Psalms 126:1KJV

When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.   Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.

• DAILY READING  Acts 11:1-18; Joshua 11-12; Job 26

June 7, 1967, was a very emotional day for Israel. For the first time in 2000 years, Israel had just repossessed Jerusalem. This was during the 1967 Arab/Israeli war, when the Israeli army repulsed Jordanian forces and took over eastern Jerusalem.. For the first troop of Israeli soldiers to break into the ancient city, it was like a dream. Finally, after so many years they had access into Jerusalem again. It was a historical, yet very emotional moment for the Jewish nation as a whole.

Advancing through the Old City toward the Temple Mount and the Western Wall, was very emotional for these soldiers. Every step brought them closer to the long held Jewish dream; to bring Jerusalem’s holiest site under Jewish control again.. There are sound recordings of the scene, as the commander of the brigade, Lt. General Mordechai Gur, finally announces “The Temple Mount is in our hands! I repeat, the Temple Mount is in our hands!” The Shofar was sounded at the Western Wall to signify its liberation. To Israelis and Jews all over the world, this was a joyous and momentous occasion. Many considered it a gift from God. Many of the soldiers clung to the western wall as if their lives depended on it, eyes red with tears. The longing for Jerusalem is a deep yearning that beats within the Jewish heart. This ancient city is the pride of the Jewish nation. David swore ‘may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I forget thee O Jerusalem’. Indeed to repossess Jerusalem was a dream come true for Israel,

Psalms 126:1 says ‘When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing’ Nothing equals the feeling of having God’s promise finally come to pass in your life.

It could be news of your wife giving birth after a long wait, passing a crucial exam, getting a certain contract, being healed of a disease, getting promoted at work etc.. Often at that moment it’s like a dream come true.

It is pictures of such moments that we keep before our eyes, in our walk of faith.  As long as you hold on to these pictures, it is only a matter of time before they manifest. What the enemy tries to do is to discourage you and try to get you to give up too soon. But if you don’t give up you will eventually see the manifestation. The dream of repossessing Jerusalem seemed almost impossible, but the Jews never gave up. In the 1948 war with the Arabs they failed to capture Jerusalem, but that didn’t stop them. They knew from the prophesy of Ezekiel that Jerusalem would be back to the Jews one day. So they kept on believing, kept on reminding God of His promise until it finally came to pass.

In the same way, let us keep pressing in with our desire before God.  Let us not be weary, because there is coming a due season, a reaping season.  What God says He will do, He will surely do. With God nothing shall be impossible. Whatever promise God has made to you, know that it will surely come to pass in its season. God is able to do what He said He will do. He can do exceedingly abundantly above all you could ever ask or think. Keep reminding Him of His promises. Keep speaking words of faith into that situation. Keep praising God for its manifestation. And one day too your dream shall come to pass.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to wait on You until my due season comes. Help me to align myself with your Word, so that my steps can be ordered to what you have ordained for me in each season. May I never give up too soon, may I follow on until Your promises come to pass in 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.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK DIVINE ORDER FOR A  LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS]

Hebrew 1;3.

 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power

DAILY READING  Acts 10:34-48; Joshua 9-10; Job 25

The Word of God has power to uphold all things. As long as you are holding on to the Word, it will hold you up. You can liken it to someone holding on to a rubber, in a river, as long as he holds on to the rubber, he will not sink.

In New York in 2013, according to News Reports, a fisherman was on his lobster boat at sea around 3am, as he tried to move a cooler the handle snapped off, and he fell backwards into the sea. He was not wearing a life jacket when he fell, and would have drowned but for his pair of rubber boots. As he floated on the water, he noticed that his calf-length rubber boots kept his feet higher in the water than his head.  So he took off the boots, turned them upside down, filled them with air and placed them under each arm as a flotation device. These pair of rubber boots kept him from sinking, as he floated for 12 hours in the Atlantic ocean, drifting more than 40 miles from his boat.

The Coast Guard crews from across New England and commercial fishing crews,  coordinated a search for him that covered 780 square miles. A Coast Guard helicopter out of Cape Cod finally spotted him floating on the water. He was hoisted up from the ocean to safety. This fisherman, though rattled, was very much alive; quite grateful for the pair of rubber boots that kept him afloat.

