Romans 8:28 KJV

 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose

DAILY READING Acts 28:1-16; 1 Samuel 4-5; Psalm 52

In 1956, five American Christian missionaries travelled to the tropical rain forest of Eastern Ecuador. Their aim was to evangelize the people of the region. But they were brutally attacked and killed by a band of native Auca Indian men.

After the murder, these natives crept back into the jungle to await the massive retaliation which would come from the government of Ecuador. But it never came.  The widows of these five missionaries asked the outraged Ecuadorian government not to send the army against these Indians. These women however planned to continue the work their husbands had died doing. They began to study the language of the Aucas, and to pray for access to the tribe. Within three years some of these widows and their children began living in an Auca village teaching the Indians about a forgiving Christ. Soon a Christian church was established among the Aucas. And some of the very men who murdered the missionaries eventually converted to Christianity. One of them even later became a pastor. A son of one of the killed missionaries would be baptized by this Auca pastor who had once been in the raiding party which martyred his father. This young boy and his father’s murderer formed a special bond, where the Indian played a father’s role in his life. In the years since the missionaries were killed, several thousands in the overall community have dedicated their lives to Christ. In 2005, a drama film ‘End of the Spear’ was released that recounts the true story of these events. Indeed what the enemy meant for evil, God eventually turned all around for good in Ecuador.

In acts 8, the enemy thought he was scattering the Christians. Through Saul he tried to destroy the church of Christ when he launched an intense persecution of the early Christians.  But when the disciples fled Jerusalem to escape persecution, they ended up proclaiming the gospel everywhere they went (Acts 8:4). This caused the church to grow mightily, achieving the very opposite of what the enemy planned.

The scattering of pollen is what causes flowers to grow. Flowers are populated when scattered by the wind. Flowers cannot produce, unless they are pollinated. Once pollination takes place, seeds begin to grow.

Many times what you carry inside, what God has placed in you, will not find full expression until you have been scattered.  God will often allow you to be scattered as pollen so that you can multiply. Until you break out, you may not flow out. Blessings come from the breaking.

If we remain where we are, we will not grow. The comfortable and familiar, has a way of stunting growth. Like the disciples, we can become comfortable in Jerusalem and lack the desire to venture out. So often times, God allows us to be scattered so that His divine deposits in us can find outward expression.

And many times it is after we have been scattered, and find ourselves in unfamiliar and uncomfortable surroundings that our faith grows the most. Turbulence often precedes a change of level. When you are about to grow or go higher uncomfortable movements begin to take place around you. When a child is about to move from the womb to the world, contractions begin to take place.  This is why also just before a plane goes up you are told to tighten your seat belt, because you are about to face turbulence. It is darkest just before the day breaks. Perhaps the discomfort you are feeling now may be a sign that you are about to break out to a new level. Before the mighty army arose in the valley of dry bones there was a shaking and rumbling. In the turbulence, bone came to bone, and things began to take shape. The shakings and rumblings going on around you may be the contractions that precede the birthing of a new thing.  Though the enemy may not have the full details, but sometimes by watching events he can get an idea that a heavy blessing is coming your way.  This is why he begins to fight and overturn things. But all the troubles and problems he brings though it may seem to be scattering you, ultimately ends up, serving God’s perfect plan for you.

This is why we count it all joy when we face trials, because what the enemy meant for evil, our God eventually turns all around for our good. As long as you are in God’s will, trust Him to work it all out for you. And when it seems you are being scattered, know that on the contrary you are being multiplied.

PRAYER:  Lord please help me to stand by faith  at all times,, may I always see You at work in my affairs, even if it looks like I am being scattered may I know that You are working out everything together for my good in Jesus name. .

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When you apply The Word of God, it will work for you, anywhere and anytime- WORDBITE 222.

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