DAILY SPRING DEVOTIONAL. Saturday, May 17th, 2025.
FOUNDATION SCRIPTURE:
◄ 2 Chronicles 7 13-14 ►
"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among My people, if My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My Face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
HOLY SPIRIT, HAVE YOUR WAY.
TOPIC: GOD IS WAITING….., TO TAKE AWAY THE STORM BEFORE THE SHIFT.
The drought isn't punishment. It's a PAUSE from God. A Divine intervention to redirect our gaze and GO BACK TO GOD and fall inline with OUR TRUE DNA.
Shabbat Shalom Friends !!
Difficulty is not always random misfortune but sometimes DIVINE DISCIPLINE. As Hebrews 12:6 reminds us, "The LORD disciplines the one He loves." God's corrective measures in our lives aren't PUNITIVE but REDEMPTIVE, designed not to CRUSH us but to RESTORE us.
The real power of today's foundation scripture, lies not in the problems but in the pathway to restoration. God provides a clear, sequential process for HEALING:
“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people” Proverbs 14:34
Have you ever felt like everything was falling apart? Dreams on hold, relationships strained, finances dry? It’s like Heaven itself went silent. And you wondered, "GOD, WHERE ARE YOU You?" You’re not alone. That’s exactly the scene in 2 Chronicles 7:13–14. God doesn’t deny THE DROUGHT; He acknowledges it. But then… HE OFFERS A SHIFT.
The drought is not the END. It’s the Divine beginning and awakening. A setup for HEALING… IF we RESPOND rightly. The answer isn’t EXTERNAL. It's INTERNAL:
Let me share a personal testimony:
I entered a cab in an African country where I was a missionary. They were killers. They made me sit in the middle, in between 2 of them. I started praying in The Spirit.
They kept telling me to shift, I told them I was tired and won't continue with “shifting”
The one beside the driver looked back into my eyes …he was dead fierce, and said, “ we will send you to the place where tired people are. Haven't you heard The havoc we have been causing lately?”
They were racing towards the sea to push me in, they said. Truly they have killed so many, it was all in the news.
All of a sudden, one said “ let's just push her down, so cars will crush her”. They did…. JEHOVAH flung me like a FLASH out of harm's way!!! What??? The crowd gathered…” how is she alive they asked??? They called the ambulance…I said just take me home. I WENT STRAIGHT AND HUGGED MY DAUGHTER AND SLUMPED…..I slept off The Holy Spirit did something IN ME. I ... .woke up, no scratch, a car at such speed…BUT ELOHIM…allowed it…why? SOMEONE NEEDS TO HEAR THIS TESTIMONY TODAY.
ME: I SAW THE HAND OF GOD and also learnt to use the word “TIRED” from DIVINE PERSPECTIVE, from that day.
STOP blaming God, come in humility to The One Who created you and has PLANNED OUT YOUR BLUEPRINT.
- "If My people..."
This is PERSONAL. It's not about OTHERS repenting. It’s about YOU and GOD, face to face.
“Humble yourselves” (James 4:10).
“Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17).
“Seek The LORD while He may be found” (Isaiah 55:6).
“Turn from your wicked ways” (Proverbs 28:13).
EACH IS A BRICK, IN THE PATH BACK TO DIVINE HEALING FRIENDS.
ACT NOW:
Where in your life do you need healing? Are there places where pride has silenced prayer? Where distraction has dimmed your pursuit of God’s Presence? Today, PAUSE. Yield your spirit to Him. Speak honestly with The One Who hears, forgives, and restores.
HUMBLE YOURSELF: Let go of the need to be right. Surrender your pride today.
PRAY HONESTLY: No masks. No filters. Just raw, real conversation with God.
SEEK GOD: Before you scroll, before you post, before you vent….SEEK.
TURN AWAY: Drop the habit, the compromise, the hidden sin. God’s not mad, He’s waiting for you to come back.
There is HEALING waiting on the other side of your OBEDIENCE. There is RESTORATION just beyond your REPENTANCE. There is RAIN after that DROUGHT.
God doesn’t need us to GROVEL, He wants us to GROW. He isn’t distant in our silence; He’s present in our surrender. His promise isn’t MAYBE. It’s CERTAIN.
- “Then I will hear… I will forgive… I will heal.”
- There’s power in the “IF”. But there’s even more power in “THEN.”
REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS:
- What is my INTERCESSION LIST LIKE?
- What have I allowed to come between me and God?
- Have I truly prayed today or just thought about it?
- What’s one thing I can turn FROM today to turn TO Him?
This is your day!! Glory!!! Hallelujah!!!
Do have an awesomely blessed day!
MEDITATION SCRIPTURE.
Isaiah 58:8
"Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and The Glory of The LORD will be your rear guard."
ALTAR CALL: COME TO CHRIST TODAY!!!
Are you tired and seeking hope? Jesus Christ is calling you. YOU CANNOT MAKE IT WITHOUT HIM. Open your heart to CHRIST today. Experience His love, forgiveness, and receive a new life in Him. I TOOK THIS STEP ALSO. TODAY IT'S YOUR TURN. Take the step of faith. He is waiting for you. John 3:16:
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
PRAY NOW 👇
Heavenly Father, I come to You in need of Your grace. I repent of my sins and ask for Your forgiveness. I believe that Jesus died for me and rose again. Come into my heart, LORD Jesus Christ, and be my LORD and Savior. Amen. ( Acts 16:31)
*Take any song of worship or praise as you are led and glorify God.*
GENERAL PRAYER SHOTS.
1) Prayer of repentance and forgiveness
"People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy." Proverbs 28:13.
Confess your sins and shortcomings. Ask God for forgiveness.
2) Sovereign God, Giver of both discipline and restoration, I recognize Your Loving Hand even in life's difficulties. I humble myself before You today, acknowledging my complete dependence on Your Grace, in Jesus Christ's Name.
3) My Father and my God, today I choose prayer and intercession over worry, actively seeking Your face above all earthly solutions. Reveal any areas of my life where repentance is needed, and give me courage to turn from those fully. Hear my prayer, forgive my sin, and bring Your healing touch to the broken places in my life and our world. Heal me so I can reach and heal others even far beyond me. In Jesus Christ's Mighty Name, Amen.
*Seal the answers to your
prayers with The Blood of Christ and The Fire of God.
*Give God thanks.*
DECLARATION:
I SURRENDER ALL MY ABILITY TO QUESTION AND ARGUE TO YOU MY GOD. MAY IT BE FOR YOUR GLORY.
( Pray In The Spirit Now)
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