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LIKE A FLINT

Text: Isaiah 50:7 

"For the Lord GOD will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed."

All the troubles and difficulties around you, and your life are orchestrated by the enemy with one goal in mind, and that's to take away your focus on Jesus.

You will recall that when Peter requested that Jesus bid him to come on the water, he (Peter) actually stepped out and started walking on the water until, he got distracted by the boisterous wind. 

Matthew 14:28 renders it thus: _"And Peter answered Him and said, "Lord, if it is You, com-mand me to come to You on the water."So He said, "Come." And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"

While it is important for you to know that God is always willing to help you or save you from shame; you must also accept the duty of keeping your focus on Jesus. (Hebrews 12:2).

You must always set your face like a flint (stone), in order not to be distracted by all the assaults the devil is throwing at you.

If only the Lord could open your eyes to see the reasons the devil has been throwing assaults at you, then you will stop being troubled and distracted by him.  The devil wants you to take your focus away from God, and he can do everything possible to achieve that.

 *As a child of God, you must settle it in your heart that God will always help you, and that you will neither be disgraced nor ashamed.* But  for you to always be guaranteed of God's help, your face must become like that of stone.

Stone has a quality of durability, strength, weight, hardness. In the same manner, God wants you to be strong, weighty, hard and durable to the extent that nothing can move or shift you in your  position with God.

Always know this: come what may, God will always come through for you, only see to it that your gaze is set on Him.

Bible Reading:

 Mathew 14:25-32.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, I receive the grace to stand strong in my down and dark moments in Jesus name.

2.) Father Lord, please help me to always set my gaze on you.

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