Psalm 78;40 – 42 says ‘How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.’
DAILY READING • John 14:15-31; 2 Chronicles 21:2-22:12; Psalm 79
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, which is on the coast of Cuba.
The camp was established by US President George W. Bush’s administration in 2002 during the War on Terror following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Indefinite detention without trial and torture led the operations of this camp. However, this was considered a major breach of human rights by Amnesty International and there was a call for the closure of the camp.
In 2009, there was an executive order from the US government mandating the gradual closure of Guantánamo Bay. As a result prison authorities began to reduce the number of prisoners at the camp by releasing some of them..
One of the prisoners to be released was an Al-Queda militant, who had already spent over a decade in the prison. After agreeing to disconnect himself from terrorism, he was to be sent to a new and better territory instead of being returned back to war-torn Afghanistan, where he had come from. He was being given the opportunity to begin life afresh by removing him from his old environment. However, on the day of his release, at the last minute, he panicked and refused to be taken to his new location. His reason being that he was afraid of going to a new environment, to begin life anew. He rather preferred to stay back in the prison. His refusal to accept freedom perplexed prison authorities but when he wouldn’t change his decision, he had to be returned back to the prison to stay on indefinitely with no further hope of soon being released.
Fear of the unknown often holds men back from their greater destinies.
This year, God is requiring us to leave the old behind and take bold steps to enter into a new season of wonders, we must not let fear stop us.
Through the Blood of Jesus, we have been delivered from every captivity and pit of limitations.
Zechariah 9;11-12 says ‘As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;’
God has not only delivered us from prison but also has promised to render unto us double for our trouble. But due to the limitations of the mind, many are afraid to step out into the new season of wonders God has ordained.
Many are looking at their circumstances, rather than focusing on God’s grace and mighty power.
God is displeased when limitations are placed on His deliverance ability.
Psalm 78;40 – 42 says ‘How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.’
In the wilderness, the Israelites vexed the Holy One of Israel by not remembering His power and the mighty signs and wonders He showed in Egypt when delivering them from Pharoah.
Likewise, no matter what confronts us, we must always focus on God’s amazing deliverance power and His ability to do wonders in our lives.
God has the capacity, the wherewithal and resources to exceed our every expectations.
Ephesians 3:20 tells us that God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.
Indeed there is nothing God cannot do. He is God Almighty, the King of kings, the LORD of lords, the Ancient of days, the Controller of the universe, the One Who speaks and it stands fast.
Matthew 19:26 says “…with God all things are possible.”
This means that God can go beyond any kind of limitation; He cannot be limited by space. He asked in Jeremiah 23:24 “Do I not fill heaven and earth’.
Indeed God is greater and bigger than any situation that we will ever face. Therefore today let us take the limits off our minds and begin to believe God for amazing wonders in our lives.
Do not allow fear to hinder you from taking bold steps forward. Know today that there is no force in the universe that can stop you from fulfilling your God-given destiny. Indeed if God be for you, who can be against you?
Therefore, don’t settle for less when God has the best for you.
Don’t settle for the ordinary when you were designed for the extraordinary.
It’s indeed time to break out of every limitations and begin to walk in signs and wonders.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to keep my focus on You at all times. I know indeed that by Your mighty power, I have been set free from every limitations. Certainly, it is my season to experience Your signs and wonders in every area of my life in Jesus Name.
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God’s promises in Christ in your life may appear delayed, but never forget that delays are not denials..WORDBITE 222