Receive Strength

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There are different types of strengths – physical strength, spiritual strength, mental strength, economic strength and many others that you can come up with.  

The Bible recorded instances of people receiving physical strength after taking food. Some cases include the case of Elijah who received strength after eating (`1^st Kings Chapter 19 verses 1 to 21, the Apostle Paul in Acts Chapter 9 verse 9, the Egyptian servant of the one of the Amalekites who raided and burnt down Ziklag in 1^st Samuel Chapter 30 verses 11 to 16. If the young man had not received strength from the food he ate, he would not have been physically strengthened to lead David and his men to the Amalekites. Significantly, the Bible cautions against feasting for the sake of feasting as feasting is designed to strengthen one physically. Please read Ecclesiastes Chapter 10 verses 17.

The Apostle Peter was instructed by Jesus Christ to strengthen his brethren after his temptation. Please read Luke Chapter 22 verses 31 to 34.

The Apostle Paul also spoke of being strengthened with all might. Please read Colossians Chapter 1 verses 10 to 11.

Significantly, divine strength comes from God to His own people. He strengthened the prophet Jeremiah. Please read Jeremiah Chapter 16 verse 19. The prophet Jeremiah also referred to God as His strength and fortress as well as his refuge in the day of affliction. A study of the life and ministry of Prophet Jeremiah throws up several challenges and afflictions experienced by the Prophet who is sometimes referred to as the weeping prophet. In some of these emotionally challenging, physically traumatizing and battering situations which almost had a negative impact on the spiritual life (albeit giving up on speaking on the word of God) of Jeremiah, Jeremiah learnt over time to draw strength from God and could therefore confidently refer to God as his strength and fortress and refuge.

Wake Up the Giant

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Giants should not be allowed to sleep because they usually sleep for too long; in point of fact, far too long to remember to wake up at just the right time. Another reason why giants sleep for far too long is that people are usually afraid to wake up the giant because a giant awake and alert to his or her responsibilities is a threat to the opposition. Samson was a giant in quote – he had the spiritual and physical prowess to intimidate the Philistines and bring to a great halt the harassment of Israel by the Philistines. The Philistines were so intimidated by Samson that rather than enlist the support of other nations to fight Israel as a whole, the Philistines deployed huge resources to eliminate Samson  because they knew that if Samson was eliminated, it would be over for Israel and they could walk rough shod on Israel for as long as they wanted to.

Unfortunately, Samson lacked personal discipline and spiritual discernment despite the great unction of God upon Him coupled with his unrivaled physical prowess. He therefore fell for the wiles of deceitful Delilah and for a long time, Samson slept the sleep of death. Please see Psalm 13 verse 3. Samson was harassed, humiliated and even blinded by the Philistines. Why bother to blind him?

The ability to see is very important in daily life and when that is taken away, you may require assistance to carry out most tasks. Additionally, you cannot see the divine beauties God created in the Universe. And if a giant cannot see, how will the giant walk around to intimidate anyone? Rather, S/he would be a slave. So Samson was enslaved at the mill grinding stuff for the Philistines. But Samson did not give up for in the long run, He did wake up; and destroyed hundreds and thousands of Philistines at a go. But he would have achieved much more if only he was disciplined.

Beloved, losing spiritual visions, business visions, family visions, career visions, academic visions, financial visions, parental visions; in point of fact, vision of any kind is as bad if not worse than losing physical vision. Once you lose clear vision of what you are called to do and where you are headed in life, you will no longer see the beauty and glory of that vision. Rather, you will become satisfied with visions that are not yours but which appear to be great and over time you will immerse yourself in those visions and unfortunately end up in slavery. Please see Genesis Chapter 49 verse 14.

Issachar had great potentials but lost them when he lost his vision to a vision which appeared to be great. Issachar was divinely endowed with the leadership strength of knowing what Israel ought to do at any point in time. In point of fact, that was a great strength as Issachar provided direction and leadership influence so to speak for Israel. Issachar was a leader, a giant in leadership yet because Issachar became enchanted by the beautiful surroundings he found himself in, Issachar gave up his leadership role and submitted to forced labor. In point of fact, he became a slave, a band of slaves because he had committed his children to slavery. Perhaps, becoming a band of slaves was what Issachar required to wake up from his folly because in the book of 1^st Chronicles Chapter 12 verse 32, the Bible records that the sons of Issachar had woken up to their calling and were providing direction for Israel. The sleeping giant had woken up.

