FEAR OF GOD
Genesis 22:1-14

As an acclaimed child of God, have you at any point in time take a close look from the inside to the outside, to see if there is a sincere and genuine fear of God reigning and ruling your life. It is written in so many pages of Bible what the fear of God adds up to in the life of a believer. Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” If the kind of wisdom you are operating with is rooted in the fear of God, you are set for great things, and good things are ahead of you. Above all you are in this world, but not of this world. Godly wisdom cannot be substituted neither can it be faked. Do you truly fear Him? It is the wisdom gained in the fear of God that reveals the knowledge of the Holy One. Proverbs 19:23, “The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.” The fear of God will give life instead of death. It is clear that it is not possible to fear the Lord and to abide in dissatisfaction. With the fear of God, satisfaction in every area of your life will be evident in the life of a believer. The Word of God is true. One of the reasons why the Word is not working for so many that proclaim the Word is because many are not walking in the Word, and that makes it impossible for the Word not to work for them. The world is the problem, but not the word of God. The fear of God will also make anyone that fears Him to be in a position that is not locatable for any evil visitation. It was the fear of God in the life of many giants in the hand of God, through the Bible that made their testimonies unique ones. God testified that it was His fear that made Abraham what he was, “And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” (Genesis 22:12) The fear of God is what will make the difference in the life of every man that passes through the face of earth. The fear of God is a non-compromising issue, to know God is to fear Him, and to fear Him is to know Him. Do you actually fear Him or do you think that you fear Him? Ecclesiastes12: 13-14, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.” Ask for the enablement for His fear to overtake you in every area of your life. He is worth all of the honor and glory.

WRONG OPENING
Isaiah 39

Do you have an idea of the kind of door that has been open on your behalf by your parents, grandparents or great grandparents, or have you just been opening any door that is not right for your children or grandchildren? Hezekiah, King of Judah, was sick to the point of death before the prophet Isaiah showed up as a divine intervention, “In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”(Isaiah 38:1) Hezekiah needed to hear, that disorder in his house was the cause for his terminal illness. With the word of deliverance that located him, he quickly sought out the Lord’s face, and God responded on his behalf with healing. God added fifteen more years to Hezekiah’s life and also promised him, and his city, deliverance from the hand of the King of Assyria. What else could be better than God giving deliverance and preservation? Have you experienced God’s move lately? Are you experiencing any kind of God’s deliverance at the present? It is good to celebrate God’s miracles in a way that will not open the door for the adversary to operate against us. Hezekiah’s healing called for the attention of Merodach-Baladan, King of Babylon, to congratulate him. In response, Hezekiah was pleased by the King of Babylon and decided to opened up his house for the king of Babylon, “…And showed them the house of his treasures—the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory—all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.” (Isaiah 39:2) By doing this, Hezekiah exposed himself, and his generation, to the enemy’s hand. Think of how you celebrate, so it will not operate against you. Hezekiah’s opening show called for God’s response, “Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: 6 ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the LORD. 7 ‘And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” (Isaiah 39:5-7) As the Lord said, those that were in Hezekiah’s father’s house were gone as well as some of his sons because he had opened a door for his enemy to parade through like friend. As a child of the most high God, your only ground of celebration is before the most high God and not before any man. Go before Him, and ask for His mercy and deliverance in any area that your parent or grandparent might have opened a door for the enemy’s operation in your life. Also pray that you will not have any door of destruction opened up to affect your children and grandchildren.

