DCLM Higher Everyday 8 May 2024 — God Reverses Setbacks – Part 2
Topic: God Reverses Setbacks – Part 2
Text: 1 Samuel 2:7-9
7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
Key Verse: “The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up” (1 Samuel 2:7).
Message
To reverse is to turn something around. While setbacks or challenges may be unavoidable, we have a God who specializes in turning things around in our favour. Our attitude in any situation determines our progress, stagnation or regression. Setbacks can be stepping stones to greater heights in life. “There is nothing as exciting as a comeback – seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance,” said Rachel Griffiths. Remember, ‘Dry bones shall rise again.’
We shall celebrate victory as we shall receive answers to all our prayers. Consequent upon Hannah’s victory through prayer, she sang,“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory…” Hannah, by her song, testified to God’s ability to reverse setbacks. Surprisingly, instead of praying, many believers forget God in their problems. They put their confidence in men and end up in more problems. It is time to work hard and seek God, who will reverse your situation and put songs in your mouth.
Quote: Turning things around in our favour
Challenge: Our attitude determines our progress!
Prayer for today: Oh God, help me to trust you in challenges, in Jesus’ name.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
