“and the two shall become one flesh, so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate” - Mark 8:10-9 (KJV)
In one city in China soon after cases of the corona virus went down, there was an invasion on the district court from estranged couples. They wanted out! The lockdown other than pulling many couples together instead had unfortunately torn them apart.
Locked up together in one place for month on end suddenly couples had discovered how little they had in common. It was not the sun they looked out for to escape the indoors once things let up. They wanted to escape each other’s company.
Incidentally many had started this journey of living together as friends. The glue that unites any couple is friendship. Friends like to spend time with each other. Friends play with each other. Friends talk to each other a lot. And this of course does not mean there are no squabbles among friends but since they like each other they can easily ride over intrusive conflicts.
Yet having ceased being friends but roommates the lockdown proved to be such a nightmare. For who likes spending time locked up with a restless acquaintance, and with little in common?
One of the secret to a successful marriage is friendship. So let us all in our families work on being just friends before another lockdown makes us want to sprint away fast from each other once the doors are let loose.
Prayer for today: Lord Father in heaven, today I pray in the mighty name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, that I am a friend to those you have chosen I live with.
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24/04/2024 - 25/04/2024 All day“May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed” (Psalm 20:4)
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.
