Topic: THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID FOR YOUR SUCCESS – Bishop Mike Okonkwo Devotional 27 February 2020 [The Redeemed Evangelical Mission]
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THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID FOR YOUR SUCCESS
“For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.” Isaiah 54:3 KJV
Beloved, you don’t come to God wondering whether God is going to give to you or not. You must arm yourself with the knowledge that the price has been fully paid!
Isaiah 54:2 says: “Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes” (KJV). Abundance is coming to your house, whether the devil likes it or not. God said you will spread out from the right and the left. Your descendants will take over other nations and they will resettle deserted cities. Don’t be afraid or discouraged because you won’t be put to shame. You will even forget the shame that you’ve had since you were young and you will not remember the reproach in your life anymore. Your husband is the Maker, the Holy One of Israel; the Defender of the armies and of the whole earth. He called you as if you were a wife who was abandoned in grief, a wife who married young and was rejected.
“In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer” (Isaiah 54:8 KJV). ‘Everlasting’ means it will never end. Just like the song goes: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning…”
Joseph’s brothers thought that they were selling him into slavery but God was sending him forth. So, let the tempest rage, let the billows toss high, it will all turn out for your good because the price has been paid. That is why we rejoice. What God did through Christ is greater than what the devil did to damage man. Rejoice now because the price is fully paid. You will end this year rejoicing. You will finish strong.
Further Reading: Isaiah 54:1-12
Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Numbers 15-16; Evening- Mark 6:1-29