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Title: You are only deceiving yourself

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date November 15, 2025

Series: From Pastor’s Desk

Number: Vol. 14, No. 29

Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours abundantly from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I am pleased to welcome you to the third week of the month of November 2025.

My prayer is that God will daily strengthen you to take His word seriously, so that it will yield in your life the fruit it is meant to yield. Amen.James, in his letter, says this to us: “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” (James 1:22NIV)

Is it not a good thing to listen to the word of God? It is a good thing to do so. In fact, as John tells us in the book of Revelation, there is a measure of blessing that follows reading the word of God or listening to it (Rev 1:3).

However, listening to the word of God or reading it is not sufficient. We also have to do what the word says. Otherwise, the will of God will not be accomplished in our lives or here on earth. And as long as His will is not being accomplished in our lives and in the world, we cannot experience the kind of peace and joy we desire to experience.

Our Lord Jesus also shares a story with us along this line. It is about a father who had two sons and who said to the first son, “Go and work in the vineyard today.” And the young man said that he would not go. So, the father went to his second son and said, “Go and work in the vineyard today.” And the young man said that he would go. But he never went. The man’s first son, however, changed his mind and later went to work in His father’s vineyard. (Cf. Matt 21:28-31)

The question, then, is, “Who did his father’s will out of those two young men?” It was the first son. The second son that appeared to be cooperative never did his father’s will. So, if the father would reward anybody that day for doing his will, it was the first son that he would reward, not the second son.

Unfortunately, many of us are like that second son. When the word of God is coming to us, we will be nodding our heads in agreement and sometimes even shouting with joy because of what God is saying to us. But when it comes down to acting on what we are hearing, it is another story entirely. And imagine how that must be grieving the heart of God.

Well, James tells us that those who act like that are merely deceiving themselves. That is because the word of God that they do not act on will not benefit their lives or their world. It will not change their lives or situations. Therefore, they are simply wasting the time, effort and money they are spending on hearing or reading the word. Perhaps you too are like that. You often appear to be cooperating with God when His word is coming to you. But it is what you have in mind that you end up doing, not what He wants you to do. You are only deceiving yourself.

So, all the time, effort and money you are spending on hearing or reading His word can only go to waste. That is because God’s word that you won’t act on will not change your life or your situation.Now I do not want the time, effort and money I spend on hearing the word of God or reading it to go to waste anymore.

Instead, I want His word to work in my life, making it all that He wants it to be. And that is why I will daily ask Him for the strength not just to be a hearer of His word but a doer of it as well. Will you also do likewise? If you too will do likewise, then, the word of God that you are hearing will not go to waste in your life again but will accomplish in it all that God wants to see.

Have a lovely week.

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Title: Don’t allow overfamiliarity

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date November 8, 2025

Date: November 09, 2025

Series: From Pastor’s Desk

Number: Vol. 14, No. 28

Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours without measure from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to another week of the month of November 2025.

My prayer is that God will daily equip you with everything you need to make the most of His gifts in the lives of His servants in your life, so that you can reap the full benefits of what He sent them to do in your life. Amen.

Our Lord Jesus once said this to the people in His hometown:”And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” (Luke 4:27NIV)

Why did He say this? He said it to show us that it is not a new thing for people who are close to God’s anointed servants not to benefit much or at all from the grace of God upon their lives. Why? The reason is that they often allow overfamiliarity to prevent them from relating to these people appropriately.

