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It can make such a difference in how you approach your day if you believe that God has made preparation for your life that day. You’re not left to some nebulous fate or whatever the devil’s forces have planned for you. They may have set you up for failure or disappointment, or for confrontation or trouble. But God has wonderful plans set up for you so just ask Him at the beginning of each day to help you walk into those.
There’s a family with whom we correspond once a month and it’s wonderful to get updates on what’s happening in their lives. We do this with many of our ministry Partners.
One month we received a letter in which they mentioned they were going to move from one state to another state. It was a big move. I mean, they had to uproot everything to make this change. If you have ever done something such as this, you know how it can be very disturbing because it disturbs everything. Your routine, your habits, how you’re familiar with your surroundings. You have to make new contacts, find new doctors, a church, your job. So it’s during those times that you definitely want God to set up events to go well.
We began to pray with them and cover everything with God’s anointing and guidance. We anointed their prayer requests they had written with anointing oil and then sent them one of our small vials of oil so they could anoint their new home and welcome the presence of God there. In other words, we were telling the Lord we wanted Him to cover everything and set up the way for them to be blessed. I encourage you to pray that way for everything you face in your life.
Now I’ll let them tell you in their own words what happened. The wife wrote and said, “Thank you so much for your letter and of course your prayers. We’re getting settled in here. It was a blessing to pray over our home with the anointing oil. We sensed your prayers were powerful too.” Now hear this next part, “We have met our next-door neighbors. They are a Christian family. They pray for us and said when they knew the owners before us were moving, they prayed for the new owners of this home for six months.”
Then this family went on to describe how they were doing well and they had already found a church and are connecting with people. They’re adjusting to their new life. Now that’s great to have your neighbors be Christians that prayed for six months for you before you even got there and before they knew you. God was setting up the way for them to move into wonderful conditions. I mean, when you think about how bad some neighbors can be…. And these are not just nice ones, but they are praying over that house and the people who would occupy it. What a surprise blessing!
Then God gave them another surprise blessing. He set up the way for the husband to receive his unused sick pay from his previous job. With that money, they were able to get rid of all of the rest of their debt AND buy a car for cash. Then she ends the note with, “Thank you for faithfully praying for us over the years.”
Come on, things such as happened to them don’t just happen. God had to be directing every step. Because they were dedicated and seeking to take the path He had for them, He gave them surprise blessings all along the way.
If you desire God’s guidance and you start taking steps to go down the path He sets up, start watching along the way for surprise blessings to come to you.
He did this in a great way for the man Elijah and a widow. First Kings chapter 17 tells how during a terrible famine God sent him to this widow to be sustained. But she was down to her last meal and oil and then she and her son would starve to death.
Then Elijah gave her the word of the Lord that if she would share some of her last food with him by faith, the meal and oil would multiply. She did and the miracle happened. The meal and oil fed the three of them throughout the entire famine. It was a setup for the widow and because she received it, she received her surprise blessing.
However you need God to SHOW UP, believe that He has SET UP the way to do just that. Be ready by your faith to receive the surprise blessings He is ready to send.
A Spiritual Powerline to say out loud:
“GOD SET UP SOME GREAT THINGS FOR ME TODAY!”
Here is a powerful prayer to say out loud:
Lord, I believe for You to set up my way today. Before me are good events and deliverance and Your almighty power so I can face any challenges. I’m watching for surprise blessings from Your hand. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
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