Mathew 7: 25 ‘And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
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The catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey on February 6, 2023, killed about 50,000 people and more than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the disaster which was the worst in the country’s modern history.
The fact that most of the collapsed buildings were newly constructed raised questions about the integrity of the construction companies.
After previous earthquake disasters in Turkey, building codes were tightened and the bar was raised. The country’s recent ethics meant that new buildings should withstand earthquakes to a degree.
But failure of construction companies to obey these new building regulations had led to the catastrophic death toll. Ironically, many of the victims had bought or rented those buildings because of advertisements that boasted that they were earthquake proof.
After an international outcry was raised, Turkey’s ministry of justice began a crackdown on those responsible for the poor constructions, leading to the arrest of nearly 200 people.
The buildings that withstand earthquakes are those that strictly follow building ethics.
Likewise, when we build our lives according to spiritual ethics, we will withstand the storms and quakes of life.
According to divine protocol, endeavors are first established spiritually before they can succeed physically. Therefore, by investing time at the beginning of this year to wait upon the Lord, what we have done is to establish strong spiritual foundation for the coming months.
The time we have spent in digging deep spiritually, will ensure that we will survive any trial or storm that may come our way. While others may fall, we will rise and where others may perish, we will flourish.
Spending the beginning part of the year to hear from the Lord will enable us to build in accordance with God’s purpose and pattern. We are in the end-times, which is a crucial season when we cannot afford to live anyhow or do whatever appeals to us, because Heaven is executing a definite divine agenda on earth.
The extra mile we have gone in this season to seek God, is meant to sharpen us spiritually to have the right focus as we run our race this year. Also through waiting upon the Lord we have received the strength to soar like eagles and be positioned for constant victory.
With such spiritual preparations, it is certainly our year to keep flourishing and breaking forth on every side. No matter what may be happening in the world, because we have built upon the solid foundation of God’s Word, we keep rising to greater heights and never fall.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for empowering me to go forth and do exploits this year. By Your grace I shall keep soaring to greater heights of victory because my year has been committed into Your able hands in Jesus Name.
QUOTE: When God is on your side, anything is possible. WORDBITE 222
Shalom!
GOODHEART EKWUEME
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