“Has he ever promised and not carried it through” Numbers23:19 NLT
What do you do first when you are faced with challenges? Many times we complain and tend to think that God has forsaken us. I understand it might be a pressing situation but is that enough to doubt the ability of God to bring you out?
God said He will never leave us no forsake us. That gives us the confidence to say he is our helper. (Ref Hebrews 13:5-6) Has God ever promised something and not carried it through? So why do you begin to doubt God now?
I’m reminded of a story in the Bible, in Matthew16. Jesus was with his disciples and he warned them against the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees by talking about yeast. The disciples didn’t get it and so they thought Jesus was referring to the fact that they had no bread. Jesus responded, “Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? O you [men, how little trust you have in Me, how] little faith! Do you not yet discern (perceive and understand)? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many [[a]small hand] baskets you gathered? Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many [[b]large provision] baskets you took up? How is it that you fail to understand that I was not talking to you about bread?” Matthew16:8-11 AMP. Jesus couldn’t understand how the disciples could even consider lack of bread an issue if they were present during those miracles. In Shona we call that “Kukanganwa chazuro nehope” simply meaning forgetting about what happened yesterday with a night’s sleep.
Many of us find ourselves in this predicament. We forget all the times God came through for us before. God is the creator of Heaven and Earth. Is anything too big for Him? The next time you are faced with a challenge, do not despair! Count your blessings and begin to remind yourself of the great things God has done for you in the past. He brought you out in the past, so He will bring you out again.
Stay Blessed
“These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:11
A certain Preacher gave the members of his congregation a mandate to go and read John 23:1-14 in preparation for the next service. At the beginning of the next service he asked how many had performed the mandate. Almost everyone raised their hands and those that didn’t shyly confessed that they didn’t get the opportunity to read it because of other pressing commitments. The Preacher went on to ask everyone to close their Bible and listen to his sermon based on John 23. He read from His “Bible” about the story of how “Zedekiah was put in a lion’s den and how Jesus came to save Him.” During the teaching everyone was jumping up and down, shouting Hallelujah!!! Yes the Preacher was preaching good that day! As he was concluding his sermon, the Preacher asked everyone to open their Bibles and read with him John23:14 and to their amazement the book of John ends on chapter 21! I can imagine the looks on their faces!
The Bible is our Life Manual. It contains solutions for any problem or challenge we can face in our daily walk on earth. That’s why it is important for us to read it constantly. Find out what it says about your health, your prosperity and your entire life. After all, it is our true reflection, our mirror as eluded to in the Amplified Version of 2Corithians 3:18,
“And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of God, are constantly being transfigured into His {very own} image in ever increasing splendour {and} from one degree of glory to another…” The more you read the Word of God, the more you become what it says! For faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God! (Ref Romans10:17)
Make up your mind to read the Bible more often, not just speed reading like a novel but study to understand. Maybe you find it difficult to read the Bible by yourself; you don’t even know where to begin!
http://www.youversion.com/reading-plans/all has many Bible reading plans to choose from. Lastly, always remember,
“Those who discover these words live, really live; body and soul, they’re bursting with health” Proverbs 4:22 (MSG)
Stay Blessed