As we see in the case of Elisha, which Jesus mentioned in the above bible text, even though there were several lepers in Israel in his time, he did not heal any of them. And was that because he did not have enough of God’s power to heal them? No! The reason was that they did not appreciate the power of God in him enough to come to him to be healed. But when Naaman, a total stranger, came to him to be healed of his leprosy, he was healed that same day. That means if the lepers in Israel had also come to him to be healed, they would have been healed of their leprosy. (Cf. 2Kings 5)

In like manner, when Jesus went to His hometown, He could not do many mighty works there. But He had done many mighty works in many other places before coming there. Why, then, was He unable to do many mighty works among them? The reason was that they did not appreciate the grace of God in His life. So, they would not receive and enjoy the blessings of God that He had brought to them. (Cf. Mark 6:1-6)

Sadly, many believers today too are missing the goodness of God that could be theirs because they will not appreciate enough or at all the grace of God in the lives of His servants that are ministering to them. Others who are not close to these servants of God may be enjoying the grace of God in their lives in tremendous ways and sharing wonderful testimonies. But those who see them regularly may not be enjoying much of God’s goodness through them. And that is because they have allowed overfamiliarity to prevent them from relating to them in ways that will cause them to be greatly blessed by God through them.

If you, then, are not enjoying the goodness of God in great ways through the lives of His servants in your life, you may want to check yourself. Perhaps you have allowed overfamiliarity to keep you from relating to them in ways that will cause the grace of God in their lives to freely bless you. Then you need to repent immediately and begin to relate to them with love, faith and respect. That way, the doors of God’s favour in their lives will be freely opened for your enjoyment.

Have a splendid week.

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Title: He must have done something differently

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date November 1, 2025

Series: From Pastor’s Desk

Number: Vol. 14, No. 02

Beloved; grace, mercy and peace be multiplied to you abundantly from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I am pleased to welcome you to the eleventh month of this year, the month of November 2025. My prayer is that God will open your eyes to see the right steps you need to take in utilizing His presence in your life for your breakthrough wherever are being hindered in life. Amen.

As we see in the bible, after the death of Uzzah, that man that was struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant, David decided to take the Ark to the house of a man called Obed-Edom. And that was because he was afraid of what might happen to his household, if the Ark should be brought to them. So, it wasn’t out of goodwill that the Ark was taken to Obed’s house. Rather, it was because David and his people saw doing so as a way to escape God’s wrath. (Cf. 2Sam 6:1-10)

However, to their surprise, after the Ark had been with Obed-Edom for three months, news came to David that the Lord had blessed the household of the man and everything he had because His Ark was with him.

Now news like such would not have gone round, if nothing was spectacular about the prosperity of Obed-Edom. But something was spectacular about his prosperity. It was rapid and abundant, taking only three months for everyone around him to know that he had left the level of an ordinary person to become a wealthy man. (Cf. 2Sam 6:11-15)

Therefore, David lost no time at all in going to bring the Ark from Obed-Edom’s house to his own house. And though that may not be taken as a bad thing, it is not reported in the bible that he also experienced the kind of prosperity that Obed-Edom experienced, having brought the Ark of the Lord to his house. Why? We don’t have any answer to that question in the bible.

Moreso, we do not have it on record in the bible that Abinadab, the man that the Ark used to be in his house before it was taken to Obed-Edom’s house, experienced the kind of prosperity that Obed experienced, even though the Ark was in his house for many years. On the contrary, he lost one of his sons, Uzzah, because of the Ark. What a shame! (Cf. 1Sam 7:1-2; 2Sam 6:3)

Why, then, was the case different with Obed-Edom? Well, as a I said before, we are not given any specific reason in the bible. But that man must have done something differently. Yes, he must have done something that others, even priests, did not do in taking care of the Ark. So, even though he was not an Israelite by birth, he experienced a kind of prosperity and favour from God that others did not experience.

Now what was it that he did differently? We would not know until we stand before the throne of God. But I am certain that whatever he did came to him by revelation from God. And when he did it, it made all the difference in the world.

In like manner, if God would drop in our hearts revelations of what to do to experience outstanding breakthrough wherever we need it in our lives, what would follow will be shocking to us and others around us, if we would act accordingly. In fact, that would give us uncommon testimonies to share.

So, instead of trying to do what others are doing, however good it may be, let us learn to pray to God to give us revelations of the exact thing we need to do to excel and prosper as we are meant to in life. That is because what works for others may never work for us. And may we be favoured to receive such revelations, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Have a blessed week.

