Promotion is from the Lord

“To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns. Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak with outstretched neck.’ No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man. But it is God who judges: He brings one down, He exalts another.” (Ps 75:4-7).

Because men have boasted about their positions of power, the Lord is bringing a lesson to them. Here is the Word I received this morning;

“I see men jockeying for positions and men appointing men to positions, promising them great things. The first thing I will teach them is that I lift up. It is I alone who appoint men to their positions, and it is I alone who bestow power upon men. All their bragging will cease, those who are proud and greedy for power, when I lift up the humble. They will learn that all their efforts are for nothing, and they are like the spinning wheels of the chariots that suddenly jammed (Ex 14:25).

Some do not know they have been on the wrong side, opposing God’s ways. They have been an oppressing hand on the humble. But My hand is greater, and it will deliver.”

Let us obey God’s word today and receive one another, not oppressing those who are humble. (Rom 15:7 & also see Mt 10:40-42). Amen.