Deuteronomy 23:5 ‘but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee’

DAILY READING; Matthew 3; Exodus 24; Proverbs 11

Granville Oral Roberts began a life in poverty and nearly died of tuberculosis at age 17, but was miraculously healed by God and called into ministry.
In 1947, at 29 years old, Oral travelled to Tulsa, Oklahoma because he sensed that Tulsa was the place for him to begin ministry. He rented a five-room house and started his ministry, but he was largely unknown.
At this time, he was invited by a pastor named Steve Pringle who had a thousand-seat tent to preach a couple of nights for him;
After preaching on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the crowds doubled and the pastor asked Oral Roberts to stay on and he ended up preaching there for nine weeks.
During this first crusade in Tulsa, Oral Roberts had his first brush with death. On one of the days of the Crusade a man stepped across the street, pulled out his gun, and shot at Oral Roberts. The bullet narrowly missed his head, by only 18 inches. After the Police arrested the man and questioned him, he said he didn’t have anything against Oral but just felt compelled to shoot at him. Oral forgave him and went on his way.
However, what the devil had meant for evil, God turned it around for good. Somehow, the newspapers got hold of the story and it turned into a big headline news in almost all the major American Newspapers.
This made Oral famous overnight and many other pastors began inviting him to preach in their churches. His name became nationally known and he launched his ministry, Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association.
He became a televangelist and his ministries reached millions of followers worldwide for more than six decades. He had many outstanding accomplishments, including founding the Oral Roberts University.

It is instructional that the attacker said he didn’t have anything against Oral but just felt compelled to shoot at him. .The man was of course being moved by the enemy’ to truncate Oral’s life before his ministry could fully take off .
There are times people will arise to fight you for no just cause. Oftentimes, it is the enemy moving them to hinder you because he is afraid of what he sees of your future..
It is therefore important we continually hide ourselves in God as we make progress in life. God knows how to take what the enemy meant for harm, and turn it to our advantage. He can cause the attacks against you to backfire and rather launch you into your greater destiny.
The setbacks, end up becoming setups for greater comebacks.

Deuteronomy 23:5 says, ‘The LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing.’

The word ‘turned’ in this verse is the same word we find in Exodus 7:14-15, where the Lord tells Moses to confront Pharaoh with the rod which was ‘turned’ to a serpent. It swallowed up the serpents of the Egyptians and became Moses’ rod for signs and wonders. God turned what should have been harmful into an instrument of usefulness and deliverance.
Certainly, when we trust God, He works in every situation to turn things around for our good .
If today, you are being confronted by obstacles or impossible situations,, be assured that it’s not how your story ends.
We serve the turnaround God, who turned the Red Seas into dry pathways for His people to go through. God will turn the obstacles into miracles for you. Where you were meant to stumble, God will cause you to soar.
No matter the difficulties or challenges that may come our way, God has it all under control. He has a plan and a purpose. And as long as we maintain an intimate relationship with Him, He will cause adversities to end up advancing us This is why we need not bother about evil schemes against us. Our focus should be on hiding ourselves in God through deepening our relationship with Him. Certainly, God knows how to fight for us and turn whatever the enemy meant for evil, to work together for our progress and promotion.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for a positive change of story for me in this season. I know that even right now, You are causing everything to work together for my good. By Your grace I am moving to greater heights of glory in Jesus name.
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Eat God’s Word and boost your Joy level – WORDBITE 222