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Cash in on Opportunities

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The blind man who sat by the road begging near Jericho understood the full import of cashing in on opportunities. He realized that certain opportunities do not present themselves every day. He therefore took ample advantage of the opportunity of Jesus passing by him because he knew that Jesus in His earthly ministry may not likely pass by him a second time. He therefore utilized the one time life opportunity of meeting with Jesus Christ to achieve a life time goal of receiving his sight. Significantly, the blind man was expectant that Jesus would give him back his sight. He also believed that Jesus had the power and would be willing to restore his sight. If only he could come near Jesus. Fortunately for him, the great opportunity came as Jesus traveled to Jericho.

The blind man could definitely not see Jesus and he probably had no one to lead him to Jesus. Rather than lament and hold a pity party about what he lacked, he chose to utilize what he had in great measure – his voice and mouth to great advantage.

But he could hear and so heard the noise of multitudes moving around him. He asked people around what the noise was all about and they informed him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. What an opportunity! Though he could not see, he could shout. Definitely, Jesus could hear him. So the blind man raised his voice and cried out for mercy to Jesus. Though people tried to restrain him urging him to be quiet, he shouted the more to gain Jesus’ attention. Significantly, Jesus granted him audience and his life time goal was achieved as his sight was restored.

Beloved, the hitherto blind man had little or nothing at his disposal to deal with the challenge of visual impairment. But rather than blame anyone or circumstances, he worked at getting out of the predicament which made him a beggar.

Divine Exit Doors 1

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There are always divine exit doors out of what usually appears to be a dead end because God always has the final say and God always makes a way where there appears to be no way so that His name is always glorified. Therefore, there are no dead ends; not even when you are hedged in by the red sea and the chariots of determined to annihilate Pharaoh are in fierce pursuit. Pharaoh and his host thought that they had total victory; after all the Israelites had nowhere to run to; no seeming exit door out of where they were; between the red sea and his pursuing army. But unknown to Pharaoh, God always has exit points known to Him alone until in His infinite mercy, He shows the exit points to His loved ones. The sea which appeared to be a natural barricade against the children of Israel actually turned out to be the perfect exit point for them. God Who created nature intervened in the natural course of events and the sea gave way for safe passage to the children of Israel. Unfortunately that same sea not only barricaded the chariots of Pharaoh and Pharaoh; but it also swallowed them after the Israelites had crossed on to the other side safely. Please see Exodus Chapter 14 for the full details of this story.

Esau appeared to have been hedged in by the mistake of selling his birthright to his younger brother for a meal of pottage. In addition, Esau lost his father’s blessings because their mother Rebecca asked Jacob to outsmart Esau by pretending to be Esau in order to gain his father’s blessings. Additionally, Esau married heathen women and lost favor with his parents. What then were his prospects for making it in life? Apparently, none! But Esau did not give up and did not give in. He prevailed on his father to do something to redeem his situation. Isaac then uttered what appeared to be mere words. But fortunately for Esau, he took note of those words uttered and he became restless and broke the yoke of servitude to his brother. He also became economically and politically prosperous – he did not bow down to Jacob and he had an army of four hundred men in addition to numerous material things. Please see Genesis Chapters 27 and 33.

Overflow

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He daily loads me with benefits

My cup overflows in His paths of righteousness

The divine paths that daily drop His blessed fatness

I am blessed on all sides

Rehoboths to the left and right, backwards and forwards

He certainly loads His own with abundant blessings

Streaming from me to His own

Like the virtuous woman, I allow the flow

Recognizing that I am only His conduit

A divine blessing to bless other people

I am His vessel, receiving and passing it on

To ensure a ceaseless flow

Through me to God’s own

I am blessed to be a blessing

Overflowing my banks to many others

You are also His conduit

Blessed to bless.

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The Dos and Don’ts of Seeds

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Seeds beget harvests only when they are planted. Bread begets waste. When seeds are not planted for any reason whatsoever ranging from greed, laziness, selfishness, disobedience and rebellion; seeds dry, rot and are wasted. They do not benefit anyone. They are wasted and God hates waste.

Seeds are divinely designed to be planted and not eaten or wasted on account of laziness. Please see Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 verses 1 to 6, Genesis Chapters 9 verse 22; 26 verses 12 to 14 and John Chapter 12 verse 24. Therefore, plant seeds when they should be planted and most importantly on the right soils.

