The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath
anointed me ...
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of
the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isa.61:1-3
For we are His workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should
walk in them. Ephesians 2:10
To everyone who is reading this message, I want to tell you a
big happy New Year and congratulations as we celebrate another opportunity that
God has given to us in time to be able to fulfill His purpose for our
existence. Every time we have to live in this realm of time is another
opportunity extended to us by God to fulfill His purpose for our lives. I enter
into this New Year with a heart filled with gratitude to the Lord for all His
tender loving care over our lives especially His unspeakable gift of the Lord
Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
As our theme for the year suggests, it is going to be a year
of much labour to see the work of God flourish in our lives and in our
environment. It is a year when we will learn more of how to lean on the Lord to
enable us carry out the work He has ordained us to do from the foundation of
the world. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which
God has before ordained that we should walk in. Every one of us have a unique
assignment from God for which we were uniquely designed. Before the foundation
of the world was laid by God, He already had a plan drawn out and factored us
into with the aim of each one of us finding fulfilment in our respective areas.
This explains His wisdom in our diversity. As a matter of fact, you cannot
truly know your own place without being godly and contented. Thus this year,
for as many as would determine to know their individual place and occupy it,
would occupy till He comes. Lk.19:13. This text of scripture paints a picture
of us as an occupation force of the Lord left behind after His victory at
Calvary to occupy this earth as a colony of Heaven pending His return to reign
on the earth as He originally intended. In this case, we are responsible for
influencing the souls of men to embrace the culture of heaven on earth so that
the earth will be filled with people prepared to reign with him in the earth
for the rest of time and eventually in eternity.
Thus the reason we were left to continue living in time after
we got born again is to raise and nurture a people with the culture of the
Kingdom of heaven living on earth separate from the world in the way we think
and live. Romans 12:2 clarifies God’s heart concerning our lifestyles this way:
“And be not conformed to this world: but
be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Thus all the power,
wealth of wisdom and any other means that the Lord makes available to us is
aimed at helping us to accomplish this objective of God. To raise a people with
the mindset of the kingdom of God who will go to every length within the ambit
of God’s influence to raise and preserve a people prepared for the return of
the Lord Jesus Christ. These are the kind of people the Bible describes in Joel
2. It would take the glory of God to raise and preserve such a people. This is why,
for the past few years, a lot of shaking has been taking place on earth to
separate the wheat from the tares in this world so that God’s people can come
out from among the wicked of the earth. The battle has been one between light
and darkness so that the Lord can separate his bride from the world and return
for His true Church. His church is not an organization but a body of people
bound together as lively stones making up a spiritual house fit for the
presence of the Holy Spirit and ready to carry the ark of the glory of God for
the next move of God that He intends to sustain until He returns.
In light of the foregoing, this year of divine appointment
would see many people living for themselves quit doing so and begin to live for
the glory of God and cultivating more and more intimacy with the Holy Spirit
until the world begins to react to the light through a mass awakening to God
followed by persecution until the final harvest. Let us make up our minds as to
which side we choose to belong. As for me and my house, we shall serve the
interest of the Kingdom of God.
Someone may be reading this blog today and is weary of all
the catastrophic events that has been happening on earth lately until now but
because you are yet to make the most important decision of your life in asking
Jesus Christ to come and reign in you, you seem to have been at what looks like
a cross road in life until now. Now that you are clear about what is going on,
you wish to be on the right side of destiny by inviting Jesus Christ into your
life as your Saviour and Lord. You can do so right away by saying the following
prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again and begin your journey of
faith with the Holy Spirit by saying the following prayer and getting baptized
at the next opportunity:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you
raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus
Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of
Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this
father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
Congratulations! For more information and resources that would help you
grow in this new life, please visit our website at www.kingdomheirsministries.org
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