God Said...

God Said…

"GOD was relentless against them until the last one was gone from the camp. When all the men of fighting age had died, the LORD said to me…" (Deut. 2:15–17, NLT)

There is a principle of God’s dealings with His people that cannot be ignored: God will not reveal the next step to you until you have obeyed the previous instruction.

This is one major reason why many people remain stuck in the same position for too long. They wonder why progress is slow, why prayers seem unanswered, why doors remain closed. They fast, they pray, they sow seeds, they even give a prophet’s offering—but still, nothing shifts.

Why?

Because obedience is God’s language of progress. Until you fully walk in the light of what has already been revealed, you cannot expect Him to entrust you with the next instruction. If you are not faithful with the known, you cannot be trusted with the unknown.

The children of Israel learned this the hard way. For thirty-eight years, they were stuck at Kadesh Barnea—going around in circles, trapped in a cycle of delay. They were stuck like someone in a dead-end job, stuck at a junction where dreams and destinies were truncated. Only after all the men of fighting age who had disobeyed God were gone, did the Lord finally speak again to Moses about the next step.

The same pattern can be seen in Abraham’s story. God did not show him the ram caught in the thicket until Abraham lifted the knife to sacrifice Isaac. Provision is revealed only at the place of obedience. Breakthroughs come only after the test of surrender.

The truth is, while you think you are waiting on God, He just might be waiting on you.

"Lord, unstuck me. Unstuck my mind, my will, and my heart. Help me to obey every truth You have revealed to me. Give me grace to walk faithfully in what I know, so that You may entrust me with what I do not yet know. Amen."

Have a fruitful day,
(Dr.) Emmanuel Okoro
(aka Dr. Lift)

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