WHICH GARMENT?
2 Chronicles 18

Anyone that hates telling the truth or hearing the truth will love telling lies or being told lies, because it is not possible to stay on a middle ground. There is no such thing as a middle ground, neither there is such thing as a halfway truth or halfway lie. Man can only reap what he sows, it is impossible to sow an orange and reap an apple. What kind of seed are you sowing in your life? Lying can only work for a period of time and it does not really matter how long it works, the truth shall prevail. Embracing the truth has its reward, and that is life in Christ Jesus. As well as not embracing the truth, which has its own reward, which is not having life in Christ Jesus. Truth is the way for life, lying is the way for death. Once King Jehoshaphat, of Judah, was supposed to go to war in support of King Ahab of Israel, against Ramoth Gilead. King Jehoshaphat did not want to go without knowing what would become of him in his support for the war. “Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire for the word of the LORD today.””(2 Chronicles 18:4) By virtue of Jehoshaphat’s request, King Ahab went further and inquired from his prophets, and he was given a green light to go and prosecute the war. At the request of more enquiry by King Jehoshaphat, King Ahab responded, “So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”” (2 Chronicles 18:7) Do you sometimes operate with the mind of Ahab? King Ahab loves to be told lies because he was a hater and he loved to be told what he wanted to hear, but not what the Lord wants for him. Nothing possible could stop a liar when the time of destruction is up. Ahab did not listen, instead he added more to his lying character by, “And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.” (2 Chronicle 18:29) When the battle became intensified lying cannot prevail but truth. In the face of battle, “…Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him, and God diverted them from him. “ (2 Chronicles 18:31) As for the liar, King Ahab, there was no way out for him in the heat of the battle but to die. Lying will cause you an untimely death physically or spiritually if not avoided. It is about time to change your garment to that of truth so that you may have life. One day, just one day, the truth will overcome, no matter how long lying has been prevailing.

MIGHTY WARRIOR
Exodus 14: 21-31

As days roll into days weeks, and weeks into months, it is worth it to look back and acknowledge God for where He has brought us. Above all, God is worthy of all praise for where He is taking us. He is a faithful God and He has a good plan for His children. He once said to the children of Israel while in captivity, “ For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:10-11) What the Lord has said to one stands for all. He is not a partial God, but a faithful God. Is He taking you through a passage of deliverance or breakthrough, and it seems like there is no end in sight? Do not pay attention to what is on ground, but He who is above. Once in the passage of deliverance after the bondage of over four hundred years, God made a passage of escape for the children of Israel, in the middle of Red Sea. A passage in the middle of the sea is nothing, but the power of God and it’s a doubtless passage of deliverance. “So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. ” (Exodus 14:22) Have you entered into a kind of salvation passage like that of the Red Sea where dry ground took the place of water? One will think in this kind of safe passage, the enemy would give up and turn back. This was not the case for the children of Israel and the same can possibly happen to anyone. The Egyptians did not stopped in their pursuit, “And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. ” (Exodus 14:23) Do not lose focus. When you look back and see that your Egyptians are still charging and chasing, He will not leave you or forsake you. The fact that He has brought you this far is evidence that He wants to see you get through for His name to be glorified. Ask for your morning watch to come quickly because when it came for the children of Israel the pursuit that the Egyptians put up was permanently terminated. Exodus 14:24-25, “Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the LORD looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians. 25 And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.” ” God will not stop fighting our battle if we do not stop trusting Him.

MIRACLE
Acts 12: 1-25

Among many definitions for a miracle is, God waiting to make His move when every breakthrough possibility appears to be mired. (Mired is to be in a disadvantage or difficult condition). Are you in a position that shows no way out to a breakthrough? God is the only One that can deliver you, and He will not slumber nor sleep. Counting on the works of His hand is enough to give rest when there is trust in place. Can you imagine Daniel in the den of lions without any wrongdoing? Is your case worse than that of Daniel’s? Daniel was sentenced into the den of hungry lions, instead un-attending lions received him, “…So Daniel was taken out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him because he believed in his God.” (Daniel 6:23) Among many other miracles that were recorded, are those of Peter. He was set for death by King Herod who had earlier killed James the brother of John and with all indications. Peter was supposed to be his next victim. Acts 12:3-5, “And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. 4 So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover. ” Peter was asleep when death was lingering upon his life. When miracles happen it is not because we know how to make it happen, but because God knows what He wants to do for His name to be glorified. In the case of Peter, the prayers of brethren received the attention of heaven. Acts 12:6-8 says, “And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. 7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. 8 Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.” ” Peter walked into salvation and he was delivered from the hand of sudden and untimely death. Miracles could be prayer provoked or grace in place. Miracles don’t happen because of luck, neither is it because of work. God is still in the business of miracles. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Is there any area of life that seems like every possibility of breakthrough has been mired? Remind God, concerning the works of His hands, and He will not relent concerning your confronting issues.