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Title: Opening doors of His provisions

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date October 25, 2025

Series: From Pastor’s Desk

Number: Vol. 14, No. 26

Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be multiplied to you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I am glad to welcome you to another week of the month of October 2025.

I pray that every door of God’s provisions shut against you will be opened for you in the week, so that your joy may overflow in the week and throughout the remaining days of the year. Amen.

Now one of the things that open doors of God’s provisions for His people is generosity towards His servants that are ministering to us in His word and in prayer.

For example, in order for God’s doors of provisions to be opened for the widow that Elijah met in Zarephath, she had to be generous to him. And even though it was a time of famine, she did not make excuses. Instead, she gave to him from the little she had. So, God ensured that she and her son did not go hungry at all till the famine in the land was over. (Cf. 1Kings 17)

But why was it this woman that God sent Elijah to at the time? As Jesus tells us, there were many widows in Israel at the time. Yet God did not send Elijah to any of them. Why? He knew their hearts. He knew that even if He spoke to them to take care of Elijah, they would not listen to Him. (Cf. Luke 4:25-26)

Perhaps God did speak to some of them about taking care of Elijah. And did they listen to Him? If they had listened to Him, He would not have sent the man to the widow at Zarephath. But since He sent him to Zarephath, it is clear that whatever widow He may have spoken to in Israel about taking care of him did not listen to Him.

The widow in Zarephath, however, listened to God and obeyed Him. As we see in the bible, God had spoken to her about Elijah before sending him to look for her. In fact, God’s words to Elijah about her were: “I have commanded her to take care of you.” And when Elijah found her, she did the will of God.

So, doors of His provisions that were not opened for the other widows were opened for her and her son.But what if she had not listened to God or obeyed Him? God would have sent Elijah to someone else that would obey Him. And that would be the person that doors of His provisions to survive that period of famine would have been opened for.

In like manner, it is those of us who obey whatever God is saying to us about generosity to those who are feeding us with His word and praying for us that certain doors of His provisions will be opened for. Those who are continually making excuses for not doing what He has commanded will only have their excuses to eat.

So, repent now and stop making excuses for neglecting the will of God in giving to His servants that are ministering to you. Otherwise, there are certain provisions of His that will never be yours in life.

Have a pleasant week.

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Title: Don’t throw away your confidence in Him

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date October 18, 2025

Date: October 19, 2025

Series: From Pastor’s DeskNumber: Vol. 14, No. 25

Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. I am glad to welcome you to another week of the month of October 2025.

I pray that God, as we begin the new week, will take care of any burden that may be weighing you down and comfort you wherever you are hurting, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Now while it is true that God is able to take care of all our burdens and comfort us, it is also important that we do not throw away our confidence in Him because of whatever we may be going through.

See, that God is handling our situation does not mean that we will experience relief immediately. We may not experience relief immediately. But if we will not throw away our confidence in Him, we will surely experience perfect liberty from whatever Satan is trying to use to destroy us.For example, when God sent Moses to Egypt to set the Israelites free, they did not immediately experience relief.

On the contrary, Pharaoh made things worse for them. In fact, even Moses had to go back to God and say:“O Lord, why have you brought trouble upon this people? Is this why you sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.” (Ex 5:22-23NIV)

But was God really not doing anything to rescue the Israelites? No! He was already working for their deliverance. However, Moses and the people would need to patiently keep on trusting Him in order for them to enjoy the full benefits of all that He was doing to save them. And did they do that? They did. So, they were eventually delivered from Egypt and led to the Land of Promise.

In like manner, we too will need to patiently keep on trusting God in order to experience the full benefits of all that He is doing to perfect all that concerns our lives. So, the bible says this to us: “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.” (Heb 10:35-36NIV)

Did you see that? First, we are told not to throw away our confidence in God. Why? It will be richly rewarded. In other words, God will never fail those who never throw away their confidence in Him. Second, we are told to persevere in doing the will of God in the face of life’s trials.

