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#97: Forerunners of Jesus

After these things the LORD appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go (Luke 10:1). Scriptures say that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord (psalms 37:23). Have you found this to be true in your day to day life activities? Could this not mean that God is aware of everything that is happening to you and every step or progress you have made? And is indeed the one engineering them. For in Him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28). God has always been a tactical master planner. The marvel of it is how he puts the son of men in the centre of His plan (some times in our ignorance). As a master planner that He is, guiding our steps must be to a definite end and not altogether arbitrary. And that is what it has pleased Him to shed light to in this week's devotional. He has set us as His forerunners! It is something that the likes of Daniel and Joseph understood that made them

#96: Shadow Encounters

Then He said, "Go and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice cane to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" (I Kings 19: 11-13). From a psychological point of view it is possible for a group of people to experience the same thing and give different reports . That is why a matter is established from the (cocurrent) testimonies of two or three witnesses. Suppose we all go for a church conference and on our return we were asked about the meeting, not everyone would give the sam