“and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always to the very end of the age” –( Mathew 28:20)
If journey is not going to plan the feeling of abandonment can arise. And as we wind up 2033 such a feeling might strike one. Perhaps one might think God left him out in the cold.
Where you think so, there are numerous comforting statements where God promises us He will be with us through whatever upheavals. “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave nor forsake you” (Deut 31:6). These words were spoken to Joshua as he took on the leadership mantle from Moses whom the Lord had seen to the end.
Joshua would go on to win as many battles, keeping true to the words of the Lord over his life. “Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty -five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So, here am I today, eighty five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I am just as vigorous to go to battle as then” (Joshua 14:10-11).
Today, as you pass through whatever upheavals, know that just the Lord Almighty walked with Joshua, He will never leave you but walk with you!
Prayer for today: Lord God Father God of Abraham, maker of heave and earth, today I pray to hold on to your words that you will be with me to the very end, 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.
