When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. Then Israel made this vow to the Lord : “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.” The Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.

Numbers 21:1-3 NIV

What a complete different attitude displayed by the Israelites! Contrary to the usual response of the people of Israel to their difficult and trying situations which includes murmuring, complaining and grumbling, here they exhibited the right spirit God has always desire of them to manifest. The result was overwhelming and monumental triumph over their seeming formidable enemies.

If you too will desist from complaining, grumbling and blame game but will see every trouble that comes along your way as an opportunity for God to demonstrate His exceedingly great power and manifest His glory in your life, you are bound to experience supernatural solution to your situations irrespective of what you know about the challenges.

All that it takes is for you to develop the attitude of faith and action of prayer. In other words, you are to believe that God is able to save and rescue you. and because He is able, He will deliver you to the glory of His holy name. Next, you are to call upon Him in fervent and earnest prayer like the people of Israel did. They challenged God into action in their prayer. True to God’s promise, He listened to their voice, delivered up their enemies to their hands and they utterly destroyed them.

Fear, worry and anxiety are the weapons the enemy uses to rob you of your victory over him. Don’t be intimidated, your problem is not as worse as you think. As a matter of fact, the darker the darkness becomes, the brighter the light shines. Jesus is the Light in your darkness, call upon Him now and He will answer you, rescue you and lift you out of the tunnel into His marvellous light. Good morning and do have a joyful day.

Your brother,

Olufemi Babalola