God’s How I

STRENGTH FOR MY DAYS 

A Daily Devotional by Bishop David

God’s How I

Monday, 14 October

 

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 55:8

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

 

MORE LESSON: Isaiah 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

 

One of the most difficult things in life is to try to find out how God will do that which He has said He will do. This is because His ways and thought are quite different from ours. So trying to find out how God will do something from our human perspective often leaves us overwhelmed. This is why our part in the faith equation is to believe and act based on the instructions He gives us and then He takes it up from there. Asking how God will do what He has said He will do is a very challenging question because His ‘hows’ are often very strange to human imagination.

In Numbers 22:28, He made an ass to speak to Balaam which is not how you will expect God to speak to His prophet. Normally, we think that when God wants to speak to a man, He will use a fellow man or an angel, but He used an ass instead. That is one of God’s how. In Exodus 4:3, He asked Moses what was in his hand and he replied that it was a rod then God told him to drop it. Moses did and it became a snake; that is how God works.

So, what is in your hand may not actually be a stick but could be snake. Whatever is in your hand has infinite potentials when God wants to use it; Moses’ rod turned to a snake before Pharaoh, it parted the Red Sea and it brought water out of the rock for the Israelites to drink. The rod could become whatever God wants it to become depending on the assignment of the season. Therefore, quit looking down on that talent, gifting, ability or skill in your hand. Make it available for God’s use and you will be amazed at how He will use it to turn your life around, advance His Kingdom and make you a blessing to your generation.

How then do you define how God does His things? In Exodus 3:2, Moses saw a burning bush but it was not being consumed. God abandoned all the ‘hows’ Moses had known and spoke to him in a way that shocked him. May your consuming fire bring out the voice of God, in Jesus’s name. That situation that seems so hot, that it looks like all hope is lost, will not consume you; you will come out unhurt, in Jesus’ name. He assures us in Isaiah 43:2: When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

 

Prayer/Action

* Thank God for His master-plan for your life and destiny.

* Ask God for grace to live a life that glorifies Him.

* Ask God for sensitivity and a good understanding of when He is talking to you.

 

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Ahead of me this day, this week, this month and this year, every crocked place shall be straightened and the valleys shall be levelled down, in the powerful name of Jesus.