesus was only revealed to His world after His forty days separation in the wilderness. When He returned in the power of the Spirit, all eyes were set on Him and His fame went throughout all the region (Luke 4:14).

To separate yourself, you must take advantage of the night seasons and early hours of the day because that is God’s radio hour. "…Day unto day speaketh, night unto night showeth knowledge"(Psalms 19:2). It is what God shows to you in the night that makes you a show in the day (Dan 2:19). A man who sleeps all night can never make a mark in life. Every day is arrested in the night, so you can’t have a good day until you succeed at managing the night well night. David said, “…My reins also instruct me in the night season” (Psalm 16:7).

When Jericho was to be taken over, the Bible tells us that Joshua and the people woke up early in the morning to compass the city round about. Before the citizens of Jericho woke up, they had compassed the city. You must cultivate the habit of rising early to compass your obstacles before the devil wakes up.

Do you know that sleep is of the mind? Until your mind goes to sleep your body cannot sleep. And every sleepy mind will always result into slippery hands. When a man is dozing whatever is in his hand drops. The reason many great things are slipping off your hand is because you are sleepy. I urge you therefore to position yourself before the Lord for divine guidance as you particularly utilize the night seasons and early hours of the day.

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