FAITH CAPSULE: God going before one is failure impossibility.
Isaiah 45
God alone is to be worshiped. God alone deserves all the glory and honor; He is a true and merciful God. Open your mouth wide and give Him all the glory. God needs no man for His attainment it is man that needs God for attainment. Jesus, at His triumphant entry into Jerusalem, received a loud praise. Just as He was receiving loud praise, the Pharisees called from the crowd asking Him to rebuke the praise directed at Him. The bible recorded Jesus’ response to the Pharisees, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.” (Luke 19:40) Are you praising Him loud enough or you are working it out for the stone to replace your praise? Clearly, God will not hesitate to replace any man that fails to give Him due which belong to Him. God needs no man for attainment it is man that need God for attainment.
When it was time for the deliverance of the Israelites, Cyrus the king of Persia, a pagan was appointed by God for His attainment. It is written, “Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held— To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:” (Isaiah 45:1) Imagine a pagan appointed by God; imagine God holding the right hand of a pagan king. When God holds one’s right hand, victory is certainly certain. When He holds one’s right hand, one is no longer doing the battle but God. Isaiah 45:2 also stated God’s promise for a pagan King Cyrus, “I will go before you and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron.”
When God goes before one, every impenetrable ground will yield for one’s penetration and the rough places that have been troubling in one’s passage will be made smooth. When He goes before one, highly invested gates that are specially and specifically constructed to stop and deny one’s breakthrough will be brought down. Above all, every treasured and hidden activity of the wicked will be exposed to one. When the Lord goes before one, the riches that the enemy cherishes will be exposed and the enemy will become naked. God going before one is failure impossibility. God is still in the business of appointing any man for His own attainment regardless of one’s background. He alone is the Lord God that does all things and nothing is impossible for Him to do.
Prayer for today: As you are looking forward to a new day, week, month or season, ask God to hold your right hand and go before you just like He did Cyrus the king of Persia.