FAITH CAPSULE: Adversaries can only delay but not deny one that keeps focusing on God.

Ezra 4, 5

The word of God is consistent to perform and perfect for all that walks in the word of God.
Evidence to walk in the word of God is encased in having trust and hope in God. 
Isiah 55:11 testifies of the word of God, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11)
Word of God does not return void but will perform to open where the door is closed.
Apostle Paul testified, “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. (1 Corinthians 16:9)
Certainly, adversaries will always attempt to shut the great and effective door, but failure belongs to the adversaries.
Are you working the works of God? 
Jesus makes all realize that to work the works is to believe in whom He sent. (John 6:28-29) 
Work the works of God and not be a victim of adversaries.
Once, King Cyrus, a pagan king, issued a decree to open the door for Israelites to return home and rebuild. 
The Bible records, “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.” (Proverbs 21:1) 
God turned the heart of a pagan king to bring to pass the prophecy of 140 years. 
Does it seem like your breakthrough prophecy is taking too long to manifest?
The King responded to the prophecy of 140 years before his reign. (Isaiah 44:28; 45:1). 
The decree of King Cyrus made the children of Israel go and rebuild. As the Israelites were to build, deception rose with a plan to derail the building but failed.
Ezra 4:1-3 records, “Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel, they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.” But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel said to them, “You may do nothing with us to build a house for our God; but we alone will build to the LORD God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.” 
The deception of adversaries only delays the rebuilding process for two years. When God opens the door, delay by the adversaries will not deny.
With trust and hope, know that God opens the door.

Prayer for today: Ask for the word of God to establish God for the glory of God over your life.