John 12:35
In verse 35 of John chapter 12, Jesus is being captured responding to the queries of the crowd around him and he argues, “my light will shine for you just a little longer, walk in the light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you.
Those who are in the darkness cannot see where they are going.
Thus put your trust in the light while there is still time, then you will become children of the light. "
For every victor there is a victim, and for every winner there is a loser.
Before the people fighting and working against your life at this present moment in time by way of backbiting, backstabbing, sabotage, evil trickery(deceiving against your name, and working against you) ever came into the picture of your life you were already ordained by God as a victor.
God ordained, and established your life upon the foundations of victory, glory, and honor when nobody was there to bear witness, for it was in the secret place.
However once he set you in time, God set up the forces of your enemies to work against you so that what he established over your life in the invisible world will be confirmed in time for all men to bear a witness that you have been indeed and in fact lifted up by God in victory, glory and honor.
Thus whatever they do in working against you is only designed to confirm, consolidate, strengthen, and institutionalize the fact that you are a victor and that they are victims.
It’s here and now that you ought to consider that the people who seem to be working against you are really not working against you but they are working for you.
They are working for you because their efforts against you will not be able to sabotage you but their efforts will only end up offering evident support to the very truth of God that you were ordained a victor before the foundation of the earth.
And never at one point should you ever be crest fallen, depressed, and sorrowful over the fact that you are being sabotaged by many people.
Thus you should never be disturbed by those fighting to put you down, by those trying to malign you, by those trying to undermine your efforts to fulfill your destiny and purpose.
This is so because you are a child of the light hence you are far from darkness unlike those operating in darkness; you can see where is it that you are going because you are completely aware of the essence and meaning of everything that is going on in your life and around your life.
Unlike your enemies you fully understand the pre-ordinances of the Lord God Almighty (your God) as much as the creator of the universe.
You fully comprehend and understand that God pre-ordained you for victory, glory, and honor.
For every victory, glory, and honor there is a group of people that are to play the role of a victimized bunch because they were pre-ordained to be the victims against your victory, glory, and honor.
And they work tirelessly to confirm your pre-ordained victory, glory, and honor within the perimeters of time, and history, the enemies of your life are fighting you and working tirelessly against you, thinking to themselves; that, if their efforts are successful than you will suffer defeat.
However what they don’t realize is in the fact that God has set them up to work for you under the guise of working against you.
They are working for you by divine set up because all their efforts will only but end up confirming you as a victor and eventually push you in a place and on a pedestal where only victors stand to be celebrated.
And as you stand in your place of victory after having been pushed into that place by your enemies' efforts to sabotage you and defeat you.
Then your enemies will be left in shame, and in defeat.
This is so because whatever your enemies are hoping and wishing for you is what they are going to harvest and reap because God promised all his creatures in saying, "I can’t be mocked, whatever a man sows so shall he reap".
Yes! Your enemies have sowed envy, jealousy, sabotage, hatred, and backstabbing and hence they will harvest shame and defeat.
Because victims only but sow seeds of evil, but victors always sow seeds of righteousness and seeds that denote the goodness of God Almighty.
Why would God pre-ordain you with victory, glory, and honor but the pre-ordain others with defeat and shame?
God pre-ordained you with victory because he chose you according to his purpose in Christ Jesus before the foundation of the earth were ever laid.
And he also pre-ordained defeat for every one that harbors and bears intentions of sabotaging the purpose of God Almighty upon the earth.
The entire life of you is a careful, vivid, and accurate reflection of God's purpose and will upon the earth.
Furthermore, your enemies are going to carry a heavy load of unnecessary stress and a deep sense of depression all because they tried to sabotage, and to work against the one who has been pre-ordained by God Almighty for victory , glory, and honor.
And as they go on carrying a heavy load of unnecessary stress so shall you be rejoicing and full of joy and in a spirit of celebration because you posses a joy that only God can give and the world cannot take away because the world did not give it to you.
However they are those operating in your time frame and their entire existence is only but a reflection of his own self centric purposes, will, and interests.
And every one that walks, operates and functions in their own will is working against the will of God Almighty.
And the bottom line still remains that their ignorance is not even a line of defense.
If there is anything that your enemies will never fail to reap, and harvest before else then its agony, sorrow, pain and heart break.
