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Numbers 14

ÒSo the LORDÕs anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.Ó (Numbers 32:13) Wahoo! What a mighty God we serve? Thank God for the blood that was shed on the Calvary. If not the blood of Jesus, many of us would probably have been gone before birth. God was displeased with the children of Israel that saw His hand in operation while they were in bondage and out on the way, away from bondage of over four hundred years. They saw how Moses was used to lead them out from the hand of Pharaoh the king of Egypt and they also saw how the Red Sea gave way for a passage on a dry land. Despite all that they saw, they could not see the Promised Land as theirs. The bible says it is impossible to please God without faith (Hebrew 11:6) God was displeased for lack of faith and trust in Him. The children of Israel entered into fear and complaint became their make-up when they failed to see the land as being possessed they did not and the Lord declared, ÒThey shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it.Ó(Numbers 14:23) An act of complaint is a ground to rebel. The children of Israel saw it all and it was for them to see it through but they faltered by the lack of faith. The same fear, doubt and complain that got the children of Israel stranded is still the same that is denying blessings of God today. The same deceiver has not changed and he is still in operation because his mission is to steal, kill, and destroy. Indeed, he stole what was in place for the children of Israel (Promised Land), he got them killed, and generations were destroyed. Before the deceiver got them killed and destroyed, he caused a situation that kept them wandering when they should have been moving forward. The children of Israel wandered for forty years until all generations that did evil in the sight of the Lord was gone. Do you have a feeling or sense that you are wandering where you suppose to be moving forward? Thank God for the blood that was shed on the Calvary. However, you do have a need to call on God today. Ask the Lord to draw you unto Him if you have consciously or unconsciously withdrawn from Him. He is a merciful God and He will answer because there is the Blood of Jesus in place for salvation. Avoid wandering and enter into what has been rendered unto you. The Lord will have mercy.

ROLE PLAY< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Psalm 64

Acquaintances are watching for your stumbling? What you have been hearing is mockery and fear has sneaked in on every side and it has been rocking your boat. As a child of the Most High God, you are not alone. Once, it happened to Jeremiah and he was able to stand because he remembered and he spoke ÒBut the LORD is with me as a mighty awesome One. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail. They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper. Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten.Ó (Jeremiah 20:11) What can you remember in the word of God that can be used in this situation that has risen against you? Jeremiah remembered the word that can elevate him and keep him going. The words of God that you have received but not without meditation will not serve as medication in time of need. Moses did not suggest to Joshua the need for meditation but he strongly emphasized it with a command when he stated to Joshua that,  ÒThis book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way a prosperous, and then you will have a good success.Ó (Joshua 1:8) What else can you do but to take to the word of God and you will not only see but also walk over all areas of trap that is meant for you to stumble. You will discover in the period of time that all mockery has been converted into miracle. He is God that will not let His word go without the word performing what it has been sent forth to perform. Are you walking in the word of God? Walk in the word of God and the world will work for you. The Psalmist called in Psalm 64:1-2, ÒHear my voice, O God, in my meditation; Preserve my life from the fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity.Ó If you will get into the word of God with a heart of expectation, the word will not fail it will bring forth a manifestation unto you. Remember, you have a role to play. Before Jesus called Lazarus back to life from the dead, he called for the people to play their role when He asked them to roll the stone away. Jesus could have spoke to the stone to move but He did not. Play your role by meditating on the word of God that is power to deliver and to preserve. The Lord will have mercy.

