SEPTEMBER 28; LIFTED BY GOD’S WORD..
Psalm 40:2-4 ‘He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord’.
DAILY READING; • Luke 18:18-43; Genesis 31; Psalm 24
Dr. Juanita Bynum is a globally recognized Pastor, Gospel singer and author. In 2016, she appeared on Trinity Broadcasting Network [TBN] with her sister Kathy Bynum to share the amazing story of God’s deliverance in Kathy’s life.
Kathy Bynum, like the rest of her siblings had been raised in a godly family by their parents. Kathy got to know God early in life and even used to sing in Dr. R.W Shambach’s choir. But years later, she got into a wrong relationship, and began to backslide. She became so far gone from God that she ended up addicted to cocaine. She became emaciated and most of her hair fell out. This relationship she was involved in was so abusive, that she often got severely beaten and at one time, was even hit in the head with an axe and left for dead.
Yet during this time her family kept praying and declaring God’s Word of deliverance over her. While still addicted to crack cocaine, one night Kathy was walking the streets of Chicago, when she was captured by a serial killer who had already murdered about 20 women. This man held her captive in a garage for 8 hours. He stuck a pipe in her eyes and when he was about to kill her, Kathy somehow remembered God and began to call upon the Blood of Jesus. Though this man hit her many times and inflicted wounds on her, eventually he said to her ‘ I don’t know why I can’t kill you like I have killed the other women’.
Kathy was miraculously rescued when people became alerted and the man fled. When she was later taken to the hospital, doctors told her that due to the pipe poked in her eyes, she would never be able to see again. But as her family stood in prayer, God intervened and her sight was fully restored. Soon after that it was discovered that she had cancer of the throat, but while being operated on, she died on the operating table. Though the doctors gave up, her parents refused to give up. They kept calling upon God until Kathy coughed and woke up from the dead.
Throughout her ordeal, her family stood in faith and never gave up in praying for her. Despite the hopelessness of her situation, the resurrection power of God’s Word eventually brought her out of the deepest pit and set her feet upon a solid rock.
And today, she is a fiery minister of the Gospel, who works alongside her sister Dr. Juanita Bynum to proclaim the faithfulness of God.
The story of Kathy Bynum should encourage us to never give up on sowing the seed of God’s Word and prayer. There is no situation too hopeless for the Word of God to intervene and orchestrate a rescue.
God’s Word is able to deliver out of any pit of destruction. Indeed through the power in God’s Word, every destiny is recoverable no matter the mistakes of the past.
This is why you should never give up on your loved ones and most importantly never give up on yourself.
God’s plan for you is steadfast, and even when life presents you a bend that may seem to slow down your journey, don’t ever take that bend to mean an end. When you remain resolute in your faith, God will surely rescue you from whatever you are going through.
Lazarus’ situation had looked irreparable, having been in the grave for four days. But when Jesus arrived and announced ‘ I am the resurrection and the life’, Lazarus was brought out of the grave
Jesus is the Word, and likewise the Word of God carries the resurrection power to lift us up from any pit of life. It doesn’t matter where you may be today, there is power in the Word to pick you up from any depth of despair, it can lift you out of emotional turmoil, it can bring you out of any financial mess, health challenge, relationship crisis etc.
Though the enemy tries to kill, steal and destroy, the restoration power in God’s Word gives us back life in abundance.
In Deuteronomy 28 God says that when we diligently hearken to His Word His blessings will chase us down and overtake us. Through God’s Word you can experience such an overflow of blessings that it will nullify whatever the enemy may have tried to do in your life.
Just stay in the Word and let it take deep root in your heart and you will be amazed at how God will suddenly turn things around for you. And today as you begin to praise God, not minding how impossible any situation around you may seem, God will surely turn every mourning into dancing for you; He will lift you out of the miry clay, set your feet upon the Rock and put a new song in your mouth.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for a sudden positive turnaround in every challenging situation I may face today. I thank You because the Power in Your Word is indeed turning every test into a testimony for me in Jesus Name.
Quote :
You have got to lean to ignore what the devil is reporting and acknowledge the report of God’s Word in your life. – WORDBITE 222.