Always separate seeds from bread. Every wise farmer does that. Please see Psalm 126 verses 5 to 6. Isaac planted in tears in Gerar. Why and how, you might ask? There was a famine in the land – a consequence of drought, unproductive soils yet God commanded Isaac to plant his precious seeds in that land. No wise farmer plants his seeds in a land or ground where there is drought, the ground id unproductive or has low yield. Yet, Isaac did because God commanded him to do so. The result of his obedience was overwhelming abundant harvests that made him richer than the indigenes of Gerar.

Do not despise the size of your seed as every seed has potential for greatness. Besides, the productivity of the seed does not depend on the size. A seed no matter how small always produces abundant harvest when planted. The mustard seed though small; grew into a large tree that not only accommodated the birds of the air but also produced mustards and seeds for the benefit of humanity. Please see Luke Chapter 13 verse 19. It is said that great things and achievements start with small beginnings. Please see Job Chapters 8 verse 7; 42 verse 12. The Bible also cautions against despising the day of small beginnings. Please see Zechariah Chapter 4 verses 6 to 10.

God is Good

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Goodness is a cardinal nature of God and His character. Please see Psalm 34 verse 8 and Romans Chapter 8 verse 28. God is good and causes all things through providence to work together for good to His children just so that His children accomplish divine purposes. This implies that some seeming negative experiences are actually stepping stones that enable you to stretch your potentials and become a blessing to humanity. Some difficult tests in different aspects of life are also designed to prepare and transform you until you become who and what God planned for you from the foundation of the world. Therefore, capitalize on and take advantage of both the challenges that assail you and the opportunities that show up through the challenges as they engender transformation. Please see Jeremiah Chapter 29 verse 11.

Do not give up or give in as capitulating will truncate the transformation process and you will never arrive at the desired destination. The Master of the universe is in perfect control of everything in the universe. He knows how to reverse everything for your sake. Israel went to Egypt for bread but when they left, they had an abundance of silver and gold. Please see Exodus Chapter 12 verse 31, Proverbs Chapter 3 verses 5 to 8.

In point of fact, if you can see the mind of God concerning you, you will be too amazed to ever think that God does not care about you. In fact, you will be trumpeting God’s goodness globally. Open your mouth and declare God’s faithfulness in your life. God is still faithful. He does not change. God can still furnish a table in the wilderness. He can change your situation suddenly. He can do much more than you could ever ask. It is not about what people can do but what God can do.

Allow God to Guide You

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A person without divine direction is like a rudderless ship, adrift in the sea of life, vulnerable to peer pressure and influences, some negative and some positive. Divine direction through divine guidance guarantees holy living and abundant divine provision coupled with divine protection, healing, and eternal security in Christ Jesus as well as many benefits that you can think of. When God guides you, He leads you to right relationships and associations that bring you life and wealth as well as keep you on track for heaven. Divine guidance is a gift of love. God promises to guide you with His eye. You guide what and who you love because you want the best for them. God who loves you guides you because He loves you. Also, you will always be guided in the right paths that lead to profit and success. Please see Isaiah Chapter 48 verse 17, Jeremiah Chapter 31 verse 3, Psalm 78 verses 52 to 53, 81 verse 10, 32 verse 8. Therefore, get out of the way and allow God to guide you so that you can experience INCREASE (FINANCIAL INCREASE), God’s way. This is because God will give you divine direction and guidance; order your steps to still waters, favor, wealth, honor, fame, righteousness so that you partake of and enjoy durable wealth and riches. Please see Psalms 112 verse 3 and 105 verse 3.

Gifts vary and come in diverse packages. Everyone loves to receive gifts but honestly, it is great to receive great gifts from the only One Who gives great gifts. One of the greatest gifts you can receive from God after the gifts of salvation and indwelling of the Holy Spirit is divine guidance on a daily basis. God speaks in diverse ways and reveals His plans and purposes to human beings. One of the surest ways to hear God clearly is through His infallible word. The word does not fail, does not contradict God, and does not lead you to evil or sinful actions. Rather, the word of God gives clear directions that lead to everlasting life through Christ Jesus. Therefore, eat, enjoy and celebrate the word of God for divine guidance. Please find some instances of the word of God for divine direction in Psalms 89 verse 15, 119 verse 105, 130, Proverbs Chapter 4 verse 18.  

God is Love

Roses are red, Violets are blue is going to be a sing song today and all through the weekend as the world celebrates love. But say what is true love?

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 1 John 4:7-12 New King James Version (NKJV)

The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Jeremiah 31:3 New King James Version (NKJV)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John Chapter 3 verse 16. 

