IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT

 

IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14

You gave your life to Christ. You got the baptism of the Holy Spirit. You pray and God answers. You follow all the do's and don'ts of God......YET your neighbourhood is run by children of darkness....... It's all your fault.

The bible says "faith without works is nothing". This could mean praying without putting the effort is fruitless.

Do an audit now....you prayed today/yesterday.....analyse what you prayed for.

You prayed for yourself 95% (self, siblings,friends) and prayed for Nigeria and the world 5%.

And you wonder why thieves are disturbing your neighbourhood. The king of Glory has not been invited to take charge. You invited Him into your home ONLY. You will not attend community meetings to make suggestions and pray for the leaders (it's not your thing to go or you don't like the calibre of people there)

It's all your fault.

You wonder why your neighbours are always fighting. But you've not befriend the husband/wife (whichever is your own gender) in order to gently and lovingly introduce him/her to your maker. You are even one of those who have judged and tagged the man/woman as the guilty one.

If they maim/kill themselves. It's all your fault.

Do you pray for your colleagues at work? Are you sincerely concerned about them and when you know 1 or 2 of their pain-points do you put them before God OFTEN?

If they get depressed and kill themselves or brings a gun to work and kill others, it's all your fault.

And it goes on and on.....all around us

The bible calls us the light of the world. It calls us the salt of the earth. Imagine the light just lighting himself and not the whole room or the salt just "salting" himself and not the whole food........that's a valid reason for that light/salt to be trashed.

If God wants our salvation to benefit only our family, we will not leave home nor work outside our family business.

From the story of the rich man and Lazarus..... Luke 16:19-31. That rich man was not cruel to Lazarus. Even his dogs licked Lazarus wounds...meaning they were not aggressive towards Lazarus. He was not so irritated and angry that Lazarus was siting in front of his house that he commands Lazarus to go away. To himself, that rich man count himself to be a good man. He  was good to his family also. He loves them to the extent that they were his concern when he found himself in hell.

But heaven saw that he did not do enough for others.

Let Matthew 25:40 be our point of meditation. "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." If it's Christ, will the rich man just leave him there?

So I call on all armies of the Most High God who have been watching only their homes to arise now and take their neighbourhood,  LGA, State, Nation and the world for the King of Kings.

Heal our land Lord! Use me!

Shalom!

PEACE FOR BABYLON?

 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Psalm 122:6 

 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” Jeremiah 29:7.

The 2 passages are an indication that if you pray for prosperity for yourself and not for the place where you God has settled you, your prosperity is a mirage.

Whatever tag you give the place; either a Jerusalem or a Babylon; either a home to you or an exile; desirable or you can't wait to leave there.

It could be the country you live, your rented apartment, job, church, anything! If you don't pray for its prosperity, you won't prosper. That's what God is saying.

This is awakeup call for those who speak negative words at their current country or place of work, let's start praying for it's peace now and remind God of His word in these bible pasages, then God will prosper us.

It is well with us in Jesus name. Amen.

Shalom!

CHAPTER 1

When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany,he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Luke 24

Luke 24 started with the resurrection, this brought great joy to his disciples, then He appeared to them and even ate.... I'm sure they would be assured that He is back with them and everything will be as it was before His crucifixion.

Then, He took them on a stroll and that was the last they saw of Him.

Then Act 1: 10-11 said "And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"

The disciples were so sure that Christ has risen to stay with them that they stood at that point looking at the sky....waiting that He will come back and continue the conversation.

My lesson from this is that sometimes, what we think is a concluding victory is just chapter 1 of the whole saga.  We will not be weak or weary on this journey to heaven in Jesus name. We receive grace to follow Him till the end. Amen.

Shalom!

HE KEPT ME

She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah. 1 Kings 17: 15- 16.

This morning, the word of God came to me concerning this season we are. The land is in famine and so many people are starving but God still make provisions for His own people.

Elijah was at the brook for a while and he was fed with bread and meat ONLY (morning and night). After a while, he was led to a widow with flour and oil ONLY. This means that it was bread everyday.

Have you been eating the same thing everyday during this season and you feel abandoned by God? Note what Prophet Elijah was eating.

When God was preserving Elijah do you think he was the only prophet in Isreal? I Kings 18 tells us about Obadiah who kept 100 prophets and fed them with food and water. Do you think they had a buffet? They were even in hidding (isolation). God is always mindful of His own.

Note, that God kept them but the bible did not tell us that they were in abundance.

I want us to look at that garri, bread, fish, crayfish stew, same same everyday and thank God from the bottom of our heart because He is keeping us and our home. Who are we that God is mindful of us?

And in our little, let's not forget to look out for those who are starving. Let us sow even in this famine and see God reward us. I am a witness.

Be Safe. May God continue to keep us. Amen.

Shalom

MYSTERIOUS GOD

You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both. Deuteronomy 23:18

The actions of King Darius and King Artaxerxes from the book of Ezra spoke to me loudly once again about the supremacy of God....Kabiyesi (who can question Him?).

The bible passage above tells us God does not want offerings from an unholy work but the book of Ezra tells us about heathen kings who funded (with gold and all taxes due to them), the rebuilding of the temple at Jesrusalem.

The world is quick to criticize a pastor that collected money from a yahoo boy/corrupt employee......yes, the bible says that it is wrong..... (just as the bible passage above said it, just as God asked the Israelites not to work on Sabbath and Jesus did)......still, Ezra collected from a gentile.

