Month: April 2020

[The Glory Unveiled]

Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw his [Jesus’] glory and the two men standing with him. ( Luke 9:32 )

Many Believers all over the world may call and pray for the glory of God, organise retreats that capture the theme or read about it in the word of God. But even when the Lord should take us to the mountain top, to witness His glorious transfiguration, unless we are fully awake, we cannot see it. We are in a time and a dispensation where sleep is weighing down the majority of Believers. We pray for a lot of revivals and sometimes organise retreats to that effect. But in reality we see nothing. It is as if we are sleep talking. And we are not making meaning in expressing what we desire. The reason, according to today’s text is the weight of sleep. We need to wake up as the body of Christ because the bridegroom is here. From the Scripture above, we can deduce that, the glory had been on Jesus all the while that the three disciples were sleeping. But they could not see the glory of Jesus until they were fully awake. So until Believers are fully awake, they cannot see the glory of God. Irrespective of the number of years they have been in the faith. We must be awakened to the consciousness of spiritual realities. So much is happening around us, do you not see it? (see Isaiah 43:19). Let us awaken to the realities around us. Awake o sleeper.

Prayer_Bead: Thank you, King of glory. Open the eyes of my understanding to see and understand the knowledge of your glory. Drive spiritual slumber far away from me, in Jesus name.

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[The Glory Unveiled]

“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. ( Mark 16:6 )

On the first day of the week after Jesus had been buried, three women went to anoint His body. Coincidentally, this was the third day after His burial. And on this same day Jesus had informed his disciples that He would be raised back to life. But shockingly, not one of the twelve disciples or even the inner three, including Peter the curious disciple came to see whether or not what Jesus said was true. They seem to have forgotten all about the words of Jesus. One would wonder how anyone of the disciples who followed the Lord Jesus so closely for all those three years could just forget about Him. But that is the case with many of us. In a crisis, in the silence of God’s tests we sometimes seem to forget all about the promises and kindness of God. Not knowing that in those silence is the sound of a new beginning for us. Even though the three women who went to the tomb of Jesus on the first day did not originally go there to see Jesus resurrect or whether He did, by their love and commitment to Him, they were blessed to be the first people to hear and carry the news of a new beginning. They carried the news of Jesus’ resurrection to the world, even to the original disciples. Jesus is risen! And as a result of His resurrection, we can now boldly say that we died with Christ and rose with Him, having a new life, even the life of God. The place where Jesus was buried could have been a symbol of pain and hopelessness to the many. But to the glory of God, that place after three days became the prove that He is risen and a monument of hope to the Believers then, even before they actually saw Jesus. May whatever used to be a mark of hopelessness and pain in our lives become the reason for our celebration in Jesus name. He is risen and so are we.

Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven, thank you for Jesus. May the remembrance of His resurrection give me hope and refresh my faith. May the power that raised Christ come upon me and dwell in my mortal body, so that the resurrected life may be seen in me.

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[The Glory Unveiled]

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. ( John 19:30 )

Reading the account of Jesus’ death, anyone will admit how very cruel it was. Even the spirit of the man who is unimaginative can bear witness to the cruelty and the shame with which His death was carried out. And for the fact that He was not guilty of any crime, accused and betrayed by a friend and a student. He did not only endure such gruesome physical pains but also a very intense emotional pains. Amazingly, Jesus did not jump any stage of the predestined process for the redemption of man. He paid our price in full. Along the line, He could have employed His divine right as God even while persecuted. But no, he lived and acted as if He was not God, nor had any right to act independent of God. This is the intense of Jesus’ love for man. He followed the prescription inscribed by the will of the father as if He was preparing a pastry that demanded strict adherence to its recipe else the desired outcome would not be achieved. Undoubtedly, Christ has baked a perfect cake of redemption for anyone who believes in the price He paid in His flesh for us. It is finished indeed! He has done everything God would have required of us. Glory to God!

Prayer_Bead: Thank you dear Lord for the work of redemption which you have designed and executed for me. And because of that I declare even as you did that, it is Finished!

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