DON’T BE SCARED OF BARRIERS ON YOUR WAY (Saturday, 11th July 2026)
Text for Today: 2 Kings 2:1-14 “Now the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master from over you today?” (vs. 5).
There is no challenge-free journey or endeavour in life; however, every journey and endeavour is attainable despite the number of challenges and obstacles that may be on the way. Thus, the third step in our ongoing study about making plans and achieving them is to IDENTIFY THE BARRIERS ON YOUR WAY TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. What is standing between you and the goal? Write down everything you need to get from where you are to where you want to be. Mentally walk through all the steps. Carefully describe problems that might arise. Determine the barriers. Those barriers are the problems (link to problem solving) you need to solve.
After you come up with a solution to the problem, devise an action plan to get around the barriers. Now you have a route around those obstacles, you have your path to your goal. For example, what are some barriers looming between you and your becoming a successful businessman? Well, one obvious blockade is raising the required resources. Another might be location and prospective clients and customers. To get around the first hurdle, you need to figure out how to source for funds around where you are now and even beyond. To get around the second barricade, you may need to move to do a feasibility study of various locations and what moves there. From our text for today, Elisha was able to identify the sons of the prophets at Bethel and Jericho as barriers and he didn’t allow them to distract or stop him.
You are a Champion!
Further Study: Gen. 26:12-22.
Covenant Prayers
- Father, I give you praise for being there for me always.
- I receive grace to be able to identify barriers on my way to glory.
- Every plan of the devil and his agents to distract me shall fail.
- Dear Lord, take me where my heart desires to be this second half.
QUOTE: “EVERY JOURNEY AND ENDEAVOUR IS ATTAINABLE DESPITE THE CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES ON THE WAY.”
