“For the vision is yet for an appointed time...though it tarry, wait for it...”
(Habakkuk 2:3, KJV) God has an appointed time to fulfill the visions, dreams and desires in your heart. Just because it has taken a long time or because you’ve tried and failed doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen. Don’t give up on those dreams! Don’t be complacent about pursuing what God has placed in your heart. Our God is a faithful God. No matter how long it’s been, no matter how impossible things look, if you’ll stay in faith, your set time is coming. Remember, every dream that’s in your heart, every promise that has taken root, God put it there. Not only that, but He has every intention of bringing it to pass. Hold on to that vision today. Declare by faith, “My time is coming. God is working behind the scenes on my behalf. I will fulfill my destiny!” As you continue to hold on to that vision and speak life over your dreams, it won’t be long before you see them begin to take shape. You’ll see your faith grow, you’ll see your hope strengthen, and you’ll see yourself step into the destiny God has prepared for you! Father, thank You for placing dreams and desires in my heart. I trust that You are at work to bring them to pass even when I can’t see it, even when it’s taking longer than I thought. I know that You are faithful, and I trust You completely in Jesus’ name, Amen. Joel & Victoria Osteen 2 Corinthians 9:8 'God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.'
- It's God's character and desire to bless and provide for you. - He wants to bless you in all things and at all times. - His purpose is to ensure that you have all you need. - As a result you can be a blessing to those around you. PRAYER: Lord, I receive Your blessing and favour on my life. Provide for me in this new week and cause me to be a blessing to those around me. Amen. Die beginsels van God se Woord werk soos geestelike vitamines. Ons gaan oor die volgende paar dae na enkeles kyk: Moet nooit jouself verskoon waarvan jy ander beskuldig nie. Koning Dawid het dit gedoen. Die profeet Natan het hom oor sy sonde met Batseba konfronteer deur vir hom 'n verhaal oor twee mans te vertel. Een het baie vee en beeste gehad; die ander een slegs 'n ooilam. Toe 'n besoeker by die ryk man kom vir aandete, het hy die arm man se lammetjie geslag. 'Dawid het hom bloedig vererg oor die man en...gesê: "'n man wat dit oor sy hart kon kry om so iets te doen, moet doodgemaak word, en hy moet viervoudig vir die ooilam vergoed." "Jy is die man!" sê Natan toe vir Dawid. (2 Samuel 12:5-7 NV). Natan het vervolg: "So sê die Here die God van Israel: Ek het aan jou die koningskap van Saul gegee en boonop nog sy vrouens ook...En as dit nog te min was, sou Ek enigiets daar wou bygee...Jy het Uria [Batseba se man]...met die swaard doodgemaak en toe sy vrou vir jou gevat...Daarom sal die swaard nou nooit meer uit jou huis weggaan nie...'' (vv. 7-10 NV). Dawid het dit nie besef nie, maar hy het self sy eie straf uitgespreek: 'Hy moet viervoudig...vergoed.' En hy het. Eers het die kind gesterf wat hy by Batseba verwek het. Tweedens het sy seun sy dogter verkrag, maar hy het nie die morele gesag gehad om op te tree nie. Derdens het Absalom, sy geliefde seun wat sy troon sou erf, oorlog aangeblaas en aan die hand van sy eie mense gesterf. Vierdens het burgeroorlog in Israel uitgebreek wat duisende lewens geëis het. Die les was duidelik: moet nooit ander beskuldig van dit wat jy jouself veroorloof nie.
