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Psalm 143

King David prayed in Psalm 143:8, ÒCause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You.Ó In this prayer, he was not asking God to help him; he was not asking God to teach him neither was he asking God to instruct him. He was rather asking God to cause him that is to make him, regardless of whatever. King DavidÕs prayer was a demonstration of total submission to the hand of God. He was asking for effectiveness of God in his hearing and knowing. This kind of request is a testimony to the fact that King David had personalized God. There was no consideration of what the course of being caused (made) by God to go through an unknown path. King David was saying that whatever it may be, let me hear your lovingkindness in the morning; let me know the way to walk. As a believer that knows God to be a merciful God, it is worthy to ignore and not consider what it will take or cost to be under the hand of God in causing us to hear or know what, where, or how He is going to do it in our journey. How God is going to take us through what He wants for us is not important but what matters is the end result. He is not for evil, but for good. DavidÕs course of request might have been challenging but the end result could not be traded for anything or position. Hearing His lovingkindness in the morning will set us up for great exploit. Knowing the way in which to walk will cause us not to fall where the rest of the world is falling. However, the price of being in the course of journey of being caused by God to hear and see might be sacrificial–that is it might be costly. Are you willing to ask God by praying, cause me (make me) to hear Your lovinkindness; cause me to know the way? It is all about trusting Him and looking up to Him. If you are willing for God to do it His own way, you will not miss it when He makes you to go and be made to hear and see in His way.

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Jonah 1, 2

Disobeying the word of God is denying the presence of God. Disobedience is a destroyer. At anytime we refuse to be obedient to the word of God, we have denied His presence. The Word of God is God and God is His Word. Jonah 1:1-2, ÒNow the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 ÒArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.Ó Jonah did not obey the word that came to him but he rather fled from the presence of God. Jonah 1:3, ÒBut Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish  from the presence of the LORD.Ó The Word of God is His presence. Jonah set himself up for destruction because there is no way on earth to fail in obeying God and then pass into being safe from destruction. Glory and thanks be unto God because despite our inconsistency, He remains to be consistent. He is a merciful God and will always hear us when we call back to Him to help us from our own self destruction. Jonah could not run nor hide from the hand of God. Just like Jonah, in your running away from Him it will only take some time for you to end up in the stomach of a great fish. Jonah ran from the presence of God and the disobedience that was set to destroy him landed him inside a great fish. Jonah called on God for deliverance from his own self destruction. Have you been swallowed up by any situation because of your disobedience? The ground where you are now standing is not a familiar one and it is not where you want to be as a child of God. Go and humble yourself.  Pray; seek His face and turn from the path that led you to be swallowed by your situation. God will answer your prayer for it is never too late for Him to answer.

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Luke 18: 35-43

In any given situation where there is a need, do not shut-up from asking the Almighty God. Also, you should never allow the multitude or crowd to shut you out of your miracle. Jesus, in all His passing by, produces a miracle while in all of the multitudes passing by, there will always be obstacle. Jesus, in one of His trips to < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jericho, was to pass by the blind Bartimaeus. Luke 18: 36-37, ÒAnd hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. 37 So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.Ó Bartimaeus was determined to receive his healing in the passing by of Jesus, but the crowds were out to deny his miracle. The crowd was an agent of hindrance; they were to serve as obstacle for his miracle. Are you experiencing any obstacle in your expectation for healing or breakthrough miracle? The same Jesus that was then is still the same that is today. Also, the same function of the crowd yesterday is still the same function of the crowd today. When there is a need is not the time to shut ourselves up; it is the time to ask and not pay attention to the crowd that is surrounding us. Today, ask for the grace of God not to shut up or allow the challenges of situations to keep us silent. Will you be willing to act like Bartimaeus? Luke 18:38-39, ÒAnd he cried out, saying, ÒJesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!Ó 39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, ÒSon of David, have mercy on me!Ó  Bartimaeus crying out did not fall on empty ground. Jesus responded to Bartimaeus and his obstacle was converted into a miracle. Ask God for the grace not to shut- up when crowds intercept your request.

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Luke 19:28-38

All things were created for His pleasure. He is the Lord God Almighty. He created man to serve Him. Anytime there is a shortage in serving Him, fullness in bondage will take its place. Besides going to Sunday service for two to three hours, can you as a believer identify or account for any area that you have been serving Him? Not serving God as required by Him is a result of being tie down either by self desire or affliction of the wicked. Jesus, at the time of His entering into < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jerusalem needed to ride a colt. In Luke 19:30-31, Jesus called His disciples, Òsaying, go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. 31 And if anyone asks you, ÔWhy are you loosing it?Õ thus you shall say to him, ÔBecause the Lord has need of it.ÕÓ The service of the colt was needed by the Creator, but the colt was not available because it was tied down. The Creator needed to send His word for the colt to be released from being tied down. Are you being tied in any area of life that is attempting or actually taking you away from serving the Lord God? It does not matter if it is self tied down or tie down by the wicked; you need for His Word to sound in your direction. The Word of His command will bring your deliverance unto serving Him with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. The colt was released, it served the Lord and enjoyed in the glory of God. The colt was in place at the center of its assignment on earth. Luke 19: 35-36, ÒThen they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. 36 And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road.Ó When you serve Him, He will re-serve you with favor and blessing.

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Luke 19:1-10

Crowd or multitudes are nothing but agents of hindrance. In order for a believer to move forward in the journey of life and get to where the Lord has ordained, there has to be an orderly elimination of crowd. There were a number of times that Jesus Himself had to put away multitudes before a miracle took its place. In the healing of a deaf and dumb man, Jesus put away the multitude. Mark 7:33, ÒAnd He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.Ó Multitudes or crowds are agents that are out to deny man from receiving Jesus. Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus but the crowd was his biggest challenge. Luke 19:3, ÒAnd he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of a short stature.Ó What are the factors that are crowding your life in this journey of life? To see Jesus is to receive Jesus. The crowds that are in this world are more than enough to deny you. With the addition of the crowds that you have placed upon yourself, your chances of seeing Him in order to receive Him is beyond limitation.  You have to move to eliminate them by the grace of God. Luke 19:4, ÒSo he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for he was going to pass that way.Ó Jesus has always been passing by since the time He ascended to heaven. Are you available to catch up on Him? Are you putting any effort into effect? Eliminating crowds and multitudes requires sacrifice, not self centeredness. Zacchaeus, a short man came out of self and he ran and climbed tree He saw and received Jesus. You can do something to see Him.