The Mysteries of the Plough

THE MYSTERIES OF THE PLOUGH
Thursday, January 28, 2016

“…No man, having put his hands to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62)

Wait! Before you dare put your hands on that plough you need to read this caveat! Oh, it’s okay if your hands are on the plough already, just listen carefully.

You are about to embark on a very stressful journey, soon the glamor would fade out the excitement would heave up. Soon it would appear monotonous, you would get fagged out, friends would begin to mock you. Very soon it will get really sweaty and dirty; you would literally feel irritated.

Dear zealous one, when the dust of euphoria and joy settles what would keep you going? I understand that your marriage is heaven now, but what about when Hell knocks and says, “Holla, a delivery man here!” Now ministry is glamorous what happens when the dust settles…

Maybe you still don’t get what the plough is, the plough is that Purpose you said you were going to die for. Whether you like it or not, to be successful in this life your hands must be on a plough and not just any plough; the right plough; because there is a connection between purpose and prosperity. Ps 23:5

You would have to answer this question, “what would keep me going when the dust settles?” To birth anything in this world there are travails. Focus alone is enough affliction because it robs you of the full pleasure of many other things, but you have to choose and stick your neck there.

Maybe you were told that if you do something you love there would be no travails or feelings of discouragement or disappointments or even failure, educate yourself this morning, and decide what would keep you going. You have to make a commitment and covenant with destiny not to look back.

SELAH- It’s easy and tasty to get pregnant, but why not try the delivery room

Shalom!

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The Lost Cause

THE LOST CAUSE
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

“For this CAUSE shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh” (Eph 5:31) (read chapter)

Overwhelming is the statistics of failed marriages manifested in the form of heated homes, adulterous homes, divorce, among others. Purpose is a compass. When the purpose of a thing is unknown, temporal survival is possible, but accident and collapse is inevitable.

Countless are the dimensions of marital frustrations, but everything boils down to a cause. Scriptures say, for this cause shall marriage happen, for what cause? Meaning there is an actual cause, or reason why marriage must happen; outside that is a voyage to frustration.

Before you answer the “Cause” question, you must understand that marriage was God’s initiative and God’s design, meaning the jurisdiction (legal survival/existence) of marriage is God. Outside God, marriage is an artificial preemption.

The singular and absolute assuredness for a successful marriage is the planting of same in God. People think that the fact they married in Church, or a church person is a guarantee for a successful marriage, I believe there are too many proofs to show the failure of church marriages.

Just like every dimension of God, there are principles and laws for the operation of marriage. Man was meant to fall in love with God as the bride of God, and then study his/her relations with Him, how he was treated/ how she submitted to God as a necessity for progress, and then act out that reality in the physical world (spouse)

Marriage was designed to live/act out God’s love to man, demonstrating it between a man and a woman. This is why we don’t marry in heaven because we (the church, the bride) will be with our husband Christ Jesus and therefore there will be no need to act the love, or act the marriage.

Marriage is evangelism, in the similitude of Jesus’ words, “I see my father work and so I work” so we say, “I see my father love and so I love”, “I see him sacrifice and so I sacrifice” The best couples are those that best portray the fathers love and the church’s (bride’s) ideal character.

This is the reason why the family is considered as part of the Seven Mountains of the World.
(Media, Entertainment, Politics, Academics, Business, religion, family) It is from this very revelation that all the Christian laws of marriage are drafted, outside this foundation is dross

Many love God but they don’t understand that marriage essence is to act a movie called “the Christ and His Bride” Your marriage is a picture of your walk with God whether you knew this before or not. Now you know the foundation, you can draft out your marital parameters.

SELAH: Do it right, know the right cause!

Shalom!

Author and Finisher

AUTHOR AND FINISHER
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

“Looking unto Jesus the author (initiator) and finisher (performer) of our faith…” (Heb12:2)

What do we mean by “author and finisher of our faith?” This is one of the most notorious expressions among believers. Yet to many it is just information and not revelation, because the true essence and depth is not manifested in many lives.

 There is a dimension in God called Alpha Omega, Initiator Performer, Author Finisher, Beginner Completer…  Scriptures says, God works in us both to will (desire) and effect His will. (phil2:13).  He that started the good work in us, He is able to perfect it.

When we say God is the author of our faith, we are saying that he is first our faith, then he is the initiator of our faith through his divine ways, and then he authorized our faith by delegating his authority to us; “Heal the sick, cast out demons, raise the dead, preach the gospel”

The author dimension of God speaks of his power to create, to initiate, but unfortunately many believers have camped around this dimension of God and so the effect is two pronged.

