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Matthew 14:13-21

In the absence of lack, He will provide abundantly. When Jesus departed to a deserted place, multitudes heard about it and they followed Him. While they were in the deserted place, it became too late to get any thing to eat. His disciples wanted to send away the multitude because time and location was against them for provision. Matthew 14:15, ÒWhen it was evening, His disciples came to Him saying, ÔThis is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away that they may go into the village and buy themselves food.ÕÓ Are you in a deserted place or a deserted situation? Are you in a place where there is no where for you to turn for urgent need or provision for survival? The multitudes had everything working against them. Geographical location and time were against them. What is it that is working against your need to survive? Take it to the Lord in prayer; He is a God of compassion not just a God of emotion. With compassion He will see you through. He saw the multitude through. Matthew 14:16, ÒBut Jesus said to them, they do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.Ó When you go to Him, His compassion will not let you go away empty. He will fill you with abundance and you will have left over where you have been having let downs. Jesus knows your need and He is waiting to hear from you. Until you take it to Him in prayer, you will not have it.

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1 Samuel 15

In every GodÕs given assignment, when your purpose is for personal gain, you will gain distraction. Distraction from God is an indirect decision to fail. God sent Samuel to King Saul of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel. 1 Samuel 15:3, ÒNow go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkeyÓ The command was to do; SaulÕs desire was to undo. He had his own reason for God and not the reason of God for Him. When you begin to have your reason for God instead of GodÕs reason for you, you have indirectly or directly taken the position of God, and your purpose has overtaken GodÕs gain. Saul did not destroy as directed by GodÕs command. 1 Samuel 15:9, ÒBut Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.Ó You have no business to change His given reason for His assignment. Ask God to give you the grace to carry out what He trust you for. When you fully persecute His reason, you will pass, and when you fail before Him, He will regret sending you. 1 Samuel 15:11, ÒÔI greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me and he has not performed My commandmentsÕ And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.Ó God always has a reason for His command. Ask God to help you not to violate His reason.

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Luke 4:16-30, John 10:22-39

Jesus said, ÒFollow me.Ó He wants to lead you in the way of escape, in the direction of life. Ask God today that the way of escape that Jesus is taking should become yours. Many times, attempts were made to deny Jesus from fulfilling His divine purpose on earth, but He always took the way of escape. Once in the synagogue, they were angry at His word and wanted to harm Jesus. Luke 4:28, Ò So all those in the synagogue, when they heard all these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.Ó Jesus did not just go away, but He went His way. His way is a way of escape and a way of deliverance. John 10:39, ÒTherefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.Ó Do you know how many hands are against you, trying to stop you from where the Lord wants to take you? You can begin to ignore and stop wasting time with those hands, but begin to spend your wasted time in waiting on Him. Time spent waiting on Him is never a wasted time. Take to the way of escape and you will never regret it because He is a faithful God.

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Psalm 14, 107:17-19

Affliction belongs to the fool. Affliction can be in different ways: it could be a direct, or indirect. Also, affliction could grow silently without the knowledge of one that is afflicted until it becomes grown and out of control. It is not an interesting topic. Affliction is what should always be prayed against in the life of a person. Psalm 107:17, ÒFools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.Ó If you are not a fool, that settles you from self-affliction. Who are the fools? Psalm14:1, ÒThe fool has said in his heart, ÔThere is no God.Ó They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.ÕÓ Who are those that say there is no God? The ones that have ignored to do what God asked for. So many are walking around saying there is God with them, but their behavior and their way of life is saying it loudly that there is no God.  It is not only when you verbally claim that there is no God that counts you to be a fool, but when acting against what God says, you are also saying it loudly that there is no God. Most times, God designates an assignment, but you relegate the assignment by virtue of ignorance or laid-back approach. Watch it; ignorance makes a destitute out of a believer! Do not get yourself afflicted; ask God for mercy and grace to do what is always right before Him.

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1 Samuel 3:1-14, Isaiah 6:1-13

If there was to be a heaven-made hearing-aid on sale for thousands of dollars, will you purchase it? Hearing is the key in the race of life. Hearing is what it takes to start and to get to the expected end. If you cannot hear when the Heavenly commander, the Omnipotent, Omnipresent is calling or giving direction, you will miss the clarion call and your journey is either terminated or delayed. Will you now consider buying a heaven-made hearing-aid? 1 Samuel 3:10,ÒNow the LORD came and stood and called as at the other times, ÔSamuel! Samuel!Õ And Samuel answered, ÔSpeak, for Your servant hears.ÕÓ Samuel heard the call and he was a standout among those that served God; he was a giant in the hand of God, and he was the last and the most effective of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>IsraelÕs judges. Isaiah 6:8, Ò Also I heard the voice of the LORD, saying ÔWhom shall I send, And who will go for Us?Õ Then I said, ÔHere I am! Send me.ÕÓ Now consider also Isaiah, he was considered the greatest Old Testament prophet, and his ministry spanned the reigns of five kings of Judah. In the Bible, there were some giants like Samuel and Isaiah in the hand of God that heard him when He called. It is impossible for you to hear God and not answer His word–the same Word brought everything into creation. It is not possible for you to hear Him and fail in His calling. The problem is hearing disability, and it is everywhere on the face of the earth because of the blocking agent which is the god of this age. God has been calling you, but you have not been hearing Him. When you do hear Him, you must answer Him without doubting.