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John 9:1-23

A man who was blind from his motherÕs womb was at his regular position of begging and mockery when JesusÕ passing by brought him out of his blindness. Many times Jesus has passed by you and He is still passing by, but you could not receive your deliverance from what has kept you grounded for years. Your inability to receive is not because Jesus has stopped in His passing by; it is because you have failed to enter into His commandment. Most times, His commandment will sound foolish. It may make you look stupid, but the bottom line is there are direction, deliverance and breakthrough in His commandment. Jesus saw the blind man from birth. He approached him. He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay (John 9:6). After Jesus had contacted the blind man, He then gave him a command. John 9:7, ÒAnd He said to Him, ÔGo, wash in the pool of SiloamÕ (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.Ó This blind man was unlike the Syrian army commander, Naaman, Elisha sent to wash at < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jordan. Naaman was reluctant and furious for going to such a low standard river. He delayed his going and his miracle was delayed. The blind man, however, did not question Jesus. He went and washed and he gained sight. Stagnation ceased in his life and he saw where he has not been seeing since birth. His neighbors questioned his healing. Ridicule ceased and above all, direction became clear because there was sight in place. The secret of the blind manÕs miracle was he became submissive to the command that brought his healing. There is also direction in obeying His command. Lord give me the grace for obedience that I may receive sight for breakthrough.

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1Samuel 3:1-11

It is the knowing that you have in the Lord that will determine the edge you will have over confronting situations of life. It does not matter who you are or what you do in the house of the Lord; if the required knowledge is not in place in your life, it is possible for you to miss His call of assignment. I Samuel 3:1, ÒNow the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.Ó Age or number has never been a limitation as regard to who God wants to use in furthering His purpose on the face of the earth. Man, however, can be limited if there is lack of understanding to know. As young as Samuel could have been, he was the one to hear from God in days when revelation was rare. Samuel was in the right location at the right time of his life. God located him for an assignment because age and number is not a determinant for God to move whenever or wherever He chooses to move. The point is Samuel was a minister and did not have the knowing that it takes to hear from God. Are you a minister that is not hearing from Him? 1Samuel 3:7, ÒNow Samuel did not yet know the LORD. Nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to Him.Ó It was not of the fact that Samuel was too young; it was of the fact that despite his ministering to the LORD, despite being in the right location to be connected to heaven, he did not yet know the LORD. Ask God for an understanding to know to hear Him in every calling that is placed in your life. Without understanding, a knowing edge (Knowledge) over confronting situations will not be in place. He is a merciful God.

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Nehemiah 1-2

NehemiahÕs return to rebuild the walls of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jerusalem was due to the good hand of God. All that was needed to rebuild the temple were in place. Nehemiah did not embark on the project without praying to God. Also, as the project continued, GodÕs hand of favor did not stop flowing. Do you have a project coming up for you? It is important to commit every involvement into the LordÕs hand so that His good hand will answer for you. During the construction of the temple, there were all kinds of opposition and the enemies meant to deny the construction of the wall of Jerusalem. There was opposition through ridicule, opposition through threat of attack, opposition through discouragement, and opposition through extortion. When the wall was completed, opposition did not cease. The enemy will never stop working its evil ways. The completion of your project will not discourage your enemy to stop coming after you. The completion of the wall did not stop the enemyÕs continuous attack. Nehemiah 6:15-16, ÒSo the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.Ó You would think that the enemy will give up after the completion of your project, but it is not true. It was not true with the wall of Jerusalem, so it cannot be true with your project. After you have completed your project, do not complete your waiting in prayer to God. Keep on waiting and the enemy will continue to fail concerning your project.

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John 6:15-20

If you have received Him, begin to desire a higher calling in every walk of GodÕs assignment. Christian religion is not and should not be misrepresented as an entertainment. It is gaining entrance into the < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Kingdom of God. Matthew 6:33, ÒBut seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.Ó By virtue of the signs today, the time in GodÕs calendar demands that you leave religion and begin to live in Christ-reality. Focus your strength in getting to your expected end. The expected end is the endpoint of your journey, and fear will stand against you in every step you take toward that expected end. Jesus once led His disciples to go ahead on a boat, over the sea toward Capernaum. On their way, a storm took over and fear showed up powerfully that they could not recognize their Savior. In all that you are facing, are you facing the Lord for intervention? John 6:20, ÒBut He said to them, it is I; do not be afraid. Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.Ó Will you receive Him into your boat of life? When you receive Him in every situation, He will take you to the expected end. However, fear has to be terminated for faith to rise. Fear will sink you; faith will raise you. There is availability of grace for all to enter into the Kingdom of God. If you will, go and ask God to deliver you from every agent that causes fear in your life.

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John 6:1-14

His provision is not bounded by what you have or what you do not have. His provision is not bounded by how much or how many you have, neither is it bounded by what you see and what you do not see. Where are you located? What is it that is lacking in your life?

Jesus had multitudes following Him all over the place — sea and mountain. They were following because they saw His signs which He performed. They followed Him to a place where there was not enough food to eat or purchase. Jesus knew there was a need for food, and that there was no place to buy when He asked, ÒWhere shall we buy bread, that these may eat?Ó (John 6:5). In the process of looking for food, John 6:8-9, ÒOne of His disciples, Andrew, Simon PeterÕs brother, said to Him, ÔThere is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?ÕÓ How can five barley loaves and two small fish add up for a multitude of at least five thousand? It is only the grace of God that can make such a provision for the numbers at hand. Think of your need as nothing compared to the ones mentioned among five thousand in a place of lack. The place where you are, or the magnitude of what you are lacking, will bow at the name of Jesus. John 6:10, ÒThen Jesus said, ÔMake the people sit down.Õ Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.Ó He gave a command and blessed the little. Abundance reigned and leftovers replaced shortage. Give yourself over to His command in total obedience and all your lack will become history. God will make a way in Jesus name.