1 Samuel 14:4 (NKJV)
\u201cBetween the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines\u2019 garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obstacles. On your journey to destiny, you will find many reasons to go back. On the pathway to your vision, you will meet many discouragements, and each one will tell you that you cannot make it. That\u2019s Satan\u2019s primary ploy to keep God\u2019s people away from moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While we cannot disregard the reality of physical obstacles, the real obstacles will be the voices you hear. There are two types of voices \u2013 inner voices and outer voices. As you approach your obstacles, the voices will intensify their opposition. From whispering, they will begin screaming your name, and listing out reasons to turn back. Don\u2019t listen to them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your greatest enemy is not the Philistine garrison. Your greatest enemy are the obstacles on your journey to the garrison. When Satan senses God is about to move through you; he will heighten the volume of opposing voices. Your inadequacies will be his primary target. He will point out so many reasons why you should not proceed. These are lies from hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bozez and Seneh were sharp rocks that Jonathan had to navigate through, on his journey to the Philistine garrison. Indeed, these sharp rocks were dangerous and tricky. With one wrong step, Jonathan could fall to his death. But he wasn\u2019t discouraged. He kept moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t listen to the voices that magnify obstacles. Don\u2019t listen to the voices that whisper and scream for you to turn back, and to give up on God\u2019s dream for your life. God is sending you on a mission. The Philistine garrison is your goal. Don\u2019t stop midway. You\u2019ve been selected for an assignment. God is sending you on an errand. Keep that goal before you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, acknowledge the risk on the journey, and don\u2019t belittle the cost required to get to your destination. But keep moving forward. Go past Bozez. Go past Seneh. Climb through carefully. Don\u2019t be presumptuous about the sharp rocks, but know that your destiny is beyond it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God intends for us to get to the Philistine garrison and put the enemy to flight. The miracle waits for us ahead. Bozez and Seneh are only small obstacles on the way. If we let opposing voices dissuade us, we will miss out on the big miracle ahead. Silence those voices \u2013 NOW!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 Samuel 14:4 (NKJV)\u201cBetween the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines\u2019 garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.\u201d Obstacles. On your journey to destiny, you will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-1st-samuel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-Samuel-Cover.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6708,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6706\/revisions\/6708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}