God calls you to eat from the fruit of your own work. During the exodus from Egypt, Israel had to eat manna, the supernatural provision of God because there was no ability to make a living in the desert.
However, the moment they stepped into the Promised Land, the manna stopped because God had brought them into a new place. The new land could yield food and provision for their families. They simply had to work for it.
For most of us, God has provided us an ability to derive our provision from the work He has called us to do. God made a covenant with His people that provision would always be there if they were faithful to His commands.
‘You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock – the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out” (Deut 28:3-6).
In order for this promise to be fulfilled, we must fulfill His requirements. We must love the Lord our God with all our hearts and minds. And we must avoid having any idols in our lives that will take the place of God.
Every believer is called to come out of “Egypt” and enter into our own Promised Land. He has already set aside the land for you. It is your responsibility to cultivate the land to derive maximum harvest from it.
“The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of His bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands” (Deut 28:12).

Prayer: Release the blessing of fruitfulness and prosperity on all the works of your hands.
Scriptural Reading: Joshua 5:10-12

David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. ‘I cannot go in these,’ he said to Saul, ‘because I am not used to them.’ So he took them off. 1 Samuel 17:39

David, the young shepherd boy, heard the challenge from the Philistines to send someone to fight Goliath. No one volunteered to fight except David. King Saul reluctantly agreed and offered David his armour. David put on the weighty equipment, but quickly concluded he could not fight in this heavy armour. He gave it back to Saul.
God equips each of us in such a way that is unique to our strengths and abilities. David knew who he was and who he wasn’t. David was trained as a shepherd to use another weapon. For David, it was a slingshot. David showed great maturity in realizing he could not be effective with Saul’s armour.
What are the gifts and talents God has given to you? Have you ever tried to accomplish a task with tools you were not trained to use? God allows each of us to develop skills that are unique to our life purposes. He will not call you to use someone else’s tools.
However, this is only half of the equation. These talents must be mixed with faith. Talent alone is not enough. Faith alone is not enough. It is only when the two are combined that God’s power is released and manifested in the physical realm.
Sometimes we admire the talents of others and seek to emulate them. We are tempted to be someone we are not. This is a mistake. Be happy to be the unique you. Then, mix your unique gifts with faith, and you will be surprised at the power of God that will be manifested through you.
Prayer: Thank God for making you unique and special.
Scriptural Reading: 1 Samuel 17:38-51

The Bible tells us that we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ. This word “appear” can be translated, “to make manifest.” This suggests that the purpose of the Judgment seat of Christ is a public manifestation, or demonstration, of the essential characters and motives of an individual. This is a truth we must always keep in mind as we live our earthly lives. There is a day of accountability coming.
God has a reward for those who have faithfully served Him and punishment for those who reject Him. We can’t live anyhow and hope that in the end everything will turn out well. The truth is that our lives are going on record and our deeds are being monitored. One day we will appear before God to settle accounts.
What will be judged is what we have done, whether good or bad. The word used for “bad” in this verse is not only speaking of something ethically or morally evil but also of things we did without thinking. The idea is of someone who wasted his or her life, a life that was good for nothing. It is someone who has thrown away his or her time, energy, and life in general.
Maybe all we did was to follow the crowd. That kind of thoughtless wing will be brought before God’s judgment.
What are you doing with your life? You know what Christ has done for you. What are you doing for Him? Are you wasting your life on nothingness?

Prayer: Lord, give me the grace and wisdom to make my life count for Your Kingdom.
Scriptural Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:1-11