FAITH CAPSULE: God will stir the heart of man to grant your open door.
Exodus 3, Ezra 1
How God is going to favor you is beyond your own expectation. His favor for you can be a unique one; uncommon one or one that is not of this world. As an acclaimed believer why struggle in the place of rest? Why exhausted in the place of engaging the living word? God’s favor or deliverance agenda is what no man can stop.
God’s was set to bring the Israelites out of the bondage of over four hundred years when He spoke to Moses, “But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that he will let you go. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed. But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.” (Exodus 3:19-22) His word does not return back to Him void. Are you expecting His favor in the New Year? If yes, begin to see your favor as being there when is yet there. What you see is what you receive and becomes of you.
God will stir the heart of man to grant you open door where there is no way to pass through. Bible mentioned how He stirred heart of Cyrus king of Persia and he made a proclamation throughout his entire, “Thus says Cyrus the King of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whoever is left in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’” (Ezra 1:2-4) Who else can deliver like God? When He defends, He will deliver and when He passes, He will preserve. God stirred the heart of a non-believer to favor His children. Cyrus, the king of Persia, did not just make a way out for the children of Israel; he also made provision for their need and restored back what was taken away by Nebuchadnezzar.
Prayer for today: Ask Him to bring back your captivity as the streams in the south.