Thursday, 18 August 2016
Monday, 8 August 2016
Appreciating God
Proverbs 3
Genesis 3:4
Lucifer was granted by God Almighty the most pleasant, joyful, and, honorable place in the presence of the Lord God Almighty.
However for some uncanny reason Lucifer's heart was not contented , satisfied, accomplished and fulfilled even when it should have been.
And because Lucifer's heart was not contented, it was almost impossible for him to appreciate God in the best way possible.
And instead of using his God -given platform to appreciate God by giving him all the glory, and honor so that he would come to a place of satisfaction, and fulfillment, Lucifer instead used his God -given platform .
To draw all glory and honor unto himself by strategically, planning, and executing to dethrone the authority of God over his life by way of undermining, and despising the very authority of the Lord his God.
Hence as a result of this diabolic attempt, Lucifer fell from his God-given platform that was considerately designed for him by God to carry out the assignment of effectively making sure that God is worshiped in the best possible manner.
Obviously the platform and the assignment in and unto itself along with the person of the assignment(Lucifer) were honorable.
Its here and now that it ought to be said that every now and then you attempt to undermine the authority of God as ordained by God for your life, then the next experience is the falling from grace to grass.
When you fast forward away from the Lucifer experience unto the Adam and Eve experience, we understand that when God created and formed Adam and Eve,he did so by fashioning them to be the glorious crown of all his creations.
However,Adam and Eve were tempted by the devil to undermine, and despise the authority of God, and once that happened, Adam and Eve fell from grace to grass.
Adam and Eve were given by God the best assignment, purpose,and place among all things created of God Almighty.
But because of their failure to resist the temptation of the devil(fallen Lucifer) and use all that God had rendered unto them in order to appreciate God they lost their God-given place of glory, honor, and victory.
The temptation of the devil towards Adam and Eve was designed in a way to convince mankind to dethrone the authority of God over his life and destiny and then replace it with his own.
Ultimately the result of the temptation was Adam and Eve falling from grace to grass in an attempt to establish and reinforce their own will, and authority upon the earth.
In the whole of human race, the poorest among us is the individual whose heart is far be it from satisfaction.
An individual whose heart's desire and conversation is to galvanize more than he has got without first appreciating whatever possessions he holds in the present he is an individual that is poor indeed.
Poverty has endured upon the earth ever since Adam and Eve fell from grace to grass because man is more focused on acquiring more and more under the false caveat that satisfaction will come from galvanizing more and more.
Poverty is the failure to appreciate where you really are stationed in life because your present station in life is better than your past station.
The lack of appreciation for where you are stationed in life leads to non-satisfaction and a heart that is unsatisfied will always be broken and poor.
Furthermore, poverty is institutionalized in the failure to not only appreciate your station in life but also in the failure to appreciate God for everything and in every situation that you find yourself entangled.
However once you begin to appreciate God for everything and in every situation you find yourself entangled, then God will fundamentally ensure that you attain an abundant lifestyle.
A lifestyle that will facilitate you to become a blessing in your life time.
Prayer in the real sense of the word simply means a conversation of the heart directed unto and towards the Lord God our father.
God in all his hearing, hears the conversations of one's heart much more than anything else.
And God himself promised in his scriptures that he will fulfill the desires of one's heart.
The desires of one's heart are contextually captured in the sense of one's hearts' conversation.
The conversations of one's heart are so deep and mystical in nature that they can only be handled by the power and by the grace of God Almighty.
In all man's enduring if there is any thing to be much endured and appreciated then its in walking under the authority of God Almighty.
A man whose heart appreciates God and is thankful unto God always , no matter the circumstances is a man that will be given by God blessings that are inaccessible by human strength and ability.
Once God calls you to serve in his presence- its not an opportunity to dethrone him from his place of authority over your life but rather its an opportunity to be faithful unto God with an appreciative heart so that he can be able to give you more than you deserve.
It was possible for God to give Lucifer more than he had given unto him but because he undermined and did not appreciate God's authority, he was dismissed to a point of no return.
It was possible for God to give Adam and Eve much more than a crown of glory over all creation but cause they failed to fully appreciate God's authority over their lives, they was unable to realize more blessings from God Almighty.
