The mid-year Prayer

     The half of the year 2019 is gone forever. It had departed into the stash of history, it cannot re-appear again, if there is anything to tot up of it: it is either lost or gain. But Apostle Paul instructs us not to look behind, even at success or failure, but to ‘press forward towards the high calling of God.   Remember, the goal for any enthusiastic player is not behind him. I pray for you to achieve your goal this season.

      Lot’s wife in the bible story was a prime casualty of turning backward, in spite of the caveat by the angels of destruction sent by God to Sodom and Gomorrah; who had sympathy on Lot’s family to save them. The aftermath of her action is now a landmark of shame, lucrative business for photographers as glee visitors embellish negative memorials. Her singular act of defiance caused more harm to the family of Lot resulting to the illicit affairs that brought about the birth of Moab City – a city recorded one of the highest prostituted city in the Bible – because Moab was a son of lot bare to him by his daughter through fornication, as a result of lot wife’s absent at Lot new refugee home; who had twisted into a pillar of salt. (Gen.  1 9 v 30 – 38 KJV ). Failure is not your portion this season in Jesus name.

    “Success is an abstract noun, theoretical, it has no legs to walk’ a pen friend said recently.  I could not contest that rather I obliged him. “It is in one place attached to your destiny; you have to work and walk to it with zeal and keenness”, he claimed.   In actual sense,   you need physical and spiritual zeal to move forward to your destiny; you need to pray more this season. Prayer is the major input to success. If Jesus our Lord Himself prayed, we ought to pray. Zealous and season less prayer produces result (Dan. 10 v13 -15, 1 Thess.5 v 17).  You have to bless His (God) holy name (Ps. 100 v 4), most of us are not acquainted with this secret of blessing God’s name, all we ask for is God’s blessing. God will bless you in return as you bless His holy name this season in Jesus name.

     You needs physical enthusiasm to work harder these residual six months of the year, ‘there is no food for the lazy man’ they say.  He who does not work is not expected to eat also – Saint Paul. No one is jobless or created by God in vain or hopeless. You are created to affect your generation positively.  ‘Whatsoever your hands founded to do, do it with all your heart; for there is no work in the grave where thou goeth’ ( Eccl. 9 v10,  Luke 10 v 7 ). You must put your hands to do something first before the prosperity which God desirous of us in Psalm 35 verses 27 takes place. Prosperity does not come by fluke in most cases, but by a zealous pursues. Happy new beginning, God will see us through in Jesus name.