Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Cut off the unusual foliage which
is preventing sunlight from getting to you so that people can see the beautiful
gifts in you. The unusual foliage which is unusually heavy screens you and your
divine gifts from the divine audience God blessed you with. Therefore, your
divine audience does not see you, do not know anything about you, cannot access
you because of the unusual thick and heavy foliage screening you and your
divine gifts from your God given audience, patronage and income. The solution
is to cut off the foliage from its root source so that it does not grow back
again.
The foliage may not necessarily be trees with big evergreen
leaves or anything physical such as manually erected buildings and ceilings.
Rather, they are satanic arrangements designed to seclude you and obscure you
from any form of visibility whether local, national or global so that no one
gets to hear about you or know about you. In the case of Joseph, he was sold
into slavery by his brothers.
Slavery was meant to terminate his dream and vision of
global leadership but unfortunately for his brothers, God was with Joseph and
prospered him even as a slave. In a short time, his boss Potiphar noticed that
God was with Joseph and made everything Joseph did to prosper. Potiphar
promoted Joseph to lead the affairs of his household. And just when Joseph
thought that he was well on his way in the ladder of global leadership, the
enemy struck again, albeit through Potiphar’s wife. She wanted Joseph to
partner with her in sin but Joseph refused to do so despite her daily sexual
harassment of Joseph. Eventually, Joseph’s refusal to partner with her in sin
culminated in an unjust prison sentence when she lied that Joseph attempted to
rape her when the reverse was the case. Herein is the crux of the matter. How
does anyone get to be heard of; known of and celebrated while in prison?
Impossible but because there are no impossibilities with God, Joseph’s case was
different. God was always with him wherever he went and significantly the
people who matter and who would ensure that Joseph continued his climb to the
global leadership pinnacle always noticed that God was with Joseph. So the man
in charge of the prison noticed that God was with Joseph and put Joseph in charge – an opportunity and
platform to interact with all the prisoners; also a platform and opportunity to
showcase his divine gifts though he was screened off from the global, national
and local market places.
Joseph wisely utilized this platform and opportunity to give
himself national visibility though he was physically screened out from the
national marketplace. How, you may ask? He invested his divine gifts in the
baker and butler of Pharaoh who were serving time in prison. Significantly,
Joseph’s investment paid off; though not immediately. It took two full years
for the butler to remember Joseph’s divine abilities and when he did, he
immediately recommended Joseph to Pharaoh.
God had done it again – bringing Joseph out of the dust and
ash heap position of prison satanically designed to obscure him in life and
screen him out of God’s plans and purposes for his life. Joseph, foreigner,
prisoner, hitherto unknown to Pharaoh’s court was ironically the only one with
answers to Pharaoh’s questions, worries and troubles. That put paid to his
prison sentence as he was immediately appointed Prime Minister in the land. The
supposed satanic ceiling was destroyed as Joseph progressively rose from
national limelight in Egypt to regional and global limelight.
Beloved, are you in the dust and ash heap positions of life
despite your great expertise? Let not your heart be troubled. The El-Shaddai
God, Maker and Owner of the heavens and the earth Who took Joseph out of that
position and gave him national to global visibility, limelight, prominence,
relevance, honor, dignity, wealth and acceptability will also do same for you
if only you will take sides with Him. There is absolutely nothing that God
cannot do. No matter the depth of your obscurity and the number of foes working
against you, God is able to propel you into global relevance. Simply trust Him
and allow Him to work it out in His own way so that the glory goes to Him and
Him alone.
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