Consequently we can only tap into the full blessings of God for our lives by walking under his authority thankfully, gratefully, and fully appreciative.
Genesis 3:4
Lucifer was granted by God Almighty the most pleasant, joyful, and, honorable place in the presence of the Lord God Almighty.
However for some uncanny reason Lucifer's heart was not contented , satisfied, accomplished and fulfilled even when it should have been.
And because Lucifer's heart was not contented, it was almost impossible for him to appreciate God in the best way possible.
And instead of using his God -given platform to appreciate God by giving him all the glory, and honor so that he would come to a place of satisfaction, and fulfillment, Lucifer instead used his God -given platform .
To draw all glory and honor unto himself by strategically, planning, and executing to dethrone the authority of God over his life by way of undermining, and despising the very authority of the Lord his God.
Hence as a result of this diabolic attempt, Lucifer fell from his God-given platform that was considerately designed for him by God to carry out the assignment of effectively making sure that God is worshiped in the best possible manner.
Obviously the platform and the assignment in and unto itself along with the person of the assignment(Lucifer) were honorable.
Its here and now that it ought to be said that every now and then you attempt to undermine the authority of God as ordained by God for your life, then the next experience is the falling from grace to grass.
When you fast forward away from the Lucifer experience unto the Adam and Eve experience, we understand that when God created and formed Adam and Eve,he did so by fashioning them to be the glorious crown of all his creations.
However,Adam and Eve were tempted by the devil to undermine, and despise the authority of God, and once that happened, Adam and Eve fell from grace to grass.
Adam and Eve were given by God the best assignment, purpose,and place among all things created of God Almighty.
But because of their failure to resist the temptation of the devil(fallen Lucifer) and use all that God had rendered unto them in order to appreciate God they lost their God-given place of glory, honor, and victory.
The temptation of the devil towards Adam and Eve was designed in a way to convince mankind to dethrone the authority of God over his life and destiny and then replace it with his own.
Ultimately the result of the temptation was Adam and Eve falling from grace to grass in an attempt to establish and reinforce their own will, and authority upon the earth.
In the whole of human race, the poorest among us is the individual whose heart is far be it from satisfaction.
An individual whose heart's desire and conversation is to galvanize more than he has got without first appreciating whatever possessions he holds in the present he is an individual that is poor indeed.
Poverty has endured upon the earth ever since Adam and Eve fell from grace to grass because man is more focused on acquiring more and more under the false caveat that satisfaction will come from galvanizing more and more.
Poverty is the failure to appreciate where you really are stationed in life because your present station in life is better than your past station.
The lack of appreciation for where you are stationed in life leads to non-satisfaction and a heart that is unsatisfied will always be broken and poor.
Furthermore, poverty is institutionalized in the failure to not only appreciate your station in life but also in the failure to appreciate God for everything and in every situation that you find yourself entangled.
However once you begin to appreciate God for everything and in every situation you find yourself entangled, then God will fundamentally ensure that you attain an abundant lifestyle.
A lifestyle that will facilitate you to become a blessing in your life time.
Prayer in the real sense of the word simply means a conversation of the heart directed unto and towards the Lord God our father.
God in all his hearing, hears the conversations of one's heart much more than anything else.
And God himself promised in his scriptures that he will fulfill the desires of one's heart.
The desires of one's heart are contextually captured in the sense of one's hearts' conversation.
The conversations of one's heart are so deep and mystical in nature that they can only be handled by the power and by the grace of God Almighty.
In all man's enduring if there is any thing to be much endured and appreciated then its in walking under the authority of God Almighty.
A man whose heart appreciates God and is thankful unto God always , no matter the circumstances is a man that will be given by God blessings that are inaccessible by human strength and ability.
Once God calls you to serve in his presence- its not an opportunity to dethrone him from his place of authority over your life but rather its an opportunity to be faithful unto God with an appreciative heart so that he can be able to give you more than you deserve.
It was possible for God to give Lucifer more than he had given unto him but because he undermined and did not appreciate God's authority, he was dismissed to a point of no return.
It was possible for God to give Adam and Eve much more than a crown of glory over all creation but cause they failed to fully appreciate God's authority over their lives, they was unable to realize more blessings from God Almighty.
