Exodus 14:14 ‘ The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.’
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Sergei Nikolayevich Kourdakov was born in 1951 in the Soviet Union. At a young age, he ran away from home, became a street urchin and later joined the communist party. With intelligence and ambition, he quickly rose in ranks.
In 1969, Sergie who had become a ruthless young man was appointed as the leader of the Soviet Union Communist Youth League. His main assignment was to break up underground Christian meetings. Sergie eventually succeeded in breaking up over 150 secret meetings of Christians. During these attacks, Christian leaders were killed or arrested and Church members were beaten and terrorized.
However, as the Christians continued to pray and remained persistent in their Church attendance, God began to work on their chief persecutor.
Sergie had often wondered what made the Christians so persistent despite all the attacks on them. So one day, when asked by his superiors to burn some Christian texts, out of curiosity, he hid a hand-written copy of the Gospel of Luke, which he later read in secret. The words of Jesus he read gripped him and gradually began to transform him. With time, he became disillusioned with communism. In January of 1971, he defected to Canada.
When the Soviet Union government told Canada to deport him, Sergie prayed to God to intervene, promising to serve Him. God did intervene and the Canadian government granted him asylum. In keeping with his promise to serve God, Sergie converted to Christianity and became an evangelist who began exposing the evils of communism. He told his story in his autobiography, “The Persecutor”.
Perhaps, today, there may be people who pose as serious oppositions to your growth or progress in life. While they may seem a source of concern, what you have to understand is that everyman’s heart is in God’s hand. He knows how to arrest such people or situations that try to hinder you.
Before his conversion, Saul was a terror to the Christians, locking up men and women for their faith. As believers continued to cry out to God, the most unexpected happened. Saul was arrested by Jesus on his way to Damascus. Overnight, Saul the chief persecutor was turned around to become the chief promoter of the Church.
God knows how to turn around those that be against you, to be for you. God can convert your oppressors to become your up-lifters. Those who opposed you will begin to applaud you, and those who berated you will celebrate you. Certainly, when a man’s ways please the Lord, He will cause even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Therefore, rather than bother about the threats of the enemy, just remain strongly connected to God through a life of fervent prayers, When God is on your side, there is no battle or situation that can overcome you.
In 1 Samuel 19:20-24, King Saul was persecuting David. When he sent soldiers to arrest David, God arrested the soldiers and they began to prophesy. When Saul himself went, he too was arrested by the power of God and began to prophesy.
Those people who seem to be a source of harassment to you, God can arrest them for your sake. Therefore in times of challenges, instead of panicking, go on your knees and report the matter to God. In this season, let your focus be on pleasing God and you will be amazed how He can turn around situations in your favor and cause you to truly break forth on every side.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to bless You at all times, so that by Your power I can overcome the oppositions against me. I thank You Lord because even right now, I know You are granting me amazing turnarounds in evey area in Jesus’ Name.
QUOTE: When you apply the Word of God it will work for you anywhere and anytime. WORDBITE 222.
Shalom!
GOODHEART EKWUEME
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