SCRIPTURE READING: MARK 2: 1-12

FOCUS: “10. But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) 11. I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.” (Mark 2: 10-11)

MEMORY VERSE: “He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.” (Psalm 18: 48)

In our Focal Scripture, while addressing the scribes who reasoned and spoke in their hearts against His proclamation of forgiveness of sins to the paralytic man, Jesus went a step further to command the man to arise and take his bed and go home. The scribes were still posturing to reply Jesus for daring to forgive sins, and Jesus shocked them by doing a miracle that eyes can see. While they argued in their hearts, Jesus birthed a miracle.

Friend, hear me as I hear the Lord: every conspiracy will work for your promotion. As men speak against you, in the open and even in their hearts, they will provoke Jesus to grant you more miracles that you never even asked for. As men speak against you, they will provoke the Lord to show forth His hand upon your life. As men conspire against you, their conspiracies will cause God to open new chapters of your life that are still closed.

Hear me as I hear the Lord: every wicked thought that people think against you will work together for your lifting. Every secret conspiracy against you will make way for new heights you never even planned for. Every plot to undermine what the Lord is set to bring your way will cause Him to bring even more. Your conspirators and your haters will fuel the increase of the portions that heaven ordained for you. As they hate, so will you rise.

You may need to thank God for your haters and opposers, because their hate and spite is a raw material for your rising and elevation. You may need to be grateful to God for the gift of haters, for in their hate, lies the divine drive for your positioning on higher levels. The more they speak against you, the more God opens new chapters of the supernatural for you. The more they hate you, the more your new season unfolds.

Welcome to that season where the hatred of those against you will cause God to do more for you. Welcome to that season where the hate of your haters will work for your rising.

FURTHER READING: PSALM 18

DECLARATION: The hate of my haters will birth a greater rising for me, in Jesus’ name!