When you hold on to the unsinkable, you also become unsinkable. As long as the rubber boots could not sink, this fisherman could not sink. The only possible way  he could have sunk was if he had let go of the rubber boots.

The same way as long as you hold on to The Word of God which never fails you too can never fail. Hebrew 1:3.tells us that God upholds all things by the word of his power. The whole of creation is being held up, by The Word of God. Heaven and earth shall pass away but The Word shall not pass away. The Word of God is infallible, abiding forever.

Manmade ideas, and wisdom will fail and fade, but the counsel from God will always stand the test of time. Proverbs 19;21 tells us that there are many devices, in a man’s heart, but the counsel of The Lord alone shall stand.  So we do not just do things because others are doing it, we do things because God has ordered it. When our endeavors are based upon the revealed Word, it doesn’t matter the economic or social climate in the world, that endeavor will stand.

The Word is the seed, it is the foundation, the root of anything that will last.. Isaiah 40:8 says, ‘The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Operating by God’s Word revealed to you is walking in covenant with God. And God keeps covenants . Psalm 74:20 says ‘Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty’. It is the covenant, that keeps you shielded from the activities of the wicked. The Word is what keeps the enemy afar from your affairs. The enemy knows that as long as you are connected to the Word, you are connected to God, and if God be for you who can be against you? The Word, is our guarantee for infallibility. It is building upon the rock that   never fails.

Keeping your gaze on the Word is what will keep you from sinking. As long as Peter focused on Jesus who is The Word, he could walk on the water, it was only when he looked away to look at the storm that he began to sink.

You have to learn to ignore the storm and keep your gaze on The Word. All the rage of the enemy is to try to get you to shift your focus.  Since  the enemy is helpless against the result, he tries to thwart the process, but as long as you fasten your gaze on The Word you will never fail. All the noise, all the billow, all the bad news, all the clamor is an attempt to get you to shift. But remain stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. For surely there is an end and your expectations shall not be cut off. So it doesn’t matter, the noise of the enemy, keep looking unto Jesus. Keep holding unto His promises.  keep declaring His revealed Word over your life. The Word you are speaking is holding you up. You don’t have to wonder or ponder how things will turn out for you, just settle on what God has said. God is able to keep His Word and keep His promises to you. God is not man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent, has He said it, He will surely do it. So it doesn’t matter what that situation may look like, align yourself to what the scriptures have said. Hold on to The Word which will never fail. And as long as you hold on to The Word which cannot sink, you too can never sink.

 PRAYER: Lord, please  hold me up by Your Word, keep me from the storms and turbulence  of this world . Grant me the grace to keep my gaze upon  Your Word, no matter what things may look like around me, because I know that by Your Word I  will be held up, I will  be above and never sink in Jesus Name.   

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The study of The Word will keep shame and disgrace far from you. WORDBITE 222.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]

1 John 4:8-9

 ‘He that loveth not knoweth not God;  for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him’

 DAILY READING – Acts 10:1-33; Joshua 7-8; Job 24

The world is full of hurting people. There are those who have been so wounded and disenchanted by people that they really don’t want anything to do with humans beings anymore.  Some have even so lost faith in people that they have turned to animals to meet their need for affection.  Imagine someone considering her pet her only true friend in the whole world, to the extent that she would bestow all her inheritance upon an animal. In 2011,  there was the story in the news of how a wealthy widow in Rome, disappointed in her human relations, on her death bed, left an inheritance of $13 million dollars to her cat.  News outlets were agog with the news of  this  94 year old wealthy widow of an Italian property tycoon, who left all her possessions  to a stray cat she had rescued from the streets.

Having no children she left to the cat, an inheritance that included cash, as well as properties in Rome, Milan and land in Calabria. She appointed her nurse as the administrator of the cat’s wealth. The nurse would live with the cat and ensure it had the best of cat comfort.  With that inheritance the cat became the 3rd richest pet in the world. The 2nd richest pet was a chimp named Kalu, whose owner, equally disappointed in humans, left him $80 million dollars inheritance. The top richest is a dog named Gunther IV, who inherited $372 million dollars from his owner an eccentric German countess.

