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BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY – 06/01/2020

By June 1, 2020Daily Devotionals

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
June 1, 2020

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I seek You for all my help in my classroom. I know that there isn’t anything impossible for You. I will go over and beyond to experience your glory. Pour into me Lord. In Jesus’s name, amen.

Scripture: So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. Luke 19:4 NKJV

Students like to get their teacher’s approval. They feel like they’ve accomplished something or finally reached a goal when their teacher praises them. Some students will go the extra mile and push a little harder to win the teacher’s approval. What are you doing to get God’s approval? Are you going the extra mile in your prayer life? Are you pressing into God harder during worship?

Of course the enemy doesn’t want you to be successful in your career. Nor does he want your students to progress. Satan is ruthless and will do anything to keep you, as well as your students, burnt out, depressed, sluggish, and complacent. So, you have to be strong, bold, and forceful in your prayer life and worship. The woman who had the issue of blood for 12 years pushed through a crowd just to touch Jesus’s clothes (Mark 5:27-28). She refused to lie down in defeat. She wasn’t going to give the devil a victory. She got to Jesus by any means necessary. Similarly, Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus so badly that he climbed a tree (Luke 19:4).  Likewise, Hannah went the extra mile praying hard from her heart for a child. She prayed so passionately and fervently that the prophet thought she was drunk (1 Samuel 1:13).

In conclusion, to have victory in life as well as your classroom, press harder into the Lord. Dig deeper into the things of God. Worship like no one is watching, David did (2 Samuel 6:14-22)!

Copyright Niccori Thomas-Brown. Email [email protected]
If you’ve enjoyed this devotion, Niccori has more topics in her book, Doing All God Has Called You To Do: A Devotion For Novice Teachers. Available for purchase here.