NO MORE DISAPPOINTMENT

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

Friday 11th November 2016

Topic: No More Disappointments

Text: "Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree…"
(Isaiah 55:13).

Whenever the Lord used the Old Testament
prophets to speak to Israel, He often encouraged
them to be hopeful and see that the past season
of disappointments would soon become a season
of blessing and fulfillment. He spoke through the
prophet Isaiah and told them, “Instead of the
thorn shall come up the fir tree” (Isa. 55:13).
The word
thorn in this verse means to prick. It represents
something that grows that you didn’t want or
expect, and it pricks at your life. Thorns also
speak of disappointment, like when you are
expecting a crop or a beautiful plant to emerge,
but up comes a thorn-covered weed! Yet God is
saying in this verse that instead of those
disappointing thorns, start expecting the fir tree.
The fir tree in ancient Israel was a plant used for
making musical instruments, which are key for
worship. So put it all together and you can see
God prophesying a season when, instead of
expecting those disappointing thorns, you can
begin to expect things to emerge that will reflect
a season of blessing which causes praise and
worship to just bubble up from within!
Know that God always has a season of blessing
woven into His prophetic timetables for your life.
However, they begin with a prophetic declaration
that expects it to come to pass. It’s time for
you! See this season as one of fulfillment when
disappointment will be no more!

PRAYER
Father, I know You want me to embrace a season
of blessing. I choose to expect blessing over
disappointment, and I declare that my season of
fulfillment is upon me. I declare, no more
disappointment! In Jesus’ Name, amen.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Lamentations
3:40-66,
Lamentations
4,
Lamentations
5
Hebrews 1 Psalm
119:129-137