“Therefore, say to the
Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will free you from your slavery in Egypt. I
will redeem you with mighty power and great acts of judgment. I will make you
my own special people, and I will be your God. And you will know that I am the
Lord your God who has rescued you from your slavery in Egypt. I will
bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It will
be your very own property. I am the Lord!” So Moses told the people what
the Lord had said, but they wouldn’t listen anymore. They had become too
discouraged by the increasing burden of their slavery. Exod. 6:6-9
When God is ready to do
something, He is unstoppable. In our pursuits of success in whatever endeavours
we choose, we often meet with brick walls.
These often lead us to discouragement and most often, as Christians, we
tend to unbelief. God was the one who
promised Abraham a child but was not ready to give him that child when it was
logical to do so. So Abraham tarried
till his patience was exhausted and he and his wife were sure it would not happen. Abraham’s was old and his libido had
expired. He made sure that Sarah had
reached menopause so logically, there was no hope for her. But when God was ready for the couple He
personally visited them (Gen. 18:1-14), in
spite of their unbelief and logical conviction that they would never have a
biological child of their own.
One of the greatest miracles
of my life as far as becoming a University Graduate is concerned is that,
logically speaking, I never would have accomplished that goal. All those who
would have sponsored me were there, attempted to do so, but God never permitted
them to do so. When His appointed time
came, he led me by Himself, he made me to sponsor myself from Primary six till
I graduated at the age of 46 years and one year later, I was called to the
Nigerian Bar! Along the line whenever I
lacked support, because His appointed time was come, he appointed external
helpers to support me. (I was consistently angry with all the helpers I had
hoped would help me) until, when after graduation I asked God why did You not
allow these people to help me? His reply was “I did so because I did not wantto share my glory with anybody!”. Some events happened later that I took a
decision about my life that went contrary to the expectation of those I
expected to help me. Then God reminded
me of what He had said. So if He had
permitted those people, they would have not claim the glory for sponsoring me
but would have considered me an ingrate! I pray for the reader of this
devotional that at His appointed time, God will visit your situation in Jesus
name.
When God is ready, it does
not matter whether one has been discouraged or no longer believes in Him. Indeed God does not open the way until “all
other roads are closed”. Then will just arise
and proceed and do what He wants to do in His own miraculous way. He will also remove all obstacles. Are you discouraged or have lost faith? Your discouragement or unbelief will not stop
or prevent God from answering your prayers when His appointed time has come in
Jesus’ name. All your frustrations shall turn to miraculous breakthroughs that
will be too big to hide in Jesus name.
When God is ready, He guides
our behaviour. Abraham could have seen
but not attended to Trinity. But God
guided him and he did because his appointed time to be blessed had come. Sarah (laughed in unbelief), yet she
cooperated with Abraham to cook and entertain Trinity. So the duo PROVOKED
God’s miracle for their lives. When your
appointed time has come, you will not make any mistake. Instead, your response shall provoke your
miracles in Jesus’ name.
God’s appointed time for you
to be attended to concerning that sorrowful aspect of your life which gives you
concern is nearer than you ever think it can be, It is true you are discouraged
and don’t even believe God can do it again, but I assure you that you will neither die nor
make a mistake when He comes. You will
surely laugh last because your delayed Isaac will come. Your deferred graduation, marriage, career
opportunities will come in Jesus name. God bless you in Jesus’ name.
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