Month: January 2021

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Go up the mountain


[The Glory Unveiled]

Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together. ( Genesis 22:8 )

The provision of God is up on the mountain. It is at the exact spot where God instructs us to go; but not a few meters from there. Isaac and his father Abraham were going to sacrifice before the Lord at a particular place [believed to be Mount Moriah]. But rather unusually, they had carried the fire and the wood for the sacrifice but the lamb they were to burn on the wood was unavailable. Now, a sacrifice [in their day and time] was no sacrifice without the animal that will be burnt. Abraham was aware of this challenge; as God asked Him to sacrifice his only son [but] he pressed on unto the mountain in faith. He knew and believed the many faceted dimensions of God. He knew that God could be Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Elohim, Jehovah Adonai so He could definitely be Jehovah Jireh (God the provider). True to Abraham’s faith, God proved Himself atop the mountain to be Jehovah Jireh (God His provider). But interestingly God did not prove Himself in the valley. God will do on top of the mountain what He promised you in the valley. So don’t doubt in the valley what God told you in the valley. He is a faithful God. Go up your mountain in spiritual obedience and you will find the resources for your assignment.

Prayer_Bead: Jehovah Jireh, the Omniscient Father, thank you for the strength and grace to obey you on top of the mountain whatever you told me in the valley of my preparation.

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Release your ‘suddenlies’


[The Glory Unveiled]

Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. ( Acts 16:26 )

The apostles Paul and Silas had been praying and singing hymns in the earlier verse of this chapter (Acts 16:25). They had been held prisoners for the sake of the gospel. And then this (the account in this verse) happened while they invited heaven into the prison through the portal of praise and prayer. The apostles Paul and Silas would have obviously desired to be released from prison but that desire wasn’t at the top of their priority list. All they wanted was the kingdom of God expressed even while in their chains and cuffs. But we know better; the kingdom of God always comes with other things as bonuses (Matthew 6:33). And in this case, their freedom. See, if we desire the other things most suddenly, we most first seek the kingdom and its righteousness most passionately. And then almost suddenly God will do the things we don’t even anticipate. The suddenlies of kingdom citizens are anchored upon a search for the kingdom. If we would want to experience genuine kingdom realities that the world cannot explain, we must first seek after the Kingdom and the one who sits on the throne in that Kingdom; our Father.

Prayer_Bead: God of Dunamis and suddenly miracles, thank you for showing me the way into sudden kingdom realities. Give me the heart of a seeker to seek after your Kingdom and the kingdom of my Lord Jesus Christ.

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Heaven’s perspective


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Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. ( Mark 12:43 )

Jesus was the physical representation of heaven on earth in His earthly days. He was on earth as the envoy of heaven. Whatever he said about a matter is what heaven says and whatever he approves is what heaven approves. It is interesting that the perspective of heaven and the assessment of earth are divergent. The story of the poor widow teaches us that we should look for the one thing that heaven will recognize and do it or give it. Many people came out to put money into the treasury but in the lens of heaven none were captured, except the old widow. This will draw our attention to enquiring of how heaven measures. What is the instrument of measurement? How does heaven recognize substance? Heaven measures from the state of the heart. And what comes from the heart is what we truly give. The others who gave into the treasury of the church gave because they had excess but the poor widow gave because that was all she had; that’s from her heart. Like the poor widow, let us learn to give from our hearts rather than out of our abundance. And let us do what heaven recognizes and not what men will applaud.

Prayer_Bead: Father in heaven, thank you for teaching me to give from my heart. Thank you for your grace that leads me into pleasant places.

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Be careful what you wish for


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Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, ( Ephesians 3:20 )

The ability of God is infinitely indescribable with human language. An Infinite God cannot be defined by a finite man. Our definition of His possibilities will be constricted by our shortsightedness and inability to see beyond the “now” of our reference. God’s ability spans the length of all humanity’s human years put together. If we understand this truth, we will not limit ourselves by restricting God to only the things we know and think He can do. God is able to do not only (but far more—exceeding abundantly) the things we ask Him in prayer as well as the things we think or imagine. If this were not possible, the speech impaired and the sick who is unable to talk would have been unfortunate. But they are not. Everyone can pray to the Father through their thoughts and imagination. This explains why sometimes we experience certain phenomena which we may not anticipate nor have “prayed” (consciously) for. We experience some of these phenomena because we think about them or imagine them. Most of the things we experience are actually answers to the prayers of our thought and imagination. For this reason, we must guard carefully what we think about and imagine. Would you want to experience what you think about? If not, then think about the good you would want.

Prayer_Bead: Father Lord, precious Holy Spirit, thank you for presenting to the father, the thoughts of my heart and the imagination of my mind. Make them acceptable in thy sight.

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the cloud of witnesses


[The Glory Unveiled]

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, ( Hebrews 12:1 )

What we do in the secret place is more important in our day than what we announce in the public to the hearing of everyone. God is seeking after sincere hearts. The cloud of witnesses spoken about in this verse of scripture are equipped with the ability to see both in the secret and in private; they see whatever is done in our realm. There is nothing hidden from them. No wonder they are called “cloud of witnesses”. They are actually witnesses to everything that happens around us. It is for this reason we have to be more careful what we do behind closed doors than what everyone sees. Unfortunately, today, we see and hear so many things going on in the church that shouldn’t even be mentioned among us. We hear of leaders and people who are supposed to be examples to others (including their followers) doing and subjecting themselves to things that are not worthy of them. These people sometimes do these things because they are convinced that no man is seeing them. But they forget that the Lord and the cloud of witnesses are witnessing everything going on in the world, even in the most secret of places. The author of this verse says we should throw off things that hinder us and the sins that entangle us. Let us throw them off so that we can run the race before us.

Prayer_Bead: Father in heaven, maker of the universe, thank you for the cloud of witnesses and for reminding me that I am always being watched irrespective of where I am.

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