ABOUT THE THIRD
Exodus 2:1-10

Something about the third has to do with redemption, breakthrough and resurrection. The life of Moses, Nehemiah and the life Jesus Christ of Nazareth testifies to the miracle of the third. At the time Moses was born, the death sentence of Pharaoh for every son born by Hebrew women was in effect. As a result Moses, mother decided to hide him. Moses mother, “…Hid him for three months.” (Exodus 2:2) On the third month of hiding Moses from the death sentence of king Pharaoh, Moses ended up in the compassionate care of the murderer’s palace when his mother, “… Took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.” (Exodus 2:3) On the third month, Pharaoh’s daughter saw the ark of bulrushes at the bank of river and when she opened it, “…She saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children” (Exodus 2:6) Moses came out of hiding, redeemed on the third month. Nehemiah, heard about the great distress and reproach of his people; he also heard about the breakdown of the wall of Jerusalem. By virtue of the negativity of the news, he took it upon himself to enter into prayer and fasting. As the Lord will have it on his behalf, “…It came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before.” (Nehemiah 2:1). In the month of Nisan (March-April) the attention which Nehemiah gained from King Artaxerxes delivered into his hand all that was needed for him to move forward in the quest for rebuilding and redeeming the damages incurred at the hand of enemies over his land and his people. In the third month the motion to redemption was activated. Among all the number of days, it was on the third day that Jesus our Lord and savior chose to stun the devil when He resurrected. The miracle of the third cannot be undermined, God does nothing by accident. What is it that you have been gonging through in the past three days, three months, or three years that requires heaven’s attention? Do you want to consider reminding Him about the work of His hand? He stated in Isaiah 43:26, “Put me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case that you may be acquitted.” Put Him in remembrance, He did it in the past and He is still doing it in the present. It is your third day and your miracle is here.
 
Prayer for today: Ask the Ancient of days, to let you enter your miracle of third day. Speak against the hindering mountain of three days, three months or three years that has kept you down.  

BECOME UNTOUCHABLE
Daniel 6:16-24

It is the blood of Jesus that was shed on Calvary that qualifies everyman to be blameless before God. However, the qualification does not become activated until the fear of Him is in place in man to receive and believe in He that shed His blood on Calvary. What can be a better blessing than fearing the name of the Most High God? Psalm 34:7, “The angel of the Lord encamps all around those that fear Him, and delivers them.” The word of God is true to perform. Do you consider yourself as one that is overwhelmed by His fear? Indeed, if you fear Him invincible and impenetrable hedges that no demon or force of evil can penetrate will surround you in all your going and coming. Daniel feared God and nothing that was formed against him prospered. Daniel was sentenced to death by a lion’s mouth. While he was in the den of lions, an undeniable miracle prevailed because of his fear for His Lord God. After spending all night in the den of hungry lions, he responded to his adversary. The forces of the wicked that sent him into the den of hungry lions, “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.” (Daniel 6:22) The same God that shut the mouths of hungry lions (not belly-full lions) all night, was and is today. The same God was the One that sent forth horses and chariots of fire to surround Elisha and his servant as a protection against the forces of Syrian in their attempt to terminate Elisha’s life before God’s time was up for his life (2 Kings 6:17). The same God also built an invincible hedge that Satan found impenetrable around Job. The same God is still building His protection around every one of His children that fears His name. Just like Daniel, can you be found innocent before Him? Can it be that you have done no wrong to anyone in a place of authority over you? Daniel was found innocent, guiltless, and blameless before God and he did not wrong the authority over him. As a result the canopy of protection over his life could not fail. Indeed, Daniel, Elisha, and Job had the angels of the Lord encamped around them because they did not camp outside of obeying God’s command. If you will fear God, the blood that qualifies you will be activated as your shield and protection. Receive and believe in the unconditional Love that went to Calvary and you will be operating in this world of wickedness under a covering that is evidently impenetrable by the forces of the wicked.
 
Prayer for today: Ask God to overwhelm you with the fear of His gracious and holy Name.     