QUICKLY< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Genesis 41:1-24

It does not matter any more or how long you have been in the dungeon or how you got into the dungeon. However, it matters that if you will look up to Him today, He will look down to bring you out of the dungeon quickly. Joseph was sent by his father Jacob from the Valley of Hebron to Shechem to look for the well being of his brothers. At JosephÕs arrival to where the brothers have been, his brothers sent him into the pit and later picked him up for sale to a company of Ishmaelites because of envy. While serving in his masterÕs house, the wife laid a false charge of sexual harrasment on him and he ended in the prison. Joseph did not bargain for the entire unfavorable situation that came his way while going to honor his fatherÕs request. While in prison, he interpreted favorable and unfavorable dreams for two Chiefs (Butler and Baker) that were confined by Pharaoh. The dreamÕs interpretation came out to be true. The chief forgot Joseph despiteÕs JosephÕs plead to the chief to remember him. After two years PharaohÕs need for dream interpretation called for the remembrance of Joseph by the Chief Butler. Have you been in an unfavorable situation that is least expected? Be encouraged that God does have His own plan of taking you through. Such is life and it is full of ups and downs but God that is up will lift you up at His divine timing. When it was time for Joseph to come out, there was no sign or any indication that he was to be released because it is the LordÕs doing and the same Lord God of mercy will show you mercy and give you favor this day in Jesus name. PharaohÕs dream demanded for an interpretation and none could interpret the dream. As a result, the Chief Butler remembered the prison dreamer and dream interpreter (Joseph). Chief Butler mentioned about Joseph to Pharaoh, ÒThen Pharaoh sent and called Joseph and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed in his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.Ó (Genesis 41:14) Besides the fact that his release came quickly, his garment was also changed and he was shaved. Can you imagine Joseph coming out of the dungeon quickly and neat (changed and shaved)? In Jesus name, you will come out quickly and all that has become a stain on you will be cleansed and forever you will no longer go back into any self or manÕs created dungeon.

EBED-MELECH< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jeremiah 38:1-13

Ebed-Melech was an Ethiopian and he was also one of the eunuchs in King ZedekiahÕs house. Ebed-Melech heard that Jeremiah was cast into the dungeon and went to the KingÕs house and spoke to the king, saying, ÒMy Lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there is no more bread in the city.Ó (Jeremiah 38:8-9) Ask God to raise your Ebed-Melech. Ask Him for someone that He will use to bring you out of every representative of dungeon. The dungeon that has been keeping you stagnated and every dungeon of deprivation. God is not a partial God and He that did it for Jeremiah will do it for you if you will look up unto Him to send you help from above. Do not allow challenges that you are facing today to cause you a doubt in your calling by the Lord.  Jeremiah was a prophet called by God and was imprisoned in a cistern; he was in a position that could have taken away his life, a position of no way out before Ebed-Melech one of the eunuchs in the kingÕs house heard about JeremiahÕs situation. Today, someone will hear about your own situation and that one will move on your behalf to find a way out for your salvation. The King responded to Ebed-MelechÕs request and commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, ÒTake from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.Ó (Jeremiah38: 10) The one that God will send in your direction for your release, your deliverance and your salvation will receive the commanding power that will also lift you above and beyond every representative of a dungeon in your life in the name of Jesus Christ. As you come out of your dungeon, Kings and honorable men and women in place of power will ask for your help in solving problems. As you come out, you will not go down into any representative of dungeon all the days of your life again in the name of Jesus. God is a faithful God and He will answer your prayer by sending your Ebed-Melech.   

SEE AND HEAR< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jeremiah 1, Acts 22:1-13

Paul the apostle, a devoted persecutor of the follower of Jesus Christ, became a giant in the hand of God. Saul, before becoming Paul was on his way to Damascus to go and carry out business (persecution) as usual. Paul was marching on with his persecuting agents when Jesus appeared to them and introduced Himself. Paul testified in Acts 22:9, ÒAnd those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me. 10 So I said, ÒWhat shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, ÔArise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.ÕÓ Paul saw and he heard before he could receive direction into his divine appointment. Could it be that you have seen and not heard or you have heard and not seen? There is a need to see and hear before gaining the direction of entering your divine appointment. The word that you receive and do not see will not enter into you. Also the word that you hear and not see will miss you. Faith demands that when you hear the word of God and you begin to see it as being there when it is not there, it will come to be. PaulÕs entourage saw and they allowed fear to take what they saw and the possibility of hearing was not in place. When the Lord touched Jeremiah, it was with purpose for him to be able to hear what the Lord was having for him. The Lord put His words in JeremiahÕs mouth and said to him, ÒSee, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.Ó (Jeremiah 1:10) God told Jeremiah to see it when it was yet to be there. Seeing is believing and believing is becoming. When you begin to see your breakthrough, as being there when is yet to be there, it will come to be. Have you received a prophecy of favor lately? If you have received any, begin to see it and seal it with prayer and it will come to pass. Paul saw and heard, the story of his life, and was changed forever because in his seeing and hearing, his divine appointment was packaged. Be awake and alive in this journey of life.