Consequently we can only tap into the full blessings of God for our lives by walking under his authority thankfully, gratefully, and fully appreciative.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Saturday, 14 May 2016
Destiny
Luke 23:39-43
The present situation for the life of you does not have the propensity to determine the quality of life that will fundamentally define your history, and time.
The situation that you are enduring on today is for a purpose, and a reason.
The purpose of your present situation is only but to institutionalize you for your ultimate destiny in this temporal life time.
The destiny of your life is much akin if not indicative of your assignment in both history and time.
However on the path to getting to the place and position of our assignment in life we many times than not encounter numerous situations that render us thinking as if its the final experience of our life.
Hence some time the situation that posits itself as the final experience of our life is only but a strengthening opportunity that is designed by God to humble you on our way to our destiny.
When you have lived for God through out your life and things seem not to be turning out as if God even cares about you it may seem frustrating until you cone to realize that amidst the nothingness God is up to some thing incredulous if not mind blowing.
God is not a man that he should be unmindful of your efforts to devote yourself unto him.
He promised to reward those who diligently seek him.
God made this promise at the very beginning of time and its written no where that he did change his mind some where along the way.
God never turns against his word, but he looks after his God to fulfill it.
The word of God is holy and full of power to run over every obstacle that intends to be-face it.
At this juncture, the promise of God upon your life is getting ready to upset, disappoint and frustrate every situation, and every person that is against your destiny.
Everything that God promised to do in your life is coming to pass and every thing that has been going against the destiny of your life is being subdued under your feet.
The destiny of God for the life of you shall be accomplished and every body who hates on you is not just hating on you because of where is it that you stand right now but they hating on you because of where is it that you are going.
They are frustrated and disappointed because none can stop the glory, honor and victory that God has set before your life.
During the course of your destiny its pivotal, critical and imperative to understand that you will always experience opposition.
And the purpose of your opposition is to legitimize your power -the power of God upon your life.
Without opposition then your power is illegitimate.
Show me a man with no opposition then i wil show you a man with no power and a destiny.
crushing your opposition is like suffocating the quality the legitimizes your power and destiny.
Your opposition will not kill you, it will not destroy you, it will not stop you but it will strengthen you to stand in your destiny and power with confidence and assurance that you are an overcome.
The reason why you will stand in your destiny and power with confidence and assurance that you are an over-comer is because every one in a place of power and every one that is effectively walking in their destiny, is doing so because they have defeated their opposition.
Your opposition is never what it is until you have defeated its embodiment.
In other wards, every one that is opposing your destiny right now, is opposing you because they look at you and they see you victorious, glorious and honorable.
They are your opposition because you are in a place in life that they desire, long, and crave to be but because they cant be where you be then they are captured by the emotion of shame, embarrassment and consequently defeat.
Defeated people, victimized people will always oppose those who are victorious, glorious and honorable.
Once your place in life is victorious, honorable, and glorious then those who are not in your place will hate themselves.
Hence some people don't hate you but they hate themselves and they express how they hate themselves or where they are in life by hating on you and by hating on where you be in life.
When you come across a man of destiny, honor that man not according to where he is but where is it that he is going, you will be given an opportunity to enjoy the benefits of where he is going.
On the cross upon the hill of Calvary, they were two men each on either side of Jesus.
One man veiled Jesus but the other revered Jesus and asked ," remember me while in your kingdom/ destiny."
And Jesus assured him that without doubt they will be together in paradise.
Henceforth its important to appreciate that where you going is far more important than where you are now right.
The present situation of your life is only but an authentication that your destiny and purpose is great.
Hanging on the cross at Calvary was a gruesome condition for Jesus but he had to endure that situation so as to fulfill his destiny and purpose as much as getting to his destination(on the right hand of the father with his enemies under his foot stool).
Consequently, its imperative for you to endure the unpleasant situations of your life that they are just temporal.
Endure while knowing that in the event of enduring you thus fulfill your destiny and purpose.
And every time you fulfill your destiny and purpose you come closer to the place of your crowning glory-that place prepared by God for you to enjoy his glory, honor, and victory as a result of your faithful unto him.
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Uniqueness
1 Samuel 16-14
King Saul was chosen, selected, and anointed through the acknowledgement of the God of Israel.
