“Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me” ( Isaiah 46:9)
Remembrace Day is when on 11 November Western Europe gathers to commemorate the end of World War 1. A peace agreement was signed bringing to an end a war that had left 40 million dead and wounded. Although almost all who survived that war are now gone it is still honored in appreciation of the peace that resulted after much loss of innocent lives.
This kind of remembrace is also important to God. For as they entered the promised land, Moses cautioned the Israelites, “When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery” ( Deuteronomy 6: 10-12). Among others the Israelites were tasked to remember the goodness of the Lord by observing his ways.
Like the Israelites, you too the Lord has done great things in your life up to this point. For you were once held and lost in captivity but the Lord freed you and gave you salvation. You were once without hope and feeding on crumbs of the powerful but the Lord provided you with means. You once lived in dark fear of what next but the Lord liberated you and gave you hope through his son Jesus Christ!
If the people of the world know the value of remembering and honoring those that lay down their lives in war, how about you too remembering the good God for all he has done for you. For as the psalmists sings, “I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.” Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God? You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples” ( Psalm 77: 11-14).
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today I pause to remember all that you have done for me and your goodness, so I will sing praises of you and tell others of your wonders, this I pray in Jesus’s name!
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18/05/2024 - 19/05/2024 All day“Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” (Colossians 2:15)
Perhaps one of the most inspiring passages in the Bible with enduring lessons is where Moses pleads to Pharaoh to let the Jews go. Instead Pharaoh dared Moses if he had the power as that of a king. Challenged to “perform a miracle” Moses turned to Aaron who threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs (Exodus 7: 9-12).
What we see here is the presence of occult powers in high places, as is true even today. A common mistake by some is to deny the existence of the occult behind certain thrones or power centers, especially in instances where we find those putting on a genteel manner of social respectability. There are also those who through their education and confined exposure to the spirit realm of things, doubt the existence of occult powers. The reality is that in the world we live in the enemy is much at work. 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
In this passage we see that while Pharaoh did release his snakes the staff God had placed in the hands of his messenger, Moses, was far greater and swallowed all. Here is the point. As believers we do have a far greater and mighty power to protect us from any attacks of the enemy. It is the blood of the lamb. As it is written, “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony...” (Revelation 12:11).
Today whatever snakes you may encounter from anywhere be assured that you have a far greater power than of the enemy. It is the blood of Jesus. As His word says, “call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me” (Psalm 50:15).
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today I pray for protection from the attacks of the enemy by the blood of the lamb, this I pray in Jesus’name.
