A SHORT EXHORTATION

Theme- ...God, you "Deceived" me -Prophet Jeremiah

Jeremiah accused God of deceiving him, yes, you read right. No he did not, you might say, o yes he sure did ๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฑ
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Jeremiah 20:7a KJV
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived...

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Incidentally, he was in the "WILL OF GOD" doing exactly what God told him to do. He was speaking the mind of God, yet, he was arrested, thoroughly lashed and thrown in solitary confinement.

"What's going on here? " he asked.
"This can't be happening to me, I'm in the will of
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God for crying out loud" yada, yada, yada

How can a "whole Prophet" accuse God of deceiving him, we may ask. Well, he did.

Things were not going the way he thought they would. He had expected the hearers of God's message to be trembling with fear at the godly warning of
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impending doom he was dishing out.

He was largely frustrated and disappointed. "Lord, this must be a joke, and if it is, it ain't funny at all..."

You see, when one is in this "precarious state," all manner of stuffs may begin to manifest. While some will pray for strength
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to go on to the end, others may be nagging and complaining, and sadly, many fall into the latter category.

Well, we must understand that even in the will of God, unpleasant things do happen.

Even in the will of God, we can grow weary, tired, disappointed, discouraged,
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disillusioned and the likes.

Strong and contrary winds will surely blow in our direction in order to knock us off or knock us down and sometimes too, browbeat us to submission.

You recall that our Lord Jesus Christ, though in the will of God, suffered tremendously and even
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became weary in the garden of Gethsemane.

Walking and working in the will of God is never a piece of cake (know this and know peace) it is full of the Good, the Bad and the very Ugly.

Jeremiah said in V8
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Jeremiah 20:8.KJV
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

He was insulted, humiliated daily until the whole thing became like a reproach unto him. At a time, he was even
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afraid for his own life. He was like, "what have I gotten myself into, or what has God gotten me into?

V10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be
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enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

In all these, something dramatic happen.

To be cont'd
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Regardless of what u are going through, like Micah
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Micah 7:7a MSG
But me, I'm not giving up. I'm sticking around to see what God will

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*Part 4*
It's your day๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ
It's your week.๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ
It's your month.๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ

*king Saul, had his moment too*
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When his day came, It began like any other normal day.
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He woke up with his own plans, but that was not to be.
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His father's donkeys were missing and the lot to go look for them fell on him.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผHe was oblivious of what was to come. (You see, when it's your day, things suddenly happen)
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Anyways, he set out looking for the lost donkeys.

Unknown to him, God had other plans,

and indeed interrupted his plans and day

*I pray God interrupts your day with His plans for your life* ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

*Alas* , God had spoken to Prophet Samuel a day before.๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ

*1 Samuel 9:15a MSG*
The very day before, God had confided in Samuel...

*1 Samuel 9:16 MSG*
"This time tomorrow, I'm sending a man from the land of Benjamin to meet you. You're to anoint him as prince over my people Israel.
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It was going to be Saul's day tomorrow.๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ
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Indeed, Samuel met him & anointed him.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผA new day began for him. It was

A new season.
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His story was becoming From grass to grace movie.๐Ÿ˜ฑ
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This time tomorrow, the bible said.
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This time tomorrow, you would have experienced what it means to say, " *it was indeed my day"*
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You will experience a divine interruption.
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May God interrupt your
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Part 2
It's your day๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ
It's your week.๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ
It's your month.๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ
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*On a day like this, it was Mephistopheles day,

Reading thru 2Sam 9:1-5 KJV
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of d house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
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However, one man named *Ziba* who was strategically positioned in the palace, purposed to stand in the way

*2 Samuel 9:4 MSG*
"Where is he?" "He's living at the home of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar."
*2 Samuel 9:5 MSG*
King David didn't lose a minute. He sent and got him

from the home of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.
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Lodebah, where Mephibosheth was, was a place of no pasture. ( *You recall I mentioned yesterday that, when it's your appointed day, your location isn't a barrier* .)
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๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผIn lodebah, Everyone had a sad story to tell.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผIn lodebah, Mephiboshet's princely status was forgotten.
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He was forgotten by his nation and worst still, by his family.
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*He had lost all.*
Down in Lodebar, Mephibosheth lost his rank, lost his prestige, lost his respectability, lost his reputation, lost his superiority,

lost his self-will.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผDown in Lodebar, Mephibosheth went from living in the palace to hiding out with a family friend.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผMephibosheth went from the prince to servant.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸผMephibosheth went from powerful to afraid.

*And On a day like this, his big day came. God remembered

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