The Children of Ephraim got dressed for battle.
They got dressed, probably to appear impressive to unlookers.
They had all they needed to fight & take territories, but, they bailed out at d last minute...at d critical time.
Psalms 78:9 MSG says;
d Ephraimites, armed to d teeth,
ran off when d battle began.
Hmmmmm, what a sad note.
Many 2day, appear dressed up for battles.
Some of us appear dressed up to take territories.
We look as good as warriors.
We speak in tongues, pray d loudest at prayer meetings, attend church d most, yet, lack d real substance
There is a job God has given each of us to do, but, ironically, we focus on the fringe benefits of the kingdom.
There are souls to win, territories to conquer, thrones to dethrone, altars to pull down etc.
Jeremiah 1:10 MSG (spells out our job in clear terms.)👇🏼
See what I've done? I've given you a JOB to do among nations & governments-a red-letter day! Your job is to pull up and tear down, take apart & demolish, & then start over, building and planting." Stand Up & Say Your Piece
What have you done with the job or task God gave you?
It's not just about kingdom benefits.
There is a good fight of faith out there.
We need to get off the milk diet and eat meat like warriors... we cannot do stuffs if we are passive about the things of God..
Psalm 18:34 KJV
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Ask God to teach you d art of warfare & please note, not all wars are profitable. Some are distractions orchestrated by d devil. A discerning spirit is very helpful to distinguish which.
You have your job description in Jeremiah 1v10 already and there is no need praying about that bit. It's been spelt out already.
You are already equipped for battle
Isaiah 41:15 KJV
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
You have all it takes to thresh down mountains, beat down hills, uproot obstacles and the likes.
*Isaiah 51:2b MSG*
... *but once I blessed him, he multiplied.*
This was the Lord talking about Abraham & Sarah.
*Note* -👇🏼
He said, "but once I blessed him, he multiplied".
*This is very profound.* 👇🏼
God's blessing, provokes multiplication.
We see the same sequence in👇🏼
*Matthew 14:19-20 KJV*
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, *He blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude
20] *And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that* *remained twelve baskets full* .
Just 5 loaves and 2 fishes were presented to Jesus to feed over 5k people. He blessed the bread & fish and the rest they say is history.
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His blessing upon the
#You will agree with me that certain things we experience or go through were never meant to be so, or never meant to happen.
The Bible reiterates this in
Matthew 19:8 KJV
but from the beginning it was not so.
Matthew 19:8b MSG
...But it is not part of God's original plan
This is our focus on Monday, 1st Feb. Live on my Facebook & Instagram Pages
Whatever was not meant to be found in your life shall be reversed.
Our reference scripture is taken from
Acts 20:1 MSG
With things back to normal,
God will normalize things.
God will restore things
to it's original state or His Master Plan
He will reverse d irreversible
He will restore lost glory
Restore Lost blessings and much more.
At the end of d "day", this will b your portion;
Isaiah 51:3b KJV
Joy & gladness shall b found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody
*Hab 1:5 MSG*
" Look long and hard. Brace yourself for a shock. Something's about to take place and you're going to find it hard to believe.
☝
The last statement i find very intriguing...
👉🏽It strikes one as a statement of CERTAINTY.
"...Something's
about to take place and you're going to find it hard to believe."😱
Brethren, there are things God will do that you will find hard to believe..☑
When Jesus had this strange encounter with Peter by the lake in Luke 5, the resultant effect was unbelievable.😱.. Peter found it
very hard to believe because, the result of the encounter was against all odds.
✔Against the run of circumstances playing out in your life, God will do the unthinkable that will defy human comprehension.
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Your testimony will be.. "it could only have been God.. "💃🏼💃🏼
*1Chronicles 12:1 NLT*
The following men joined David at Ziklag while he was hiding from Saul son of Kish. They were among the warriors who fought beside David in battle.👇🏼
👉🏼these were no ordinary helpers. They were warriors who knew well what to do and how
to do what was needed.
They were relevant for the occasion.✔️
They were not helpers in the wrong places at the wrong time.💪🏻
*They were relevant, however, there are two kinds of helpers* .
Helpers In Times of Crisis or Trouble
*And*
Helpers in times of Peace.
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These men came to David in times of Crisis...a time, he needed them the most.
*As this year unfolds* 👇🏼
👉🏼You will not lack helpers in difficult times.
👉🏼You will not lack helpers anytime you need them👇🏼
Isaiah 29:14 NLT
Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders.
The wisdom of the wise will pass away, and the intelligence of d intelligent will disappear.”
👉🏼This new week. God will give you an answer for your antagonists.💃🏼
*1 Samuel 2:1b NLT*
The lord has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because you rescued me.👇🏼
👉🏼Yes, your resolve to go on may have been weakened by d words & actions of antagonists, experts etc, but d Lord will make you strong with resounding and
unexpected positive results.💪🏻
🤛🏽The Lord who shut the mouth of Hannah's antagonist, will do same for you.💃🏼
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The Lord who astounded the hypocrites of old, will again give you astounded results to show all the wolves in sheep clothings around you.✔️
Jeremiah 31:13 MSG
.. I'll convert their weeping into laughter, lavishing comfort, invading their grief with joy.👇🏼
Found this passage very mid-blowing.👆🏽
Two things;
"I'll convert their weeping into laughter , lavishing comfort, *invading their grief with joy."
You are about to experience a *CONVERTION
👉🏼God will convert the bad times to good times.
👉🏼He will convert your days of weeping into new days of laughter.
👉🏼He will convert your FEW into plenty.
👉🏼He will convert your LOSSES to gains.
AGAIN ;
👉🏼He will LAVISH you with comfort.
👉🏼Lavish you with EXTRAVAGANT BLESSINGS
👉🏼Lavish you with all manner of good things.
*AGAIN* ;
👉🏼He will INVADE your grief with joy.
👉🏼Invade every disappointment with new opportunities.
👉🏼Invade every CLOSED OPPORTUNITY with new doors.