God loves you dearly and paid the price for your salvation. As you celebrate valentine's day, remember that the greatest love you will ever get is the love of God. Enjoy.

Put an End to Wandering 2

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Therefore, request help of God so that He will put an end to wandering in every sphere of your life in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. When you ask help of God, God responds and amazingly, swiftly. This is because God says to call on Him in the day of trouble and He will answer. Significantly, we humble ourselves when we ask God for help and God is always pleased with the humble.

The sick and dying servant of the Centurion mentioned in Luke Chapter 7 verses 1 to 10 is not referred to as a believer; but because his master the Centurion requested help from Jesus, the servant was healed. Quite significant is the fact that the Centurion humbled himself to not only request help of Jesus through the elders of the Jews, but he also insisted that he considered himself unworthy for Jesus to come under his roof. Beloved, you may not be Christian right now. You can ask Jesus for help and thereafter invest in a quality relationship that will yield great dividends for you both now and in eternity. Do not delay. Act now so that wandering and fruitless labor will come to an end in Jesus mighty name.    Wandering as a result of challenges such as financial challenges, unproductive labor and land, marital challenges can be resolved by the wisdom and knowledge of God to give stability. Please see Isaiah Chapter 33 verse 6. The wisdom of God has the capacity to make the land and labor productive, to resolve financial challenges, to resolve marital challenges, as well as other challenges. That will definitely end the captivity of wandering and its related challenges.

The reason for wandering is lack of direction, lack of purpose, lack of fulfillment. But God has given me purpose, therefore fulfillment and by virtue of my salvation by faith in Christ, the ground, the land that God blessed you with will always produce bountiful harvests in Jesus mighty name. Please see Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verses 7 to 10, 18, 11 verses 10 to 15, Zechariah Chapter 8 verse 12, Isaiah Chapter 30 verse 23, Genesis Chapter 8 verse 22. Therefore, no more wandering on account of financial challenges and what appears to be unprofitable labor because God blesses the work of your hands. Please see Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verses 7 to 10, 18; 11 verses 10 to 15, Zechariah Chapter 8 verse 12 and Isaiah Chapter 30 verse 23.

God in His infinite mercies and grace will give you wisdom, His wisdom that is profitable to direct.; to master your finances, to master your mental processes – imagination, dreams, thought processes, desires, emotions, etc; to master your time so that you invest time rather than fritter it; to master the relationships God brings your way so that you do not derail from His plans and purposes for your life as well as master your taste buds so that you do not eat what will be injurious to your body.

Put an End to Wandering 1

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You can put an end to wandering in your life in Jesus mighty name.

Kings and priests do not wander in darkness to look for solutions to challenges. Kings summon up the supposedly wise men and women in their kingdoms or even from other kingdoms to proffer solutions to their challenges. The Biblical Joseph was not an Egyptian but he proffered the solutions to the challenges posed by Pharaoh’s by Pharaoh’s dreams after he successfully interpreted them. Daniel was not a Babylonian but he proffered solutions to some of the challenges faced by Kings Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar and Darius.  Huram was recruited by King Solomon to work on the engraving in the temple and his palace. So kings do not wander from pace to place to seek solutions. The solutions are brought to them in their palaces.

Priests on the other hand do not summon people to provide solutions for them. Rather, they ask God for solutions and proffer solutions to the challenges of the people God sends or leads them to. If then believers are kings and priests on account of the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, why then do believers wander from diverse pillars to posts in search of the solutions they can ask God for on their knees even in the privacy of their bedrooms. Beloved, why seek water from broken cisterns that do not hold water when Jesus Christ through the outpouring of the Holy has blessed you with living waters that do not run dry, that are new every morning that can slake any kind of thirst be it spiritual, physical, mental, financial, emotional, marital, parenting, you just name it. Christ in you, the hope of glory has paid whatever price is required to give you any solution you seek in life. You do not have to wander in trackless deserts and be an unfortunate human guinea pig in the hands of spiritualists looking for whom to swindle.

Proceed to Destination

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Perfect conditions do not exist anywhere. That is why princes and princesses marry non royalty. Therefore, take advantage of the opportunities at your disposal to create your supposed perfect conditions.

Spend quality time with knowledgeable and open minded people. Apart from the benefit of learning from them, their open mindedness’ to new ideas will give a boost to your ideas. Knowledgeable people are also secure people who are not intimidated by the success of other people. They are people you need in your journey to share your ideas, successes and challenges with. They will encourage and most often give you great counsel if they understand the dynamics of the industry you are in. You need them.

