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Matthew 21:23-27; Colossians 1:15-29

After Jesus had cleansed the temple by driving out all the irrelevances, He came back into the temple. Matthew 21:23, ÒNow when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and  said, ÔBy what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?ÕÓ When He was here on earth they constantly questioned His authority; when He was gone so many are still questioning His authority. Inside and outside of church, His authority is being constantly questioned. Are you questioning Him too? His word says, ÒWives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord and husbands love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.Ó (Ephesians 5:22&25) But both wives and husband love in accordance to their own ways. That is equivalent to questioning His authority. Questioning His authority was not limited to asking why, but also extends to why not do what the word says. Jesus is the ultimate, undisputable, unfailing, eternally established authority that cannot be denied. What He said He will do, He has done, and He is still doing. He alone sees tomorrow from yesterday and tomorrow from today. Colossians 1:15-16, ÒHe is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.Ó Now you know why He is the authority. Are you still questioning His authority? Time will tell.

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Exodus 16:1-19

It does not matter where you are now, it only counts how you are living in the place where you are. The children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel knew for sure that they were in a journey; they were on the way to the promise land, a land that is waiting for them to take over the milk and honey. They have seen the great hand of God, and that alone was a confirmation that He that began a good thing will take them to an expected end. But they lost touch, they could not hold on to the hand that brought them out of bondage of over four hundred years. Is your story the same? Are you saying it cannot happen to you–to forget where He has brought you? Determination will fail you, but the grace of God will pass you. All you have to do is to constantly remember that you are in a journey, that He has given you all that it takes for you to go through that journey if you will carry the word of God on a regular basis. The children of Israel had what it takes for them to go through, but they could not accept it all. God put in place good food, but they could not stop asking for tasty food. Exodus 16:3, ÒAnd the children of Israel said to them, ÔOh, that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.ÕÓ Where you are now will soon change for the better. You will eat better food than what you have missed. Trust in Him; He will take you to expected end. Accept all that He has put in place until you get to the expected end. Where you are will change for the better.

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Isaiah 6:1-13

Isaiah 6:1, ÒIn the year that King Uzziah died, ÔI saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.Ó The word of God is not a decoration; it is a declaration to bring clarity and understanding for terminating all kinds of bondage. Isaiah must have been seeing before that year of King UzziahÕs death. In all that he was seeing, nothing brought transformation into the life of Isaiah. However, as recorded in the scripture, the year that King Uzziah died, Isaiah saw beyond ordinary eyes. He saw the Lord, and that culminated a transformation that settled Isaiah all the days of his life for the glory of God. The life of King Uzziah represented a life of inconsistency in seeking God. King Uzziah started his life as a king by seeking and heeding to God and concluded by working out GodÕs will. King Uzziah could not maintain consistency. Is there any area of your walk with God that has changed from when you first received a promotion as the overall supervisor? Is there any area that you have withdrawn from God rather than draw near unto Him? If your answer is yes then you are headed for trouble. You have allowed inconsistency to settle in your life. Ask God that any representative of king Uzziah (inconsistency) in your life should die a permanent death. Let it die so the year will turn around for you so you may see the glory of God that will transform you forever to the glory of God. When King Uzziah (inconsistency) is dead, you will begin to see and thrive where God wants you to, for His glory. Above all, you will become a great instrument in the hand of God, His agent and representative. What else do you want on earth than to live for the glory of God?

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2 Chronicles 26:1-23

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength (Deuteronomy 6:5).The word requires all, not half; no compromise or reservation, it is a command.  Loving God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength is all that it takes to seek God. When you begin to seek God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength, you will be able to heed to Him. It is an error for an acclaimed believer claiming who seeks God, yet be filled with all kinds of bitterness, empty pride (because pride is empty), an unforgiving spirit, and all kinds of worldly identities that does not glorify God. If you are harboring any of these in your life, something must be wrong in your seeking after God. It does not matter how any days a week you go around fellowshipping, when you are not right with man, you cannot be right with God. In seeking God, there is so much to gain. When Uzziah became king over Judah, 2 Chronicles 26:5, ÒHe sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.Ó In seeking Him, Uzziah gained prosperity and was established. When he departed from seeking God, he entered into affliction. He became out of tune with God, started to violate sacrifices and ended up his life with leprosy. Have you been seeking Him but are beginning to fall out from it? Let not your story become like that of King Uzziah. Get back to God and ask for the grace to seek Him diligently regardless of any situation that you are dealing with.

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Exodus 2:23-25, 3:1-10

They were in bondage for years and years and their calling to God was not a characterized one. It could have been that they were hiding the pain or they were suffering with a smile. Also, it could have been that they could not see where God wanted them to see. As a result of the death of the King of Egypt, the story of the Israelites changed. Exodus 2:23, ÒNow it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out: and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.Ó The point here is, pray to God that anything, situation or any person that is representing King of Egypt (King of Bondage), should die a permanent death in your land. When the king of Egypt died in the land where the children of Israel have been in bondage, they were able to see the need to groan and cry for freedom. You need to be freed into GodÕs service, but with bondage that has been keeping you down, you remain stagnated. When the king died, the children of Israel moved God with a characterized call–a call that made God to act. Exodus 2:25, ÒAnd God looked upon the children of Israel and God acknowledge them.Ó GodÕs acknowledgement is all that will terminate your entire struggle from bondageÑeven bondage from over four hundred years. Ask God that whatever has taken reign over your life, whatever is not of God, whatever is representing the king of Egypt should die just as it was for the children of Israel.