Call these pet owners crazy, if you like, but their actions reflect the emptiness and loneliness in their hearts.

The truth is that people are looking for true love. But true love is hard to find, because people are looking in the wrong places. True Love more than a feeling is a person, and until one encounters Him true love remains elusive. God is love. And only God can truly love us the way we desire to be loved. People suffer because they lack the love of God. No one can truly fill the emptiness in the human heart, except God. Only Him can love us unconditionally, irrevocably, and this He has already proved by dying on Calvary’s tree for us. Greater love hath no man than this that a man laid down His life for His friends.

1 John 4:8-9 says ‘ In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him’

God is love. You cannot truly talk of love outside of God.  And you cannot truly know love without knowing God. The love of God is the foundation, upon which any other love can rest. It is the stability of God’s love that keeps us strong enough to handle the frailty of  human love. No matter how anyone loves us, one day they are bound to disappoint us. If you are looking to a man or woman to love you perfectly, then you are in for heartaches and lots of disappointment. No matter how genuine and sincere someone may be, because of the imperfection of the human nature they are bound to fail  at some point. Only God remains ever faithful and ever unfailing in His love. So let us turn to His love, by seeking a deeper relationship with Him. Only Him can truly and perfectly meet our love need. Only when you truly know God, can you know true love.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me  seek  your love,  I know Your love never fails, Please  help me to seek you above anything else, even as I follow on  to the  great destiny you have for me. … 

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It takes a heart for God to make a mark in the sands of time. – WORDBITE 201.

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK OPEN HEAVENS]

Luke 22:46

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

• DAILY READING      Acts 8:26-40; Joshua 1-2; Job 21

It is probably the most famous surprise attack in history. On December 7, 1941, without warning,  Japanese planes  began attacking  the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory.  Men aboard U.S. ships awoke to the sounds of alarms, bombs exploding, and gunfire. Bleary-eyed men, waking out of sleep,  jumped off their bunks, dressing  in a hurry  as they ran to General Quarters stations.

The U.S Navy had been caught completely off guard. They were not  at all prepared for this battle.  In fact their ammunition stores  were  still locked, guns unmanned,  aircraft parked  on the ground, wingtip to wingtip.

As Japanese airplanes pounded the base, American military, quickly recovering responded effectively with what weapon they could. But the Japanese  having  the element of surprise on their side, wielded the upper hand. The  U.S Naval Commander-in-Chief at the base , hurriedly dispatched to all major navy commands and fleet units, the now famous  message “Air raid Pearl Harbor. This is not drill”. However help could not come in time until the attack was over.

In less than three hours the Japanese had accomplished their mission and departed, leaving behind devastation.  The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed their battleships, sinking a total of twelve ships and damaging  nine others. 160 aircraft were destroyed and 150 others damaged.

American radio stations interrupted regular broadcasts to make the tragic announcement. News of the attack took the country by surprise.  The next day the American President made the official announcement; The U.S. had declared war on Japan.  This would be America’s entrance into world war 2, where eventually along with its other allies, they would win the war.

The battle of pearl harbor in many ways resembles the battles of life we sometimes face. Often times these battles come suddenly without warning. It could start with a phone call, a knock at the door, a routine medical test, a message in your mail; suddenly  everything seems to  go haywire.

Ephesians 6:13  says  ‘Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.’

This is talking about the day of battle.  There is no one on earth who does not face battles. It is part of life. To survive  and thrive in that day, you must live ready.  At the alarm of war , there may be no time for preparation.  It is the reserve of power you  already have that will pull you through.  You must be ready long before the fight. That is the way to be victorious.  And this reserve of power is built through maintaining a fervent altar of prayer. Jesus  asked us to rise and pray lest we enter into temptation.  A lifestyle of daily fellowship with God, will ensure you don’t fall in the day of temptation. Daily fellowship with God, is daily building up your spiritual muscles. When you Study the bible, fast and pray, what you are doing is building up your reserve of strength.  A day will come when you will need it. You may not know the day of the fight, but when you live ready  you can be sure of victory.

