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Luke 5:12-15

ÒAnd it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, ÒLord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.Ó (Luke 5:12) A man who did not just  have leprosy, but was full of leprosy saw Jesus. This man knew who he needed to look to in order to get healed from the disease that was having him. The fullness of his leprosy was a demonstration that he did not only having leprosy, but leprosy had him. In many cases when you are down in a situation that is beyond comprehension, you can easily lose seeing the Healing Healer because the fullness of your situation has taken away all your focus. Today, how are you handling the situation that is beyond your control? Are you seeing Jesus in it or out of it? Are you looking out to see Jesus? It is one thing to be in a situation and it is another to be in a situation and be down in such situation. If you are in a situation that is beyond your control, there will be a need to see Jesus either through prayer; through the Word of His grace as documented in the pages of the Bible or through giving Him praise and worship. The children of Israel were not just in bondage for over four hundred years, but they were also down in it until God declared, ÒAnd I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.Ó (Exodus 3:17) The same God who was yesterday, is today and will be tomorrow will bring you out of all that is keeping you down in all the down areas of life. The man with the leprosy fell down before the King of kings and the Lord of lords because he acknowledged the power that Jesus carries. It was a parallel flat down fall whereby he had his face down and in that fall, he called for help. He knew that the grace to give and to take belongs only unto Jesus. As a result, he was submissive in his request by stating, ÒLord, if you are willingÓ. (Luke 5:12)  He was expecting a miracle. He wanted and needed a miracle that would bring him from down to up. It is impossible to fall down before the Lord and not rise up for His Name to be glorified. God wants to be glorified because He is the King of Glory. Jesus will not be unwilling concerning all that confronts us. He will help in all that represents all kinds of infirmities in our lives in the name of Jesus.

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Luke 5:1-11

ÒWhen He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, ÔLaunch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.ÕÓ (Luke 5:4) This was a command that came after Jesus had finished speaking. It was not a suggestion; neither was it an idea. For Him to command Simon to launch was an indication that all Simon needed was already waiting in the deep. All Simon had to do was obey the LordÕs command. There are so many ways today that He is telling us to launch into the deep where our eyes cannot see what is deposited there in the deep. The inability of not being able to see what lies in the deep continues to make it difficult for us to launch into the deep just has He commanded in the pages of Bible. Many have launched into the deep and many are still launching into the deep without getting the kind of results that could justify the reason for obeying Him. God is not a liar and He will not cause us to make a move where we cannot remove ourselves from all that has been moving away from us for our good. The problem with launching into the deep and not getting a break like Simon is rooted in the lack of obedience. JesusÕ command is not only to launch into the deep, but to launch and let down. In all of your launching, have you seriously been letting it down? Have you been partially letting it down or after launching, have you been holding back and not letting down? His command to Simon was clear and direct enough to generate the expected result for Simon. Is it clear enough to you that when you launch into the deep and let down as He commanded, you will come up with the grace of abundance? Launching into the deep and not letting down is an evidence of struggle and anxiety. It does us no good to give our problems to Jesus and then turn around and take them back by continuing to worry and doubt. Jesus wants us to launch and give it up for Him to pick it up. Simon and his fellow professional fishermen launched, let down their nets and they were able to see a miracle that turned them around into following Jesus to where they would never fail to catch and gain for the KingdomÕs glory. The fishermen did not only have a break through in their obedience, but the spirit of God also caught them. Luke 5:11, ÒSo when they had brought their boats to land, they forsake all and followed Him.Ó It was a base-shifting miracle for the fishermen. The same word that sounded for the fishermen is still sounding for us today and the word is to launch into the deep things of God and allow Him to take over by letting it down for Him to pick us up from where we have let it down. Believe in the Word of the Bible and follow Him today and all the rest of your life. He will not fail you or forsake you in the deep.

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Ezra 4:1-5, Job 1:1

Any building project that is set to be outstanding will face outstanding challenges that are not common. When God is set to build you up for His glory, be prepared for challenges that will come your way during the building process. It does not matter how, where and when the building is going to start because all that God is going to be getting out of the project is glory to His name. Job was referred to as the richest man in the land and at that time all was well and rosy for Him. He was not just rich financially, but he was also rich spiritually. The Bible says, ÒThere was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.Ó (Job 1:1) JobÕs entire spiritual and financial blessing was not an indication that he could no longer be considered as a candidate who is qualified to be sacrificial rebuilt for GodÕs glory. Are you facing challenges at a time that you consider being wrong or at a time that is least expected in life? When challenges come, they will not be announced to you but will rather just impose themselves in your life. There were no warning signs for Job to prepare himself or his family before the challenges showed up. When God wants to build you for a great assignment or for His glory, the pattern of challenges can be traced. First, there will be discouragement then trouble will show up and frustration will reign. God made a way for His house to be built in Jerusalem when He stirred up the spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia, ÒThus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.Ó (Ezra 1:2) In this kind of building project that was called for by God, there should have been expectation for a hitch free construction, but it was not so. Opposition is an agent of challenge that always moves in bringing forces that break down what needs to be built or rebuilt. Ezra and the Jews who volunteered to go and build the house of the Lord did not escape the opposition that was against the project that was for God. ÒThen the people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building, 5 and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.Ó (Ezra 4:4-5) The pattern of oppositions in bringing challenges to every building construction is consistent in: discouragement, trouble, and frustration. You can, however, continue to count on God for whatever situation you are going through. He is building or rebuilding you and you should pay attention for correction. Pay attention for the purpose of what you will be attending to and taking care of after you have been built. You will become a beautiful building; a building of God and a building that is not common. You will be a building that will always bring glory to His name. God alone is the Building Builder that builds to perfection for His name to be glorified. He will see you through in all your oppositional challenges in Jesus name.

HIS WAY< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>1 Kings 1

If you know that God is in control of your life then you will know to rest when all is at unrest. It will not matter when the enemy comes into place to upstage what God has planned for you; you will always overcome so as to get to where He has called for you to be. Relax as a child of God who does not fight by himself and let the peace of God that surpasses all understanding have its way by guarding your heart through Christ Jesus. God Himself will put people in places who you do not know and they will offset every constructive stage of the enemy that is against your life. When David promised to put Solomon in place as king, it was confirmed in heaven and on earth at GodÕs timing. Adonijah, however, set up a plot because he realized that David was old and advanced in years and could go to sleep at anytime. 1 Kings 1:7-8, ÒThen he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed and helped Adonijah. 8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.Ó Adonijah conferred with people who counted, but not with people that counted and mattered. He was set up for failure because of his attempt to answer what God did not call him to be. Solomon, who was to be king, was somewhere enjoying rest with no struggle when Prophet Nathan made a move that eventually terminated every plot of Adonijah. Take note of the fact that Solomon did not know that there was any plan in process for him to get to the place where God wanted him to get to. There was no struggle for Solomon, but there were people in place and in time who God had planted for him to get into his divine schedule of God for his life. Prophet NathanÕs move required SolomonÕs mother, Bathsheba, to play a role of bring the plan and purpose of God to life so he asked Bathsheba to, ÒGo immediately to King David and say to him, ÔDid you not, my lord, O king, swear to your maidservant, saying, Assuredly your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then has Adonijah become king?ÕÓ (I Kings 1:13) In the name of Jesus, God will raise someone who will go immediately on our behalf to bring into activation all God has in plan for our life for His name to be glorified. Bathsheba reacted by NathanÕs word; Nathan responded by playing his role before David; God showed up and moved in David and then Solomon became the king as God would have it. Do not force or fret God. He will have His way of carrying you through.