“So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.” – Exodus 4:31

I will never forget the day the most important visitor showed up at our home when I was a child.

He did not leave our humble home the same; so much that we kept asking our mother when he would come again.

When a VIP visits a home, community or even country, a lot of things don’t remain the same.

In the Bible, the term ‘visit’ is often used anthropologically to describe God’s intervention in the life of a person, community or nation.

The first occurrence of the word is in Genesis 21:1 where it says “The Lord visited Sarah” in reference to her miraculous pregnancy for the first time at the ripe age of 75 years!

Well, what a memorable ‘visit’ that was!

God’s ‘visitation’ describes His divine intervention in the normal course of events so as to bring about or fulfill a divine intent.

Often this intervention is by miraculous means.

The term was also used in Exodus 3:15-17 to describe God’s intervention in rescuing the Children of Israel from bondage in Egypt.

“I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt…”

God’s divine visitation is for deliverance, liberation and release from difficult circumstances (see Luke 1:68).

That’s why the psalmist prayed; ““Oh, visit me with Your salvation.”

In reference to the Jews who had been carried away into captivity in Babylon, God told the prophet in Jeremiah 27:22 that they would remain there “until the day that I visit them then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.”

Today, in the Name of Jesus, I declare a divine visitation into your life, home, and work and whatever circumstances that you’ve been dealing with.

After Jesus had raised from the dead the only son of a poor widow, Luke 7:16 says; “Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, ‘A great prophet has risen up among us and God has visited His people.’”

Of course it is possible for God to make a divine visitation and people remain unaware about it. 

That could be catastrophic as Jesus warned the people of Jerusalem who failed to recognize the “day of their visitation” with the coming of their Messiah (see Luke 19:44).

 In our meditation verse today, the Bible shows us the appropriate responses to God’s visitation.

It says that when the people heard that God had visited His people, they responded in three ways.

First, they responded by faith – believing God’s Word.

Everything looked like a far-off dream given their dire circumstances but they believed God’s Word anyway.

Whether your senses recognise anything or not, you must believe because without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6).

Secondly, they bowed their heads, an indication that they were humbling themselves to submit to the divine will rather than depending on their own understanding.

Thirdly, they worshiped. Worship and adoration should be the standard response to God’s divine visitation.

Today, I declare God’s visitation into your life, home, and work as He intervenes into whatever circumstances that you’ve been dealing with.

Just receive it now by faith in the Name of Jesus.

Prayer:

Almighty God, thank You because You’re the God of visitation. May I experience the divine intervention into the circumstances I am facing so that my testimony would be a source of encouragement to Your people. For the glory of your name, Amen!