The essence of the aforementioned statement is of such that Saul was chosen, selected and anointed by prophet Samuel to be the king of God on behalf of Israel.
Essentially, before anything else Saul was supposed to be the God-chosen king before the nation of Israel.
This is fundamentally and analytically important because it means that Saul was not going to make any choice inclined upon his desires let alone the desire of the people of Israel but every choice he was to execute was going to be entirely inclined upon the desires of the God who chose, selected and anointed him.
Hence when God tells prophet Samuel in 1 Samuel 16-1, that he has rejected Saul, the rejection is seemingly as a result of the fact that Saul had fundamentally failed to execute his kingly duties after the will, desire and instruction of God.
The moment Saul failed to execute his kingly duties according to the will of the God who made him king then the favor of God upon his life was replaced by rejection.
Once a man who has been favored by God loses the favor of God upon his life, his actions thereof shall be worse than the one who has never known no favor of God at all.
Had Saul walked as a king after the will and desires of God then God would not have rejected him.
Favor is much akin to a protective gear to the one who has been chosen , selected and anointed of God.
Before Israel was given a king there was being governed by God's chosen, selected, and anointed judges if not prophets.
Other nations in the universe were governed by enslaving kings hence the people of God were being governed by an element of uniqueness because God loves uniqueness, difference, and extra-ordinarity.
The thing that made the nation of Israel so unique was the manner in which they where being governed in reference to how other nations of the world were being governed.
God as king over his very people (Israel) was governing with mercy, love, patience, kindness, charity and self control.
However when the people of Israel demanded for a king as other nations what they were ignorantly doing was to defy and defile God's principle of uniqueness.
God 's principle of uniqueness argues that his people whom he has chosen, selected, and anointed for himself must always bear a striking character of difference, oddness and variation compared to the rest of the people with whom they endure with in the universe.
As a people chosen, selected, and anointed of God the character that you bear should be supernaturally foreign , and spiritually unique.
The character that you bear should be excellently far more a class in its own right because it follows after the desires and liking of God in a specific time frame.
To maintain the sacred nature of his chosen, selected, and anointed people after they demanded to have a human king over them to resemble other nations, God made sure that the duty of who ought to be king over his people was his own not the duty of the people.
The choosing, selecting , and anointing of Israel's king was not going to be the duty of the people but the duty of God because the king of Israel was going to be not only the people's king but he was firstly going to be God's king because his power and mandate over God's people was going to be given unto him by God.
The uniqueness of God's people is based on the fact that every thing they do is for God's glory and hence forth the people of God are chosen, selected, and anointed to be effective at nothing but to execute God's will with high level excellence and effectiveness.
To be unique is the desire of God for the life of you to the degree that even when you open your mouth to speak whatever flows out of your mouth thereof should be the desires of God.
And if you find yourself with nothing to utter in line with the desires of God then keeping your mouth shut is nothing but the best option in order to be in a position which fulfills the mandate of God for life of you.
In other wards, keeping your mouth shut when you have nothing to say in line with Godly desires makes you fundamentally unique in a world where people speak and open their mouth only when they are ready to express their personal desires if not their sensual perceptions.
In 1 Samuel 16:13, David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with oil.
And the spirit of the Lord God came powerfully upon David from that day.
In other wards once God chooses, selects and anoints you, the spirit of the Lord God comes powerfully upon you and every now and then the spirit of God comes powerfully upon you then the uniqueness of your life will fundamentally come to bear.
Without the spirit of God upon your life then its utterly impossible to maximize your uniqueness as per the will and desire of God.
The greatest asset for the life of you is the uniqueness of God for the life of you.
Each human existence is designed to reflect the uniqueness of God Almighty.
Once the uniqueness of God walks out of the doors of your life, the aforementioned experience is indicative of losing the power of the spirit of God upon your life.
The moment the uniqueness of God is lost in your life, other elements such as:mediocrity, normalcy, and uniformity of mind and disposition begin to take root.
And before you know it, they wont be a difference between you and the rest of the world.
Uniformity in character and behavior has never been the will and desire of God.
Uniformity in the manner of one's operation has never been the order of God Almighty.
God spoke to Prophet Isiah and decreed,"Behold i do a new thing........"
