Trusting God through every season, prayer, and the daily walk of worship.
God encourages the people through the prophets. God tells them not to despise the small progress that they are making, Zechariah 4:10. Our life is a totality of the small steps we take daily. Success is not one giant step. Success is an accumulation of many small steps. Do not despise the small steps you are making, they will add up and make sense someday. For now, keep on making the small steps.
When God is with you, lack of money is not an issue because whatever you need He can create not even purchase. When God is with you, you don’t need money for healthcare, He can declare healing, He can raise the dead in case of death. When God is with you, you lack nothing and nothing is impossible. Therefore to answer all questions and worries that miserable Israelites had, God tells them, be strong, do not fear, because I am with you. These are the most reassuring words!
Acting before is being pro-active as opposed to being reactive. Acting before it’s too late is good for our spiritual life. Acting before is also good for other aspects of our life. Act before, the keyword is before! … If we learn to act before the worst happens, we will be excellent in all we do…. Is life hard? Gather together in worship. Are you stressed? After doing everything you can and should do – gather together in worship. Is it a money problem? Do what you must but gather together in worship. Gather together! Gather together! This is a call to worship in preparation for the coming crisis of the day of the LORD!
The Bible tells us today that there are people who would at night craft evil plans that harm others. They would craft this plan at night and wake up to implement it. They did this because they had the power to do it. They did it not because there was a need or reason but because they had the power to do it. God took note that they acted in this manner because they had the power to do it. They were exercising their powers. They were doing it because they could. You can but don’t do it!
What fish are you cornered in? Are you cornered in the belly of the fish of finances? Are you cornered in the belly of the fish of stressful relationships? Are you cornered in the belly of the fish of a sickly body? Are you cornered in the belly of the fish of academic difficulties? If you address God, He will address the fish!…When God addresses your problems, they become a ladder to a better and safe place. When God addressed the fish it vomited Jonah at the right and safe place. If you address God, He will address the fish!
In our kingdom, good things and bad things happen. Some we regret. Some hurt us. Some are good and some are bad. All things happen so that the kingdom belongs to God. Until when God owns the kingdom, we are not yet there where He wants us to be!
Goliath was tall and strong but David by God’s power killed him. Tall and strong may be scary until God steps in. If we face the tall and strong, call on God. If threatened by the tall and strong turn to God. God destroyed them though they were tall and strong!
Do you feel and think you have gone too far from God? Do you feel your sins are too much and forgiveness may be difficult? God has a message for you. Tomorrow may be too late to repent and return to God. The right time is now. Even now…
The valley of Achor is not a door of hope, but God promises through Hosea that He will make it a door of hope. The valley of Achor. Achor in Hebrew means problems, trouble, suffering, etc. The valley of trouble. The valley of problems. The valley of suffering. The valley of Achor. I will make the valley of Achor a door of hope!