Isaiah 65:22-23 ‘They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble’

DAIILY READING; John 21; 2 Chronicles 33; Psalm 89:1-18

Vincent van Gogh is celebrated today as one of the world’s greatest artists and his paintings sell for millions of dollars. Yet, ironically during his lifetime Vincent van Gogh was penniless, unknown, frustrated, and he died sick, dejected and alone.
Vincent van Gogh was born in the Netherlands in 1853. His father and grandfather were ministers of the Gospel.
Although he enjoyed drawing from the time he was a young boy, Vincent also had a.keen interest in serving God.
When Vincent was 22 years old, he lived in Paris and worked as a teacher and a preacher in the surrounding villages.
By 24 years, he went to study theology but couldn’t complete his studies. Vincent remained eager to serve God and worked as a missionary in Belgium, where he lived among poor miners and their families. He taught them the Bible, visited the sick, gave away his possessions and slept on the floor. His dedication was such that he was nicknamed ‘The Christ of the Coal Mine’.
There came an eventual turning point in his life, when Vincent became convinced that he wanted to concentrate on pursuing a career as an artist. At around the age of 27, Van Gogh moved to Brussels, and worked fully as an artist. But unfortunately he failed to maintain his former passion, zeal and faith towards God. Though he worked hard and churned out a lot of paintings, including masterpieces, there seemed to be forces fighting his progress. No one wanted to buy his artworks and he was continually frustrated until his health began to break down. Things got worse as his mental health also began to deteriorate. In 1889 van Gogh committed himself to a mental hospital. A year later on July 29, 1890 he died from a self-inflicted bullet wound to the chest.
Interestingly, during his lifetime, Van Gogh’s great talent was undiscovered and he only managed to sell one artwork called The Red Vineyard. But ironically today, Van Gogh’s paintings are greatly sought after. One of his paintings in 1990 was sold for a whopping $83 million, but sadly Van Gogh was not alive to reap the fruit of his labour.

Van Gogh’s story is a picture of how believers are attacked by the enemy from attaining their full potentials and reaping the fruits of their labour.
This is why you must not have a casual approach towards your progress in life.
If you are working hard and seeing little or no result, that is not God’s will for you. God’s plan is that you prosper in the works of your hands, and reap the fruit of your labor.
God says in Isaiah 65:22-23 ‘They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble’

To enjoy in our lifetime, the success and blessings God has ordained for us, we must continually engage the power in the Blood of Jesus to forcefully overcome the anti-covenant forces against our open doors.

Zechariah 1:18-21 talks about the horns of the Gentiles, which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem so that no man did lift up his head.
These horns of the Gentiles were the wicked forces frustrating the destinies of men. Some believers are greatly talented, but these forces fight to keep them in obscurity, unrecognized and uncelebrated.
But today, by the power in the Blood of Jesus, we decree that our labor shall never be in vain. We release the weapon of the Blood against every enemy of our progress.
We reject and refuse every attempts of the enemy to frustrate us. Rather we receive the grace to be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that our labour is not in vain in the Lord.[ 1Corinthians 15:58]

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for the grace to overcome every resistance to my progress. Surely, I shall reap the fruits of my labor and be celebrated by my generation in Jesus Name.
QUOTE:
When God is on your side anything is possible. WORDBITE 222

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