In other words, we are not to give up praying, meditating on the word of God, speaking the word of God to our challenges and walking in righteousness. Why? That is the only way for us to receive the fulfilment of the will of God in our lives.Now the challenges we are facing may give us the impression that it is useless for us to continue to pray and to act on the word of God, especially if things are getting worse for us instead of getting better. But the word of God already tells us that those who will not throw away their confidence in God will not be put to shame.

So, keep on praying and keep on acting on the word of God. And when the time is ripe, you will reap a great harvest of His goodness and salvation in your life.

Have a lovely week.

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Title: He will frustrate their scheme

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date September 6, 2025

Series: From Pastor’s Desk

Number: Vol. 14, No. 19

Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours abundantly from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Redeemer. I am delighted to welcome you to the second week of the month of September 2025. My prayer is that God will frustrate every scheme of the devil against you in the week and throughout the remaining part of the year, so that all His good purpose for your life for the year may be fully realized. Amen.

When Absalom started his rebellion, a man called Ahithophel joined him. And who was this man? He was a friend of David, Absalom’s father. Not only was he David’s friend, he was also one of his counsellors. But then, he was not an ordinary counsellor. He was divinely gifted to counsel people. Look at what is said in the bible about him:“Now in those days the advice Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel’s advice.” (2Sam 16:23NIV)

Did you see that? Consulting Ahithophel for advice in those days was like consulting God Himself for advice. In other words, you could not miss it or fail while following his counsel. No wonder David was distressed when he heard that this man had joined his son Absalom in rebelling against him. He knew that as long as Absalom continued to listen to his advice, he would continue to have the upper hand. And before long, he would establish himself fully as king over Israel.

Therefore, David prayed to God about the matter. Look at what is said in the bible about that: “Now David had been told, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “O LORD, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”” (2Sam 15:31NIV)

What did David ask God to do? He asked Him to turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness in the ears of Absalom. Why? That was the only way for Absalom to lose. And did God answer him or not? He answered him. He used a man called Hushai to turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness in the ears of Absalom and the elders of Israel that were with him. So, Absalom went on to lose the battle for the throne. And Ahithophel himself went on to hang himself. (Cf. 2Sam 17&18)

Now observe that David did not pray that God should kill Ahithophel or Absalom, even though both of them were after his life and his throne. Instead, he prayed that God should frustrate their scheme. And when God frustrated their scheme, they ended up losing their lives.

In like manner, we don’t need to pray that God will kill anyone that is working against us. We just need to tell Him to frustrate their scheme, to turn into nothing whatever weapon they are employing against us. And He will answer us.

If someone, then, should die or suffer greatly while God is answering our prayers, we will not be held responsible for their blood.So, don’t worry about those who are working against you and trying to pull you down or destroy you, regardless of their number. Instead, pray to God that He will turn into foolishness whatever they may be saying or doing against you. And He will answer you and see to it that you are not put to shame.

Have a lovely week.

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Title: Give it to God

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date August 23, 2025

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Series: From Pastor’s DeskNumber: Vol. 14, No. 17

Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I am glad to welcome you to the last week of the month of August 2025. My prayer is that God will take care of every burden that Satan is seeking to use to destroy you or to fill your life with pains. Amen.

Why did I offer that prayer for you? It is because there is no burden you are carrying that God cannot handle for you. To say the fact, God does not want you to bear any burden of your life all by yourself. What He wants is to bear every burden for you. And look at what David says about that in one of his psalms: “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.” (Psalm 68:19NIV)

Did you see that? How often does God bear our burdens? Is it only for a while? No! Is it just for some weeks or months? No! Instead, He bears them for us everyday. And why does He bear them for us every single day? It is because He loves and cares about us. (Cf. 1Peter 5:7)

Sadly, many of us don’t know that God is daily bearing our burdens for us. We just think that the good things that are happening to us in life are happening to us by chance and that the bad things that are not happening to us are not happening to us because of our righteousness, godliness or carefulness. But all the good things that are happening to us are happening to us because God is bearing our burdens for us.

