Wednesday 27 July 2016

Walking With God

John 12:49

In the relationship between God and man, it’s wholly important to understand and to note that it’s not God who walks with Man but its incumbent upon the man to walk with God.

God does not follow the direction, instruction and the guidance of the man with whom which he has entered a covenant relationship, but Its man who follows God’s direction, instruction, and guidance so that the covenant relationship will be effectively result orientated.

The son of God¬-Jesus Christ argued ,I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

Indeed and in fact, in order to have an effectively orientated relationship with God Almighty it’s not only pivotal but it is also crucial to submit yourself to the instruction of God Almighty.

There is a place where no adversity can come near thee and that place can only be realized and discovered in walking with God.

Adversity coming near thee means that the hand and the will of the enemy of your life is taking advantage of you.

However in walking with God no evil will can ever have a vantage point against your very existence.

Additionally its here and now that I will invite you to carefully consider that every thing that seemed testing, and grilling for your bearing was only as a consequence of your decision to walk with God.

If your were not walking with God then may be you would not have experienced any disappointment, if you were not walking with God then may be you would not have experienced any form of heart break, pain and hurt.

If you were not walking with God then may be you would not have been veiled, you would not have been played, dissed, dusted and dumped by cheating and lying self-centered individuals.

If you were not walking with God then may be you would not have been walked over by less talented and less gifted folk who know nothing better but to back stab and to betray hard working and honest people.

But many times than not you ought to pose in your trucks and praise God Almighty for going through all the aforementioned grilling, testing, and hard pressing experiences because at the end of the day you become stronger, wiser, more intelligent, and more graceful.

In other wards walking with God can be a process that is far from fun but at the end of each process your life will fundamentally be more institutionalized and consolidated in terms of how you approach the things that concern both mankind and God.

Once you decide to walk with God, the responsibility of your life is hence entrusted unto God Almighty, and one of the most fundamental responsibilities that you entrust unto God as a result of your decision to walk with God is the responsibility of ensuring that you become and remain a victor throughout the course of your life.



Saturday 9 July 2016

A Champion

Matthew 26-28
Mark 14-16
Luke 22-24

Several English dictionaries make an attempt to define a champion in quite their own way.

But the English dictionary definition that stands out all the more vividly is the definition that alludes to a champion as one being ,"some one or some thing that has won a contest.

However according to the spirit of God Almighty, a champion is defined as the one who has overcome all things in Christ Jesus.

To be a champion you do not have to just overcome one thing but you need to overcome all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens thee.

To be a champion is not an event but rather it is a process that begins with betrayal.

And every one that has received Jesus as Lord and savior has also been made the son of God.

The son of God is the one that is a threat to the kingdom of darkness given the fact that he operates in truth , knowledge, and righteousness.

Hence the devil is an adversary to the son of God and the son of God is a threat to the devil.

And because of this the devil is constantly trying to destroy the son of God because the mere existence of the son of God upon the earth is a threat to the kingdom of darkness.

For this reason there is always a war going on constantly between the son of God and the kingdom of darkness.

However even as the war ensues, victory is already assured for the son of God because of what Jesus did for us in dying at the cross for our sins.

God will always allow us to go through war with the adversary so that we can be in a good place to experience, and appreciate our championship status in Christ Jesus.

The ultimate purpose of Jesus Christ was not only to die on the cross for our sins but it was also to go into the kingdom of darkness and take over its authority from the devil as well as the keys of the same.

And because the devil knew Jesus' purpose of going into the kingdom of darkness and taking over his authority, he began to engage him in a warfare that was unconventional.

And the strategy of the devil was to break the heart of Jesus so that by the time he reaches and shows up in the kingdom of darkness Jesus will be so weak to engage the devil and his army of demons in order to successfully take over the devil's authority.

By tactically breaking the heart of Jesus through the various forms of betrayals that Jesus endured the devil was able neutralize the strength and the threat of the son of God.

Consequently Jesus really died of a broken heart which emanated from the betrayal of those who were supposed to be his greatest cheerleaders in the course of his purpose.

When the devil neutralized the strength of the son of God by breaking his heart emotionally, socially, spiritually, and mentally, this castigated the son of God into the weakest place of his life ever.

However he was able to enter the gates of hell and defeat the devil and take up all the devil's authority by the grace of God.

This was so because when the devil made Jesus weak by breaking his heart through betrayal, the grace of God become much stronger in the son of God hence registering shame, and defeat against the devil.

The word sorry comes from the word sorrow.

In otherwards without sorrow there is no sorry.

