Job 5:21-22 ‘..Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.’

DAILY READING; Romans 9:30-10:21; 1 Samuel 19; Psalm 64

The Panic of 1857 was a serious economic depression in the United States that caused widespread bankruptcies and made over 15000 businesses to collapse. It led to huge unemployment, homelessness and famine. However in the midst of this national crisis, God caused one man to shine as light in the dark world.
Jeremiah Lanphier lived during this tumultuous time of the Panic of 1857
Before then, the nation had been in tremendous spiritual, political, and economic decline. Then to make matters worse, by 1857, large financial panic hit. Banks failed, railroads went bankrupt, factories closed, unemployment increased. All these pushed the nation to the brink of civil war.
Yet in the midst of these unlikely surroundings, God used Jeremiah Lanpier to birth revival.
Jeremiah himself was virtually unknown, without influence or platform, yet his passion for prayer was unmistakable. His obscurity, lack of training, and lack of financial resources didn’t stop him. He was so enamored with reaching souls for Jesus that in a risky step of faith, he rented a hall on Fulton street in New York and began advertising prayer meetings. By the third week, despite Jeremiah’s advertising, his prayer meeting had only forty participants.
But as Jeremiah pesevered in prayers, everything changed few days later as the stock market crashed. Suddenly people began flocking by the thousands to the prayer meetings. Within just six months, 10,000 people were gathering daily for the prayers. Soon the revival spread like wild fire to other cities and nations.
What started as the Panic of 1857 became the Great Awakening of 1857, that ushered millions of souls into God’s kingdom..

Just like America’s economic depression, today, the world is going through a crisis period.
However, while it may be a time of crisis in the world, it is certainly a time of opportunity for the Church.
In the midst of the gross darkness we are to rise and shine as lights in the world.. It is time for revival, breakthroughs and awakenings for God’s people.
As God’s covenant people, we are to flourish in the famine and thrive in tough times and laugh in the midst of adversities.

Job 5:20,22 (NKJV) says “In famine He shall redeem you from death……….You shall laugh at destruction and famine.” –

We are not at the mercy of the fluctuating global systems rather God is in control of our lives.
While there may be darkness in Egypt, as God’s people in Goshen, we are surrounded with light.
While it may be a dark time for those who don’t know God, for those who know their God, they shall be strong and do exploits.

Therefore, let us not get so caught up in the negative news of the world that we forget, that our case is different. While the world may be saying there is a casting down, it is our time to say there is a lifting up.
Though the world may be striving, we are going to be thriving.

Notwithstanding what may be going on in the world, the Most High God is working in our lives to cause His glory to arise upon us.
As we observe the season of fasting and praying, let us get ready to be used tremendously by God to bring revival to the world.
At a time of gross darkness, it is God’s plan for His glory to be seen upon us so that all the gentiles will be drawn to the brightness of our rising.. At a time when the world structures are shaking and systems are collapsing, it is God’s desire to lift us up as solution providers and miracle workers.
Indeed amid the crisis of this end-time, God is set to display His manifold wisdom through the Church. Therefore let us get ready for the of outbreak revival, certainly it is our time to arise and shine!

PRAYER; Father I thank You for giving me the victory over the negative circumstances in the world. Because I am connected to a Heavenly Source, I will be blessed even in famine, and will keep increasing and flourishing on every side in all my endeavors in Jesus Name
QUOTE;
You don’t have light until you have The Word of God. Until you have The Word of God on any issue in your life, you don’t have light yet. WORDBITE 222.