THE ACTS July 2013 English | Page 16

seek the Lord, he will definitely change the circumstance. Time is one of the greatest gifts that God has given us. As long as we are on this earth, we have this blessed precious time to change our unfavourable conditions. Hallelujah! As we start giving our time to God, we start ploughing the barren land to make it fertile. He will change our future. If we are unable to move forward because of our ill health, then when we give God the time, He will give us health, longlife and lead us forward. If we have pain or an impossible situation, we have to make use of the time which is at our disposal. For, when we seek the Lord at that time, the impossible becomes possible and our pain will turn into joy. Hallelujah! When we give our time to God here on the earth, He will give us a chance to spend eternity with him. We will live with God in his Kingdom. lous way. Jacob used his time and found victory. When we give God time in our difficulty, he will appear and show us our future. Hold on to God and He will definitely appear. In our bad situation, we should attend a service, read the word or pray. God will appear and strengthen us. God appeared to Jacob and gave him Victory. Everybody is destined to win only when we make it a habit to give our time to God. Henceforth, only Victory will lead us. Hosea 12 : 5 Says, Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial. Our Lord is the God of hosts. A single angel is enough to change our lives. Our God is the leader for such hosts of angels. So, He can change not only our life but through us, the lives of Hosea 12 : 3 Says, many people. This is the power that God can give He took his brother by the heel in the womb, us. Hallelujah! and by his strength he had power with God : Jacob did not have a bright future. He lost 20 years of his life due to some wrong decisions that he took. He also made some mistakes. The blessing which God gave, he desired it to be fulfilled in a wrong way. Jacob thought to benefit himself so he cheated his brother Esau, of his blessing. Jacob’s desire to be blessed drove him to make some mistakes and he got stuck in problems because of it. Hosea 12 : 4 Says, Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him; he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us; Jacob who got stuck in the problems, used his time for God. He requested and pleaded with God. How does a person fight? We fight our battles by prayer. When we pray, the unfruitful ground will become fruitful and the problems turn into blessings. So we should pledge to give our time to God, and change our circumstances. When we sow such time to God, we will reap righteousness and happiness. Sowing time is very important which will change our future in a marvel- Hosea 12 : 6 Says, Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgement, and wait on thy God continually. We should hold onto mercy and judgement and continually believe in God. Why is the word “continually” being used? Time and circumstances make us slow in our prayer. When we start, we have much enthusiasm but with the passing of time, we tend to slow down and our prayer and faith decrease. We go into negative thoughts and think that God may or may not heal, clear the debts etc. We also think that our broken life cannot be put together. We get depressed by the delay in the time and we faint. We begin to wonder why things are not happening in our life. There is no progress and the status is, as is where is condition. Then at such times, we need to continually believe in God! How can we know that we believe in God continually? When we pray continually, it means we believe in God continually. When we make supplications and pray to Him continually, that is continuing in our faith. A person who has a vigorous continual prayer life is a vigorous continual believer. Whatever our situation, we have to continually believe God. As God is the Lord 15