Suggested Reading: Deuteronomy 1 v. 1-18, 2 v. 24-36
Deut 1 v.3-8:
It is Monday today, and the reason many of us do not like Monday is that it is a day that brings again to us REALITIES – often boring or demanding hard work – realities to be done. As you go forward with the Lord into progress with growth, the spirit of simplicity requires that, in order to possess your miracles, blessings and to build God’s house – you must not just pray, but also take real practical actions and interact with all sorts of real people with diverse personalities. Consider some practical actions and interactions with people, some quite hostile, which Moses and God’s people had to take in order to actually get what God had promised:
1 v. 3: They had to meet, consult and hear practical things God said should be done.
1 v. 7-8: They had to map out or define territory to take – a footprint of real places.
1 v. 12-18: They had to organize themselves and to strategize.
1 v. 4; 2 v. 31-36: They had to fight real wars, slay kings and capture territory.
2 v. 26-30: They had to interact, communicate, negotiate with, and if need be, fight difficult and hostile people.
2 v. 31-35: They put on record their profits ad assets, i.e. things and territories they had gained.
As you look at these points, judge your own life and ways and define the things you need to do to deal in realities and make progress. Pray over these issues and make decisions.
Consider 1 Thessalonians 4 v. 11-12; 1 Timothy 5 v. 8:
God calls you to engage and do practical things that bring progress and growth – be it engaging sinners with the Gospel, or doing practical and even manual work so that you may become a blessing to your family, others and to God’s work.
Train yourself to initiate, to value, look forward to or even enjoy practical things and engaging people in order that you may harvest the progress and growth that God Promised.
Reverend Andrew Wutawunashe
