Psalm 59:9-10a
A. Relying on The Ever- Reliable God
Life can let us down, people will let us down, but the Lord is always reliable.
Reliability is something that we crave in our relationships.
To be reliable simply means to be faithful; to be consistently good in quality or performance; to be trusted.
Faithful means to be utterly trustworthy and totally reliable.
And if there is someone that is utterly trustworthy and totally reliable, His name is Jesus. “Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever” Heb13:8
What He says, He does. What He does, He does with the best delivery for His children.- Isaiah 49:15
Our Savior Jesus Christ is reliable to give us strength for life’s journey.
Prayer of Thanksgiving:
Father, I thank You for being totally trustworthy and reliable.
Every time I call, whether night or day, You come and save me, thank You Lord, in Jesus Name.
B. How to Successfully rely on God
1. Overcoming Human Perception of Timing- John 11:21 & 32.
When our timing does not sync with God’s timing we begin to doubt His reliability.
Mary and Martha sent a message to Jesus, “the one You love is sick”. But Jesus did not respond based on their timing.
“Instead of coming immediately” He stayed behind even though He loved Lazarus.- John 11:6
Jesus eventually showed up after Lazarus had died and had been buried for four days.
Prayer:
God will show up for me today even where i have perceived He is late.
Jesus will arrive to turnaround my situation for testimony
Every dead issues of my will receive the living God today in Jesus’ name
So many people are waiting on Jesus but they are looking at the clock – our time – biological time; earth timing, factual clicking.
You need to understand that that thing you are scared of, when Jesus shows up He is able to reverse it.
Prayer Declaration:
I have confidence in You, Jesus. I have confidence in You, any time, any day. I have confidence in You.
2. Overcoming Human Perception of our Challenges- Mark.4:38-39.
At times, we look at the magnitude of our challenges and storm and they appear bigger than the omnipresent beside us.
Whatever He allows in our lives is not bigger than Him. All is to bring glory to His name- Job 1:13-19, 22 vs 42:2, 10
What He said He will do, He will do. If He needs to raise the dead, the dead will rise.
What are you going through that you think time has passed or too big for God?
Prayer Declaration:
No matter what i am passing through now, it will end in glory. It will bring glory to the name of the Lord
At the end of the day, I will rejoice over my challenges in the Name of Jesus.
Father, Your promise is that You will be with me till the end of time and there are no conditions to Your Word. I embrace Your reliability, in Jesus Name (Jude 24-25)
3. Overcoming Human Limitation of Reasoning, Knowledge and Logic – 2 Kings 7:2.
Some things appear too much for our common brain to reason and we think it is too true to believe
Man of God vs the officer- battle of supremacy
Do not put your logic in the way of the power of the Holy Spirit. It may not make any sense but guess what? God is involve
Prayer Declaration:
Father intervene in my affairs this day and turn terrible situations around for good in the name of Jesus
God of all possibilities, let there be divine intervention in the economy of Nigeria that things will be great again in the name of Jesus
Dear Lord, Beyond my limitations prove yourselves as God over our lives in Jesus’ name
Holy Spirit, help me, take me beyond every limitation logic has formed in my mind and help me to be discerning, in Jesus Name.
4. Seeing God as the sole creator and the sustainer of creations- Col.1:16- 17
God is not just the creator. He is the sole creator
He also carry the power to watch over and sustain together all His creations
He can create any thing even what cannot be created- John 1:1,14. We can rely upon His word to achieve His will for us
Prayer Declaration:
As I continue my journey of 2024, even from tomorrow “My God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.
He is my refuge, my savior, the one who saves me from violence and scarcity in Jesus Name.
5. His words and promises can ever can be trusted
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise” Heb.10:23.
It was by faith that even Sarah was able to have a child, though she was barren and was too old. She believed that God would keep his promise” Heb.11:11.
Why should we hold tightly without wavering in spite of the trouble; in spite of our timing or in spite of logic?
Because God can indeed be trusted to keep His promise.
John 11:4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”
Prayer Declaration
As I continue in the journey of 2024, I speak the word of God into my life …….for Lazarus did not end in death …… my challenging circumstances (…..fill in) will not end in death, in Jesus Name