Likewise, all the bad things that are not happening to us are not happening to us because God is working for our protection. However, God wants us to recognise the fact that the reason we have not been destroyed by the burdens that life is daily throwing at us is that He is daily bearing these burdens for us.

Therefore, there are burdens of our lives that He may not touch unless we learn to deliberately give them to Him to handle for us. And are we going to give all our burdens to Him to handle for us? Or are we going to keep on struggling to carry them ourselves until they crush us?For years, Jacob carried all by himself the burden of his sins against his brother, Esau. And this burden almost crushed him. But the very day he gave that burden to God in prayer was the day he was delivered from it. God handled the burden for him in such a way that he himself could not tell exactly why Esau, who had come out to attack him and his family, suddenly began to show him love and to speak kindly to him. (Cf. Gen 32-33)

Well, that is showing us that unless we learn to give our burdens to God in prayer, we may not know the kind of relief and peace of mind He is able to give to us. Yes, it may look like no one but you can carry that burden for you. But the truth is that even you cannot carry any burden that God does not bear for you. So, don’t allow any burden, whether it is that of sin, fear, lack or sickness, destroy you.

Instead, give it to God. That is because He loves you and is committed to carrying all your burdens for you everyday. And may you experience tremendous times of refreshing in your life, as you do so, in Jesus’ name. Amen.Have a lovely week.

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Title: Don’t be discouraged

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date August 2, 2025

Series: From Pastor’s Desk
Number: Vol. 14, No. 14

Beloved: grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. It is with great joy that I welcome you to the month of August 2025. My prayer is that God will equip you with everything you need to walk in victory over all the trials of your life in the month, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

When Joshua was called by God to take over from Moses in taking the children of Israel into the Promised Land, God said these words to him:

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Josh 1:9NIV)

Why did God tell this man not to be afraid or discouraged but to be strong and courageous? First, it was because he was bound to face situations that would want to make him afraid or fill his heart with discouragement. And if he should be afraid or discouraged, he would not be able to fulfil God’s purpose for his life.

The second reason God told him not to be afraid or discouraged was that He was personally going to be with him to watch over him and to make him victorious wherever he went, regardless of how dangerous the place may be. It was up to Joshua, then, to believe and act on these words that God had spoken to him to walk in victory over all the trials he may face in life. And did he believe and act on God’s promise to him? Yes, he did. And that was why he succeeded in leading the children of Israel to possess the Promised Land.

In like manner, we too are bound to face situations in life that will want to terrify or discourage us. We may even be facing such situations at the moment. But regardless of how frightening such situations may be, God is telling us not to be afraid of them and not to allow them to discourage us. Why? The reason is that He will be with us wherever we go to take care of us and to see to it that our lives are not destroyed by the devil. And if we believe and act on this, victory will be ours in every situation of life.

So, regardless of what you are faced with now, don’t be afraid or discouraged. It may look like all hope of your deliverance or victory is lost. Yet don’t be discouraged from doing the will of God. Instead, continue to pray and to speak God’s word to your situations. That way, you will not be put to shame but experience great victory.

Do have a lovely August 2025.

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Title: Misplaced priorities

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date July 27, 2025

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Series: From Pastor’s DeskNumber: Vol. 14, No. 13

Beloved: grace and mercy be multiplied to you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. I am delighted to welcome you to the last week of the month of July 2025. I pray that God will daily keep your heart fixed on those things that truly matter in life, so that you will not waste your life on irrelevancies. Amen.

As we see in the bible, it is possible for us to get ourselves occupied with the wrong thing and still think we are doing so for the Lord. That may be because we do not know how to handle things in the order of their importance or urgency. And where that is the case, we may find ourselves losing things that could change our lives forever while running after things that could only give us temporary satisfaction.