Sielskos: Eseg 5-9; Lukas 1:57-66; Ps 139:7-12; Spr 13:24 I am the voice of the one calling out in the desert: “Make the road straight
for the Lord.” John 1:23 The faces of the three men were solemn as the mayor informed them of the catastrophe. “The rains have washed away the bridge. During the night many cars drove over the edge and into the river.” “What can we do?” asked one. “You must stand on the side of the road and warn the drivers not to make the left turn. Tell them to take the one-lane road that follows the side of the river.” “But they drive so fast! How can we warn them?” “By wearing these sandwich signs,” the mayor explained, producing three wooden double-signs, hinged together to hang from one’s shoulders. “Stand at the crossroads so drivers can see these signs until I can get someone out there to fix the bridge.” And so the men hurried out to the dangerous curve and put the signs over their shoulders. “The drivers should see me first,” spoke one. The others agreed. His sign warned, “Bridge Out!” He walked several hundred yards before the turn and took his post. “Perhaps I should be second, so the drivers will slow down,” spoke the one whose sign declared, “Reduce Speed.” “Good idea,” agreed the third. “I’ll stand here at the curve so people will get off the wide road and onto the narrow.” His sign read simply “Take Right Road” and had a finger pointing toward the safe route. And so the three men stood with their three signs ready to warn the travellers of the washed-out bridge. As the cars approached, the first man would stand up straight so the drivers could read, “Bridge Out.” Then the next would gesture to his sign, telling the cars to “Reduce Speed.” And as the motorists complied, they would then see the third sign, “Right Road Only.” And though the road was narrow, the cars complied and were safe. Hundreds of lives were saved by the three sign holders. Because they did their job, many people were kept from peril. But after a few hours they grew lax in their task. The first man got sleepy. “I’ll sit where people can read my sign as I sleep,” he decided. So he took his sign off his shoulders and propped it up against a boulder. He leaned against it and fell asleep. As he slept his arm slid over the sign, blocking one of the two words. So rather than read “Bridge Out,” his sign simply stated “Bridge.” The second didn’t grow tired, but he did grow conceited. The longer he stood warning the people the more important he felt. A few even pulled off to the side of the road to thank him for the job well done. “We might have died had you not told us to slow down,” they applauded. “You’re so right,” he thought to himself. “How many people would be lost were it not for me?” Presently he came to think that he was just as important as his sign. So he took it off, set it up on the ground, and stood beside it. As he did, he was unaware that he, too, was blocking one word of his warning. He was standing in front of the word “Speed.” All the drivers could read was the word “Reduce.” Most thought he was advertising a diet plan. The third man was not tired like the first, nor self-consumed like the second. But he was concerned about the message of his sign. “Right Road Only,” it read. It troubled him that his message was so narrow, so dogmatic. “People should be given a choice in the matter. Who am I to tell them which is the right road and which is the wrong road?” So he decided to alter the wording of the sign. He marked out the word “Only” and changed it to “Preferred.” “Hmm,” he thought, “that’s still too strident. One is best not to moralize. So he marked our the word “Preferred” and wrote “Suggested.” That still didn’t seem right, “Might offend people if they think I’m suggesting I know something they don’t.” So he thought and thought and finally marked through the word “Suggested” and replaced it with a more neutral phrase. “Ahh, just right,” he said to himself as he backed off and read the words: “Right Road—One of Two Equally Valid Alternatives.” And so as the first man slept and the second stood and the third altered the message, one car after another plunged into the river. "A friend loves at all times." Proverbs 17:17a
Perhaps today you are suffering from the consequences of divorce. Maybe your spouse deserted you or ran off with another person and you are feeling rejected, hurt, even humiliated. Or you may be still struggling twenty or thirty years later with the breakup of your parents and have a festering resentment against them. Or maybe you’ve been separated from your grandchildren because of divorce – something completely out of your control – and your heart is full of bitterness. If you are suffering from the consequences of divorce, know this. Your pain will not go away until you release your resentment and forgive those who have wronged you. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, know that this forgiveness is not “just another option.” It is not something God simply encourages. Jesus Christ commands forgiveness. Sometimes it’s really hard; in fact, some pain is just too deep to be forgiven on our own. Only by the power of Christ can we forgive in certain cases. So, claim that power. Ask God to help you do what you can’t do alone. Let God bring cleansing and healing to your life, and then you can begin to truly live again. As believers hearing God speak to us is our right and privilege . The Word says that we can know His voice and distinguish it from the others. He gave us discernment to identify His voice over other voices of deception. In John 10:3-5 He parallels this with the instinctive nature of sheep that recognize the voice of the shepherd. The more we know God’s word, character nature and the history of how He led others the better we will hear His voice and the more power will be released into our lives. Therefore seek Him diligently. See Deuteronomy 4:29 and be blessed.
In the midst of trials and difficulties , Job felt as though there was no one to come to his aid or defense See Job 9:32-33. Have you ever felt this way? Thankfully, you have an Advocate, Jesus Christ, the one Mediator between God and man see 1 Timothy 2:5. Trust Him to intercede for you.
God is our Rock Deuteronomy 32:4 and place of refuse, He is solid dependable, stable steadfast, dependable, always the same, always good and loving, always kind and merciful, He is great and unfailing , faithful and just. Perfect and right in all His doings! We may have emotional ups and downs as we encounter the influences of negative circumstances and feelings. But the Lord changes not and He cannot be moved by circumstances that would flatten us. We can trust our Rock because He does not waver in His faithfulness towards us. Follow His example and be like He is.
Heavenly father, I pray that nothing will draw me away from fulfilling the plan You have for me. May I never stray from what You have called me to be and do. Give me a vision for my live and a strong sense of purpose. I put my identity in You and my destiny in Your hands. I know if I walk close to You, I will never get off the path You have for me. Help me to do that in Jesus Name I pray. Amen
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