The Lord says,
"Promotion doesn't come from east, west, or south. Promotion comes from Me. And when I open the door for your promotion, no man can shut! Stay faithful therefore in what I have called you to be and to do. Keep running this race of faith! Do not give up! For I am looking at My people's faithfulness and stewardship. And I am looking at My people's heart."Indeed, promotion comes from the Lord, and when He opens the door for your promotion, no man can shut! And He can promote you even in ways you cannot imagine! Not just in one way, but in many ways! He can promote you and open doors for you even in the most unexpected ways! Be it in ministry, in business, in career, or in any other area of your life! Just don't limit Him, and don't try to figure out how He's going to do it!
Some people may be saying, "But what do you mean? What I see around me are just demotions, paycuts, and job losses! And you say promotion is coming?"
People of God, the Lord doesn't see the way man sees. Don't look at what's happening around you in the natural realm. Because the Lord has spoken loud and clear that in the spiritual realm, there's promotion happening for God's people, for those who stay faithful to what the Lord has spoken for them to be (and to do), and for those who never give up!
You see, promotion doesn't just come in jobs. Promotion can come in the form of increase in anointing, increase in favor, increase in wisdom, and increase in authority in the spiritual realm! Your part at the moment is to keep building what the Lord is building in your life, and He will know how to bring you from there!
Psalm 75:5-7 (KJV) says, 'Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another'.
The word 'promotion' here is 'ruwm' in Hebrew, and it can mean 'to bring up, to rise up, to raise up, to set you up (for good things)'. See? To set you up (for good things)! That is one definition of 'ruwm'!
People of God, be encouraged therefore, that the Lord is in the midst of setting you up for good things! Never mind if you've been overlooked or unnoticed at the moment. Never mind if people look down on you or brush you off at the moment. Never mind if you've been 'submerged' or 'played out' by others at the moment. Because the good news for you (who are reading this) today is the Lord hasn't forgotten you, and the good work that He has begun in your life, He will also bring to full completion! (Philippians 1:6)
Keep running this race of faith that He has started in your life! Never look to man (who may disappoint you), but look to the Lord who knows exactly how to open ways for you - supernaturally! And that time is coming, if you do not lose heart! And if you continue to cling on to what the Lord has spoken in your life, no matter what happens in the natural realm around you! Hallelujah!
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