Faith Capsule: In a new beginning, we have to keep on keeping on every moment.
Psalm 91
In a new beginning make preparation for the future. Determine to become deeper spiritually than you’ve ever been. Jesus stated, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:33-34) Seeking God first will eliminate worrying to elevate man into worshiping God. Are you the kind that is seeking blessing and not paying attention to the one that blesses?
As we move on in the new beginning, we also need to take cover where there is protection from the one and only enemy of man. The devil comes to steal, kill and destroy. There is nothing good about our enemy. We must never under estimate the power of the wicked one whose agenda is seeking to devour. Actually, a place of unfailing covering is to continually dwell in the secret place of the Most high God. Psalmist confirmed, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” The secret of the Most high God is in the word of God. Every word of God is only a story to many but a secret to those who are able to listen and mix it with faith. What is the word to you? The word of God is a place of deliverance and preservation. The word of God is not for decoration but for declaration against the moves of the wicked one. The word of God is the authority of God. We need to place ourselves under the authority of Jesus Christ.
The new beginning is not the time to count on what is not yet at hand. It is time to declare His deeds. Psalmist stated, “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness every night.”(Psalm 92:1-2) Declaring God is making His wondrous work none. It is those that declare Him that gets decorated for His glory.
Declare God by giving thanks to Him, calling upon His name, singing psalms to Him; talking of His wondrous work and seeking the Lord and His strength (joyfully). It is the time not to think thanks but to open mouth wide and shout thanks for His goodness and mercy. In the season of a new beginning, we have to keep on keeping on every moment. It is a popular saying that, “winners never quit and quitters never win.” Sin will never win and faith in God will never fail!
Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to keep you going and not become grounded in the new beginning.