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You have power

[The Glory Unveiled]

Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” ( Acts 3:6 )

It is said in the business world that a delegated power or authority cannot be further delegated [the Latin says, “delegatus non potest delegare]. This means that power given cannot be transferred to or shared with another. So even though Peter was with John, he didn’t say “what we have…” In the right application of delegation, a delegate does not show in the discharge of their duties that power was delegated to them. When power or authority is degated to another, that other person acts as if the power was directly from them. In the verse 12 of the same chapter as our focal verse, the apostle Peter reveals that what he said he had in our focal verse which is not silver or gold, was delegated power. The Lord Jesus had given His disciples power to thwart the works of Satan. It is that power delegated to them that the apostle spoke of that he had. And because he understood how delegation works, he exercised the power so excellently that the desired outcome was actualized as if it was Christ Jesus himself. In our walk with Christ, we have the same delegated power. We are to manifest the glory of the Kingdom of God through the demonstration of power. The world is in dire need of the power of God. We must show kindness to the world by letting them see God’s glory manifest. Exercise your power in the name of Jesus.

Prayer_Bead: Everlasting Father, King of Glory, thank you for your power given to me. On the strength of that power, I manifest your glory to the world in my daily life.

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Walk by revelation

[Unveiling His Glory]

When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. ( Exodus 15:19 )

The Egyptian army had been chasing the Israelites down to the bank of the red sea. Before the red sea, the Egyptians seem advantaged as they were pursuing a nation made predominantly of weak men with slaves mentality. Suddenly the two groups, the Egyptians and the Israelites came to the bank of the red sea. At this point they were facing the same crisis. And even though they came before the same crisis, the Israelites were still more scared because of their servitude mentality. There are times, when even the seemingly mighty faces the same crisis as the weak [Covid-19 tells it well]. But then, it was right there at the mouth of the red sea that the Israelites would see their unknown advantage which was God. There is no general formula for getting out of a crisis. The way out of a crisis was always individualized. But the surest way out of a crisis is by revelation. So then the time came to walk by revelation (faith) rather than by sight. The Israelites walked right through the sea as if they were walking on dry ground. The Egyptians, thinking the way out of a crisis was a universal formula walked after the order of the Israelites but they were swallowed up by the sea. Here is our lesson, in a crisis, don’t imitate your neighbour, whether they are friends or enemies. Stick to revelation, inspiration and the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer_Bead: God of all creation, whose oceans roar out His glory and whose rivers cry out His praise, thank you for giving me the secret to getting out of every crisis.

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Jesus speaks, Jesus does

[Unveiling His Glory]

28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” 29 “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. ( Matthew 14:28-29 )

Peter, the disciple, believed that the words of Jesus had the power to sustain itself. In other words, when Jesus spoke, the words would be carried out to the letter. There was always a performance of the things he spoke. So to the disciple, the surest way to know if it was Jesus who was walking on the water was for the person to ask him to come (verse 28). And if he was able to go to the person then it was Jesus. He trusted the word of Jesus. This very disciple had seen for himself, Jesus speaking to a fig tree and then it withered, he spoke to the waves of the sea and it was calm. So he had every reason to believe that the words of Jesus could sustain him on the water if it was Jesus. His bold attempt out of the boat reiterates his conviction and faith in the words of Jesus. Because if it was not Jesus, he was going to drown. But to trust that the words of Jesus could keep him afloat meant he truly trusted Jesus’ words. Unfortunately, most of us seem to have come to a point where the words of people are not taken so seriously. This is probably largely to the deceptions and falsehood that has coated our everyday words. But one thing still stands out, Jesus’ words will not fail, though the heavens and the earth may pass away (Mark 13:31). Hold unto His words to you. His words give meaning and life to our existence. His words carry the power to do what it says. He is not a man to lie.

Prayer_Bead: God of creation who by the words of His mouth framed the earth and by whose words gave live to everything in it, speak a word to me in Jesus name.

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Take Jesus at His word

[The Glory Unveiled]

“Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and departed. ( John 4:50 )

Background to the scripture verse: The son of a royal official was terribly sick. The official came down to Galilee [where Jesus was at the time] to ask Jesus to go with him to his house to pray for his son. Now, this royal official desperately needed His son to get well. And in his desperation he thought the only way out was for Jesus to go down to his house to pray for the boy. In the verse 52 of the same chapter, you’d discover that the distance from Galilee to wherever the official lived was at least a day’s journey. But desperation convinced him to think that the surest way to save his son was to walk the Saviour down to his home on a day’s trip. He didn’t even pause to think of the possibility of losing his son before the Saviour got there. You see, often, desperation blinds us from seeing facts and truth. It narrows our realities and skews our thinking. But God be praised in the same chapter, [in our focal verse] is the solution to desperation and anxiety. It says, “the man took Jesus at his word and departed”. Whenever we can’t personally, whether physically, emotionally, intellectually or psychologically do anything about a situation, all we need to do is to fall on the word of God. Leaning against the word of God brings us peace; something desperation robs us of. Let us take Jesus at His word. Have you been told something by God that now seem to be out of date? Does it seem that it’s too late? Just take God by His word. He is not a man to lie. God will honour his word to you.

Prayer_Bead: God of all promises, who does not speak in vain, give me the grace to take you at your words to me. I thank you for my peace and freedom from tendencies of desperation.

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The price or the value?

[The Glory Unveiled]

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright. ( Genesis 25:34 )

One may know the price of a thing but not it’s value. Esau priced his birthright at the cost of a lentil stew. But he didn’t exactly know the value of that birthright. He didn’t ascertain the worth of what he was carrying as a firstborn child. And because he didn’t know the value, he abused [despised] it. Dr. Myles Munroe always said that, when the value of something is not known, abuse is inevitable. Esau only knew the price of his birthright, Jacob knew the value. He knew that getting that birthright would give him the right to have what belonged to Esau naturally [by birth]. In our individual private lives, we play out these twins. The value we place on the things or people  in our lives and the price or cost of getting such things or the people come into our lives are not one and the same. The cost of a thing does not always expose the true value of the thing. For a example, a very valuable ornament [which is ideally] supposed to be sold expensively could be sold at a very low price. Maybe because the seller knows the buyer or because the seller is in dire need of money. In that case, the cost will not determine the value of such an ornament or jewelry. But God has actually tagged our value to the price on us. We are valued at Christ Jesus to the glory and praise of God. So that it took the cost of Christ to pay for our sins. We must endeavor not to lose the valuable things God has for us because we mistake their price for their worth. You are worth everything. Esteem yourself.

Prayer_Bead: Heavenly Father, open my eyes to the true value of the things you have given me. Help me to appreciate all that you have given me.

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