"Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God" - Luke 18:27 (NIV).
Going into a gruelling interview can be a cause for serious worry over how it would go. Suppose you meet there some guy who takes on a sudden animosity towards you. No matter the answers you give to a battalion of questions, he presses on, till he lands you in a trap. Voila, as they say, and you are done. What was supposed to be your job, sliced for someone else.
These situations happen every day, where any of us could march into an unsympathetic army. Before we have even a moment to introduce ourselves there flies a volley of shots to bring us down. Maybe it is the way we look that reminds our sudden nemesis of something to release all the venom. It could be that we are making our entrance on a bad day and we just happen to be a convenient target. At any rate before we utter anything we are roasted and packed off.
Once there was a situation. A certain young Queen needed a favour from her King. This was no ordinary request she was about to make as there was a plot to massacre all her people. According to custom no one was allowed to go and talk to the King univited. This was going to be one challenging mission and favour was needed.
To have her way, Queen Esther, advised, "Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish" (Esther 4: 16).
Having prepared herself she marshaled courage and waded into the King's territory. Look at what happened. Once the king saw her before she had even uttered her request, he smiled, "Then the king asked, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given you" (Esther 5:3).
Of course yours may not be that type of situation but nonetheless you are about to penetrate enemy ground. Taking from this example, how about some time of prayer and fasting, to penetrate the shield of the enemy, by inflicting him with darts of faith and receiving the favour that comes from the Lord!
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, for such a situation that appears impossible I seek your favour that you open the floodgates of blessings for me, this I pray in Jesus's name.
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Premier Joseph and King David have a particular common characteristics: two individuals who were blessed with success, in their work. When Joseph was taken into the household of Potiphar, “The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered...When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant” ( Gen 39:2-4).
Even when he was imprisoned later, on false accusations, “The LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there” (vv 21-22). Later in his life he is made second in command of Egypt by Pharaoh. “You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you” (Genesis 41:40).
For David, after he disposed off Goliath, “Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army” (1 Samuel 18:5). His success on the battle field would soon cause trouble for him when the troops started singing, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands” (vv 7).
In spite of Saul’s anger at the comparison and even trying to kill him, for David “in everything he did he had great success, because the LORD was with him. When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him. But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns” (vv 14-16). Eventually, the throne would pass on to David.
Success in life is one of the blessings the Lord has marked out for believers. These individuals were successful because the Lord was with them. The only one who does not wish to see success of us, is the enemy Satan, who comes to kill, steal and destroy (John 10:10). May we pray that our lives are characterized with the anointing of success, because the Lord is with us!
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today I pray that I bask in your success, in all that I do, because as was with your servants Joseph, David, Daniel and others, you are with me, and this I pray in Jesus’ name.
