I want to do something a little different again this week! I want to share Joseph Prince's "Grace Inspirations" devotional!
THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL
Deuteronomy 28:13 And the Lord will make you the head and
not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath…
One of our church members saw his sales performance hit rock
bottom by the middle of the year. As a result, he was ranked 320 out of the 420
financial advisers in his company.
Devastated and on the verge of giving up, he started
listening to my messages and claiming God’s promises such as “the Lord will
make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be
beneath” and “many who are first will be last, and the last first” (Matthew
19:30).
He committed everything to God because he believed that only
God could turn things around for him. And God did just that.
By the end of that year, he was ranked second in his branch
and 10th in the whole company! He qualified for a trip for two to Barcelona,
Spain, worth about $20,000. That was not all. For the first time in his 12
years as a financial adviser, he qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table
Award. Only the top six per cent of advisers in the entire industry qualify for
this international award.
Beloved, when God makes you the head, you will end up on top
of your circumstances. Consider the story of Joseph (see Genesis 39). Even when
he was a slave, he was the head and not the tail because God prospered
everything that he did.
“But Pastor Prince, when I look at my life, there are times
when I am up and there are times when I am down. Yet, the Bible says that I
will be above only. I don’t understand this.”
What you are going through is only temporal. Keep believing
that you are above only and not beneath, even when you have hit rock bottom. It
is God who always causes you to triumph in Christ (see 2 Corinthians
2:14). You cannot cause yourself to triumph. Only God can and He has promised
in His Word that you will be the head and not the tail, above only and not
beneath. So believe His Word in spite of your circumstances and expect to see
victory!
I believe that this message may not be specifically for you and Kristine, but maybe for someone close to you? I believe that it is a message for you to share with someone who may be at their wit's end over all that has gone on, and may still be going on. The important thing is that GOD has never lost His power or position! He is the same GOD, with the same power and promises. We must keep His Word ever before our eyes and in our mouth! Nothing is too difficult for HIM! I want to share this song from Hillsong Kids again, because it is so simple and so true! "When The World Shakes":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
