FAITH CAPSULE: No man can force against the hand of God upon your life.
Daniel 3
The Psalmist describes God, “…O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind.” (Psalm 104:1-3)
God alone is worthy to be magnified above all. He alone knows the beginning from the end, and the end from the beginning. He is the eternal rock of ages, the Almighty God who makes a way where there is no way. It is written, “The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth, and strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!” The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood, and the LORD sits as King forever.” (Psalm 29:9-10) God sitting on His throne of grace saw Saul with his evil agenda, running around for power from the right authority to enable him against the Lord’s disciples. He was all out with bad intentions, but God attended to him in His power. Power pass power and the enemy cannot be more powerful. Damascus was Saul’s target, it was his agenda to go and terminate all who were for the Lord Jesus. Saul could not see Damascus as planned because he became a blind man. He was out against God who reverses the irreversible. No man can force against the hand of God upon your life. Is your faith being challenged? Just as Saul was blinded so shall it be to challenges which are militating against your destiny.
God on His throne caused Saul to be blinded, “…But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.” (Acts 9:8-9) Who would have thought that a man with all the power from man against the disciples of the Lord could lose his sight at the time he was set to strike? Every wicked plan and purpose against you will meet its termination in Jesus’ name. Daniel’s three friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, were sentenced to die by burning in a furnace because they refused to bow to another God. They were sure their God would deliver them. They made a statement, “But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”(Daniel 3:18) The challenge could not change their belief. The three friends of Daniel glorified God and they overcame. Let not your situation dictate expectations. Allow God to be the center of your expectation. He will not fail because He has never failed.
Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you just like he delivered Daniel’s three friends from the furnace of fire.