JUNE 19; MY CASE IS DIFFERENT….


Job 22:29 ‘When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.’


DAILY READING –Revelation 16; Esther 9-10; Psalm 107:23-43

The Panic of 1857 was a financial panic in the United States caused by the declining international economy. It became the first worldwide economic crisis. It destabilized America, with banks failing, railroads going into bankruptcy, and financial chaos arising everywhere. A civil war seemed unavoidable as America tottered on the brink of disaster.

However at that same time in 1857, the “Third Great Awakening” started, as a great move of the Spirit began sweeping through the nation. Soon reports of revival began to emerge from various states in America. Evangelistic work blossomed on every hand. Prominent at the time was a prayer movement started by a businessman, Jeremiah Lanphier in September 1857, which led to the harvest of over a million souls in two years. Other ministries that blossomed included that of Dwight. L. Moody, William Booth of Salvation army and Charles Haddon Spurgeon. They saw a remarkable work of the Spirit and preached to capacity crowds each week, filling the largest halls available. Churches everywhere were being shaken by a revival of prayer never before seen in Church history. The revival also swept around the world as rapid growth of the Church was reported in continental Europe, western Russia, Australia, the South Seas, South Africa and India.

However, in America, there was a very glaring contrast; while the Kingdom of God prospered as the revival fire swept through the nation, outside of the church, the national financial chaos continued to shake many, as banks failed and businesses went into bankruptcy.

Isaiah 60:2-says ‘For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.’

While the gross darkness prevails in the world, in God’s Kingdom our light shall be shinning more and more. This is typical of what happened in Exodus 10:23, while there was light in Goshen there was darkness in the rest of Egypt.

We have to understand that we are operating in a system different from the world around us. When you are a part of God’s kingdom, while darkness covers the earth, the glory of The Lord will be seen around you.

It is not God’s will that we suffer what people in the world suffer. When we make seeking God our priority, He concerns Himself with taking care of us. No matter the global situation, as long as you are serving God with undying passion, He will exempt you from hardship. This is why we can have peace even in the midst of the storm. We can enter our rest, trusting that God is in control of our affairs. As believers we are operating under a divine covenant, which is not affected by the condition or climate in the world. Despite the famine, Isaac sowed and reaped a hundredfold. Genesis 26:12 [NIV], says “Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.”

It is the blessings of God that makes rich, not the climate in the country. Redemption makes your case different. Therefore do not use the yardstick of the happenings in the world to measure your portion. Our concern should be ensuring that we are diligently seeking God, because God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. And He has promised that we shall laugh even in the tough times.

Job 5:22 says ‘You shall laugh at destruction and famine, And you shall not be afraid of the beasts of the earth’

Indeed as long as we maintain our love for God, while the world is saying there is a casting down, we shall be saying there is a lifting up. Therefore despite the climate in the world, let us focus on God’s Word and keep blessing Him at all times. Truly, God is faithful and they that trust in Him shall never be ashamed. And as we keep seeking His kingdom first, surely everything else shall be added unto us.

PRAYER: Father please help me to always keep my focus on Your Word and not on the happenings in the world. I thank You Lord that my case is different, and for the rest of this year, I know that my path shall only keep shinning brighter and brighter in Jesus’ name.

Quote :

Spiritual laws are no respecter of persons, they will work for anybody who will believe and apply them. WORDBITE 222

#RHOGIC #Apostle Goodheart


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