Sunday 24 July 2011

A SWIFT CHANGE


READ: NUMBERS 3:11-14
If God decides to shift His focus on you, you will experience a swift change. A divine visitation always comes with far-reaching changes. When God decides to visit you, He changes everything until your neighbours will begin to marvel. David is an example of what it means to experience a divine visitation. 1 Samuel 16:1 tells us that David was chosen and singled out for a breakthrough: “Then the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” David woke up as a shepherd boy in the morning, by the evening, he had become a king. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are also good examples. Daniel 1:3-7 tells us that they were taken into Babylon as slaves. However, God decided that they would have a breakthrough. The king chose them to become part of the team or group of wise men. They became special even though they refused to drink the king’s wine. God used the dream of the king and its interpretation to promote Daniel. The king prostrated before Daniel. Wherever you are, whatever the situation, when the Almighty God decides to give you a breakthrough, your miracle is sure to reach you there. Elijah was also singled out for a breakthrough. In 1 Kings 18:22, Elijah thought that he was the only prophet of the Lord left but he was wrong, because God had hidden 7,000 prophets elsewhere. There were thousands of prophets around but God singled out Elijah as a special vessel. He had a breakthrough and, on the day he prayed, fire fell. I wonder what you may be passing through today, but I wish to leave you with this promise: “Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of the righteous be delivered? But thus says the LORD: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.” (Isaiah 49:24-25).
MEMORIZE: ISAIAH 61:9 –Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people. All who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the posterity.