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1 Samuel 12:6 ‘And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.’
DAILY READING; 1 Peter 5; Jeremiah 39-40; Psalm 138
In 1961, East Germany built a huge wall that stopped its citizens from migrating to the more progressive West Germany. For 28-years the Berlin wall made life difficult for many people as families were separated and the people lost their freedom.
However, in all those years Christians on both sides of the wall cried out to God to make a way. Then in 1989 , unexpected events began to unfold that brought answers to those prayers.
Somehow, government officials in East Germany made inexplicable mistakes that led to the sudden bringing down of the Berlin wall.
On Nov. 9, 1989, leader of the East Berlin Communist Party, Gunter Schabowski, was in a press conference when a journalist asked him when the borders would be opened.
In replying Schabowski mistakenly said the border would be opened with immediate effect!
The conference which was being aired over the radio was heard by many East Germans. And based on what Schabowski had said, many people began heading to the Berlin walls.
The senior officer on duty that night at the border had not received any order to open the border and as the crowd arriving there grew to nearly 1,000 people, he called his supervisors. But when this officer received a skeptical response from his superiors about his ability to control the situation at the border, he became angry. And in that anger he turned to his men and ordered: “Open the barrier!”
As the barriers were opened many East Germans began to rush across the border into Western Germany.
And that was how confusion among the East Berlin Communist Party officers led to the people’s freedom. One of the people that walked free through the walls that day, was a young woman named Angela Merkel, who would years later become the Chancellor of Germany.
Though the people of East Germany were restricted and limited for many years, yet in one night, the mistake of their enemies led to the miracle of their freedom.
Indeed God is able to orchestrate events that will cause long closed doors to suddenly open for you. He can cause your enemies to make mistakes that will cause you to suddenly experience a break through.
When God is ready for you to take new grounds, He will invade your ordinary with something extraordinary. He will disrupt your normal with something abnormal. He will create a scenario that will create confusion in the enemy’s camp and cause them to act without reasoning.
On the journey to the promised land, the children of Israel were stopped by the 30 foot high wall of Jericho. The thick wall stood between them and their destiny.
Though they didn’t know how to break through the barrier, God asked them to walk around the walls and praise Him.
As they obeyed, the wall miraculously came tumbling down.
Indeed God knows how to break through impossible barriers and advance us in our journey.
1 Samuel 12:6 says ‘And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.’
It certainly takes divine advancement to come into our promised land. It takes the power of God to destroy the battles against us and the limitations that resist our progress.
Indeed there are forces that must be cut down for our destiny to move forward.
Just as the Israelites brought down the wall of Jericho through praise, as we obey God’s Word and praise Him, every wall of resistance against our progress will be destroyed.
The weapon of praise is essential to our victory because praise brings God’s Presence. And whenever God arrives, His enemies will be scattered and obstacles become miracles.
As we praise God in this season, He will enlarge our territories and open new doors before us.
Certainly it is our season to see divine increase, new levels and new opportunities. Indeed it is time for every spiritual embargo to be lifted, as we experience breakthroughs, promotions, healings and speedy divine advancement on every side.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You because I know You are about to break every barrier and limitation and usher me into a new level of life. It is certainly my season to experience divine advancement and restoration in all my endeavors in Jesus Name.
QUOTE
Praise is proof that you believe God to do what He said, He would do in your life, – WORDBITE 201.