Another crucial lesson we can learn is to heed spiritual warnings.  The disaster at Pearl Harbor is seen as the single worst intelligence failure in U.S. history, because, amazingly, the U.S navy ignored the many signs that could have alerted them of an impending attack. For instance, that very morning, an American battleship , the USS Ward, located an unidentified submarine lurking at the harbor’s mouth. American radar operators even detected the Japanese warplanes as they approached Pearl from the north. Yet all these  warnings went unheeded.

Spiritually, one of the strong signs of an impending attack  is if our fire and fervency seems to be going down. Low fire is indication that we are low on oil and so should refill. The enemy strikes most when you are spiritually weak. It is while men slept or were spiritually weak, that the enemy sowed tares. But when we watch and pray the thief is unable to break in to steal. We must keep our loins girded and our lights burning. The 5 foolish virgins  began to run helter skelter at midnight  because they had no reserve of oil. To avoid panicking and being caught off guard, keep oil always reserved in your vessel.

The ability to stand strong  in faith, declaring  God’s Word without shifting , is our  guarantee of victory. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. We must therefore,  Spend enough time in The Word digging a deep foundation so that no matter the storm or wind that comes,  our house will never fall.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to always maintain a lifestyle of spiritual fervency, help me to live ready, may my fire never go down or go  out,  and may I always be prepared to react by faith to any challenge that comes my way. By your grace, grant me victory in every battle in Jesus Name.  . .  

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The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained a  victorious end for you.- WORDBITE 222. 

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]

Psalm 114:7

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?  thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.

DAILY READING     – Acts 8:1b-25; Deuteronomy 33-34; Job 20

Imagine having  an invisible energy shield that protects you wherever you go. Having such a shield means you don’t ever have to worry about  attacks. All you need to do is to simply raise a hand and your energy shield comes up to protect you from any attack. Sounds really wonderful, doesn’t it?

Well, scientists are seriously involved in ongoing research  to produce such an energy  field. The European Space Radiation Superconducting Shield (SR2S) project hopes to create such a force field. Their initial focus is to protect astronauts from radiation during  space missions because risk of radiation has currently become a major obstacle to deep-space exploration.

The SR2S force field will be modeled after the earth’s magnetosphere that protects the earth from solar radiations. Though the Sun is an essential element of life on Earth, however, not all the rays of the Sun are useful. The Sun releases enormous amounts of energy and material which sends radioactive particles into space. These are blasted out from the Sun in a steady wind that travels at 450 km per second. These radiations could kill any living being in a very short period of time. But the earth’s magnetosphere, as an invisible force field surrounding the earth, protects us from these radiations. This it does by channeling away the solar wind, so that it doesn’t impact the earth.

Scientist are therefore exploring the possibility of duplicating  this process, as they use a similar approach in the SR2S technology aimed at creating a magnetic field 3000 times stronger than the one that protects the earth. It will be a 10 meter (30 foot) cosmic ray deflecting force field, around astronauts and their spacecraft, that protects them from radiations.

This concept already has been a staple of many science-fiction works. In many sci-fi books and movies we often see portrayed such a force field, or defence shield of energy, that protects a person from attacks or intrusions.

It is however interesting to note that God  who created the magnetosphere to protect the earth, has also provided for His children a spiritual force field to shield and protect us from harm. God has made possible for us, an environment where we can dwell and never  have to worry about attacks. God’s Presence is this environment.  Psalm 31:20 says ‘Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.’

When we dwell in God’s presence we are divinely protected from every evil.

Psalms 91:1-4 says ‘He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.’

All these scriptures assure us that God’s Presence is a shield of protection for us. When God’s Presence surrounds us, evil loses every access to us. And we engage God’s Presence through praise.

