Proverbs 3:5-6 ‘Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.’

DAILY READING; Matthew 18:1-20; Numbers 5-6; Ecclesiastes 5

Joy Bishara was one of the Chibok school girls abducted on April 14, 2014.
She recently shared her story at the 2021 International Christian Concern’s press conference.
According to her, on that fateful night they were sleeping in the dormitory, when they were woken by gunshots.
As Joy Bishara and her friend were praying for God’s protection, a man dressed in army uniform came in and instructed them and the other girls to gather outside.
At first they thought the men were soldiers that had come to protect them. But the situation soon became clear when the ‘soldiers’ set the school buildings ablaze and ordered the girls into three large trucks, threatening to kill anyone who refused.
Realizing they were being abducted by terrorists, Joy and the other girls fearfully climbed into the vehicles. As the trucks started speeding away into the forest, Joy Bishara knew she may never return alive and so she made a deal with God.
She promised God that if He would allow her to see her family one more time, then she would follow Him for the rest of her life.
God answered her prayer. Five minutes later, one of the trucks developed a mechanical fault and the terrorists decided to fix it. As the vehicle malfunction kept the terrorists occupied, Joy said she heard a voice tell her to ‘jump’ from the truck. When she looked down at the great distance to the ground, she became afraid to make the move.
She knew that jumping from the truck was risky, because she could get killed, but then she realized that God was giving an opportunity to escape which may not come again.
So she jumped and fell on her stomach. Surprised that she survived the fall, she then got up and started running through the forest for the rest of the night until she came to a village where she received assistance from a farmer, who took her to safety.
Shortly after escaping from Boko Haram, Joy Bishara was relocated to the United States, where she continued schooling and has often been invited to speak at international gatherings about her experience.

Joy Bishara’s jump from the truck was a leap of faith that saved her life.
When we seek God’s face at critical times, He often gives us an instruction on what to do. But sometimes, the instruction can seem so absurd that we become afraid to act on it. But taking a leap of faith means promptly obeying whenever God tells us to ‘jump’.
It means blindly doing whatever God tells us whether it makes sense or not.
God’s instructions may seem unrealistic at the moment but obedience to it will always birth our miracles.
Sometimes divine instructions may not agree with our human reasoning, but obeying them is the key to our deliverance.
Obeying God will always enable us to escape the plans of the wicked.
Especially in this perilous times, as the enemy goes about looking for whom to devour, we will enjoy divine security when we walk in obedience to divine instructions.
The truth is that we are living in dangerous times, and we need God to continually guide our feet and direct our paths. We cannot afford to live or walk carelessly in this season. As we quickly obey divine promptings, God will go ahead of us and make every crooked path straight.
Our obedience of faith is what will compel divine interventions and manifestations.
Every act of obedience commits God’s integrity to perform.
Perhaps today, God has given you a specific instruction or shown you what to do from His Word. Whatever God tells you to do, obey promptly because that is the key to your breakthrough.
However, to be able to pick up divine signals we must become spiritually sensitive. A daily quiet time spent in studying the Word and praying, is one way of developing spiritual sensitivity to divine instructions. Let us therefore today, receive the grace for diligently spending time in God’s Presence.
As we trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding; and acknowledge Him in all our ways, surely, He will lead us out of every temptation and enable us to continually live in victory.

PRAYER: Father I thank You for granting me the grace to walk in total obedience to Your Word at all times. As I do, I thank You Lord for releasing Your manifold blessings in my life in this season in Jesus Name

QUOTE
God knows how to work everything together in your life for your own good . WORDBITE 222.