GET UP TO GO UP 2

IF YOU MUST GO UP YOU MUST GET UP 2

2 KINGS 6:24-25; 7:1-16, EPH 5:14

Faith in God is the key of living a pleasing life before God (Heb 11:6). The unseen controls the seen and if we must have authority in the seen world we must have influence and connection in the unseen world by reason of our faith in the unseen God. The scripture in several places reveals that the life of the Just is that of faith. The righteous cannot survive without faith on the earth because it is faith in God and His word that commits God to work (2Chron 16:9).

However, many of us keep waiting on God for a miracle because we do not have faith in the instructions we have received from Him. Many of us want God to set the stage for us before we take steps in that direction. We always want our circumstance and environment to show that God is at work before we act on what He says. More often than not, God does not act until we act. He said draw unto Me and I will draw unto you. When we move in the direction of Gods words, God is moved to move in our direction to provoke the needed miracles. Until Peter launched in the direction of divine instructions, he did not see the miracles he needed.

Someone said Faith is acting as if it is so even when it is not so that it can be so because with God it is already so. The lepers would have died wretched in their lepers colony if they did not take the bold step of damning the consequence of their actions. Esther would not have been celebrated till this day if she had not taken the bold step of facing the king after waiting on the King of kings. Many of us tarry in the place of waiting on God not because we trust God so much but because we are scared of taking actions on what God has said because to us it does not sound reasonable. The word of the Lord to someone today is this Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.

Until you move in the direction of the instructions you have received from God so far, you are not entitled to the supply of God. The light of God would not shine on you if you will not arouse strength, courage and energy to arise and awake from your present state and position. Until Elijah got up from where He was to go to the house of the Widow of Zarephath, he was seeing hunger and famine but when He got up, God got up on his behalf and when God arises on your behalf, all the angels in heaven have no place to rest until they are through sorting out your case. Get up for the ground is not your place; your rightful place is at the top.

Reflections: What are those things that God have instructed me to do hitherto that I have postponed? Write them down and start to take steps towards knowing that With God all things are possible. Likewise to him that believes on what God says, all things are possible.

Confession: I will arise and take my place regardless of my past, my present circumstances and environment. I will move in the direction of Gods instruction so that I can provoke a move from god on my behalf.

GET UP TO GO UP

IF YOU MUST GO UP YOU MUST GET UP

2 Kings 6:24-25; 7:1-16, Eph 5:14

As much we can never undermine the place of waiting diligently on God, we must also emphasize the fact that every genuine waiting in the kingdom is to receive instructions on what to do and the strength to do the same. Waiting on God is key but more often than not, God is also waiting on us to take actions and steps towards the actualization of the revelations we have received from Him. The first introduction of our God is in the scriptures is that He is an action God and not a passive One. In the beginning, God created and not God slept.

The God we serve is a moving God and those who will walk with Him must be ready to move at His pace. You cannot sit down helplessly and expect to win with God. God is looking for men who are ready to take steps in the direction of their purpose in alignment with divine instructions. To get up means to arouse strength, courage and energy for the task ahead. This was what God was saying to Joshua at the beginning of His ministry after Moses death. God was saying to Joshua, you cannot continue to weep and mourn the death of Moses and win the race that Moses started, you have to get up and run the race that have been set before you. Likewise God told Prophet Samuel that if Israel must go up in the fulfillment of destiny, Samuel must get up from the place of mourning for Saul and proceed to go and anoint David as the next King of the land.

The horror of past failures, the phobia of present challenges and the unfriendly environment we have found ourselves, and the fear of the unknown future has crippled many of us on the path of destiny in this earthly journey. Some of us have even concluded that we cannot achieve anything worthwhile in life again yet I can hear the Lord saying to someone reading this piece today that you cannot continue to stay where you are till you die, you have to get up and move in the direction of your desired future. The lepers said to themselves Why sit we here till we die?  They got to a point where they were tired of status quo and they were ready to even take the risk of death for their emancipation.

It is high time we got up from sleep and slumber. It is time to break free from the past and present chain, fetters and shackles around you and race up towards the goal that God has set before you. If we must go up and take the land, we must damn the size of the giants and the strength of their walls and take a bold step of faith acting on what God has told us. Always remember For the Lord God shall help us, we shall not be confounded, so we have set forth our face like a flint (we are resolute and determined, focused in the direction of our vision), for we know that we shall not be ashamed.

Prayers: Father please stir my heart and spirit up. Help me to take a bold step of faith in the direction of my future regardless of the challenges around me. Amen!!!

EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
Gen 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31

Everyone really concerned about success in the journey of life, ministry and destiny must have goals and must also take time at intervals to assess and evaluate himself to check if he is still in alignment with the path and requirements for the fulfilment of the goals. It is oftentimes easy to swerve off the path of destiny journey as we run the race because of the pressure from the race hence the need for us to always go back to the drawing board to see if truly we have aligned with the set goals and rules.

One of the characteristics of a goal is that it must be measurable and time bound. One must be able to look back and measure if we have actually tried our best in the direction of the vision.

We saw the Almighty God as He introduced us to goals settings and assessment in the beginning. He set the goals of what to be achieved per day in the course of creation as recorded in the scripture. Each day, He arises to do what He has set in His mind to do and after each day's work, He looks back to assess and evaluate Himself. We hear Him say to Himself that 'What I have done today is good'. That gives Him a sense of fulfilment and accomplishment. It helps Him to celebrate Himself and be prepared for the next assignment I'm the right track.

This is a new month and it is a good time to check out lives spiritually, maritally, financially, academically and in other spheres and really do critical impartial assessments. While we know that many people fail in their New year resolutions, I believe that this evaluation will help us to align with what God has shown us at the beginning of our journey to destiny.

Prayer: Father please open my eyes to see Your assessment of me for my past years and days and especially for this past month. Amen!!!

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