You can't box God that "He always acts this way and only this way". God commanded King Cyrus of Persia to build the temple in Ezra 1. He did not ask a Jew to fund it....God asks the person who He has given His wealth (though a gentile).

Ask yourself before you make that criticism ....will this comment save me or kill me? If that person you criticize is acting from Godly instruction, you just killed yourself o.

May our utterances always be Holy-Spirit-led so we don't speak in the flesh and perish. .....for His ways are not our ways.

Afterthought: Is God giving you instruction and you are busy saying its against the word of God? Uncle/aunty, if you can confirm that it is your shepherd's voice, obey now.

Shalom!

DREAMS

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. Isaiah 55:8

When we pray for breakthrough, most times we have a picture of what the pattern might be.

You work for the government so you pray to end your career as a top guy

You work for a private firm, you want to be MD.

You are an artisan, you pray for government contracts.

You are a student, get highest CGPA and work for a multinational

And so on.

Today's bible passage tells us that we will never be able to guess where God will take us to.

My mind went to Joseph; if he was praying for deliverance, it will either to be set free from jail which means he will go home empty handed or that Potiphar will see the truth and reinstate him as chief servant which means he is not free to go home.

But God has a better and bigger plan. Joseph will never (in his wildest dream) have imagined that end.

The General Overseer of RCCG wished to be the youngest Vice Chancellor in Africa....but look at who he is now with Christ.

It's good to dream but it's better to also be busy while you wait on God..... And as you wait, walk with God, be diligent in your works, be the salt, be the light, be holy and God himself will rise for your sake and you will be THE miracle.


Shalom!

SAFE IN CHRIST

Come unto me and I will give you rest Matthew 11:28


We all know that water dissolves flour. But flour inside a bowl can float on water safely. Even when the bowl is transparent and the flour can see the water....it is still safe.

Same applies to we humans. Trials, tribulations, challenges destroys/derails destinies that are not inside Christ. But when in Christ, even when it's staring you in the face, you are assured that it won't destroy you.

But when flour is half in and half out, it WILL get soaked and spoilt and when man is half in and half out of Christ, he will be destroyed.

When you are fully in and face challenges that makes you run out, it's certain destruction. Without Him, you can do nothing John 15

Decide this day whom you will serve Joshua 24 :15  Because of you are neither hot nor cold, He will spill you out. Revelation 3:16

Shalom!

MOCKERS

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites. Nehemiah 2:10

I also told them about the gracious hand of my God on me and what the king had said to me. They replied, “Let us start rebuilding.” So they began this good work.But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us Nehemiah 2:18-19

But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. Nehemiah 4:7-8

When the mockers heard that someone wants to do good to the Israelites, they were disturbed, they now looked for a way to make the Israelites stop, make the Israelites ashamed, the mockers started laughing at the Israelites. When they saw that their mockery yielded nothing and the job was being done, they showed their true colours and planned an attack.

Beloved, are you being laughed at on that task God laid in your heart?  Don't let their actions sway you. They are not your friends, they are enemies, they are not giving you wise counsel, they are discouraging you. Encourage yourself in the Lord like David, let the word of God build your faith in Him who sent you.

You are on the right path, be diligent, you will finish well to the glory of God.

Shalom! 

FOR GOD

Lessons from today's fellowship.

Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.”Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon. Daniel 3:29-30

The meaning of the word "Harvest" to the world is different from the meaning to the Lord.

The world requires you to save/invest for a harvest that will not cross beyond this earth. The Lord requires that you give/scatter for a harvest that transcends worlds (earth and heaven).

In the world, the weather must be favourable for the harvest to be bountiful. A flood/ thyphoon will destroy harvests. But in the Lord, even a tornado is a tool to bringing about an abundant harvest depending on where we stand.

In order to bring our harvest to physical manifestation, we need to stand for God like Shadrach, Mashach and Abednego. When they stood for God in the face of death, their harvest of promotion came and God was glorified when the King bow down to the King of kings.

When an harvest is about to manifest things might turn upside down as it was also in the case of Apostle Paul who was told that if he embarked on his planned journey to Jerusalem, he will be bound by the authorities (Acts 21) but he insisted on going. If you were given that prophesy will you go or stay knowing that journey was for the glory of God. The bible says if you want to save your life, you will lose it..

Apostle Paul went to Jerusalem and was truly bound, ship wrecked, bitten by a snake, In order to preach far and wide. It was an harvest of souls to the kingdom of God, even the whole nation of Malta. Note: despite his trials, he died at old age.

Missionaries brought Christianity to Africa when we were deep into idolatory. Some were murdered and some died of sickness but more still came to spread the gospel. I know that they did not have earthly riches, but their crown in heaven will be filled with diamonds of souls still being won to Christ today.

Some of their lineage/generations enjoys unexplained favour due to their stand for God.

I ask you, where do you stand? When it's calm or during trials, when you're in good health or in sickness, when you're rich or poor, loved or despised, when God answers you or when He's silent, when God favours you or when He slays you?

Pray for the grace to stand now and always.

Shalom!

WHAT IS IN YOUR HAND

Moses (a shepherd) had a rod as he stood before the red sea

Prophet Ezekiel (a priest ) had his voice at the valley of the dry bones

The widow (mother) had a pot of oil at the point of bankruptcy

They were all at a critical point, desperate for a solution....they looked to God and as Psalm 34:5 said, "They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed."

I ask you, what is in your hand? Use it and you Will not be shamed.

With Christ, crisis becomes breakthrough. 

Only with Christ