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Nnamdi Christopher Wallace <[email protected]>
Your Child of Promise (3)
The UCB Word For Today <[email protected]> 22 May 2016 at 02:02
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Your Child of Promise (3)
22 MAY 2016
‘I sought for a man among them who would … stand in the gap.’
Ezekiel 22:30 NKJV
Sometimes your child of promise may get into trouble at school, mix with thewrong crowd, and experiment with drugs, alcohol, gangs, sex, etc. They may
rebel against everything you’ve taught them. But that doesn’t mean they won’t
eventually respond to God and do His will. Before Saul of Tarsus became Paul
the apostle God had to throw him off his horse, humble him before his peers,
and blind him for a season. Do you remember what Jesus said to Saul of Tarsus
on the Damascus road that day? ‘It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks
[thorns]’ (Acts 9:5 KJV). Sometimes your child of promise will come the easy way,
other times they’ll come kicking and screaming; they won’t get there overnight!
God took Paul into the wilderness for three years to detox him from wrong
thinking and reprogram him with the truth of His Word because that was
necessary to equip him for his calling. So when your child of promise seems to
be lost in the wilderness, blind to their destiny, or even down in the dust, don’t
despair; God is still at work. What should you do? God said, ‘I sought for a man
[or woman] among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me
on behalf of …’ (see Ezekiel 22:30). Build a wall of protective prayer around your
child. ‘Stand in the gap’ and pray God’s Word over them. Jesus promised that
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when you pray with authority here on earth, He will move heaven on your behalf
(see Matthew 18:19).
Bible in a Year: Luke 9:37-62; Ps 54-56;
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