Avoid people who are stuck in a rut – people who hold on to established ways of doing things that yield zero and negative results.

Avoid people who are fiercely opposed to new ideas. This is because they never see good in the new things that are happening and bringing about transformation in the lives of people and businesses. Do not partner with them whether in business or ministry.

Avoid people who always feel intimidated and insecure when their authority is challenged because new ideas are proposed.

Push the Boundaries

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Boundaries or borders define how far a person can go especially walled borders with intimidating gates and fierce looking guards. Sometimes, the walls are so high and entrenched with electronic devices that electrocute if a person attempts to scale walls when passage is denied through the gates. These are physical borders or boundaries.

Other borders such as spiritual, marital, financial, material, etc also exist. These borders particularly the spiritual ones to a very large extent impact on all other borders.  This is to say that spiritual borders are very important and pay a very significant role in a person’s life. This explains why people make spiritual enquires; usually outside of the word of God to what their children, relations, neighbours, enemies, communities and even nations will become. This practice called divination by the Bible is wrong and sinful in the eyes of God the Creator. This is because practitioners of divination source information from demons (Isaiah Chapter 8 verses 18 to 19); owe their allegiance to demons and do not worship God. Significantly, God warns against the practice. Additionally, the practice does not bring light to the practitioners which explains why they continually remain in darkness and certain stratified borders defined by the mediums they patronize.

A couple walking in the light of God experienced financial challenges because the husband lost his job. Rather than focus on polishing his skills and getting another job, he preferred what the diviners told him and for years has been waiting for the fingered witch in his life to die so he can get another job. Unfortunately, this has stretched on to close on ten years. Quite sad! But a little prayer offered to God to intervene in his situation so he could get another job would have solved his problem. But he chose to be spiritually and mentally as well as financially imprisoned in the spiritual borders of divination thereby limiting himself.

Restoration, New Things

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Enhance Your Personal Capacity

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A person’s resource to a large extent is the reflection of his or her capacity. In the parable of talents recorded in Matthew Chapter 25 verses 13 to, the Bibles states that the servants each received gifts according to their abilities. This implies that their master identified their pre-existing capacities or abilities and matched them with the required resources for their enlargement. Enlargement is therefore a function of a person’s capacity. That is to say that increase in resources is dependent on increased capacity to manage the resources effectively. Enlargement of resources is therefore correspondent to enlarged capacities. Please see Isaiah Chapter 54 verses 1 to 3.

That perhaps explains why God will not expect you to jump at a responsibility you have no capacity to handle. Therefore, evaluate your personal capacity in the light of the enlargement you seek so that you should expand and enhance your existing capacities to accommodate whatever enlargement you require from God. This implies that personal capacity development is very important.

To enlarge, you stretch and as you stretch, enlargement grows because God will keep enlarging you as you stretch your capacities. The human capacity is elastic and can be stretched to whatever dimensions you are capable of stretching it to. Please see Genesis Chapter 13 verses 14 to 18. The ability to stretch is as much the work of the Holy Spirit as much as your own diligence to enhance your personal capacity and competence to the desired height. It is important that you increase your mental, spiritual and physical capacities.

Speak to Your Future

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It is the will of God for every child of His to have and experience glorious futures that manifest His promises that are yea and amen in Christ. Such futures however do not fall on anyone like bags of cherries. They have to be diligently sought out from the Word of God, prophesied and acted upon. This is to say that you have the capacity to determine your future if you sit with God on a daily basis to work out that glorious future which He prepared for you from the foundation of the world. That explains why God in His infinite wisdom always speaks to the future of His children and you can do same by speaking to your future ably assisted by the Holy Spirit as you feed on the Word of God. The Word of God always has the capacity to germinate in the heart of the righteous, flourish and produce harvests of an abundant glorious future.

Therefore, call those things which do not exist as though they did (Romans Chapter 4 verse 17b) in the place of prayer with God. That is prophetic praying.