First, they believe in certain limits in wealth, fulfillment, academics, life, etc. Again they believe that their blessings would eventually be terminated someday. They quote “all things work together for good” but deep down they believe like Job that one day misfortune would come.

But the “finisher of our faith” is the further dimension of Author. Although there is a desire to be successful, there is a desire to heal the sick, there is a desire to do great things, but God is not only able to put the desire there, but also to sustain you until you get to the peak of your blessing.

Many believe that God can heal the sick, but they don’t dare try to pray for a sick person, unconsciously they don’t believe he is finisher through them. Many live in fear of failure, fear of defeat, but I need you to believe that God started the good work, trust him with completing it.

You can get to the peak of success, to the peak of your blessings; you can walk in the realm of the manifestation of what you believe, if only you would engage the dimension of God called sustainer and finisher. It may be tough now, but he is working something out. Be strong!

SELAH: He does not just want to bring you out of Egypt, he wants to take you to Canaan
             
Shalom!

Operation of Spirits

OPERATION OF SPIRITS
Monday, January 25, 2016

“Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked” (Eph 6:16)

The Soul is the cockpit/ ignition point of everyman. The spirit and body, without a soul is an impossible equation. The soul is the magic that unites the spirit and the body. In spiritual matters there are three battle grounds, the Soul/mind, the Church, and Heavenly places.

The soul consists of the mind, the will, the intellect and emotions of a man. Take a breadth and examine yourself, your greatest battles have been the battles of your mind. ‘

You must understand that when God said all power (authority) is with him, it means the devil is powerless. However, scriptures warns against ignorance of his devices, meaning he has certain manipulative strategies, and although defeated by Jesus, he could manipulate his way into controlling the ignorant.

Scriptures summarizes the entire scope and strategy of the devil into this, Satan, is come to steal, then kill and thereafter destroy. Now what he does is that he steal’s what a person have rendering such a person naked and helpless, in this reality he destroys the soul in hell.

So spiritual intelligence is guarding what you have from the thief. To be very direct with our text (Eph 6:16) God’s instruction is that we must be a Snob to the devil to overcome him, because Gods word says; “take faith as a shield”, what is faith? Looking unto Jesus

The devil has no authority (exousia) above man, but he has power (dunamis) that contends with man’s authority. But again, the devil’s greatest power is not demons, but man. This is difficult to take. But in this realm called earth, divinity partners with humanity to birth reality.

 By implication if no man on earth yields to the devil, the devil would be a piece of rag. Both God and the kingdom of darkness seek partnership with man by contending for the soul. Now before a spirit whether of God or the devil can operate, there must be a foundation.

For God to operate in a man, there must be a foundation in his soul or heart called Faith. Before the kingdom of darkness can operate there must be a foundation in same, called doubt, unbelief, fear, and everything contrary to the faith in Christ.  Let’s stop here today.

SELAH: Create the right foundation in your heart!

Shalom!

What Really is God's Name?

WHAT REALLY IS GOD’S NAME?

“In thy NAME they shall cast out devils…speak with new tongues…take up serpents…lay hands on the sick…” Mark 16:17, 18

It is amazing how many names God has, from the one He called himself in scriptures, to the one saints call him, to the ones we call him, to all translations in all languages. In fact I once saw a publication, “300 names of God”. Which of these is God’s name?

If all the names are God’s, then scriptures say “in thy name” connoting a single name. The question then is which of the names carries the magic? Many say the name is Jesus, some say all sorts, but then it appears that different names work for different people. But God said in one name! so what is all these confusion?

A higher level of confusion is that we decide to call him Jesus, but today we say in the name of Jesus you sickness disappear and it goes, tomorrow we say same thing to another situation but we appear like mad men before the situation. These were the questions we stopped asking.

I am not about to proffer another name, but I will demystify what the name of God is. In general scope the name of God is God’s dimension per time, so the ancients saw God walk in a way and named him.

But as it concerns what Jesus said, the name of God is a revelation of the position or office of the risen Christ (Lord), far above principalities and powers, and if we believe and receive his victory we receive his name, His name is a revelation of who he is and the power of the finished works.

Until you understand this, whether you call him Jesus or Emmanuel, nothing would happen. But when you have a revelation of his finished works and not just an information, you would call him Emmanuel today, Yeshua tomorrow, Elohim the day after and have same results.

