FAITH CAPSULE: The deceptive of adversaries only delay but not deny.

Ezra 4, 5

The word of God is consistently true to perform and perfect for all that walks in the word of God. Isiah 55:11 testified 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 when it is send for open door.
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 surely belongs to the adversaries.
Are you working the works of God? Jesus makes us to realize that to work the works is to believe in whom He sent. (John 6:28-29) It is worthy to work the works of God and not be a victim of adversaries.
Once, King Cyrus, a pagan king issued a decree allowing to open door for Israelites to return home and rebuild. The bible makes us to know that, “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 prophecy of 140 years.
Does it seem like your breakthrough prophecy is taking too long to manifest?
The king was moving in line with prophecy from 140 years before his reign. (Isaiah 44:28; 45:1). The children of Israel left to rebuild as it was decreed by King Cyrus. While the Israelites were on the way to rebuild adversaries lifted up deception to delay the Israelites. The Bible recorded, “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.” (Ezra 4:1-3) The deceptive of adversaries only delay rebuilding process for two years. When God opens door, the adversaries can only delay but not deny your breakthrough door.

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