receiving from God

I am a strong believer in the fact that God wants to bless His people (Isaiah 30:18). It is in His nature to bless us. I am a strong advocate for living an elevated life, not necessarily by the measure of materialism but that the impossible always finds a way to manifest in your life. That is the type of elevation I am talking about.

The type of life that men marvel at when they hear your story of grass to grace. But, a little too many Christians believe in grace but have succumbed to the ideology that somehow God blesses emptiness.

The Word of God is my final destination when it comes to backing any hypotheses and one thing I have come to identify is that all men whom God blessed were diligent (for example Joseph: Genesis 39-41). They worked and God blessed their efforts. This whole idea of grace will locate me and sleeping all day is not Biblical.

You cannot expect God to multiply 'nothing' because even 0 times 100 will still give you 0.

The more I rely on the Lord Jesus Christ, the more I see that truly, beyond the sky is the limit (Ephesians 3:20). When I begin to think of the awesomeness of God, I just want to scream and shout because WHAT A GOD WE SERVE! Job 38 kind of gives us a glimpse of the extravagant nature of Elohim!

As I grow in the Lord and apply these few tips I am about to share with you, I have seen the power of God move in my life like never before and I want you to employ them. You have not been called to mediocrity, rise and be excellent!

1. The Word of God is your template for life. Stop looking at social media and allowing fake, planned-out lives to be the template you desire to mimic. God has made His Word clear and understandable. If the Word says so, it must happen in your life. Take God’s Word as your reality and pray on it until it begins to manifest in your life.

2. Live a holy life. Yes, Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins so we have attained righteousness through Christ. Righteousness is right standing with God. However, to maintain this right standing with God, you must be HOLY. HOLINESS is not a suggestion, it is a command! You have to be holy! Please, be holy! You will not see God if you are not Holy. You can cry and scream all you want, if you are not holy, you have just wasted energy.

3. Consistent prayer. We must go back to God until we receive what we have asked for. In Luke 18:1-8, we are told of the persistent widow. She made her case known to the judge until he granted her request. That is the same with God. We must ask continuously and not stop until we see and receive what we have been asking for.

Let’s be what God has ordained us to be

an appointed time

Another message, another lesson learnt from an experience

My church and I were conducting a cute homeless drive, giving out care packages to the underprivileged in our community. Before distributing the packages, I had already pre-planned who was going to get a package because homeless people usually have a spot they settle in the town Centre.

There is one man who is always in front of a certain shop. This time around, when we had something to offer him that would have benefitted him immensely, he was not present. We went round and came back and he still wasn’t there.

Eventually, we left. The next day, I saw him at his spot but by that time it was too late.

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This got me thinking, there is an appointed time for you to receive something from God. Life is full of seasons and each season requires a certain level of grace to ensure you get through it successfully and attain what needs to be attained. However, before a season, if one does not position oneself strategically to receive from God, you will find yourself in a whirlwind of confusion and dependency on the wrong source. God gives us grace to endure the season we are about to enter. A typical example of this is with our Lord Jesus Christ. In Matthew 4, He had to enter an extended period of prayer and fasting to receive the grace needed for ministry.

Another great example is the story of Jacob at Penuel (Genesis 32: 22-32). Jacob essentially wrestled with God until God blessed him. He was not doing this just to have a wrestling match with God and be blessed for fun. But actually, he was about to meet his brother Esau, whom he had taken his birthright (Genesis 27:1-40). Therefore, he knew that he needed some form of grace to be favoured by his brother. He positioned himself adequately so that God would bless him and if we read on, we see that he and Esau had a lovely reunion.

Another thing I will point out is the importance of tarrying and waiting on God. He has His own timeline and it is our duty to conform. You cannot rush the hand of God neither you can delay it. Habakkuk 2:3 beautifully puts it that even though it may tarry, it shall come to pass. I honestly think tarrying itself is an entire message but another thing I will leave you with is, that the act of tarrying builds intimacy with the Lord and that is our original dwelling place.

The primary message of this is that we must be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and always position ourselves correctly for the Lord to grace us. This is because life has too many seasons and we cannot afford to be disarmed or ‘dis-graced’. Otherwise, we will find ourselves living defeated lives and always blaming God when it is truly just our lack of grace and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.

stay awake and contend for grace

accessing your authority

Many people (not only Christians) are not oblivious to the power in the name of Jesus.

In any scary situation, everybody knows Jesus lol.

One thing we must understand is that the name 'Jesus' holds authority in the realm of the spirit. The name of Jesus is highly lifted above every other name (Philippians 2:9-11).

However, I always say that Christians tend to live somewhat defeated lives and I think one of the primary causes of this is because many people have not accessed the authority hidden in the name of Jesus. The name Jesus holds all power and authority but this revelation is having no effect in your life.

As I grow in the Lord, I have come to identify a few things that will allow one to access the authority found in Christ.

1. Living a holy life. Holy means holy, stop calling your sinful lifestyle your weakness, you’re only deceiving yourself. You are sinning and you must repent. To truly live the elevated lifestyle the Lord intends for you to live, you must be holy. Christ did not die for His people to be continuously defeated but that’s what sin will lead you to. Holiness is paramount and imperative. When you are holy, you carry the presence of God and there is potency in your prayers and declarations.

2. Reading the Word of God and using it as a template for your life. The Word of God is an outline of how your life must be. If the Lord says goodness and mercies shall follow you all the days of your life, then it is so. Many do not read the Word actively so they do not even know their inheritance in Christ. Now, reading the Word must not be done just to tick a box but we must actively consume the very words of the Most High God and pray that all His promises laid out will manifest in our lives.

One reason why we must access the authority Christ has given us is because we live in a dangerous world. The devil is not playing at all. Every day, he implements his wicked schemes and prevails. Therefore, we must rise as believers and dislodge all powers of darkness. We must lose their hold over our lives, families and nations so that Christ may be glorified and peace may be established.