The name of God in this light is two things, First, Delegated Authority, i.e an ambassador. If you understand you are an ambassador then it means you carry the name, you may not even say “in the name of Jesus” for darkness to bow, “Go!” may be enough, but we call his name so people would know it’s by his power and give him alone glory.

The name of God also is a bunch of keys(Math 16:19). Sometimes you come by the blood, sometimes by kingdom principles, sometimes by praise, but all in the revelation of the finished works, but by different strategies. This is where many miss it. Sometimes we don’t lack power but strategy.

Now that we understand that the name is a revelation, we must contend for the full understanding of the name and dwell with the Spirit and the Word, so that our soul might be aligned to discharge the power. The difference between men of power and not, is revelation.

SELAH: Get dissatisfied with a powerless life, encounter the NAME

Shalom!

Jewish Feasts

Jewish Feasts
Exodus 23:14-19
Friday, January 22, 2016

The Old Testament speaks of God’s will in shadows. The beauty of the Old Testament is the depths of revelations portrayed in simplicity/ or parables. Scriptures speaks of three dimensions, the God who was, the God who is, and the God who is to come.

But we understand that God is the same yesterday, today and forever, what that means is that his will, and priority never changes, but the patterns and devices through which he attains them differs. The secret of Moses was that he saw the back (a revelation of the past) of God.

When you see God’s past and contrast it with His present there is an explosion and indepth understanding of God’s purpose through dispensations and his marvelous character. In our text God commanded the Jews to have three annual feasts, note the word ‘feast’.

The first feast is the Feast of the Passover. This was a celebration of their exit out of Egypt and their deliverance from the spirit of death that attacks the firstborns. Note the word “firstborn” for it is a mystery. In the New Testament we see the translation of that feast into the Lord’s supper.

The Second feast is the Feast of First Fruits, where Israel get to celebrate their first harvest in the year. In the New Testament the word “firstfruits” is used to describe believers who have accepted Jesus Christ. See James 1:18, Revelation 14:4, It’s a celebration of man’s personal salvation

The third feast is the Feast of Ingathering. The Israelites were ordained by God to celebrate the final harvest. In the New Testament this translates to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.(Rev 19:9) Where the saints taken from the earth will celebrate with Christ immediately after the rapture.

Now God made these feasts compulsory in other to keep the memories of his greatness perpetually in the minds of the Israelites. Nehemiah got it exactly, when he said, the joy (feast) of the lord, is my strength (8:10).  Joy is a mystery, how does joy give strength? What is the joy of the Lord?

Now God says if we focus on three events in eternity, the death of Jesus for the world, our salvation as firstfruits with Christ and the hope of being with him forever, we have the joy of the Lord, and this is the secret of strength.

We must constantly renew our minds with these historic events (finished works of Christ, the salvation and hope it brings) Rom 12:2. We find strength in the remembrance of the finished works.

SELAH: Every time you feel weak REMEMBER

Shalom!

Strikers Not Defenders

STRIKERS NOT DEFENDERS
Thursday, January 21, 2016

The church is God’s strategy against the gates of Hell, because the first time Church was mentioned in scriptures, it was given the status of a military force that would establish the kingdom of God, the gates of hell nevertheless (Mathew 16:18)

In the body of Christ there have been a major drift in assignment. Jesus’ final words to the church before leaving the earth was a direct command “Go ye into All the world and preach the gospel….” (Math 28:19) And then he gave us strategies and supplementary instructions.

Now God did not say we should go in and contend with spiritual darkness, that was never our primary assignment, our primary assignment was to establish the kingdom, in the process we will be confronted by the entire arsenal of hell, no doubt.

Now the trick is that if we focus on pulling down strong holds without establishing the kingdom, we have done nothing, or to console the Church we may think we have done half of the job.

Now the church assignment was not to become giant defenders against the kingdom of darkness, we are Strikers and they are the defenders, but now the church is sitting comfortably as a defender, to defend darkness while the devil is ferociously establishing his kingdom.

Our assignment is to go (strike) into cosmos (the entire system of the world). We do not just seek the salvation of men but the salvation of the nations, until the ideology and dominion of our lord permeates the seven mountains of the world.

The seven mountains of the world is seen in theology to describe the seven areas of influence in the world. They include, family, entertainment industry, media, politics, religion, academics, business world.

What God means by go into the word (cosmos) is to go into this systems. The Church of God must arise and stop playing the defensive role, but the striker role. We must permeate the system and enforce Gods dominion, the devil has gone far in modeling the seven mountains according to the ideology of darkness.

SELAH- Which of the seven mountains have I been called into, primarily?

Shalom