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TO EXPERIENCE DIVINE VISITATION?

FAITH CAPSULE: Among ways for experiencing His divine visitation are:

Genesis 18

BE SPIRITUAL:To be spiritual is to be prepared to receive from God by separating self to God. For example, spending time in the word of God continually is taking a position to experience God’s visitation in His word. God gave His word to Moses for His people, “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.  And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.” (Exodus 19:10-11) Prescription in the word of God was to prepare the Israelites and be ready to experience God. With sin no man can reach God but to be spiritual is to experience Godly visitation.
ENGAGE EFFECTIVE PRAYER:Engaging effective prayer is to shut in with God and shut out the world. Man should prayerful seek God diligently at prayer altar to experience His divine visitation. Jeremiah 29:13-14 recorded, “And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.  I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity…” Without doubt, prayer is an opening key to asses the presence of God for His wonders.
WALK IN OBEDIENCE: Living life in obedient to God’s command is a certainty to remain and retain the presence of God. To be obedient to God is the evidence of faithfulness and not be a vessel of evil agenda. Transmission of divine instruction answers in one that is obedient to God. John 14:21 recorded, “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
BE SPIRITUALLY SENSITIVE: Spiritually sensitive is to be spiritually awake and not miss out of divine visitation which will position man in God’s divine assessment under heaven. With spiritual sensitivity, sanctify your environment (where you stand, sit or walk) talk wise and be watchful. Abraham could not miss unexpected divine visitation when he received the message of son of promise and the message to deliver Lot from destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. (Genesis 18)
BE PRAISE FULL BEFORE GOD: Praising and giving thanks to God is like being pregnant with wonders of God. Jesus’ thanks giving to God delivered provision in the place of lack. (John 6:6-11) Experiencing the wonder of God in praising and giving thanks to God qualifies man for fresh anointing. Psalm 92:1 stated, “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High…” with praise and thanks giving, head never dry of oil as confirmed in Psalm 92:10, “But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.” Be thankful and qualify for fresh oil.
Word of God is instruction. Man, that is lost from God’s word will lost from God’s presence for His wonders.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to encounter His divine visitation.

 

EXPERIENCING WONDERS OF GOD

FAITH CAPSULE: Abraham had encounter to experience the wonder of God.

Genesis 12

Divine (Godly) visitation of God is an asset in man’s journey of life. God divine visitation can be on the literal platform which is word platform. God is still appearing to people literally, through His word. God does not announce His visitation but when man is available at His visitation it is possible for man to experience termination of life struggle. When man is not available at the time of divine visitation man shall take a position to miss divine assignment in life.
God’s visiting of man will surely reposition man’s journey in life. Genesis 50:24, “And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
God visited Israelites in the bondage of over four hundred years and they were re-positioned by God.
Abraham had unannounced divine visitation in the word of God which changed him from his position to God’s position. There was not record that Abraham saw God in the physical but divine visitation of God was in the presence of His word. Abraham had encounter to experience the wonder of God. The word of God unplugged him out of his country, family and his father’s house to unknown land. (Genesis 12:1-2) Abraham’s encounter with divine visitation replaced him for greatness to the glory of God.
Moses had no plan to return to Egypt after he escaped murder charge against him for killing an Egyptian. Divine visitation of God replaced him for God’s glory. It is written, “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.  Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”” (Exodus 3:1-4) Moses’ divine encounter was in the word of God and he was led into God’s divine assignment for his life.
Giving self continually to the word of God is taking a position not to miss out of God’s visitation. Through the pages of the bible, story of man’s life for the glory of God is the secret of God. Man, that know understanding of God made the secret of as dwelling place and could not miss out of God’s divine assignment under heave. Divine visitation is not an encounter for any man to miss divine assignment to become wasted under heaven.

Prayer for today: Ask for God’s visitation and not live a wasted life.

ENCOUNTER GOD’S WONDERS

FAITH CAPSULE: Seek God with ardent diligent to encounter His presence and experience His wonder.

