Power to Become...

John 1:12(KJV)

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

We become sons of God by divine enablement not by our strength, but by choosing to yield to Him as the Holy Spirit transforms our nature. We are familiar with the transition of the butterfly from the egg stage to larva, to pupa and then the mature butterfly.

God intends for us to mature into sonship, not to remain as children tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine. We must have a desire to grow in Him. The riches of God towards us was made accessible by Jesus dying on the cross and God wants us to experience these benefits to the fullest.

However we often choose to settle for less. The enemy of best is good; The Lord wants us to press into Him for more. It’s our birthright as the redeemed.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank you for the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for me. Create in me a hunger and desire to grow up in Christ and to yield to the power of your Spirit as He transforms me to becoming more like you.

What are you standing or building on?

Matthew 7:24
24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock


Last week, on my way to the car park after closing from work, I had difficulty walking properly with my pointed heeled shoes (lol), the ground was wet because it had rained earlier in the day. I also had to wait for another colleague who had offered to give me a ride home.
As I stood by the gate of the car park, the heels of my shoes sunk into the ground, until I found an area with stones.

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Immediately, the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to the learning from my experience, standing on the word of God, every other ground is sinking sand. In life, whatever we have put our confidence in will be tested. It is very easy to put confidence in man until when the unexpected happens, unfortunately it would be too late for many of us to realise our folly. 

When the Lord gives us a promise, sometimes we have to wait for a while before the promise would be fulfilled. The period between receiving the promise and the fulfillment is usually a time of testing, but we have to continually believe and confess the word of God until the time of manifestation. We must not give up.

The wise and foolish man both built houses, one of them built upon the rock, the other on sand. When the test came the wise man’s house stood firm. Building our house on the rock refers to our hearing and obeying God’s word, putting our trust and confidence in him, living by the principles of the word of God.


Luke 6: 47- 49 (NKJV)
47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.[h] 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell.[i] And the ruin of that house was great.”

The right time to build is now! Do not wait until the time of testing or trials come, they definitely will.

Still Doing The Impossible

I'll be sharing posts from my husband's Monday devotion.
Be blessed...

Today I will be sharing with you on what I title, “Still Doing The Impossible.” I want to say boldly to you that God is still in the business of doing the “impossible” even in the midst of seemingly difficult situations as we can see today. If you take a look around, you will observe that people are complaining due to the harsh economic situation in the land. Like the saying goes, “Times are hard these days.” Being able to eat two square meals, not even three, has become a huge challenge for most families today. I was chatting with someone lately, and he said, “Our nation is technically broke”.  

A word dropped into my heart saying, “Heaven is not technically broke.”The negative confessions being spewed out into the atmosphere by people these days are really sickening and infectious. You can’t hang around negative people and expect positive outcome. You may have to change your companions after reading this article. I am writing you this message to let you know that irrespective of what you might be going through, God can still meet and surpass your needs. Philippians 4:19 puts it this way, “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” There is no lack in heaven. God’s riches are inexhaustible. It is God’s desire that you prosper and live in abundance (3 John 1:2). But you can only access these riches by Faith. You see, faith is to God as fear is to the devil.

The two cannot mix. You cannot operate in fear and expect to receive from God. It is Impossible! “For without faith it is impossible to please God” (Heb.11:6). Today you hear people saying there is famine in the land. Yes, if you look around, you can see the effect on people’s faces. But the word of God says, “In times of famine you shall be satisfied” (Psalm 37:19). The question is: Whose report do you believe?

Famine as the world says or abundance as the word of God says? Listen, if everything in your life fails, but your faith still stands, you have not failed. God is not interested in the size of your faith but in the direction of your faith. Why? You may have a believe (faith) that something good will not come your way. You can equally have the faith that good things are coming to you. They are both faith but in opposite directions. Both directions produces result – positive or negative, life or death, abundance or lack – the choice is yours.

When God says in His word, “Is anything hard for me” (Gen.18:14); it’s either you align with that word and see His saving power or go otherwise. Therefore, no matter how bad your case may be, your faith creates an atmosphere for God to do wonders in your life. Faith chokes Satan as fear shuts down the power of God to operate.

As you go this week, focus on God – not your problems – for He is bigger than anything that comes your way. Remember, “For with God nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37).