Category Archives: Holy Spirit
Look Again!
1 Kings 18:43 “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back…”
God is saying to you, “Go and look!” Yes, you have checked before that there was nothing there. God is saying, “Go back and look again.” Just go and look. Are you trusting God for a child? Take a pregnancy test. Go and check! Some say, “Pastor, I don’t want to check. I don’t want to put myself under pressure.” However, God is saying to you, “Go and check. Go and look.” You have trusted God for healing, you know you have received it and are walking in it. Yet, God is saying, “Go and look! Get a medical opinion. Get a second opinion. Just go and look. Some Christians say they would rather not look or check because they don’t want anything to affect their faith.
Faith is not affected by expecting and confirming what God wants to do. So, go and look, go, and check. You say, “Pastor, I submitted a proposal a while ago and I have been following up, but they have not responded.” Go and check, call again. Go and look is the first thing that jumps out at us from our focus scripture, and I am praying that as you look, you will see. As you step out in expectation, you will smell the rain, and you will declare petrichor is here. The rain is here!
The second thing that stands out is that Elijah was specific. Elijah did not just say Go and look…” Go and look where, under a rock or under the bed? Elijah said, “Look towards the Sea!” So powerful. Most times, the reason we are not seeing what God is doing is that we are looking in the wrong direction. But beginning from today, you will look towards the right direction in the Name of Jesus. Look towards the sea, not towards the South or towards the West. Do not look towards any other direction; only look towards the sea. People often think that walking with God is at variance with science, but it isn’t. In fact, science is actually the discovery of what God has already created. Major discoveries in science and breakthroughs in Tech are usually simulated or modelled after something in creation.
The computer, for example, was modelled after the human being; the input and output devices, you can see, hear, talk, and give feedback. The big buzz for a while now has been AI, artificial intelligence. And the breakthrough in AI was modelled after how the brain works, the synapses, and the connections. The building of the deep neural networks was modelled after the human brain, and that is why the breakthrough happened. In fact, we haven’t even scratched the surface when it comes to understanding the human brain. But with the little we have understood, see what has happened in humanity. God wants us to understand how He works. God wants us to have reason to our faith. And this is very important.
Prayer: Father, as I move in obedience to Your instructions this season, exceed my expectations and shut every voice of doubt and fear, in the Name of Jesus. Amen!
In Step
Galatians 5:25 “Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.”
You have to keep in step with the Holy Spirit for you to be in the right timing. Let Him determine and set the pace. On my missionary trips to Costa Rica, I had to eat their food, sit with the people, learn their culture, and learn some Spanish. Read the rest of this entry
Stay Engaged
Ecclesiastes 9:10 “Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead—and that is where you are going.” (GNT)
Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” Stop looking for a vision and start looking for a verse. Read the rest of this entry
Engage Prayer
Matthew 6:6 “But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.”
The key to having the right timing is how you engage. Engagement is so powerful. What do you need to engage so that your life can be in the right timing? How and what do you engage? Read the rest of this entry
Just Right
Ecclesiastes 8:5 “…A wise person knows the right time to do things. He also knows the right way to do them.” (Easy).
Picture this: in an orchestra, there are many different musical instruments. One person is playing the violin, another person is playing the cello, and another is playing the bass and so on. Read the rest of this entry
Daily Loaded
Lamentations 3:22-23 “The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.”
It is a new day! In the new day, vision is very important and powerful. We are still looking at the illustration of the soldiers who became prisoners of war. Read the rest of this entry
Vision Driven
Job 33:15 “He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.” (emphasis added).
Job 33:18 “He protects them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.” Again, I pray that God will protect you from the grave. Read the rest of this entry
Prepare
Proverbs 31:15 “She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day’s work for her servant girls.”
Have you noticed that even in the day that we reckon with, the day starts when it is dark? When the clock switches to one minute past midnight, it is a new day, right? Read the rest of this entry
Good Morning
Psalm 30:5 “For His anger is but for a moment, His favour is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.” (NKJV)
How many homes have been under pressure because the husband said something, and the wife reached the wrong conclusion? And it is because she thought she understood what he said, and it became a problem. Read the rest of this entry
Positioning
Daniel 5:12 “This man Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, has exceptional ability and is filled with divine knowledge and understanding. He can interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.”
This same Daniel, when he was confronted with the things that are to be, became perplexed because he really didn’t understand them. However, he sought understanding. Read the rest of this entry
