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Exodus 13:17-22

To those that went in the journey of the wilderness, it must have been as if the journey would never come to an end. Are you feeling the same in your journey of life? Do you question about when will all the confronting challenges be over? Interesting enough for the children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel, the Lord led them through the safest route. It was a route to avoid war with the forces of enemy; a route that would prevent them from becoming a captive in the hands of enemy. Above all, God led them through a route where there would have been no reason for them to go back into the captivity of Egypt. Exodus 13: 17-18, ÒThen it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt. 18 So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.Ó In their deliverance from entering a war route, they turned on to war of complaint and disobedience against the One that led them from bondage. The children of Israel could have taken the worst route, but they did not recognize it. As a result, they were unable to acknowledge what God had done and turned into complaining and disobedient. Your situation could be much worst right now, consider yourself blessed and keep on trusting God. He knows the plans that He is having for you. His plan is not evil because He is not an evil God. Today, encourage yourself in the Lord; let it be clear to you that God will get you to where He is taking you if you do not get out of His command.

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Mark 6:7-13

In the days of Jesus, crowds followed Him, multitudes thronged Him, but only twelve were actually called. Mark 6:7, ÒAnd He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.Ó Before He called them to Himself, they left all they had behind; unlike some who were following without being able to leave it all behind. Jesus called them in order to send them out to serve. Jesus did not call them so that people could serve the disciples. JesusÕ calling is for serving others and not for ourselves to be served. In His calling for your life, are you serving or are you being served? If Jesus has called you to Himself, He will deposit power in you. If in your acclaimed calling, power is not being demonstrated you are either being served or have yet to receive being called to Jesus Himself. The twelve were called and power was deposited in them over unclean spirits. The twelve that were called left under His command that He gave them. Are you operating in the calling of Jesus based on His command? The disciples took commands from Jesus and went further in their assignment. Mark < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>6:12-13, ÒSo they went out and preached that people should repent. 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.Ó The disciples that were called by Jesus went and came back with testimony of miracles. In all your assignments, are you having testimony? In JesusÕ calling, there is power when the response to serve is glaring. Ask God, the only distributor of grace, to deposit in your life all that it takes to answer in serving others.

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Psalm 95:1-11

This is how rebellion is described in the book of 1Samuel < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>15:23, ÒFor rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.Ó Rebellion has its root in rejecting the Word of God. Is it possible that you are having any trace of rebellion in you? Rebellion is in line with witchcraft and it is a serious sin that causes rejection in the life of its carrier. There is a way out of rebellion and that way is in hearing the voice of God; that is hearing what the Word has to say or is saying. The life of the children of Israel should serve as a vivid example of what it will be like for anyone that is living a rebellious life. Psalm 95:7-8, ÒFor He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice: 8 do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, as in the day of trial in the wilderness.Ó It is clear that worshiping God will always bring forth His voice in our direction. With the Word of God entering by being able to hear His voice, hardness of heart will not have its place. The children of Israel began to lose it when the Word of God could no longer sound in their direction because there was a failure in hearing His voice. The devil is a liar that has been around for long and he knows what to take away so he can give what will take man away from God. Rebellion will not announce itself when it begins to solidify its footing in your life. When rebellion sets into a man, there will be a lost in the ways of God. Despite all that the Lord God did in bringing them out of the bondage of Egypt, the children of Israel entered into rebellion and became lost in the ways of God. To be lost in His ways is to gain exit out of His rest. Pray to God and work against the spirit of rebellion.

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Genesis 11:31, 12:1-9

The land that God called Abraham to go was the original destination of Terah, the father of Abraham. Genesis 11:31-32, ÒAnd Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son AbramÕs wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Haran.Ó The same land of Canaan was the one that God eventually called Abraham to go. One would always wonder what is it that has caused Terah to start a journey and not get to the end of his journey. Could it have been that the comfort in Haran got Terah stagnated? Terah lived for two hundred and fifty years. With so many years on his side, he must have had enough wake-up calls to get him on track towards his original destination, but comfort (convenience) must have held him hostage in Haran. It was in the same Haran that God called Abraham to go out from to the land of Canaan. Whenever there is a move from bondage into the journey of promise or salvation, there is a clear indication that multitude or comfort (convenience) is bound to cause distraction or denial from getting to the expected end. When Abraham was called, he was not to take with himself the entire multitude that Terah took with himself. God instructed Abraham to get out of his country, family and from his fatherÕs house (Genesis 12:1). Have you entered into a journey where stagnation is beginning to show its face by way of convenience or multitude at your stop over? Do not let your stop over overtake your final destination. Ask God to enable you in getting to your expected end in the journey that you have embarked on. God is a faithful God and He will see you through if you are willing to go through.

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Luke 24:13-32

Ask God to deliver you from whatever it is that causes the Word of God not to burn in your heart of a believer. The Bible recorded in Luke 24 about two who were no strangers to the Living Word of God, but could not catch the fire nature of His word when the word located them on their journey. You have given your life to the Lord and you are no longer a stranger to almost every word of Jesus. Is the Word burning in you? It is not good to know about the Word and not have the Word burning on a consistent basis. If the Word is not burning, it will constantly make Him to vanish from the sight of a believer. Luke 24:31-32, ÒThen their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight. 32 And they said to one another, ÒDid not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?Ó Jesus walked with the two long enough for them to enter into a breakthrough miracle, but they only recognized Him at His vanishing point. The problem of the two was that the Word that was spoken to them, the Word that they were receiving all through their walk with Jesus, did not catch fire in them and as a result, their heart failed to burn within them while He talked with them on the way. The Word of God is not scarce today and it is constantly in your face if you are a believer that spends time in the Bible regularly. Whatever it is that is quenching the burning of the Word in your life does have a need to give up on you. If you are indeed willing to move forward with Him and also to maintain a constant communication, your heart has to be in a place where the Word is burning at all time. Ask Him for the grace to make your heart a place where His Word is not getting quenched when it comes into you.