Date: Friday, 24th January, 2025
Text: Jeremiah 32:26-27
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
There are certain scriptures that will help your faith increase significantly. For example the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, says, “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:26-27
In the book of Luke 1:37, the angel Gabriel told Mary, saying, “For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
If you agree that there is nothing too hard for the Lord and that with him all things are possible, then you are in for miracles.
Sometimes ago, I heard the testimony of a former hardened criminal who was arrested and awaited trial. By virtue of his crimes he deserved a death sentence and he knew it. However, while in prison, series of preachers visited him and preached the word of God to him. On one particular occasion, he was convicted by the Holy Spirit and he surrendered his life to Christ.
The preachers gave him a Bible and he started studying it and building a personal relationship with the Lord. Whenever the soul winners visited, he would borrow and read books that enhanced his spiritual development. By this time he himself was already leading other prisoners like himself to the Lord through the preaching of the gospel.
On a particular occasion he borrowed and read a book that dealt with the importance of fasting and prayers. And he started seeking the face of the Lord in fasting and prayers, further deepening his relationship with Christ.
Three days before his appearance in court for his final trial he dedicated himself to fasting and prayers. On one of the days, He had an encounter with the Lord. And he asked, Jesus, “Are all scriptures true? The Lord said, “Yes”. He asked again, “Is it true that with God all things are possible”. The Lord said, “Yes”. Again he asked, “Does it apply to everybody and in any situation?” Again, the Lord said, said “Yes”. Then he said, “If that is the case, please, give me a second chance; I don’t want to die now, you have to set me free.”
He pleaded with the Lord to give him a second chance. He made a promise to the Lord that if he was miraculously set free, he would spend the rest of his life spreading the gospel across the nations of the world. The Lord agreed to set him free if he will keep to his promise, and that the day he failed to keep to it he would die.
A second chance he indeed got. He was miraculously set free by the judge on the day he was expected to be sentenced to death; for with God all things are possible.
Action Nugget: Increase your faith level.
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