God has given you everything you need to fulfill purpose. Your task is to call forth the resources from the realm of the spirit to manifest in the physical so you can use them. God had given the land of Canaan to the Israelites but they had to journey from Egypt to the land as well as dispossess the people living there. That was why they engaged in physical travel, and physical battles. In your case, your battle is to call forth the resources you need which God has graciously provided. Your weapon of war is the sword of the spirit which you are to declare daily at all times, to ensure a release of the resources from wherever  they are and from whoever may want to hold on to them. Please see Daniel Chapter 10. Daniel fasted and prayed for 21 days. Hold on to God in prayers, fasting, prophetic declarations of the truth of God’s word as well as prophetic actions. And always remember that the word of God does not return to Him void. Please see Hebrews Chapters 11 verse 3; 1 verses 1 to 3, Romans Chapter 4 verse 17 and 2^nd Kings Chapter 4.

Do Not Fear

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Fear incapacitates, immobilizes, stagnates and brings about loss of vision and direction. Fear is a tool that the enemy enjoys using against believers to truncate the plans and purposes of God in their lives. A number of Biblical examples include:

The use of fear against the army of Israel by Goliath is an interesting case study. Through Goliath’s intimidating stature and boastful words, the devil succeeded in instilling fear in the hearts of the soldiers of Israel. A well equipped and well prepared army of hundreds of thousands able men who left their homes to fight the Philistine army cowered in fright because Goliath, a giant boasted of his might. What a shame especially when a mere youth who had never served in the army brought Goliath down. So it was not necessarily Goliath’s stature that incapacitated and immobilized the army of Israel. It was the fear he spewed out through his intimidating words. Please see 1^st Samuel Chapter 17.

Fear was also the reason Lot took a decision to go live in a cave in the mountains instead of Zoar where he escaped to safety from Sodom and Gomorrah. Living in a cave alone with two grown up daughters led to the incestuous union that produced Moab and Ammon. Fear births wrong decisions.

The Israelites at a time in their history threshed wheat in winepresses because they were afraid of the Midianites whose pastime was to destroy the livelihoods of the Israelites in order to impoverish them. God empowered Gideon with great faith to overcome fear and destroy the Midianites. Please see Judges Chapter 6.

Experience Exponential Increase

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The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. Psalm 115 verse 14

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. Psalm 71 verse 21

God called you to increase you and not to deplete you. It is the will of God to increase you and your family, your business and finances from one level of glory to another on a daily basis. That is why He says, though your beginning was small, your latter end shall be great. Therefore, anything attempting to deplete you is not of God and should be judged and destroyed in Jesus mighty name. Please see Exodus Chapter 1 verses 7 to 12, 20, Deuteronomy Chapters 7 verses 13 to 14; 8 verse 13, Genesis Chapters 13 verses 14 to 18; 17 verses 6 to 8; 28 verses 3 to 4, 13 to 15; 30 verse 43; 35 verses 9 to 12; 48 verses 3 to 4; 47 verse 27 and Psalm 80 verses 8 to 11.

Beloved, God is faithful. God who promises abundant increase after a small beginning cares about your success and is willing to help you succeed through whatever small steps you start with. Please see Proverbs Chapter 4 verse 8, Isaiah Chapter 54 verses 2 to 3, Genesis Chapters 22 verse 7, 26 verses 1 to 4 and 12 to 14. Therefore, commence whatever you are aiming at with the small steps God leads you to and trust Him to give you abundant increase as He promises in His word. It is never too late to start. God is the one who gives speed, increase and altitude. Please see Isaiah Chapter 60 verse 22. This increasing speed from God to gain altitude comes only through obedience to God. Obedience to God is a seed that germinates and fruits fast. Please, see John Chapter 15. Just as the mustard seed (as tiny as it is) took root and expanded to accommodate global visitors so will your enterprise, no matter how small it is take root and expand in Jesus mighty name. Remember His word to the people of Israel who rebuilt the temple in Haggai Chapter 2 verse 9. He alone will open all the doors; provide all the resources that you need. He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that you could ever ask or think of.

God is Faithful

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God does not fail, has not failed and will not fail. That is the testimony of the saints in the Bible and it is one of the cardinal teachings in the Bible. Please see Numbers Chapter 23 verse 19. David was a man after God’s heart, was anointed as King of Israel when he was still a teenager, experienced challenges that could have made him doubt God, the word of God and promises of God concerning him; yet David held on to God.

As a young man, God used Him to defeat Goliath and because the women of Israel sang praises of David, the then ruling King of Israel, Saul became envious of David and made several attempts on the young life of David. Consequently, David became homeless and had to live among the Philistines, ironically among the kinsmen of Goliath whom he killed. Eventually, Saul was killed in battle and after a battle with the surviving sons and relatives of Saul, the Israelites came together and crowned David king of Israel. Please see 1st Chronicles Chapter 12.