The storm or fire in your life

It is to test your character, your faith and your level of endurance. It also reveals the roots -kind of people in your life (who will stand with you no matter what happens and those who are only attached to you temporarily.

The storm brings out the real you and the caliber of your associates. In Job 2:9, Job’s wife told Job to curse his God and die because of all round challenges that he experienced. Job decided to worship God instead.

The storm or fire in your life determines how far you will go in life. Moses could not enter Canaan land because he failed to conquer the storm of anger and self-control. (Numbers 20:8; Numbers 20:11, Deuteronomy 34:1-4)

The storm that you choose to focus on can be destructive and make you sink (Matthew 4:28-31). Apostle Peter walked on water but when he chose to focus on the boisterous sea waves he started to sink.

Ananias and Sapphire couldn’t control their greed and lies, a kind of storm that kills many (Acts 5). Gehazi got his share of leprosy because of greed and lies (2 Kings 5:20-27).

The fire or storm in your life reveals your strengths and weaknesses. In Daniel 3:16-28, the record of Meshach , Shadrach and Abednego .They emerged victorious, the fire revealed their real identity and anchor.

What kind of storm surrounds you? Some are from the adversaries and some God allows them. How you react matters most.

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When God wants to demonstrate His raw power upon your life

He will remove certain people especially those you normally depend on or associate with. The Midianites were defeated by only 300 men.God told Gideon that the people are too many and they had to go through a test in order to trim the number of people.Read the book of Judges.

In Joshua 10:12 ,Joshua said.”…. sun stand still over Gibeon …”&the sun obeyed so that he can utterly destroy his opponents.God is able to use the forces of nature to showcase His power. Joseph has to go through betrayal so that he becomes the second in command in a foreign land in Egypt.His brothers hated and envied him for his dreams of greatness. They decided to kill him but Reuben came through for him and said let’s just throw him in a pit.(Reuben wanted to rescue Joseph) May God raise a Reuben for you who will defend you in your absence.

Fast forward Joseph was sold to slavery,falsely accused by Portiphar’s wife&landed in prison.Greatness can attract weird experience in your life.It’s part of the process,without crucifixion there is no resurrection. Joseph in prison said l was stolen from the land of the Hebrews &l did nothing to be in this dungeon. He did not know that God was preparing him to be the next Vice President of Egypt in today’s language. God can suspend scientific if not natural rules for His glory upon your life. He allowed Lazarus to get sick,die,get buried and appeared 3 days later to raise Lazarus.Lazarus ‘condition was beyond prayer, hopeless in the human eye but God glorified Himself by resurrecting him.God allowed Peninah to provoke Hannah for her barrenness every year until Hannah conceived and gave birth to Prophet Samuel. That was the last time we heard of Peninah in the bible.

God will allow human means and efforts to dry up so that you can completely depend on Him.The army of Egyptians pressed hard behind the Israelites while the Red Sea spread across before them but God used Moses as an instrument to divide the sea for the Israelites to cross over. The same sea swallowed the host of Egyptians .Exodus 14.Hold on to God, write down the vision ,though it tarries ,wait for it, Habakkuk 2.The fact that calamity is common in your life does not mean God has no power, every negative identity has an expiry date. Daniel 9, Esther 9

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In Gethsemane He still remains God

You don’t need to compromise no matter the intensity of the challenges. In that fire God is with you not to die with you but to consume fire Hebrews 12:29. You don’t change your confession because you have not seen your “expected ” sign of that job,business deal,marriage etc.Elijah said l hear a sound of abundance of rain 1 Kings 18:41 even before he started praying.

Your unbelief does not make God a liar but it can delay you ,make you die in that wilderness without receiving what God had programmed for. The Israelites delayed themselves through complaining, every 40 day complaining became equivalent to 40 years in the wilderness-Numbers 14:34.

The bible says without Faith you can not please God.l want to believe it is safe to say without faith it is possible to please the devil,meaning any kind of calamity has access in any sphere of your life even a stray bullet can land because there is conducive environment.

It is important for believers to watch what they confess and their conduct in times of tribulations. Meshach ,Shadrach and Abednego said even if God does not deliver us from the fiery furnace they will not bow to an idol,Daniel had his own share and was thrown in a den of lions. All these biblical characters did not die according to the expectation of their adversaries but God did show up as the 4th Men in the midst of the fire, the lions behaved like angels of protection around Daniel the whole night. Are you going to betray Christ because of that promotion you dearly long for? Are you going to crave for momentarily stew like Esau,and sell your birthright,trade with your destiny for momentarily pleasures of sin? ls Peninah going to stop you from confessing Christ? Act like Hannah, don’t quit,don’t be moved.

Apostle Paul said none of these things move me… Acts 20:24 .Esther said if l perish l perish. Joshua said as for me and my household we will worship Jehovah. Are you battling with temptation because of famine?God is your Provider,check the 4 lepers, 2 Kings 7:3-20;the Manna from heaven episodes. The widow at Zeraphat had only a little oil left buy she acted on the prophetic word and God showed up,2 Kings 4:1-7.

In Gethsemane God is still extending His golden scepter of acceptance to you,be a spiritual detective to hear when He speak and see when He shows up&act accordingly. Apostle Peter said we toiled the whole night and caught nothing but at the command of Jesus they launched their nets and caught multitudes of fish that their nets brake.

Written by: Kidron Dube