People will only say sorry because they can hardly bear the sorrow in their heart as a result of their irresponsible actions.

Many people go on hurting others because they are hurting themselves with a hurt that can only be no more by the way of death.

And because death is not easily accessible they hence move out of their way to seek death by hurting others.

But the more they hurt others so as to stop their own hurt the more they end up more hurt, because hurting others does not take away your own hurt but it only aggravates it.

For the bible declares that,"the wages of sin is death" and since the pain , sorrow, and hurt in the heart of the one who has betrayed the son of God can only be ceased by death, then the betrayer of the son of God seeks death by following after sin.

However if the betrayer resists the temptation of sin so will he be given mercy by God in order to get over the sorrow that leads unto sin and consequently death.

Judas Iscariot, Simon peter, the crowd that demanded death unto Jesus, and the crowd that witnessed the suffering of Jesus were all responsible for betraying Jesus to a certain degree.

But the thing that pushed Judas Iscariot to commit suicide besides the experience of a sorrow and a grief that can only be solved by death was Judas Iscariot's inability to do the right thing amidst the temptation of sin.

On the other hand, Simon peter did not commit suicide nor sin even though he denied Jesus three times whose translation is symbolically tantamount to a betrayal that all the more broke the heart of Jesus.

All because simon peter understood right from wrong and he was hence able to resist sin/ suicide even though the experience that enshrouded, engulfed, and overtook him was an experience of much sorrow, grief, hurt, and pain calling unto sin and death.

The mercy of God always runs fast towards those that resist from evil and sin as much as betrayal.

The mercy of God equips us to look sin and death in the face and hence saying no to sin
and consequently overcoming death.

Jesus died of a broken heart and with a broken heart hecause of the several levels of betrayals that he experienced and encountered during the course of his life.

Betrayals that were all the more escalated towards the nearing of the fulfillment of his destiny and purpose as much as when he ws nearing his final resting place(at the right hand of the father)

Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, simon peter, the jews demanding after his death in the very place of a criminal, he was betrayed by pontius pilate who refused to do the right thing even after being warned by the wife who heard a dream indicating the innonence of Jesus.

He was betrayed by the witnesses of both his suffering and death, by the mockers at the hill of calvary who said,"He saved others but he himself he cant save."

By those who said, "Thou called yourself the son of God and trusted in God, lets see how God saves you now."

Jesus was further betrayed by the disappearance of his companions at the cross, betrayed by the mocking thief on the other side of the cross.

By the soldier who drove a javelin through his side, hence breaking the suck of his heart(inotherwards his heart).

The incidence of breaking the suck of his heart by the javelin driven through his side was instrumental to the degree that at that moment blood and water which is symbolic of grace and mercy began to flow out of his broken heart.

There is something to be said about the betraying of the son of God, and that is that every now and then the heart of the son of God is broken through betrayal, the blood of Jesus and the spirit of God begin to flow out of his heart as a sign that his overcoming is not physical but spiritual.

The overcoming of all things by the son of God is not self-centrist but its God-centrist.

The moment Jesus was betrayed and heart broke, the next destination of everyone who had played a role in his betrayal was a place where death is better than life.

The grief, sorrow, pain, misery residing inside the heart of the one who has betrayed the son of God can only be taken away by death especially once the betrayer refuses to repent to God-the giver of mercy.

When Jesus died his heart was broken and it was the devil's intent to break the heart of Jesus because he understood that Jesus was destined to go into the kingdom of darkness and fight to overcome the devil's authority.

Hence the devil used men to betray Jesus so that by the time he gets in the kingdom of darkness to confront the devil he would be so weak to overcome the kingdom of darkness.

The fight against the kingdom of darkness is through the word of God(the spiritual knowledge and understanding of God revealed unto us to overcome evil as embodied by Christ Jesus.

However the devil had to do everything he knew doing in order to break the heart of Jesus so that by the time of their fierce confrontation Jesus would be weak.

A heart broken man is a man whose physical and emotional feelings are riding high against his spiritual knowledge and understanding in God.

And when this happens the devil anticipates victory against man.

The devil anticipated victory against Jesus because he understood that he was heart broke and weak for the final battle of his destiny.

However what the devil did not understand was that in breaking the heart of Jesus he was only making him stronger and mightier as much as an impossible to overcome adversary.

This so because the breaking of Jesus' heart gave him-(Jesus) -access to the grace and mercy of God.

Mercy to forgive those who wronged him and the grace to fight and overcome the devil and the kingdom of darkness even at his weakest point in life.

Forgiveness was important for Jesus before the final battle because without forgiveness towards those who have wronged you then its impossible to engage the devil and overcome him.

