TO LOVE

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Ask God to make you what it will take for you not to miss the calling that He has placed upon your life and to live to the fulfillment of your destiny.  We are the clay and He is the Potter. Isaiah 64:8, ÒBut now, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our potter; and all we are the work of your hand.Ó As one that has accepted Jesus as the Lord and Savior, it might be challenging to be able to identify why or what we need Him to make us for. Among an area that is certainly needed to request for is the area to love one another. Paul prayed it in 1Thessalonians 3:12-13, ÒAnd may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, 13 so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.Ó The prayer of Paul is pointing out that it is not until we increase and abound in love to one another and to all that our hearts will be established blameless in holiness before God. In this journey of life, not to love is absence from God. Also, it could be impossible to be right with God if we are not right with man. If we fail in loving each other, the chances of loving God who made man in His own image could be impossible. PaulÕs prayer is a serious prayer that needs to be taken to the heart. Love is what fulfills the whole law of God and John mentioned in   1John 4:8, ÒHe who does not love does not know God, for God is love.Ó As a believer, is there any suggestion of short cut to get to Him by not forgiving and moving forward in love with those who fault you? This is what Peter has to say to me and you in 1Peter 4:8, ÒAnd above all things have fervent love for one another, for Òlove will cover a multitude of sins.Ó  Ask Him to make you because determination to make yourself will not prevail.

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Matthew 13:24-30

As a matter of fact, growing in all areas of life has never been your problem. Physically you are growing as well as financially; you do not have problem in the area of growth. Spiritually you constantly appear in the church and to the brethren around you as a growing believer. What else? All is well with you and to those that see you very often all is well. However, there is only One that sees it all and He knows right from the wrong. Nothing can hide from His face. He is the only One that inhabits eternity. Every man and woman knows themselves. Each and everyone know where they stand when it comes to their walk in the Lord. Man can be deceived; woman can be made to embrace lies; but God cannot be fooled. The bottom line of it all is that Jesus talked about this in Matthew 13:30, ÒLet both grow together until the harvest and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, ÔFirst gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.ÕÓ Where do you stand? Are you a representative of wheat or tare? At every time of rainfall and all that add up to growth, both wheat and tares are enjoying it and most times there is no clear distinction identifying tares from wheat. The harvest time is coming. It will be here, and it does not matter how long or how soon it takes to come. All that will make the difference is for you to be faithful in doing the will of the Father just like Jesus said, ÒNot every man who says to Me, Lord, Lord shall enter the < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heavenÓ. Will you be willing to step out only unto God? Ask Him to direct you into His way.

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Isaiah 57

Jesus was giving instruction about humility when He said in Matthew 18:3, ÒAssuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.Ó Jesus meant what He said and what He said is not meaningful until it is constantly being maintained in the life of every man or woman who wants to enter into the Kingdom of heaven. The Word of God testifies that there is a place for the humble ones and the place is in living heaven on earth. When a garment of humility is evident in the life of a man, it becomes impossible to fall for the forces of the wicked. With humility, it is possible to enter and dwell on a ground where seeing every move of the wicked is activated before it takes effect against the humble. The Word of God cannot lie and when God says it, He means it. This is what you should hear in what God said concerning the humble: Isaiah 57:15, ÒFor thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: ÒI dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.Ó Did you hear it from God in the Word of His mouth as recorded in the book Isaiah? His Word is to be taken seriously for it to work effectively for the hearer. His Word is true and it will never fail. Furthermore, it is what you hear that will be come of you. God said, ÒHe dwells in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit.Ó A contrite heart and humble spirit goes together and it is impossible to have a contrite heart and not be humble. Likewise, you cannot have a humble spirit and not have a contrite heart. God said with a humble spirit and contrite heart you dwell in His place either on earth or in heaven. Determination will not help; it will fail. Today, ask Him to place upon you a garment of humility; a humble spirit. Enter and dwell in His presence.

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Ezra 7, 8

Ezra was described as a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses. When he was set to leave < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Babylon for Jerusalem, King Artaxerxes gave to him all his request because the hand of God was upon him. In his entire request, he later realized that he did not ask for the provision of security that will lead him and his entourage against enemies on the road. Ezra pointed out the reason why he could not go back and request for the addition of security from the king. In Ezra 8:22, ÒFor I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.Ó It is demonstrated in EzraÕs statement of request that he was boasting of his God. Ezra did not limit, reduce or put any condition on what God can do or cannot do. He made a bold testimony of how his God operates because he knew his God and what He can do. Above all, EzraÕs statement demonstrated the fact that God has everything in place, but we have to be in a position to receive. Have you been able to confess Him at any level like Ezra did and not get the result? It is one thing to ask or trust God for intervention and it is another to be able to take a position to receive our request or confession. Ezra, having realized what he confessed, needed to take a position in receiving his confession. Ezra described his positioning in Ezra 8:23, ÒSo we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.Ó Ezra went out of his way and into the way to receive from God by making a proclamation to fast and become humble before God. If you have been confessing Him or asking from Him and there is no demonstration of His power coming to manifestation, it is time for you to begin to examine how you have been positioning yourself. God is a faithful God and He will never, ever fail or be late. 

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Psalm 16:9-11, 20:6-9

Besides the fact that the right hand of God is righteous, there are number of places in the Bible that point out what the right hand of God is about. Psalm 16:11, ÒYou will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.Ó At His right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 20:6, ÒNow I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand.Ó Here, it is evident by the testimony of the Psalmist that His right hand is a saving strength. Isaiah 41:10, ÒFear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.Ó Again, it is testified that the right hand of God upholds. As a believer whose righteousness is the Blood of Jesus Christ, all of your needs that will get you to the expected end are in the consistent and diligence asking for the right hand of God in every area of your life. The Word of God is true and He has said He will honor His Word more than His Name. God also pointed out that Hs Word will not come back to Him void; it shall perform what it stands for. Are you serious about seeing His right hand operate in your life? Ask God for His right hand to overtake you in all areas of your life. Above it all, after the resurrection of Jesus, when it was time for Him to be received in Heaven, He took a sit at the right hand of God. Mark 16:19, ÒSo then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.Ó The right hand of God is the hand to be prayerfully desired and He will deposit all you need to reach your expected end in Him.