Burden Bearers

Friday 27 March
READ: Num 11:16-17
MORE LESSON: Phil. 2:19-22

There was a time when Moses grew tired of the ministry because the burden of the people was too much for him to carry. The people made life difficult for him till he cried to God that he was tired, and prayed for death. One of the greatest weapons the devil uses against God's servants is discouragement and he always uses people to achieve this. You must decide never to assist the devil by being an instrument of discouragement to your spiritual leaders. Rather, commit yourself to be an instrument of encouragement to the prophet God has set over you.

However, in the midst of this discouragement, we learn an important principle: God raised people to bear the burden with Moses. So the LORD said to Moses, Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel . . . I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone: Num 11:16-17 (NKJV). The Lord is still in the business of raising burden bearers for His servants. People that make themselves available to be burden bearers are the ones that will be raised to positions of leadership in the Body of Christ. They will also get to be anointed with the same Spirit that God has placed upon His servant. They are the future leaders of the work of God. There are many blessings that accrue with becoming a burden bearer of the Lord alongside His chosen servant. I pray that God will give you spiritual maturity so that you will not be a burden to God's servants but a burden bearer with them.

Each time God wants to achieve a new dimension of ministry in His servants, He raises men that will do the work with them. God is interested in succession, continuity and expansion of His work, and we also should. We should know that God's work is not a one-man job but one that we all need to carry on together. God is still looking for men that will make themselves available so that He can release His Spirit upon them to carry on the work along with His appointed servants.

When Joshua, the servant of Moses, saw God anoint new men, he quickly demanded that Moses should stop them from prophesying because he felt that the new development would take the ministry from Moses (verse 28). But Moses, a mature servant of God, explained to the young man that it was God's will and for the benefit of all, that men are raised. But Moses replied, Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them! (verse 29).

Today you can be one of the burden bearers that God will raise and anoint for His work if you make yourself available.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that you will be a pillar and not a caterpillar in the Kingdom of God.
* Pray that you will inherit the double portion of your spiritual leader like Elisha and not leprosy like Gehazi.
* Pray to be a tool in the hand of God and not a spanner in the wheel of progress.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
The glory of my latter house shall be greater than the former and I shall make progress.

Make Yourself Available for Glory

Thursday 26 March
READ: Gen. 2:5
MORE LESSON: Eph. 1:9-12

When God created the Garden of Eden in the beginning, there was a glory and beauty upon that garden. Everything planted in the garden grew and was fruitful. There was a river that parted into four tributaries that watered the garden. The trees of the garden were ready for food and everything had been prepared. The garden was ready and the glory was there but the Bible says that God had not caused it to rain and there was no man to till the ground. The man to occupy the garden was not to labour to prepare the garden but to enter into an already prepared glory. But no man was available so God created Adam to enjoy the glory made ready in the garden.
The Bible says that God had not caused it to rain because He had not found the man that would till the ground. Glory was available in the created garden but God needed a man that will step into the glory. God is still in the business of looking for men that will manifest His glory in our days. He is searching for people that He will use as tools, even in this end time, to affect and impact this generation.
If you are born again, the seed of the glory is already in you; you just need to make yourself available to God in order to go forth and manifest His glory. Make up your mind that wherever you find yourself, you will make yourself available for God's glory there. Go forth in your school, business, place of work or wherever you find yourself, and manifest the glory of God.
Are you available for God to make you manifest His glory? Refuse to hide the glory of God; refuse to be lazy or to put your light under a bushel. The text we read says there was no man to till the ground and manifest the glory of the garden that God created. Let it not be said in your own time that there is no man to manifest God's glory and to serve Him. Be that man that will be available to do His will and manifest His glory.
Man is undoubtedly created for the sole aim of manifesting God’s glory, and there is still room for you to be one of such examples. If you are going through a challenge of life, that situation in God’s hand is an opportunity to turn you to a wonder and a testimony. That challenge is not designed to ruin you but to prove what God can do through you. So, don’t despair; don’t give up. Keep up with God and you will be the next evidence of His glory.