Plus the vitality of the grace was the only means by which to overcome the kingdom of darkness with a broken heart/ at his weakest place in life.

Henceforth, its here and now that everyone that has ever been betrayed ought to give thanks unto God for the people who betrayed you because when they betrayed you, your heart was broken, and when they broke your heart they gave you an opportunity to access the grace and mercy of God which equips you to become a champion.

Its impossible to become a champion without the grace of God.

Its impossible to access the grace of God without a broken heart.

As much as its impossible to overcome all things without the grace of God.

The difference between a champion and a winner is in the fact that a champion overcomes all things in his way but a winner overcomes only one specific area in life.

In christ Jesus we have the opportunity to become champions just like we have the opportunity to become sons of God.

This is so because christ Jesus beared for us the nith degree of human betrayal and the highest form of heart break inorder to have access to the grace and mercy of God that makes us champions through Christ Jesus.

Jesus is the heir to the throne of grace because he bore the highest form of human betrayal and heart break.

But not only human betrayal and heart break but he also experienced the highest degree of walking through life being separated from God.

And this separation which is the highest experience of God-separation ever to be endured under the sun by a single individual was symbolized when Jesus cried out,"my father why have you forsaken me".


The level of separation from God the father that Jesus endured on the cross upon the hill of Calvary was incomparable to any other form of separation both in the spiritual and the physical world.

Consequently, many times than not those who betray you are only but setting you up to become a champion.

And every one who has betrayed the son of God(you) will never live a life above your feet but under your feet.

Its beneath your feet that they will endure in sorrow, pain, hurt, and misery until they receive the mercy of God that comes from their ability to resist sin.

Besides all champions operate above their adversaries.



Out of Your Mind, Under Your Feet

Matthew 22:44

In tying oneself to the ground there comes many challenges among which includes being despised, being undermined, under looked and being written off.

However the real challenge is not in the gruesome experiences aimed at making you feel insignificant but the real challenge is in never responding to all the aforementioned experiences aimed at dwarfing you psychologically.

Every now and then God instructs you to tie yourself to the ground he is really setting you up for his honor.

And the honor that God is setting you up for is not just the usual honor that can be measured in humanistic terms but its the kind of honor that is beyond human comprehension.

This honor is none but the honor that can only be found at the right side of God Almighty.

In the act of obeying God Almighty by tying yourself to the ground those who are walking and operating outside the will of God for your life may tend to under look you and to ignore your possibilities.

Without recognizing that in humbling you, God is setting you up for honor as much as God is setting up your enemies for a place under your feet.

Hence at this juncture, its imperative to remove out of your mind every down grading, down sizing, undermining word that has been spoken against you by every shallow minded human during the time of your tying yourself to the ground because such shallow minded sentiments belong under your feet.

According to divine mystic, when God instructs you to tie your self to the ground he is really inviting you to sit at his right hand where he begins to humble every situation and every people against you as much as every demonic forces under your feet.

Consequently tying yourself to the ground according to the instruction of God is not a down grade but rather its an upgrade hidden from the physical human eyes of understanding.

And because its hidden from the human nature of understanding many will write you off every now and then they find you in the place of humility.
Not every one that is in the place of humility is there because there are no good , on the contrary many are in the place of humility because God has compelled and used circumstances to humble the one whom he has predestined to sit at his right hand.

The right hand of God is symbolic to the honor of God which honor has the power to humble everything against you to come under your feet.

The mind of a human being functions more like a compass and because the mind is more like a compass , its provides direction, guidance and leadership.

That is why its important to scrutinize every thing that enters your mind because some things once they enter your mind they will order your feet into a wrong direction.

Essentially whatever is under your feet can not direct your feet but its only that which is in your mind that can order your feet.

Thus when God instructs you to tie yourself to the ground what God is trying to do is to order the footsteps of honor, and not just any form of honor but the kind of honor that can only be found at his right hand.

And once the honor of God that can only be found at his right hands comes into your life then everything that has been against your life, destiny and purpose in God will be humbled and brought under your feet.

In other wards every now and then you humble yourself unto God , God humbles your enemies under your feet.

The enemies of your life, destiny, and purpose constantly whisper downgrading words in your mind in order to direct your life in a place far beyond the will of God for your life.

And anything that does not reflect the will of God for your life will consequently lead you in a place that is not as honorable as the place that God would have lead you if you allow your mind to be lead by the mind of God.

So its fundamental to cast every whisper from the enemies of your life under your feet so that the only whisper that is in your mind is the whisper of the holy spirit of God Almighty.