Psalm.32:7 says ‘Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.’ Surrounding ourselves with songs of deliverance keeps us hidden in God’s Presence. Heaven is a place where praise goes on nonstop, therefore God’s Presence is maintained continually there. Similarly when we surround ourselves with nonstop praise on earth we also reproduce a Heavenly atmosphere where God abides continually. And we are told in the book of revelation that in heaven no place was found for the devil.  Therefore you can keep the devil permanently out of your environment through  engaging praise. God  inhabits the praises of His people. When we dwell in praise, we dwell in God, and it is an environment of total protection.

PRAYER: Lord, please grant me the grace to praise You continually, so that I can always be surrounded by Your Presence as a shield against every force of darkness. Let the flow of your praise never cease from my lips in Jesus Name. .  

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Praise always guarantees you power for a raise, learning to praise God in season and out of season is key to fulfilling destiny. – WORDBITE 222

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Psalm 71:7

‘I am a wonder unto many but though art my strong refuge’.

DAILY READING   -Acts 4:23-37; Deuteronomy 21-22; Job 14

Oak trees are known to be massive. They can grow to 100 feet in height. Yet, the key to the oak’s imposing stature is what lies beneath the soil out of view – its root system. Its roots are the source from which the visible tree’s greatness springs. And the oak’s root system is just as impressive as its visible features. The Oak’s taproot can reach 60 feet deep, to search for groundwater. Some of its roots extend out more than twice the drip line. The oak tree’s extensive root system anchors it against storm conditions and allows it to absorb water and nutrients from the soil.  Another tree also that owes its greatness to its roots is the sequoia tree. It is one of the world’s largest and most enduring trees. It can grow to 300 feet in height, weigh over 2.5 million pounds, and live for about 3,000 years. However this majestic tree owes its towering height and astonishing weight to its root system. It’s longevity is also due to its twelve to fourteen-foot-deep matting of roots, spreading over as much as an acre of earth. such complex root system keeps these tree firmly grounded and stable.

This can be likened to what occurs in our walk with God. Before attaining great heights there are seasons of preparation when we develop deep roots in God A hidden season of spiritual preparation must precede a period of visibility or outward  prominence.  And the deeper our spiritual roots, the more we can be prepared to attain great heights.

Through the life of David for instance, we can see how God first prepared him in the hidden season before taking him to greatness.  It was in the bush, in a time of prayerful devotion, a season of serving unseen and unknown, that God prepared David for the throne. In this place God expanded his root system.

When David defeated Goliath he became a wonder to his world. Men hailed him and the women sang his praises. Many thought he was an overnight success, but nobody saw the lonely years in the shepherd’s fields where he fought the bears and lions in secret and learned to trust God and make God his strong refuge.

It is the same way God prepares us. Some of the things you are passing through now is God training you. Before you ascend the throne God has for you, you must first pass through processes that  prepare you  to trust God and become totally dependent on Him. Preparation is the mother of manifestation. This season of preparation, is a hidden season of life, where it may seem you are alone fighting the bears and the lions. But God is using the things you are passing through to develop your spiritual muscles, and an unshakeable faith in Him.

They say an exclamation mark is only a question mark straightened out. Men may exclaim and wonder at you when you finally ascend the throne, but then they didn’t see the hidden places of preparation where God trained you.

And most of this training is done in the place of prayer. Every endeavor that will succeed must be established in the spirit through a hidden season of  prayer, before it can manifest physically. The reason why endeavors fail is because people try to do things only in the physical without considering the importance of the spiritual. So like a house built without foundation at the first gust of wind everything comes tumbling. Things are first established spiritually before they can manifest in the physical realm. A hidden season of spiritual establishment and preparation is crucial to our outward manifestation, just as the root is crucial to the tee’s outward growth.  That is God’s order of things. Therefore lets learn to release ourselves to God to train and prepare us as He deems fit. Our concern should be ensuring we are in His perfect will and plan at all times. For we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God.  And if we faint not, in due season we shall surely reap.

PRAYER: Lord,I submit myself, my plans and everything about my life to your perfect will. Lord  have your way in my life, and  please  grant  me the grace to always submit to you, so as to  be prepared when Your foreordained season for me comes, in Jesus Name.

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Everything that ultimately  has a glorious ending usually has a humble beginning.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]

Mathew 28:18-19   And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:.