Hence God is more interested in doing a new thing in the life of the man that he has cultivated intimacy with, and everything that God does carries with itself a degree of divine uniqueness that has got the propensity to advance the world.
Every man of God has got the moral duty to do some thing incredible in order to advance the entire world.
And the substance that is going to change and advance the world is embedded in the uniqueness of God upon your life.
A uniqueness that came to bear after the spirit of God came upon your life.
The spirit that came upon you after being chosen, selected, and anointed of the lord your God.
The world was set back almost 100 years after the event of the holocaust because all the men of God(the Jews) that perished in the holocaust possessed a degree of divine uniqueness whose mandate was to advance the world.
In spending time in the divine presence of God Almighty, we set ourselves to engage in a process of divine interaction, a process which gives birth a product of divine uniqueness
in our lives.
In other wards talking to God is a process that plays out on the field called patience .
The more you endure this process, the more degree of divine uniqueness shall you posses in order to be in a position to carry out duties that will change the entire world for better.
Finally, its interesting to note that before the nation of Israel demanded to have a king like other nations have, their uniqueness in God was far from being defiled.
And because their uniqueness was far from being defiled, the nation of Israel 's level of intimacy with God was ever intensely high.
However the moment the nation of Israel defiled its uniqueness in God, their level of intimacy with God become intensely very low.
In other wards, the intensity of your intimacy with God is maintained by your uniqueness in God.
The moment you lose your unique nature in God so will you lose your intimacy with God.
The uniqueness of one's existence is what changes the world.
When God was looking for a king from among the sons of Jesse, he chose David because David possessed specimens of unique capacity and possibility.
God did not chose, select and anoint none of David's brothers because they were so uniform in their nature.
They all possessed elements and specimens that were identical and uniform to one another.
And with that understanding allow me to boldly state that God does not chose, select and anoint from uniformity but from uniqueness.
Its utterly impossible to go away without saying that the headquarters of God in an individual's life are based on the premises of that particular individual's uniqueness.
Once you discover your uniqueness then you have discovered the gift of God in your life.
The spirit of uniqueness is the very spirit of God Almighty in your life.
King Saul was chosen, selected, and anointed through the acknowledgement of the God of Israel.
The essence of the aforementioned statement is of such that Saul was chosen, selected and anointed by prophet Samuel to be the king of God on behalf of Israel.
Essentially, before anything else Saul was supposed to be the God-chosen king before the nation of Israel.
This is fundamentally and analytically important because it means that Saul was not going to make any choice inclined upon his desires let alone the desire of the people of Israel but every choice he was to execute was going to be entirely inclined upon the desires of the God who chose, selected and anointed him.
Hence when God tells prophet Samuel in 1 Samuel 16-1, that he has rejected Saul, the rejection is seemingly as a result of the fact that Saul had fundamentally failed to execute his kingly duties after the will, desire and instruction of God.
The moment Saul failed to execute his kingly duties according to the will of the God who made him king then the favor of God upon his life was replaced by rejection.
Once a man who has been favored by God loses the favor of God upon his life, his actions thereof shall be worse than the one who has never known no favor of God at all.
Had Saul walked as a king after the will and desires of God then God would not have rejected him.
Favor is much akin to a protective gear to the one who has been chosen , selected and anointed of God.
Before Israel was given a king there was being governed by God's chosen, selected, and anointed judges if not prophets.
Other nations in the universe were governed by enslaving kings hence the people of God were being governed by an element of uniqueness because God loves uniqueness, difference, and extra-ordinarity.
The thing that made the nation of Israel so unique was the manner in which they where being governed in reference to how other nations of the world were being governed.
God as king over his very people (Israel) was governing with mercy, love, patience, kindness, charity and self control.
However when the people of Israel demanded for a king as other nations what they were ignorantly doing was to defy and defile God's principle of uniqueness.
God 's principle of uniqueness argues that his people whom he has chosen, selected, and anointed for himself must always bear a striking character of difference, oddness and variation compared to the rest of the people with whom they endure with in the universe.
As a people chosen, selected, and anointed of God the character that you bear should be supernaturally foreign , and spiritually unique.
The character that you bear should be excellently far more a class in its own right because it follows after the desires and liking of God in a specific time frame.