Prayer/Action
* Thank God for the opportunity to be an agent of glory in life and destiny.
* Ask God to grant you grace to live worthy of His glory.
* Ask God to turn every situation of your life to a praise of His glory.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
The function and purpose of God for my life shall not be aborted, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Arise and Shine

Wednesday 25 March
READ: Isaiah 60:1-7
MORE LESSON: Isa. 40:1-5

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee: Is. 60:1. This popular portion of the Scripture talks about the rising of the glory of God upon His people. And God's glory is certainly something we all desire to see manifest in our lives. Everything God has created has its own glory. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory: 1 Cor. 15:41. Every man has his glory but not everyone is shining forth the glory, which is the reason God told His people to arise and shine forth the glory. I pray that your glory will show forth, in Jesus’ Name.

Your glory talks about your virtue, value and worth. It is time for you to begin to engage your abilities, virtues and worth so that you could have achievements and results to show to God's glory. You may meet a man who does not look very impressive to you until you begin to hear that the same man has many achievements and owns so much wealth. When you get to know that he has written so many books, travelled to speak in so many countries and bagged so many awards, you immediately begin to respect him. Why? Because you just heard about his glory-his attributes, abilities, qualities and results. That will be your portion, in Jesus’ name; men will begin to respect you as they see God’s glory upon you.

When we read Isaiah chapter 59, which proceeds God's command to the people to arise, we realize the condition of the people God told them to arise. They were living in sin for which reason they lost the glory. Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. They were down because of sin. Any sinful man or nation is always without glory. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD: Isa. 59:20. Immediately after turning from transgression, the next chapter says, Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee: Isa. 60:1.

If you want glory, you have to say goodbye to sin. Sin makes a man come short of the glory but when such a man turns to the Lord, his story changes.
As you turn from sin to the Lord today, I prophesy that your light is come; you will arise and God's glory will be evident upon you. Whatever acts of sin that might have been tying down your glory, I rebuke them today, in Jesus’ name. Your glory will rise in this new day that the Lord has made, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Give God thanks for His promise of glory upon your life.
* Ask that whatever is covering your glory (known and hidden) be broken today.
* Declare that your destiny will not be crippled but shall arise and shine from today on.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I rededicate my life and destiny to the God of Israel today and forever, in the mighty name of Jesus.

When Others are Blessed

Tuesday 24 March
READ: Psa. 84:11-12
MORE LESSON: James 1:17

I want you to know that every goodness that you see in people can be duplicated in you. There is nothing good that you have seen that cannot come to you. However, it is the attitude that you have towards someone else's good that determines whether you have your own. Today I want you to have the right attitude towards other people's blessings so that you can have your own.

One of the reasons human beings are envious when somebody has something that they do not have is because they do not realize that whatever someone has is also available to them. The God that gave that man can give you as well. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning: James 1:17 (NKJV).

The first thing to do when someone has something that you don't have is to celebrate God for that person. When you sincerely thank God for another person's goodness, you have just signed a cheque for yours. If you have been trusting God for children, you don't have to turn your face away when you see a pregnant woman. Instead, look at her very well and commend her, trusting God that that is how you are going to look when you become pregnant. That woman's pregnancy is a testimony that God is still giving children to people and so He will give you. If you are unemployed and you hear the testimony of someone who got a job, don't get angry, bitter or cry in secret. What to do is to dance with the person, knowing that your own is also on the way.

You must recognize that good things can be contacted and transferred. When someone has a good thing that you want, you can sow a seed to that person and contact the blessing. If you are unmarried and the right partner is not forthcoming, and you hear that someone is getting married, that is the time to sow seeds of money, support and assistance to that wedding. By so doing, you have contacted that good thing and it will be transferred to you.

Also, know that any person's achievement is also available for and you can even be surpassed. The fact that someone has achieved something means that too you can achieve it. Recognize that the good thing that someone has is not the limit of the expression of that thing. If you desire to do something and someone else gets it done, don't be envious. Just aim for a higher expression of that thing and God will give it to you. Don't be envious of people's goodness but let it motivate you to aspire for good things as well. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. (Heb. 10:24-25).

Prayer/Action
* Give thanks to God for what He is doing for everyone around you-mention some.
* Pray that God will sustain those things in the life of those people.
* Ask that God will do same and more for you that together, you all will celebrate God’s goodness to His glory,

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Today, I put a total end to every reoccurring affliction in my destiny, in Jesus’ mighty name.