What God has said, He will do — it came to pass, not to stay.

Many a time as Christians we are faced with issues, situations and circumstances that make us doubt whether all the promises made to us in the Bible can actually come to pass. Sometimes we hear a good message, and our faith is stirred up within us... faith cometh by hearing. We begin to believe God for greater things. But after a while, we begin to lose faith and doubt whether those promises are true or if they are only meant for a particular set of people. In fact, we have heard clearly what God wants to do for us, but our present circumstances do not in any way indicate any possibility of manifestation. Sometimes we fail to see the possibility of a solution. I prophesy, the Almighty GOD, the TALK AND DO GOD, will fulfil HIS promises over your life today in Jesus Name 🙏.

Hannah (grace or gracious) in the Bible was in such a situation. She was married to a man called Elkanah (acquired by God), who despite his profession of love to Hannah still had another woman, Peninnah (pearl), to warm his bed. To make matters worse, Hannah was barren while her adversary had children... Have you 🫵 ever been in a situation where it looks like everything is just going wrong for you... you lose your husband, lose your children, lose your home, lose your job and are at the point of losing your mind? Has anyone ever felt like the world 🌎 is crashing down on them? The Bible says that Hannah's adversary (Peninnah) provoked her sore. An adversary is an opponent, one who stands in the way of your progress and hinders you. In fact, that is the devil's position. Who or what is your own Peninnah? May God put them to shame today in Jesus Name 🙏.

Peninnah means pearl and, from my understanding of the English language, a pearl is supposed to be beautiful. It is used to decorate or adorn, to enhance beauty. Are there not things in your life that are supposed to add colour to your life but have now turned into an adversary? Are there not people who from afar look so wonderful to you, but when you get close you find out they are not so beautiful on the inside? Has God given you a respectable job and now it seems you're about to lose that job? Have you 🫵 had a wonderful wedding 💍 only to return to the court later to file for divorce? Peninnah!!! How do I deal with this pearl that has turned into a shackle???

The Bible says Hannah wept sore... Have you 🫵 been weeping secretly in your closet? Every time children were born, it reminded Hannah of her own deficiency... what testimonies have you heard that reminded you of your own impossibilities? Hannah refused to eat. She fasted constantly. Even Elkanah could not comfort Hannah... "Am not I better to thee than ten sons?" he asked... how can a husband replace a child? No matter how well-intentioned any man is, they don't have the solution or the answer to your problems... have your friends, in trying to help you, offered you a substitute for what you really want? Has your family 'organized' a replacement for what God promised you 🫵?

People say when the desirable is unavailable, the available becomes the desirable... but I beg to differ: I will not take a substitute for my promise. Hannah wept before Elkanah, but when she discovered that her help could not come from Elkanah, she went to the Source. For how long will you 🫵 let man see your tears 😭? The best you can get from them is sympathy, sympathy and sympathy. Take your tears 😭 to the One who is able to help you 🫵. In 1 Samuel 1:12, the Bible says, 'And it came to pass...' After all the trauma and heartache of going to man, Hannah finally went to God for help. So great was her anguish that even the man of God thought she was drunk. Have you 🫵 been talking to God at work out of the desperation of your heart, so that your colleagues thought you were losing your mind? Welcome!!! Hannah just could not be bothered what anyone thought of her; she was over the edge in her grief. She caught heaven's attention by her cry 😭, so that heaven spoke to her through old, going-blind Eli (1 Samuel 1:17). May God grant your heart's desires in Jesus Name 🙏. 1 Samuel 1:20: '...it came to pass...' Whatever the ugly situations you 🫵 are currently experiencing, the TALK AND DO GOD will solve them today in Jesus Name 🙏.

86 times in the scriptures we read '...it came to pass...' As long as God has said it, it will definitely come to pass. It was bright and sunny ☀️ when God told Noah to build the ark and tell people that He would destroy the earth 🌎 with a flood in 7 days (the flood lasted for 40 days). Noah obeyed... and it came to pass (Genesis 7:1-10). Eliezer had a very important assignment — find a wife for Isaac! 'Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing...' Eliezer knew he needed God's favour to find her, so he prayed in Genesis 24:14, '...let it come to pass...' And in verse 15, '...and it came to pass...' Korah, Dathan and Abiram rose up to rebel against Moses, and Moses cried unto God... and it came to pass. At every point where God has been sought, it has come to pass. I don't know what you 🫵 have asked Him for that has not manifested till now... I am sent by Heaven to tell you 🫵, '...and it came to pass...' Are you 🫵 struggling with an issue? It came... so it will pass... it came to pass... not to stay...

Just hold on! It will come to pass.

(Congratulations 🎉)