WEDNESDAY 17TH OCT., 2018

WORD FOCUS: THE WAY OUT
TEXT: 1 Cor. 10:13 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it…”

Scriptures says, ‘When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.’ Maybe you are in a situation-a relationship or a financial condition-that’s not what you wanted. You can be frustrated and hopeless, but when you don’t-when you show up or offer the best you have-something good is happening inside you that far outweighs whatever is happening outside you. Jesus was facing adversity when He told His followers that if they had faith, they could command a mountain and it would be cast into the sea. Now, when your focus is on the mountain, you are driven by your fear. However, when your focus is on God, you are made alive by faith. On the other hand, if you didn’t have the mountain you’d never know that faith was in you, or to what extent. Adversity has a way of changing your values and priorities for the better. When you’re on the treadmill of money, security, or success, and adversity knocks you off, you start seeing the folly of chasing temporal things, and if you’re wise you resolve not to return to your old way of life when things normalise. The key to accomplishing this is taking action before normal life takes over again. You have a finite window of time to make changes; otherwise you’ll drift back into your old patterns.
While the memory of your adversity is still fresh, pray and ask God what changes He wants to make in your attitudes, your relationships, your habits and your lifestyle, and ‘He will show you a way out.’

MEDITATION: Gal 5:22-23 , Rev: 21:5

STUDY THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
REV. 18; IS. 3&4; PS. 109:1-19

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