Psalm 91

The word of God is God. Encountering the presence of God to experience His wonder is in the word of God. However, the word of God is secret but not hidden to man that seek God for encounter to experience God. Isaiah 45:19 testified, “I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’; I, the Lord, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.” Seeking to encounter His presence for His wonders demands ardent diligent in His word. Without doubt, seeking God in His word shall not be in vain.
Are you seeking God casually or diligently? Seek God diligently in His word as a dwelling place as stated in Psalm 91:1, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” In the word of God is the place to encounter and experience the presence of God if man will seek God’s word diligently.
Bible recorded wonders of God in His word: Psalmist testified wonder of God in the word of God, “You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.” (Psalm 119:114) Seeking for hiding place in God as shield is wonderful. God as shield is the promise to be gained by dwelling and abiding in God’s word with earnest hope not man’s mouth-full hope. Man should take God’s word which has never failed as spoken in Isaiah 55:11, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
Psalm 119:116
revealed secret to be encountered by man that seek God, “Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live; and do not let me be ashamed of my hope.”
Man, that is seeking the secret of God will also be a testimony of Psalm 119:133 as stated, “Direct my steps by Your word, and let no iniquity have dromion over me.” Giving attention to know understanding in the word of God is seeking God for wonders in the word of God. In this wicked world, the peace of God is secret which is obtainable for man through Jesus (the word of God). It is written, “… and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7) Peace of God does not happen in the life of man by accident but by engaging the secret of God. Engaging secret (word) of God is engaging His presence to experience wonders of God which does not fail.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to seek Him diligently for encounter of His wonders.

 

ANOTHER TWELFTH MONTH

FAITH CAPSULE: A believer in God must understand to wait and endure period.

Matthew 7

Waiting on God from the first month to twelfth month of the year to receive from God is not wasting time but believing on the word of God. Word of God might sound foolish to man but never fail to deliver those who believe in His word. (1 Corinthians 1:21) It is the word of God to ask, seek and knock. To be Asking, Seeking, Knocking for God’s answer is an evidence of having faith in God by looking up to Jesus. Hebrews 12:2 described Jesus, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Jesus the author of our faith gave us the way of receiving from God by stating, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7-8)
Truly, waiting on God demands trusting and hoping by asking, seeking and knocking before we get the right answer. When there is no waiting on God man always rush away for answer and turn to waste. King Saul could not wait as instructed and it was accounted to him as disobedient. To obey and wait is to trust and hope on God.
Waiting for God is giving attention to a jealous God. Psalmist admonished, Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed…” (Psalm 25:3)
A believer in God must understand to wait and endure period. Waiting can be a delay but never a waste of time.
God testified about David when Saul failed to wait on God. God spoke through Samuel for Saul’s disobedience, But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.” (1 Samuel 13:14) David knows the heart of God to understanding what it means as he consistently obeyed by waiting on God before making moves.
The bible recorded about prodigal son that could not know to wait for God’s timing, “A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.” (Luke 15:11-13)
Younger son could not wait for God’s appointed time to receive portion of good that falls to him. Indirectly, the prodigal son made move outside of God’s timing for his life because he could not wait. With believe, ask, seek and knock persistently for God’s appointed time to receive at God’s appointed time.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace not to move outside of God’s word of deliverance.

SERVE HIM IN TRUTH

FAITH CAPSULE: Jesus, the Word of God is the true way.

John 14

Serving God is a responsibility which demands a steadfast heart. A steadfast heart must have willingness to serve God irrespective of the challenges of life. It is God that calls man. Answering to the calling of God must be with responsibility to be steadfast.
God called for the Israelites out of the bondage of over four hundred years to serve Him. God sent Moses to Pharaoh stating, “And the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.’” (Exodus 8:1) Just as the Israelites were called to serve God, so all man should live life to serve God for His glory. In serving God, there is no short cut to arrive at the expected end for the glory of God.  For the Israelites, lack of steadfast heart to serve God desired for short cut but God led them through the wilderness way. The Bible recorded, “…when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, ‘Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.’  So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 13:17-18) God surely knows the best way and it is not in our place to assume or attempt a way that is considered near (short).
Serving God responsibly with steadfastness must care to know and journey by the way of God. Knowing the way of God is what it takes to care and know not to go outside of God’s way. Jesus is the way of God that is certain to deliver man to expected end for the glory of God. Thomas, a disciple of Jesus was curious about the way when he asked from Jesus as stated in John 14:5, “Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus responded to Thomas’ question, “…I am the way, the truth, and the life. no one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6) Today, there are many distractions on the journey of life. Remain steadfast to avoid untimely termination; avoid journeying on the wrong path which leads outside of God’s calling to wrong expected end. In this wicked world, it is utmost importance to get on the journey only through the way of God. Be warned today; take to the true Way. Jesus, the Word of God is the true way.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of God to keep you in His way and not to miss the expected end.