Welcome to the 16th day of the year. Day 16 is the second day of the third week of the year. Day 16 is the sixteenth day of the first month. It is a day of finishing. 2 Chronicles 29:17 says, “Now they began to sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD. So they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished”. The Lord will help you to complete a task today. The Bible patterns for understanding Day 16 are 1) the narrative of the second day of creation; 2) the 16th book of the Bible; 3) the 16th chapters of the Bible; and 4) the second four chapters of the third book of the Bible, Leviticus.
Day 16 is a second day of creation day. On the second day of creation, God created the firmament to DIVIDE the waters and thwart the monopoly of the waters. It was on the second day that God created space. Nothing else could come into existence without space. Day 16 is the Way-Maker’s Day. Today, Heaven will make a way where there is none. Day 16 is a book of Exodus day in the third week of the year; it is the second day of the week. Israel was delivered from slavery and Egyptian bondage in the book of Exodus. Day 16 is a season of battle for freedom and space.
Day 16 is a book of Nehemiah day in the first 49 days of the year. Nehemiah is the 16th book of the Bible. The burden of Nehemiah, in this book, was to rebuild the walls ofJerusalem – “that we no longer be a reproach”. He was in a spiritual fight to restore the glory of Judah. An unwalled city will have problems with trespassers. It is easier to check trespassers when a wall is in place. Day 16 is a day to protect yourself from unlawful intrusion and invasion. It is a day to take action to restore dignity.
Day 16 is a 16-chapters-of-the-Bible day. The 16th chapters of the Bible reveal that the 16th season of fierce spiritual battle. It is a season of pressure in which men are tempted to find a way for themselves. In Genesis 16 Sarah was pressured by barrenness to give her maid to Abraham as wife. When Hagar became pregnant, she despised Sarah; who in turn came down on her with high-handedness. When Hagar came under pressure, she ran away from the house. The. Angel of the Lord met her and told her to return to Sarah and submit to her. The birth of Ishmael is recorded in this chapter. In Exodus 16, Israel faced pressure from hunger and God gave them Manna in the wilderness. In Numbers 16, Korah and his company came under pressure to revolt against Moses. They perished. In Judges 16, Samson came under pressure from Delilah and revealed the secret of his supernatural strength. It was a very costly mistake. In First Samuel 16, David was anointed king; and Saul came under pressure from depression. David was hired to play soothing music for the king. In Second Samuel 16, David ran from Absalom. In Second Kings 16, Ahaz turned to idols for help. In Second Chronicles 16, Asa came under battle-pressure and hired the king of Syria to help him. God rebuked him for it. In Luke 16, Jesus told the parable of the unjust steward who came under pressured to falsify records. He also told the story of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man did not use his wealth to make way for the poor. He died, went to hell and faced eternal pressure. In Acts 16, Paul and Silas came under pressure for preaching the truth and casting out demons from a slave girl. They were imprisoned but God made a way for them. In Revelation 16, men came under intense pressure from the seven vials of judgment but they did not repent or turn to God. The sixteenth season is a time to turn to God instead of making your own pray. Nehemiah, in the sixteenth book of the Bible, trusted God to make a way for the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Let God be your strength and secret today and in every 16th season.
Day 16 is Leviticus 5-8 day. The second four chapters of the third book of the Bible is applicable to the second day of the third week of the year. This section of Leviticus is about trespass offering – compensation for unwitting infringement or certain intentional transgressions (peripheral sins). Day 16 is for outward or peripheral boundaries. It s a day to draw the outermost boundaries of behavior. Trespass offerings are about refusing to protect others and yourself. It is about allowing others to take advantage of others or about allowing things that should not come near you to touch you. Touching an unclean thing is opening your life to trespass and you are guilty. Refusing to witness or testify where and when you should exposes someone else and makes you guilty. Speaking thoughtlessly is allowing vanity to trespass into your mind and mouth and makes you guilty because you did not protect yourself from that trespass. This is a day defend or stand up for your ground and right. It is not a day to throw yourself open to invaders and intruders.
Day 16 is a First Kings – to – Proverbs Day in the third week of the year. . Going through any week is like taking a journey through the Bible. Every week has an Old Testament side and a New Testament side. The first four days of the week belong to the Old Testament side and express the 39 books of the Old Testament. The remaining three days of the week constitute the New Testament side and express the 27 books of the New Testament. The second day of the week is the second day in the Old Testament side of the week; and expresses the second 10 books of the Old Testament and the Bible. In the second 10 books of the Bible, God wanted the kings of Israel to trust Him and lead the nation in the same direction. Beginning with Solomon, the kings of Israel began to patronize Idols. Idol worship became official in the northern kingdom following the split. Judah followed. Prophets rose in this season to call the nation back to God. Eventually, the two kingdoms went into captivity – the north fell to Assyria; and the south to the Babylonians. The Jews did return from captivity after 70 years. The last two books in this section of the Bible (Psalms and Proverbs) show that loss of faith in God is prelude to the loss of all things in the second season; but faith in God is the secret of power and strength. The faithful will triumph in the second season by the power and wisdom of God no matter what happens.
DECREE AND DECLARE: God made us in His image and likeness to rule, have dominion, and impose His will on seasons; as He did with the seven days of creation. He decreed what He wanted for each day. We are to decree what is revealed concerning each day. Today, declare that your faith will not fail; and that the faithful will triumph. Decree the downfall of those who disregard God and trust in themselves or idols, Today, prophesy against evil controlling powers and overthrow them by the word of the Lord. Mercy makes a way where there is no way. Today is a day of divine intervention and mercy. Today, release the word of the Lord against oppressive mountains in your life and in your world. Raise a cry to God against the proud and wicked in the land. Today, trust God to make a way where there is no way. Proclaim His word, Pray to Him. Praise Him.! Today, protect your life from unlawful mind-invaders, time-invaders, faith-invaders, and privacy-invaders. Build a wall of responsibility around your life. Happy sixteenth day of the year.
ON THIS DAY
January 16, 2019, UK government survives no-confidence vote by 325-306 (19 votes margin). It must have taken a serious fight from the PM Theresa May to secure her ground, office and government; and not suffer vote of no-confidence. She built up a wall of protection for her government.
January 16, 2020, the lower house of Russian Parliament appointed a new prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin to replace Dimitry Medvedev who resigned the previous day and became Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council. Hopefully, the government of the new Prime minister is not a child of pressure.
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