To maintain the sacred nature of his chosen, selected, and anointed people after they demanded to have a human king over them to resemble other nations, God made sure that the duty of who ought to be king over his people was his own not the duty of the people.
The choosing, selecting , and anointing of Israel's king was not going to be the duty of the people but the duty of God because the king of Israel was going to be not only the people's king but he was firstly going to be God's king because his power and mandate over God's people was going to be given unto him by God.
The uniqueness of God's people is based on the fact that every thing they do is for God's glory and hence forth the people of God are chosen, selected, and anointed to be effective at nothing but to execute God's will with high level excellence and effectiveness.
To be unique is the desire of God for the life of you to the degree that even when you open your mouth to speak whatever flows out of your mouth thereof should be the desires of God.
And if you find yourself with nothing to utter in line with the desires of God then keeping your mouth shut is nothing but the best option in order to be in a position which fulfills the mandate of God for life of you.
In other wards, keeping your mouth shut when you have nothing to say in line with Godly desires makes you fundamentally unique in a world where people speak and open their mouth only when they are ready to express their personal desires if not their sensual perceptions.
In 1 Samuel 16:13, David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with oil.
And the spirit of the Lord God came powerfully upon David from that day.
In other wards once God chooses, selects and anoints you, the spirit of the Lord God comes powerfully upon you and every now and then the spirit of God comes powerfully upon you then the uniqueness of your life will fundamentally come to bear.
Without the spirit of God upon your life then its utterly impossible to maximize your uniqueness as per the will and desire of God.
The greatest asset for the life of you is the uniqueness of God for the life of you.
Each human existence is designed to reflect the uniqueness of God Almighty.
Once the uniqueness of God walks out of the doors of your life, the aforementioned experience is indicative of losing the power of the spirit of God upon your life.
The moment the uniqueness of God is lost in your life, other elements such as:mediocrity, normalcy, and uniformity of mind and disposition begin to take root.
And before you know it, they wont be a difference between you and the rest of the world.
Uniformity in character and behavior has never been the will and desire of God.
Uniformity in the manner of one's operation has never been the order of God Almighty.
God spoke to Prophet Isiah and decreed,"Behold i do a new thing........"
Hence God is more interested in doing a new thing in the life of the man that he has cultivated intimacy with, and everything that God does carries with itself a degree of divine uniqueness that has got the propensity to advance the world.
Every man of God has got the moral duty to do some thing incredible in order to advance the entire world.
And the substance that is going to change and advance the world is embedded in the uniqueness of God upon your life.
A uniqueness that came to bear after the spirit of God came upon your life.
The spirit that came upon you after being chosen, selected, and anointed of the lord your God.
The world was set back almost 100 years after the event of the holocaust because all the men of God(the Jews) that perished in the holocaust possessed a degree of divine uniqueness whose mandate was to advance the world.
In spending time in the divine presence of God Almighty, we set ourselves to engage in a process of divine interaction, a process which gives birth a product of divine uniqueness
in our lives.
In other wards talking to God is a process that plays out on the field called patience .
The more you endure this process, the more degree of divine uniqueness shall you posses in order to be in a position to carry out duties that will change the entire world for better.
Finally, its interesting to note that before the nation of Israel demanded to have a king like other nations have, their uniqueness in God was far from being defiled.
And because their uniqueness was far from being defiled, the nation of Israel 's level of intimacy with God was ever intensely high.
However the moment the nation of Israel defiled its uniqueness in God, their level of intimacy with God become intensely very low.
In other wards, the intensity of your intimacy with God is maintained by your uniqueness in God.
The moment you lose your unique nature in God so will you lose your intimacy with God.
The uniqueness of one's existence is what changes the world.
When God was looking for a king from among the sons of Jesse, he chose David because David possessed specimens of unique capacity and possibility.
God did not chose, select and anoint none of David's brothers because they were so uniform in their nature.
They all possessed elements and specimens that were identical and uniform to one another.
And with that understanding allow me to boldly state that God does not chose, select and anoint from uniformity but from uniqueness.
Its utterly impossible to go away without saying that the headquarters of God in an individual's life are based on the premises of that particular individual's uniqueness.
Once you discover your uniqueness then you have discovered the gift of God in your life.
The spirit of uniqueness is the very spirit of God Almighty in your life.
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