#EaglesDevotional - WHAT GOD DOES WITH THE SORROWFUL

"Behold at that time, I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame"       (Zephaniah 3:19)

Yesterday, we saw that God was interested in gathering the sorrowful to His sanctuary.  There are three reasons why God will do so? The first is, “…I will Undo all that afflict thee”.

The word, “undo” means “to reverse”.  It also means to make ineffective, as if it never happened. This means God will reverse the afflictions of your enemies in your life. When God reverses a kidney disease patient, for instance, the doctors will doubt if he/she ever had such a disease before. If God reverses the problem in your life people will be amazed at the turn of events. Similarly, when God reverses your financial situation, it will appear as if you have been swimming in the pool of money/wealth from the time you were born. 

Do you remember how the king reversed Haman’s letter because of Esther? (Esther 8:5) Jephthah is an illustration of how God can turn your shame to praise and fame.  He was a human being like you and I.  He lived a normal life and attended church regularly.  Immediately after his father’s death, however, his brothers ganged up against him and threw him out into the streets.  That was not the shame. They went ahead to reveal the hidden identity of his life to the public.  "…Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman" (Judges 11:2). Remember that Jephthah did not create himself.  He did not decide to come into this world through a harlot either.  None of his defects were of his own making; yet his own brothers used them against him.  That is wickedness.       

Jephthah was so ashamed that he sought for refuge in a land very far from his home. However, as God would have it, something dramatic happened. God was interested in reversing his story of shame. When God reversed his shame and changed it to fame,  nobody remembered that his mother was a harlot anymore.

Prayer/Confession: My God will undo all the afflictions of the wicked in my life and turn my shame to fame in Jesus name, Amen
Further Reading: Esther 8; Judges 11
Words of Wisdom: All Power belongs to God.

Eagles Devotional is a daily revelatory and inspirational Publication by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the founder and presiding Pastor of Word of Life Bible Church, Warri, Nigeria.

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