DIVINE ESTABLISHMENT

Psalm 40:1-2

Welcome to the month of February, the second month of our year of pulling down strongholds. Every evil holds upon any area of your life are broken and destroyed today in the mighty name of Jesus. We glorify God for the first month of this year, which was glorious by His grace. The gracious God who started gloriously and victoriously with us will guide and sustain us throughout this year with His everlasting arms in Jesus name.

I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings

Psalm 40 : 1 – 2

The theme of the month is DIVINE ESTABLISHMENT.  The psalmist says in the bible, “I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings” (Psalm 40:1-2). Our anchor scripture for this month is loaded with lots of lessons. First, God is the only one who has the full capacity and ability to establish us on all fronts hence the psalmist says God “established my goings”. Kindly take note that “goings” is plural which means God can establish us in all areas of our lives. Do you want God to establish you spiritually? Do you want Him to establish you in studying and meditating upon His words? Do you desire Him to establish you in genuine love for others? Do you want to be established in seeking the face of God relentlessly in prayers and fasting without being tired? Do you want God to establish you in your marriage? Do you want God to establish you in eternal dwelling in fruitfulness? Do you want God to establish you financially? Do you want Him to establish you academically and career-wise? Do you want Him to establish you in permanent victory over sickness, disease, debt, failure, disappointment and all forces of darkness? Do you want Him to establish you as a divine stone and dynamite that will crush all strongholds? All these can be achieved with God alone who knows your past, your present and the future. The second lesson from our anchor scripture is that God also has the capacity, ability and humanness to bring you out of any form of pit no matter how horrible and terrible it might. He brought Joseph out of a horrible pit of death that his brother threw him into. He brought the widow of Zarephath out of the horrible pit of debt. He brought the three Hebrew men out of the horrible pit of persecution. He brought the woman with the issue of blood out of the horrible pit of disease and debt. He brought Hannah and Elizabeth out of the horrible pit of barrenness. He brought virgin Mary out of a horrible pit of shame. He brought Jabez out of the horrible pit of failed destiny. He brought out Mordecai out of the horrible pit of perpetual servitude and oppression. I decree into your life that God is bringing you out of any horrible pit you have found yourself in Jesus name. The third lesson is the undeniable fact about the miry clay. This is a clay of stagnancy, a clay of fruitless effort, a clay of movement without any advancement. God will deliver you from this clay in Jesus name. Meanwhile, there two important conditions for divine establishment here. First, you must learn how to wait patiently for the Lord. How patient are you with God at all situations. Are you patient to wait upon Him? Are you patient to wait for Him in the place of prayer? Are you patient to wait for God to restore you and re-arranged any area of your life that has been messed up? This is waiting for His direction on all issues and your decisions with patience. The second is that you must be ready to cry to the Lord in place of intense prayers constantly. My prayer is that God will grant unto you special grace to fulfil these conditions in Jesus name. Once more, happy new month with immeasurable blessings of God.