SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Psalm 42:1-11
1 To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
MORE LESSON: Psalm 75:6-7
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Friday, 24 October
Memory Verse: Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 42:11
TODAY’S FASTING FOCUS: A New Story; Isaiah 43:18-21, Isaiah 42:9-12
In today's text, the Psalmist asked himself, "My soul, why are you cast down?” It takes a sincere man to direct life's crucial question at oneself. Many times, people question everyone else except themselves; some have even gone so far as to question God. Therefore, it is common to hear people ask, "God, why me?” It is as if they desire that it should be someone else, and not they, who is the recipient of the bad experience. This is like saying it should not have happened to me, but to someone else. 'Why me?' is not the right question to ask when the unexpected happens.
The Psalmist was going through difficult situations, and he asked himself the right question. Today, I equally urge you to ask yourself the same question: 'What exactly is making me feel cast down? Why do I feel like the whole world is on top of my head? Why do I want to kill myself with worry and anxiety? Why am I cast down?' To be cast down means to be discouraged, sad, dejected, depressed, unhappy and hopeless. Whatever you don't question is permitted to continue. However, don't question God; instead, ask about your worries and fears, your feelings of despair and anxieties.
Unfulfilled promises, dashed expectations, delayed breakthroughs, and downturns in events can make men downcast. In life, any of these things can happen; it is your response to them that determines whether you fall or stay strong. Something can happen to knock someone completely off their feet, but when the same thing happens to you, you remain standing and rising. So, the happening is not the matter but the response.
It is essential to know that sometimes you may be downcast momentarily, but anything that causes you to remain downcast must be questioned and reversed. Therefore, when you realise that being downcast is becoming constant in your life, you must ask and end it. Psalm 30:5 says, "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Weeping is not permitted to last more than a night. If something happened that made you cry before you slept, by the time you wake up, the weeping must not be allowed to continue. Do not stay down; do not let the devil see you cast down for too long. Show the devil the opposite of what he wants to see in your life. Be joyful.
The Word of God today is that you should not stay down; you are to rise again. Rising again starts with questioning your downtime. Don't give up; a person who dies downcast has lost the victory that the experience of rising again brings. Rise, and let the Lord strengthen you.
Prayer/Action
* Thank God for the gift of destiny helper that He has strategically placed in your path to greatness.
* Ask the Holy Spirit to make your destiny helper to locate and speak favourably about you.
* Pray that you will be connected to your destiny helper at the right time and right place.
TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: Father, every seed sower into the Master's Convention 2025 will find their harvest, in the powerful name of Jesus.
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