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Daniel 2:24-49

GodÕs willingness to use you is more than your desire to be used. You are too busy for the Lord while He is busy searching for you. 2 Chronicles 16:9, ÒFor the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.ÕÓ Hanani was letting King Asa know how God operates when he relayed the above message to king Asa. The same God then is still the same God today and forever. It is a testimony to how God is willing to use you. Daniel made Himself fully available to be used by rejecting the world. Daniel 1:8, ÒBut Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the kingÕs delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.Ó Daniel gave all to his God. The Lord God whose eyes were going to and fro spotted Daniel and He showed Himself strong on behalf of Daniel. Daniel, a captive, came to a position where his captors began to prostrate before him. Daniel 2:46, ÒThen king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him.Ó Ignore your challenges, stay focused on God with all your heart; God will see your heart, and your challenges will fall at your feet. What a wonderful and awesome God! King Nebuchadnezzar prostrated? Your challenges will prostrate for you in Jesus name.

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1 Samuel 18:5-16

DavidÕs victory over Goliath was still in celebration. David has advanced in the calling of where the Lord was taking him to. The celebration of a great deliverance from the hand of Goliath was all over the children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel. While all these were going on, DavidÕs victory and advance was not enough for the enemy to give him a break from challenges. It does not matter how great the victory is by the grace of God, the devil will show up with a new challenge. David, having killed Goliath, the next day entered into another avenue that will make him what God wanted him to be. 1 Samuel 18:10, ÒAnd it happened on the next day that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; but there was a spear in SaulÕs hand. And Saul cast the spear, for he said, ÔI will pin David to the wall! But David escaped his presence twice.ÕÓ The women have not stopped singing the victory of David over Goliath; the next day another challenge of the enemy took a stand against David. You will wonder why your situation is taking a course the way it is. Study the word of God and you will discover that the greater the challenge, the greater the exploit you will carry out to the glory of God. In all your victory celebration, pay attention to the enemyÕs deliberation. It will come, but God will eliminate all on your behalf for Hs name to be glorified. Do not be carried away with the victory at hand, but keep watching and praying.

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Acts 7:35-43

As the going gets tough, what or who have you been listening to? That which will make the difference in your trial time depends on who you have been listening to. Psalm 95:7, 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: ÔDo not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, as in the day of trial in the wilderness.Ó  If you have been listening outside the word of God there will be no way out. If you are listening to the word of God without taking to His word, you have allowed hardness of heart to have its way. Turning back from God starts in the heart. Turning back from God is not a sudden occurrence; it takes its root when hardness of heart comes to play in the life of a believer. The children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel will not obey the word of God despite the demonstration of His power in their midst. Acts 7:39, ÒWhom our fathers would not obey, but rejected and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt.Ó Where you are now is a passage to your breakthrough if you will let the word of God guide you and see you through. Psalm 33:8, ÒI will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide with my eye.Ó  He is a faithful God. Listen to His voice and let no hardness of the heart deny you where He is taking you. It will always be too early to turn back from Him. He is also the God of the eleventh hour. The moment you begin to say it is too late is when He shows up with His awesome power. Today, encourage yourself in the Lord God who is living.

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Exodus 1:15-22, 2:1-10

God called you for a purpose. He has been guiding you since you were born. He told Jeremiah in Jeremiah.1:5 ÒBefore I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.Ó This is a testimony to the fact that we are all under His hands. God is not a slave master; He is a saving Master. He will lead us to where He wants us. The choice, however, is always in our hands. Moses, born in due season, escaped the extinction plan of Pharaoh for the male son of Hebrew women at birth. The hand of God in Moses life delivered him from the death that took so many of his age at birth. You may wonder why you are still alive today after abusing yourself so much and being abused by others. Doing those harmful things that took so many lives; being in places that so many have been and never returned alive; living the kind of life that has claimed the lives of so many others. God has a plan for you. Have you given it all to Him? What is holding you back from giving Him all? Answer GodÕs call, live in line of His word and He will see you through. A failure not to walk in line of GodÕs word is a failure from the presence of His holy name. It is time to come out of a disobedient life and enter into obedient life. Going to church is not answering Him if disobeying His word is your life style. Give unto Him a reasonable sacrifice and listen to His voice. 1Samuel 15:22, ÒSo Samuel said: ÔHas the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as to obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.ÕÓ Answer His calling, Obey His command, and He will make you commander of signs and wonders.

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1 Samuel 18:1-7

You enter a new realm when your hindrances have been totally disassembled, you have become the champion over your hindrances. Celebrate by giving God all the glory. Let your celebration not eliminate you but elevate you. < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel celebrated David and Saul elevated him to a position of more responsibility. At DavidÕs new assignment he needed to reassign himself to a new way of approaching life. Is your case like that of David? You have been elevated, you have moved onto a new ground where a new force will rise in attempt for you not to go further. From the time you have knocked down your Goliath you are bound to progress if you will take to the word of wisdom. The word of wisdom is the word of God and it is able to keep you all through. The word of wisdom kept David as long as he was able to remain in the word of wisdom. 1Samuel 18:5, ÒSo David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of SaulÕs servants.Ó Ask God today to endue you with all that it takes to become one that will behave wisely in all the walks of your life. When you begin to walk wisely, you will be above, not below and you will be accepted by man and woman on your way. Heaven will answer on your behalf and earth will not be able to stop you from where He is taking you. With God, nothing is impossible. Ask and it shall be for you to the glory of the Almighty God.