Hot or Cold?

So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth! [ Revelation 3:16 ]

The words of today’s verse of scripture were spoken to one of the seven churches; the church in Sardis. But the reality of that truth meets today’s needs. The old lady, “Mrs. Clara Williams” in the famous “War Room” movie said that nobody drinks their coffee lukewarm. It is either hot or cold. In the book of Daniel, a vision is seen of a monstrous statue with toes made of iron and clay—symbolic of weakness and disunity. The mixture of iron and clay could not hold firmly. It is a sign of being “lukewarm”, not just clay or just iron but both. The Believer’s fire is holiness. Holiness is a walk with God while righteousness is a gift. Enoch walked with God—he lived in holiness. Holiness will set us apart from all else unto God himself. Without faith, it is impossible to please God but without holiness it is impossible to see or walk with God. And yes, it is very possible to please someone and not see them. This is why we need to decide what the state of our spiritual life would be. We need to carry the right spiritual atmospheric temperature around us. Our spiritual life should be red hot! The scripture in the book of Revelation suggests that, the cold believers and the hot believers have their places in eternity (redemption or condemnation) but the lukewarm has no place. This also means that our significance hinges on the state of our spiritual life. Do we want to be recognized in heaven’s hall of fame? Then we need that walk of fire

Prayer_Bead: Father in heaven, thank you for amplifying the demand of heaven in me. I pray for grace to be hot and alive unto you. Thank you for the crafting of holiness in my heart so that I hate being lukewarm. Amen.

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The burden of destiny


[ The Glory Unveiled]

This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. ( Matthew 1:18 )

The words of the verse of scripture above, resonates with the burden [cost] of destiny. Mary the mother of Jesus was a young woman who had kept herself as she was a virgin. One day, destiny beckoned on her and she accepted to go on the adventurous journey with destiny. Little did she know that it would come at the cost of almost losing her husband, being exposed to public disgrace, almost losing ties with her family and friends. She literally had no idea the weight of responsibility and burden she accepted when she said to the Angel Gabriel “be it unto me according to your words”. In the verse 19, we see Joseph’s plan to quietly divorce Mary. But in verse 20, he [Joseph] is made to understand the mandate upon her life and what she carried. The angel told Joseph that his wife to be was pregnant with what eyes have never seen—God with man. So that even Joseph would have to share in the responsibilities of what Mary carried. Beloved in the Lord, you carry something that is why you feel all the pressures and burdens on every side. But if we can endure like Mary; resolute in our decision to see with our eyes what we carry within us, we would see the manifestation of God’s glory in our lives. Dear sisters, carry something that would distinguish you among women. Travail in prayer until something wells up in you. Refuse to be ordinary.

Prayer_Bead: My Lord and my God, thank you for the grace to carry what you placed in me. I ask that you supply more grace to put to birth that weight of glory in Jesus’ name.

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The price tag of destiny

[The Glory Unveiled]

Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. (  Genesis 37 : 5 )

The land of destiny is reached at a great cost.   Joseph’s came at enduring the hatred and neglect of his brothers, the pain of enduring a lie, and the disappointment of being forgotten in prison. Often anything and anybody can be used to test our resolve to meet with destiny. Joseph at a very tender age had been seeing who he would later become. That vision, clearly painted in his mind gave him the endurance and perseverance to reach that man he would later become. Another ingredient that spiced up his resolve and held him in peace until he got to the finish line of all his tests was the fear of God. The fear of God was like a teacher to him at all times. Anytime he faced a challenge that his will would like to permit him to be “human”, the fear of God would scream over him to call some conscience and hope into him. The pathway to destiny is always encoded with unforeseen circumstances and events that would remain landmarks that bear witness that our success is legit. These “challenges” as we may call them are the authorities that test and approve our admission into the land of destiny and purpose. The question now is, are we ready to make payments for what we desire? Remember it comes at an uncompromising cost.

Prayer_Bead: King of all kings and Lord over all lords, thank you for showing me the pathway of destiny. Guide me in the way that would lead me to the finish line of fulfillment.

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Taste it; it is within reach

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O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. ( Psalms 34:8 )

David the Psalmist and King, penned down the words of this psalm. We know that one can only taste what is within their reach. No one can taste something that is far away from the reach of their sense of taste. In another place in the New Testament, the lord Jesus shows up in Galilee with a message almost foreign to the ears and minds of the people, “repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand [within reach]” (see Matthew 4:17). Juxtaposing the truth of this New Testament verse with that of the Old Testament Psalm, we see that the kingdom of God, metaphorically replaced with “goodness of God” is within the reach of everyone. Anyone can see it because it is within the reach of their eyes and senses. But the verse of the New Testament raises a concern that may limit some people from tasting or otherwise experiencing this reality. And that is unbelief [sin]. Hence the Psalmist says to trust in the God—the remedy for unbelief and sin. Putting our trust in God and depending on Him for our salvation and redemption gives us access into the Kingdom (goodness of God.) We are blessed to participate in the blessings and realities of the Kingdom of God only when we trust in the Lord for everything. And then God would be obliged to take responsibilities for our lives and soul.

Prayer_Bead: Father in heaven, thank you for showing me the way into your goodness and kingdom. I now taste the goodness of God by trusting in You, in all things and for all things.

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The bargaining power of prayer.

[The Glory Unveiled]

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD

( 2Kings 20:2 )

At any point in time, we are all a prayer away from our miracles. The story is about Hezekiah, the then leader of the people of Israel, who was given a death sentence by God and that he should put his house in order. Now this spiritual announcement of his death sentence was made by Isaiah who is no mere prophet of God. But then Hezekiah still did something to change his fate. He didn’t give up nor give in to fear and hopelessness. In the verse six of the chapter, almost immediately after his prayer, God sent the prophet Isaiah back to him to tell him that instead of death, fifteen more years was added to his life and in addition to that, almost like a bonus, God said He would deliver his nation from the Assyrians. How could the table turn like that and so quickly too? The answer is Prayer! Prayer is the factory where impossibilities are made possible. A place where we artistically design the realities of our lives. Many of us would have just mourned, cried, pitied ourselves and maybe accuse or cursed God if the same message of death was conveyed to us from a major prophet. We may not think of the possibility of changing that negative narration, simply because it was spoken by a prophet of God. But today, we are encouraged to learn from Hezekiah. There is no spiritual crisis that cannot be dealt with by Christ. And no problem is cast in iron so that we would say it is perpetual. There is always a solution in the secret place of prayer.

Prayer_Bead: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for showing me through the life of your servant Hezekiah that whatever negativity surrounds my life can be erased in the place of prayer. Grant me grace and a fresh fire for prayer.

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