Divine Encounters

Day 48 Reading: Num. 27:1 - Num. 30:16 God is a God of justice. Many today seek what is fair however many times they never get what justice has for them. The inheritance laws were clear about who would possess what. They seemed fair however the daughters of Zelophehad didn't think they were just. The Law didn't have a just settlement for where there was no male figure in a family. They questioned whether the law was inadvertently writing off the name of the family and his lineage because he didn't have boys. God's response is just and fair. A balance that is difficult to get in today's law systems.  The succession of leadership is important to God. Moses knew he wouldn't go into Canaan and sought God for a shepherd for the people. He didn't seek just for a leader but a shepherd. As a leader learn to wait on God on everything. Yes, Joshua was with Moses and it could have been easy to assume that he should take over, however, Moses asked God for d...

Day 8 Reading: Gen. 26:1-Gen. 28:22 In the times of a famine, one must be sensitive to know what to do. Many times we respond with knee-jerk reactions. Isaac wanted to move to a new place, however, God had other ideas. He advised Isaac where to stay and promised to bless him. God will speak to us in our times of need and will sustain us through the covenant. Isaac was a covenant child and the covenant of God with his father would come alive. May the covenant of God come alive for me daily. Isaac sowed. In the time of a famine take action that God can cause to bear fruit. He sowed in the ground. He reaped 100 times what he sowed. Learn to seek God for strategies of increase in the famine. The world is heading to a famine and every believer needs to learn how to prosper in the midst of a famine. What technology did Isaac use to see a crop harvest in a famine? There is nothing God cannot do to ensure His covenant is manifested. Where obedience to God is in play the covenant w...