DAILY READING    Acts 5:17-42; Deuteronomy 25-27; Job 16

Edward Payson was an American Congregational preacher in the 18^th century. One Sunday, when there was a storm, he found he had only one person in his audience. That still didn’t deter him from preaching.  He must have preached down fire and brimstone, because his one audience got quickly converted. This convert later told Payson, “For whenever you talked about sin and salvation, I glanced around to see to whom you referred, but since there was no one there but me, I had no alternative but to lay every word to my own heart and conscience!”

We may not be able to preach to the entire world, but we can start where we are with who we can; one person at a time.  It has been said “Every soul with Christ is a missionary; every soul without Christ is a mission field,”

In preaching the Gospel to those around you or serving in the church, you may often wonder if you are really making any real difference. This can be so especially if we are not seeing any immediate effect of our spiritual labor.  But you have to know there is a grand plan God is working out. Though we may not see the immediate effect this side of Heaven, Lets us trust that God is working out His grand plan.

Billy Graham is said to have shared the gospel with more people than anyone else in history. As of 2008, Billy Graham’s estimated lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, topped 2.2 billion. In other words approximately 2.2 billion people have heard the gospel from Billy Graham’s mouth.

it is interesting to note the chain of events that  culminated in the great harvest of souls under Billy Graham’s ministry. Part of the chain of events that led to this great harvest of souls started a century even before Billy Graham was born. In the mid-1800, a Sunday school teacher, Edward Kimball decided to personally visit and share the Gospel with the boys in his Sunday school class. One young man, in particular, who didn’t seem to understand the gospel was a concern to Kimball. So one Saturday he went to the shoe store where he was stocking shelves and spoke to him about the importance of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  That young man was Dwight L. Moody, that day he received Jesus Christ as his Savior. In his lifetime, Moody touched two continents for God, with thousands professing Christ through his ministry.

Under Moody ministry, one man’s heart was touched for God, Wilbur Chapman, who later became an evangelist and preached to thousands. In one of his meetings a professional baseball player named Billy Sunday got converted. Deeply touched by the Gospel Billy Sunday quit professional baseball and became part of Chapman’s evangelistic team. Later on Billy Sunday began his own evangelistic crusades, and under his ministry, another young man was converted whose name was Mordecai Ham.  Mordecai who would also become a preacher, one day went to Charlotte, North Carolina to preach, a lanky young man, who had heard some people planned to go and interrupt the meetings, out of curiosity, decided to also go to see what would happen. This young man was Billy Graham, that night Billy was intrigued by what he heard. Returning another night, he responded to the invitation and was converted.

You never know what impact the one person you are preaching to now can make eventually in the chain of God’s plan. Let us therefore trust The Lord of the harvest who has the full plan for His kingdom. Let’s be obedient to preach to anyone and everyone He leads us. He alone knows the end from the beginning.

The Spirit brought Philip to the Ethiopian eunuch who was reading the Scriptures and needed someone to help him understand. (Acts 8:26-35). The Spirit gave Philip the right words to say, to bring the eunuch to salvation. The vibrant church growth witnessed in Ethiopia in the early centuries after Christ, is linked to this Ethiopian Eunuch’s conversion. .

God has a well mapped out strategy for the building of His Kingdom, each time we obey The Holy Spirit and share the Gospel we are connecting those chains, we may not immediately  see the larger picture, but we trust that God is at work, connecting the dots together,. And each time we are disobedient to preach we may be breaking the chain and frustrating God’s grand agenda. Think about it. Everyone has an important part to play in the overall plan. Let’s not be the weak link, Let us not break the chain.

Let us be sensitive and obedient to move and obey each time The Holy Spirit is prompting us to preach to someone. We may never know the vital role such persons may eventually play in God’s overall plan. But as we obey, we can be sure God is bringing His grand plan to pass.

PRAYER: Lord, Please help me to be obedient to the promptings of The Spirit to preach The Gospel to those you are leading me to. May I never be ashamed of your Word, May I preach The Gospel always in season and out of season in Jesus Name.

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Whenever God places a demand on you, He is only positioning you to receive more from Him.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]