For instance, the bible tells something that happened when Jesus visited the house of Mary and Martha one day. Look at how it is reported by Luke in his gospel:”As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:38-42NIV)

What is this account showing us? It is showing us something about misplaced priorities. And who misplaced her priorities in the account? It was Martha. How? Did she do anything bad by working hard to entertain Jesus and His disciples on that occasion? No! But she should first of all have taken out time to speak with the Lord and to also listen to Him. This would have helped her in knowing the right way and time to entertain Him.Some of us too often make the same mistake when people visit us.

We want to be in a hurry to entertain them without first spending time to converse with them and learn their real reason for visiting us. And we may end up not settling down to have any serious discussion with them till they leave, just because we want to entertain them. That is not how to build a good and meaningful relationship.Well, while Martha was busy trying to entertain Jesus, her sister, Mary, sat down to learn from Him.

That, of course, offended her so much that she could not hide it. Therefore, she came to the Lord to tell Him to rebuke Mary for not knowing her priorities and to send her to assist her in preparing what they would use in entertaining Him and His disciples.But instead for the Lord to do what she wanted, He simply told her that she was actually the one that had misplaced her priorities.

In other words, she too should have sat down like her sister to learn from Him. Then she would have gained better knowledge on how to entertain Him and be praised. And that knowledge would have stayed with her for life. But she missed her opportunity to learn and become a better person that day. What a shame!In any case, the point of this is that we must never allow any good thing we are doing for God to hinder us from giving adequate attention to Him, His word and prayer.

Otherwise, we will not know Him and how to serve Him better. And that may even make us lose the rewards of the so-called good things we think we are doing for Him.So, let us always get our priorities right, as children of God. Our relationship with Him must always come before our service to Him. And may our hearts be duly strengthened never to forget this. Amen.Have a splendid week.

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Title: Wealthy in a time of famine

Post author By Pastor J.O. Lawal
Post date July 19, 2025

Series: From Pastor’s Desk

Number: Vol. 14, No. 12

Beloved: grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. It is with great delight that I welcome you to another week of the month of July 2025.

My prayer is that God will open your eyes in the week and throughout the remaining part of the year to see all His provisions for you to live in sufficiency, in spite of the famine of all kinds of good things that our country is witnessing at the moment. Amen.

The bible says, “But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.” (Ps 33:18-19NIV)

Who are those that God’s eyes are continually on? It is those who fear Him and who have put their hope in His unfailing love. So, if you fear God and have your hope in Him, His eyes will continually be with you wherever you go and irrespective of the circumstances of your life.

Now why will God continually have His eyes on you in this manner? As David shows us in those texts of his psalm, the first reason is to deliver you from death. And is that not a beautiful thing? It is. So, don’t be afraid of death, even hidden death. It will not be your portion. That is because God will continually deliver you from it.The second reason God will continually watch over you is that He may keep you alive during famine.

That means regardless of how bad the economy of the land may be, God will see to it that you and your household are sustained. How will He do that? That is beyond what anyone can tell. But since His word tells us that He will do it, we can be assured that He will do so. All we need is to act on whatever He tells us to do.

For example, there was a very severe famine during Isaac’s time. It was so severe that the man wanted to relocate to Egypt. But God told him not to do so. Why? The reason was that His provisions for him to prosper were not in Egypt at the time. They were in the land he was living in. If he, then, had gone to Egypt, his hopes would have been dashed. (Cf. Gen 26)

Thankfully, Isaac obeyed God and stayed where he was. And because he obeyed Him, He opened his eyes to go into farming. That, of course, was how he became wealthy in a time of famine.

In like manner, God can make us too wealthy in a time of famine or hardship. We just need to put our trust in Him and act on whatever He tells us about His provisions for us. And my prayer is that our ears will not be deaf to whatever He is saying to us about His provisions for our prosperity. That way, we too, like Isaac, can become wealthy in this period of national famine and be a blessing to others around us.

Have a great week.

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