CONVENIENT TO COMMITMENT
Exodus 2

Moses, at the time of his departure from his comfort zone he lacked preparation but he was packed with indiscernible, unobvious and unapparent divine purpose of God for his life. Just like Moses, Joseph, Paul the apostle and a few others had to depart from their comfort zone to a commitment zone where God had purposed for them to attain His divine plan. Moses, in an attempt to avoid judgment for the murder case against him in the hand of Pharaoh, fled to Midian (Midian meaning a place of judgment) At times, sin will cause a believer or unbeliever to flee from a place of judgment to unknowingly another place of judgment. In your fleeing, have you thought about the fact of fleeing from a place of judgment to an place of judgment unknowingly? Joseph’s failed attempt to locate his brother at Shechem was enough reason for him to turn back home. After wandering in the field, he was redirected when a man said, “…They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ So Joseph went after his brother and found them in Dothan.”” (Genesis 37:17) For Joseph, it was not accidental but a move from comfort zone to a commitment zone; a place where he was destined to live for the fulfillment of God’s plan. Paul the apostle was on his way to persecute believers in Damascus. Paul had a letter of permission, “…To the synagogues, of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” (Acts 9:2) It was a comfortable assignment for Paul until the time when, “…Light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”” (Acts 9:3-4) Paul’s convenient journey changed to commitment by virtue of his encounter with Jesus. In life, when it is time for God to change your status, neither situation nor man can deny Him. Moses’ move from palace to a place-less can be likened to a move from grace to grass. During the process of his transition he was contented and there was no record of complaint, “…Moses was content to live with the man…” (Exodus 2:21) After all of all in Moses life, God appeared to him, “And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.” (Exodus 3:2) Moses’ departure from comfort got him to a ground where, he turned aside to see the great sight. (Exodus 3:3) Do you have a need to actually turn aside before realizing that commitment has taken the place of convenience in your journey?

Prayer for today: Ask God to lead you and guide you to your ground of divine assignment

HE IS TRUE
John 6:22-34

What you do not know will not work for you. However, the only way to know is by gaining understanding. Proverbs 4:7, “…In all your getting, get understanding.” Gain the understanding that the word of God is the Spirit of God. Jesus confirmed in His word, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63) The Word that He has spoken is still speaking to us and it is life not letter. Do you believe in the Word that is still speaking to you? It is written, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” (John 1:1-3) How or what else do you want to hear or see to enable your gaining of understanding and give you the edge (knowledge) over confronting challenges in this world of challenges? Indeed the word of God is Spirit and it is life. When God spoke, it brought forth life where there was no life. The same word of God is still the same Spirit of God and life giver. The word of God does not discriminate, but it will work for only those that work the word of God. In life, nothing works when you do not work it. A car will not work if you fail to work for it by putting it to work. What does it take to work the works of God? Disciples of Jesus asked Jesus, “…What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” (John 6:28) Jesus had all the answer when He responded, “…This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” (John 6:29) To work the works of God is to be living (believe) the word of God and not just to be quoting the word. All that He said to one is speaking to all. God told Joshua, “…I will not leave you nor forsake you.” (Joshua 1:5) The word that He spoke to Joshua demanded a work on Joshua’s part as stated in Joshua 1:7, “Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.” Operating the word of God in part and not in full is like going round a round about without turning around confronting situations. God is true to His word, God has never failed and His word will not fail. In working the work, the word of God will work for us in every area of life. God is not a slave master, He is a Saving Master.

Prayer for today: O Lord let Your word have its place in my life.

NOT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE
Exodus 3:1-12

When God speaks to you what He wants to do with you it is equal to introducing you to yourself and knowing who you are in the hand of God. At the time God spoke to Moses, Moses’ life was transformed from who he knew himself to be to what the Lord wanted for him to be. At the time Moses was running from Pharaoh, at his hidden location, God located him for his divine assignment. Before God, we can run only when He chooses to look away from our running but we cannot hide. God called to send Moses to Pharaoh, “Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” (Exodus 3:10) Moses’, knowing who he was, responded to God,  “…Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11) Have you been thinking about who you are? On the journey of life, it is not about whom you are but who God says you are by virtue of what He calls you to be. God has a purpose for every one of His creation because He does not create by accident. Once, He told Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) As much as Moses tried to avoid his calling, God made Moses realize that He would certainly be with Him. God responded to Moses’ self search, “So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.” (Exodus 3:12) It was not important in regard to whom Joshua sees himself to be but it was important  with regard to who God called him to be. After the death of Moses God spoke to Joshua, “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.” (Joshua 1:3) Moving from convenience into commitment is not a cordial move. When it is time for you to be removed situations will force you and God will give you a formal announcement of who you are and what He wants for you to be. Moses was relocated from palace to a place of nowhere to hide but to respond to what God called him to be.

Prayer for today: Ask God to guide you so that you will not miss your divine schedule.