Divine Encounters

Day 241 Reading: Zechariah 1:1 - Zechariah 6:15 God's word is powerful. It is backed by Heaven. God backs His Word. Angels perform God's word Psalms 103:20 . God created the world by His Word Genesis 1:3. We live in a day and age where many don't believe in God. The world is in need of men and women who will believe God at His word to see its power released here on earth. A recent survey by the BBC in the UK revealed that 3 in 5 people believe in miracles. People are hungry for miracles.  The Bible gives us clues to seeing miracles in our lives. Zechariah was raised to encourage the people during a time where they were struggling to rebuild the Temple. Zechariah was addressing the children of God who had returned from captivity under the direction of Darius to return home and rebuild their land. God's word will overtake you. If I use the narrative of a car on a highway, the promise may be behind you or far from the view of your mirrors. However, understand ...

Day 137 Reading: Nehemiah 8:1 - Nehemiah 10:39 I am not alive because I deserve it and neither are you. We are alive and where we are in life because God is merciful. Many don't understand God's mercy. Many go through life thinking they deserve or are owed by God the best in life. That is a proud attitude. You see God is Holy. We are sinners. We are unclean yet we are loved by God who is pure and all powerful.  Nehemiah and Ezra summoned the people to listen to the Book of the Law. Ezra read the Book of the Law and was surrounded by people who helped the people understand the commandments and statutes. The whole purpose of reading the Law was to not only remind people of the Covenant God had made with them but to also get them to see the mercy of God. The reading of the law brought conviction to the hearts of the people. This conviction resulted in people weeping, however, Nehemiah and Ezra resolved that it was not to be a day of mourning but a day of joy.  Jo...

Day 134 Reading: Ezra 8:1 - Ezra 10:44 God's eyes are searching to and from for a person or people that He may show Himself strong for 2 Chronicles 16:9a . What are the qualities that we need to become a people who will rebuild the House of God on earth today? In the midst of all that you are doing here on earth understand that the clock in heaven is saying its time to rebuild. This is God's hour of restoration. We are being restored to be the House of God in all glory and splendour! Reading the book of Ezra there are 3 things that I have picked that are critical for the days we are living in. Preparation Ezra prepared before he set off for the journey. We read in Ezra 7:10 that he prepared for the task that lay ahead. We read that even before setting off for the journey to Jerusalem he prepared by gathering the required resources and authority to undertake the task at hand. Ezra didn't travel because of fantasy or fun. He travelled to Jerusalem knowing th...

Day 133 Reading: Ezra 5:1 - Ezra 7:28 Breaking News! God is in the process of rebuilding His House. Ladies and Gentlemen, please note that God did not seek your permission. A command has gone out that His House is restored to the place of glory that all mankind may come and worship Him. God desires to show off and the rebuilding of His House is central to the next chapter of mankind.  Those who knew the former glory will build alongside those who never saw the glory of the House of the Lord. Those who knew of His glory will rebuild the House of God with weeping for the past glory while those who never knew of the glory will shout with joy. The sound in the House of God will be a mixture of joyful shouts and groanings of travail for restoration. This will usher the next move of God's Kingdom. Many wonder how this will be. God once ordered kings who didn't worship Him to do His bidding. Is God not the God of the Universe? He holds all the resources in H...

Day 132 Reading: Ezra 1:1 - Ezra 4:24 We live in very prophetic times. Days that have been described by God Himself. Many though walk through life ignorant of the times we are living in. Others are not ignorant, they have decided to be oblivious to the obvious. God's word cannot fail. His Word has never failed and will never fail.  The book of Ezra opens with the fulfilment of a prophetic word of the restoration of the people to the land of promise. As we read this book I pray that God will restore us back to the place of promise.  Jeremiah prophesied that the children of Judah would be carried away as captives for 70 years 2 Chronicles 36:21 .  At the end of 70 years, God moves a king, Cyrus, who didn't know about the prophecy to release the children of Israel. Here is a man whom we don't know if he worshipped God, however, at a particular point in time he decrees that the children of Israel return to their land and rebuild the temple of God.  What wou...