1 Samuel 7:12-13 “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far has the Lord helped us.” So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israelite territory again.”

DAILY READING; • Galatians 3:1-18; Jeremiah 51-52; Psalm 144

Phil Pustejovsky has been recognized as the leading real estate investing mentor in the United States and Canada. He is considered one of the most experienced investors alive today.
However it is interesting to note that only few years ago, Phil was a drunk, penniless and getting into trouble with the law.
Though Phil’s parents introduced him to Jesus during his childhood years, yet as he grew older he began to rebel against God. While in college he lived a wild life of drinking and partying. After graduation, he hit a very low point in his life.
One day after leaving a bar, drunk, he ended up unconscious in a vacant house. He awoke to a police officer escorting him to a police car in handcuffs where he spent the day in jail and later was charged with aggravated criminal trespassing. Meanwhile, he had no money, even to pay his legal fees to defend the case. He eventually went so broke that he became homeless and began living out of his truck. It was at this time that Phil turned to God and covenanted with Him, saying “God.., if you can get me out of this mess, I will serve you and be your cheerleader the rest of my life.”
God held up to His end of the bargain and the first miracle to happen was that God sent a Christian man into Phil’s life, who mentored him into becoming a very successful real estate investor.
In keeping to his own side of the bargain, Phil became committed in serving God and became active in Church. As he tithed his income, his finances grew in leaps and bounds.
Today, Phil is a best selling author, accomplished investor, national speaker and has the most popular real estate investing YouTube channel in history with more than 30 million views.
His company ‘Freedom Mentor’, is considered the most results producing real estate mentoring organization in history.

Truly we serve the covenant-keeping God. He is faithful to keep His covenant with us today, just as He was faithful to keep His covenant with His people in the past.

Several times in the Scriptures, God entered into covenant with Israel, in order to bring them help and deliverance.
In 1 Samuel 7, Israel had suffered great defeats due to their disobedience to God. But after they repented, gave up serving foreign gods and covenanted to obey God, the Lord arose and helped them to defeat their arch enemies, the Philistines.
What is particularly significant about this victory is that God Himself won the battle by delivering Israel in a stunningly supernatural way. Specifically the text says that God “thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel (1 Samuel 7:10).”
After the victory, in acknowledging God’s help, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far has the Lord helped us.”
Ebenezer is a Hebrew word that means “Stone of Help.”

Indeed as we look back to how far we have come in the last 7 months, we will acknowledge God as our Ebenezer. He has been our ‘Stone of help’, the rock of our salvation, our refuge and fortress. Through His divine help, we have scaled various challenges, survived difficult battles and won amazing victories..
And certainly, the God who has helped us “thus far” to August, will help us “thus forward,” to a glorious end this year.

No matter how great any challenge before you today, always remember that God is your Ebenezer. He says in Isaiah 41:13 ‘For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.’

Indeed God is our deliverer and our help from ages past.
However, the decision to fully return to God is what will engage His miraculous help in our favor.
In 2 Chronicles 15 the children of Israel were beset with troubles. However, when they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul, God turned things around for them and the Lord gave them rest round about [2 Chronicles 15: 15].

Now that we are at the beginning of this new month it is a good place to determine to keep covenant with God. Keeping His Word will be our guarantee for taking delivery of His promises of wonder this year.
Truly, in this new month as we covenant to worship God in Spirit and in truth we are going to see a sudden miraculous turnaround in our business, careers, family and in all that concerns us.
Certainly everything that has been a set-back and a hindrance is about to turn around to our advantage. Help will arise for us from the least expected quarters. In the place of frustration God is bringing forth joy and laughter.

Indeed the Lord will appoint for you midwives to help you birth your dream. He will cause doors of breakthrough to open up to you, crooked places shall be made straight and the hidden riches of secret places shall be given to you in Jesus Name.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your marvelous help in this new month. Indeed I know that even right now You are converting every breakdown into breakthroughs for me and giving me a divine turnaround in every area in Jesus Name. .

QUOTE
Illuminate your world for you are a star destined to shine. WORDBITE 222.