Divine Encounters

Day 86 Reading: 1 Sam. 28:1 - 1 Sam. 31:13 Dear Friend, Thank you for encouraging me to not give up. Lately, it seems many friends I know have been living between a rock and a very hard place. Yes, I wake up and see the blue skyline and thank God that I am alive, however, I feel the pain of many who are lost in the earth as situations are not changing. Somethings don't seem to be working out. You mentioned that you feel life is passing you by each day. I felt it best I write to encourage you. Whenever I am in trouble I remind myself that I am not the first to go through this and that God has a solution. Life's blows are never fair. Somehow we seem to expect the devil to play fair when he has never played fair.    Today as I read the Bible, hope was rising within me that all will be well. I feel that the clouds over my life are about to burst forth with showers of God's blessing. Yes, I know it's been tough but today God reminded me that nothing is impos...

Day 85 Reading: 1 Sam. 25:1 - 1 Sam. 27:12 Life will always have curves and twists. The ups and downs of life should not define us instead they are to be chapters of God's marvellous works in us. The happenings, challenges, situations are simply part of the story and not the main story of life. The main story is how God brought you through each situation and brought about victory in your life. When the focus is on God, everything else pales in comparison to who He is and helps us maintain focus on our walk with Him. Whilst in the hiding place David and his men protected shepherds who were looking after the livestock of a very rich man called Nabal. Shortly after that, the sheep are being sheared and David seeks for something small for his men as a token of good gesture and goodwill for the services rendered. No discussion had taken place between David and the owner of the livestock, they just protected them. However, Nabal was not ready to play ball. He was not willing...