Sõzõ
Isaiah 51:1 “Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—all who seek the Lord! Consider the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were mined.”
Over the next few days, as 2023 winds down, we will fix our eyes on a key concept in scriptures called Sõzõ. If there is one foundational concept in the scriptures that every Christian should have locked down is Sõzõ. Read the rest of this entry
Your Voice
John 5:10-11 “so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, “You can’t work on the Sabbath! The law doesn’t allow you to carry that sleeping mat!” But he replied, “The man who healed me told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
As you are lifted in this season, be careful of people who cannot rejoice with you. Instead, they come to you with technicalities. You have prayed and trusted God for a husband. God has given you a husband and they are saying, ‘Are you not six months older than him? Read the rest of this entry
Lifted To Lift
2 Corinthians 1:4 “He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.”
The story is told of a certain Pastor who had paid the school fees of a young man all through university. The Pastor was building a church and the young man came around. And the young man said to the Pastor, ‘You paid my school fees through university. How much is the bill for this church building project?’ The Pastor told him, and the young man paid for it. The pastor had been carrying the young man, but it was time for the young man to carry the Pastor. Everyone that has carried you, God will empower you and enable you to carry them in Jesus Mighty Name.
For some reading this today, it is your parents that have carried you. And now it is your turn to carry them, but you are abandoning your parents. For some of you, it was your siblings that carried you but now God has smiled on you with favour. Do not worry about what anybody has done, just help them, just carry them, just help them. It is your turn to carry them.
The first lesson from John 5:1-11 is That God Will Use People To Lift You. The second thing is God Will Override People To Lift You. The third lesson is, You Will Find Your Voice. In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the covering over your voice will be lifted. John 5:9-11 “Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath, so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, “You can’t work on the Sabbath! The law doesn’t allow you to carry that sleeping mat!” But he replied, “The man who healed me told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” Where were these people all these years when this man was laying down there for thirty-eight years?
The truth is as long as you are down, nobody will say anything about you, simply because nobody cares. But as you are going to be lifted in this season, the tongues will begin to wag. Trust me, it is a good prayer. May you not be the person that they do not have anything to talk about. Do I get an Amen? May you be the person that everybody has something to talk about. ‘…The law does not allow…’ they said, where was the law when this man was abandoned, in pain, and downtrodden? Is it not amazing how some people have nothing to say to you as long as you are nothing, a nobody, begging for food, a low life? But you will not continue to be a low life because your story is being rewritten. Be careful of people that cannot rejoice with you.
Prayer: Father, according to Your Word, I will comfort others with the same comfort You have given me. As I am lifted, I will lift others to Your glory, in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen!
The Turnaround
John 5:8-9 “Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath”
Peter and John were going to pray at the temple, and they saw a crippled man by the beautiful gate. The man was looking at them hoping to get some money from them. Read the rest of this entry
System Override
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (LB)
The first lesson from John 5:1-11 is That God Will Use People To Lift You. The second thing is God Will Override People To Lift You. In seasons like the one we are in right now, God will override people, override systems, override protocol and He will lift you up in the Name of Jesus. Read the rest of this entry
Heaven’s Methods
John 5:4 “for an angel of the Lord went down into the pool at appointed seasons and stirred up the water; the first one to go in after the water was stirred was healed of his disease.]” (AMP).
God has put certain systems in place, and when these systems work, it is still a miracle. And it is because it is God who put these systems in place, the miracle is automatic. In other words, it does not require an intervention. Read the rest of this entry
People. People. People.
John 5:7-8 “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.” Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!”
God will always use people to lift you up. God will connect you to great men and women that will lift you up. However, it is important to note that sometimes greatness is not necessarily physical or financial. Read the rest of this entry
Lifted
Acts 4:18-20 “So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him? We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”
We will kick off today’s devotional by just spending some time in reading God’s Word. I want you to read it aloud and let God’s Word just explode on the inside of you. I cannot count how many times I have read this passage of Scripture and I am sure you have read it a number of times too. Read the rest of this entry
By The Spirit
Zechariah 4:6 “Then he said to me, “This [continuous supply of oil] is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel [prince of Judah], saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of whom the oil is a symbol],’ says the Lord of hosts.” (AMP)
Your story will be that of divine lifting as God Himself will lift you up in the Name of Jesus. However, it is important to note there are certain things spiritually that resist the lifting up of people’s heads. There are certain altars that resist people from lifting up their heads. Read the rest of this entry
The Lifter
Psalms 3:3 “But in the depths of my heart I truly know that you, Yahweh, have become my Shield; You take me and surround me with yourself. Your glory covers me continually. You lift high my head.” (TPT)
No matter how low you are God can and will lift you up. No matter how high you are God can and will lift you up. No matter how young you are God can and will lift you up. Read the rest of this entry
