Daniel 11:13 NKJV.
Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.
The way you think and view things makes the difference. The troubles the world faces should not sweep us away or take us unaware because the bible already made us to know that in the world there will be crises but we surely will overcome in Christ Jesus.
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
When men do not see an accomplishments or results in your efforts they labelled you a failure but they do not want to acknowledge the facts that there are processes of life, the curve of life is always shifting, there are ups and down curves of life therefore let no man boast of himself.
Sometime ago earlier this year 2022 around January my blood sister, my immediate younger sister a deaconess in one of the new generation churches; for a little misunderstanding looked at my face and said to me \”look at yourself in the mirror, you will see that you looked like someone who is besieged\” in demonstration of show of arrogance she raised her right hand and said YOU FAILED, THE FIRST IS NOW THE LAST.
Yeah ☺️ it stroked me but knowing our background and the level of each of us accomplishments in real life and in practical terms honestly. NO BASES OF COMPARISON.
Then again that shows the mind set of human nature. Our mindset is everything for us , it\’s a revealer of thoughts. Jesus told His disciples that it\’s not what goes in to a man\’s belly that defiles him rather what comes out of the man. \”The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him\”. (Matthew 12:35)
Men may be quick to label you a failure but what they conceived as your failure may be a time you are under going some processes which is a road map to success in your future. Do not lose heart hold on to God\’s promises and trust God Those who know their God will be strong and do great exploit.
Knowledge affects your confidence, it may affect the way you talk and the way your mindset works. Knowledge they say puffs up but wisdom build up.
\”FOR WE DARE NOT CLASS OURSELVES OR COMPARE OURSELVES WITH THOSE WHO COMMEND THEMSELVES BUT THEY MEASURING THEMSELVES BY THEMSELVES AND COMPERING THEMSELVES AMONG THEMSELVES ARE NOT WISE. (2Corinthains 10:12).
Those who know the God they serve shall be strong and do exploit,… How much of your God do you know? Do you know whose you are? Yes!! If you know whose you are, you will not yield to every blackmails that come from man to derail you. If you know the kind of weapon in your arsenal you will settle down to plan your battles well and not allow yourself to be toss tro and fro. When you know whose you are and the power you possess as a child of God you will know the audacity of authority you carry.
The scriptures defined faith as being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. ….
Calling those things that are not as though they were….
What you cannot see you cannot possess and what you cannot possess you cannot value. If you think you have gotten enough of what you owe right now I wonder how far you can travel in life. At a point in their journey, the Children of Israel became complecency in their journey to the promised land.
One day God called moses and said \”Send some men to explore the land of canaan which I am giving to Israelites from each ancestral tribes Send one of its leaders\” so at the Lord\’s command Moses sent them out from the desert of Paran. All of them were leaders in their capacity (Numbers 13:1-2).
Those that know their God will be strong and do exploit.
How much do you think you know your God, what kind of clarity do you want to consider for you to know how much of your God you know. Check out your works because it will affect your mindset. At the time of crises you will measure your victory, you need Victory in life to weigh your success and to have victory means you must have battled in life believing All things working for your good to them who are the called….
The difference between what you considered battles and if all things are working out for your good is the reality of facing the crises and to overcoming the challenges. That\’s what forms your opinion of whose you are and whom you really must Trust.
The way your mind works determine the influence you can wedge in a thing or how you can process informations and instructions you received.
When God asked Moses to sent his people to go and explore the land He promised to give them. It actually beholds on them to execute God\’s mission and purpose for them functionally without relaying on their own capabilities. Yet they got there and falled into the trap of Grasshopper mentality.
On their way back from their trip they tendered their reports to Moses their leader and the elders thus ;.
28 But the people who live there are strong. Their cities are walled and very large. We even saw some Anakites there. 29 The Amalekites live in the southern area; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the mountains; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan River.”
30 Then Caleb told the people near Moses to be quiet, and he said, “We should certainly go up and take the land for ourselves. We can certainly do it.”
31 But the men who had gone with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” 32 And those men gave the Israelites a bad report about the land they explored, saying, “The land that we explored is too large to conquer. All the people we saw are very tall. 33 We saw the Nephilim people there. (The Anakites come from the Nephilim people.) We felt like grasshoppers, and we looked like grasshoppers to them.” (Numbers 13:28-33) NCB.
To be victorious in life you must be strategic in carrying out assignment towards fulfilling your mandate. Your mindset and your views separate you from others; the ability to pursue your vision and what you value in life makes the difference.
Were they not 12 leaders sent to explore the land God promised to give them? Yes 12 of them but different mindset and views over life while 10 of them were timid not sure of themselves and very little to their own eyes; but men like Caleb and Joshua saw differently because of their views of life, visions and mindset. They were bold and courageous, they believed that the people that occupied the land cannot be a match to them because they know their God who had fought toughest battles for them and won in all the battles they fought.
When you know whose you are, you can do all things through christ who strengthens you. The battle is not for the strong and the race is not for the swift. Those who know their God will surely be strong and do great exploits.
God Bless You As You Read. Shalom.
✍️Mrs Blessing I N Onugha ❤️