Deuteronomy 23:5, ‘The Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.’
DAILY READING: – Mark 4:21-41; 2 Samuel 11-12; Daniel 6
Michael Franzese is an American former New York mobster and captain of the Colombo crime family. Though he was the son of a Mafia boss, while growing up, his father never wanted him involved in crime and had enrolled him in a pre-med program at Hofstra University. But after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967, Michael dropped out of school to make money for his family.
Michael eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the American government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s.
By the age of 35, in 1986, Fortune Magazine had listed Michael Franzese as number 18 on its list of the “Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses”.
Michael said that at the height of his career, he generated up to $8 million per week.
However in 1986, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges.
He spent three of those prison years in isolation. While there, he began to seek God and had time to really study the Bible. During that time, God taught him the Word and really changed his heart and he accepted Jesus as his Saviour.
When he was finally released in 1994, it was obvious that God’s amazing grace had singled him out from destruction. Out of Fortune Magazine’s list of “Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses”, 47 of them were dead, 2 were serving life sentences in prison and only Michael Franzese was alive and free.
Today, he preaches the Gospel around the world, and tells of God’s amazing love.
Deuteronomy 23:5 says, ‘The Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.’
Indeed God’s love is truly amazing. Regardless of the wrong turns we may sometimes take in life, God’s love remains a constant. Apostle Paul said nothing can separate us from the love of God. When we make mistakes, God doesn’t change His mind.
Out of His loving kindness, God is able to turn what may look like mistakes into miracles.
There is no situation God cannot turn around. There is no night so dark His light cannot penetrate.
Even in situations that look hopeless, God knows how to intervene and organize a divine rescue.
God knows how to fix our lives. He is the potter that knows how to put us back together when we are broken. Even the times it seems you may not know what to do, God knows exactly what to do.
No matter what happens, God has our lives under His perfect control. He always has a plan and a purpose. And as long as we remain sincere in following Him, He will indeed cause everything to eventually work out together for our good.
Romans 8:28 speaks of God’s ability to turn situations around. It says, ‘And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.’
“All things” includes your failures and your mistakes. We have all made mistakes at one time or the other; no one is immune. However, when we seek God’s help and align to His will, He will turn things around for our good. He will turn curses into blessings, He will turn your mess into a message, and He will cause your scars to become your stars.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your amazing love that never gives up on me. I know even right now You are causing everything to work out together for my good. I am truly grateful Lord, for Your loving kindness and unending Mercies in my life in Jesus’ Name.
QUOTE
God is preparing you for the season He prepared your breakthrough. – WORDBITE 222.