Waxing Exceedingly Great

Wednesday 25 October
READ: 2Chron 17: 12-13
MORE LESSON: 1Chron 11:9

Jehoshaphat was a seed of King David who sat on the throne of Judah. He followed after the ways of the Lord and his testimony was recorded that he waxed exceeding great. Jehoshaphat experienced financial prosperity, military strength, wealth and infrastructural during his reign, all because he remove the idols in the land and served the Living God.

It was the same Jehoshaphat that faced a battle in 2Chron. 20, and by trusting the Lord and His Prophet  he allowed the praise singers and the priests to lead the procession into the battle and the Lord gave a might victory without them having to lift a single weapon. He destroyed all the high places of idols worship in the land and Jerusalem to the Lord God. He employed priest whose assignment was to around teaching people the ways of the Lord in his Kingdom. The Bible says that Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance (17:5) because he sought the Lord . it was the spiritual prosperity of the land under him that resulted in the greatness, military victories, wealth and economic prosperity of the land.

Genuinely seeking God results in greatness; every true seeker of God ends up experiencing greatness in destiny. The Bible shows us many people that become great by seeking the Lord. Abraham became the father of greatness by forsaking the idolatry of his father’s house and follow after Jehovah (Gen 12:1-2). Isaac waxed greater and greater by continuing in the covenant of the God of Abraham (Gen 26: 13). David became the great king of Israel because his was devoted to the Lord (psa 18: 35). The list of ordinary men that became epitome of greatness through passionately seeking God is endless.

Every greatness and success you want in life is inside God. It is the deception of the devil that make people run away from dedicating their lives to God because they feel they want to pursue a successful life and that serving God will not afford them that opportunity. More often, such people run after the wind and at the end come back with nothing but chaff to show for all their pursuits.

True greatness is achieved by a life that is devoted to serving and seeking God. Devoting your life to God will not take from you; it will add to you. God will add greatness to your life as you seek him. Jehoshaphat was a king who sought the Lord and because of this he had strong armies and storehouse which were like banks and even business empires in the land. He got all these by making sure the whole land sought God. Seeking God is the secret of waxing exceedingly great.

Prayer/Action
*Pray for more of God in your life
*Pray that nothing will disconnect you from God and service to Him
*Pray that God will empower you to exceed the greatness of your parent.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYERS
This month will not end without me at the king’s banquet, where Haman shall be sentenced to death and glory announced, in the name of Jesus

Springing Up

Tuesday 24 October
READ: Zech. 1: 20 - 21  
MORE LESSON:  Isa. 44: 4 – 5

A spring is an elastic metal that contracts when a force presses it down and expands when the force is removed. The spring goes up when the load which has been holding it down is removed. Most people are familiar with the pen that one presses and the ball-point comes out and you press again and the point goes inside. The mechanism of such pens operates by a spring. When a force is applied, it pushes the ball-point out and when force is applied again, it causes the point to go in. The same is true of the destinies of men. There are forces that hold men down and there are forces that make them spring up. For your destiny to spring up, a force higher than that holding you down must be applied. The fullness of your potential will only manifest when the superior force of the Spirit causes you to spring up. This force must be stronger than any force oppressing and holding down your destiny.

There are yokes of oppression that limit men and hold them down so that they are not able to lift up their heads. Zech 1: 20 – 21 talks about the four horns that scattered Israel, Judah and Jerusalem so that no man was able to lift their heads. However, the Lord sent four carpenters to destroy those horns. The result is that the people of God began to spring up and lift up their heads. Today, whatever force has been holding you down is destroyed, in the name of Jesus Christ. You are free to spring up and attain the fullness of your potential. Every curse, limitation and weight upon your destiny is destroyed, you are free to go higher.

Sometimes it is the force of sin that holds men down and does not allow them to reach the fullness of grace and calling of God on their life. Those yokes of sin need to be destroyed so that you can soar in the spirit. According to Hebrew 12: 1, we are to lay aside every weight and sin which easily besets us. This means we should remove the force of sin from our destiny so that we can spring up. Every sinful habit and stronghold that has forced your destiny down is destroyed today and you will spring up to righteousness and holiness as you move in great grace and do mighty things for God, in Jesus’ name.

Finally, ignorance also holds men down. The Bible says, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge...: Hos. 4:6. When men lack knowledge of what God has put in them no one can lift them up. We must search God’s Word for His promises for our life and go from there to discover our God-given potential and by faith put them to work. Prophesy to your destiny to spring up now, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
*Command every force and darkness holding you down to be broken now, in Jesus’ name.
*Declare that there is a lifting up for you today, in Jesus’ name.
*Pray that your destiny will bud and blossom, in Jesus’ mighty name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
His banner over me is love; no force of hatred will be able to conquer me, in the name of Jesus.

Strength and Wisdom for Battle

Monday 23 October  
READ: Psa. 18: 35-46 
MORE LESSON:  2 Cor. 10: 4 – 6

Life is a battle. If you do not fight, you will still be fought. Some of the wars you face are due to envy and anger of people that hate you. As a child of God, the devil has drawn the battle line against you before you were born, so you had better get ready to fight so that you will not be a victim. However, keep in mind that the weapons of our warfare are not physical but spiritual (2 Cor .10: 4).

There are two types of people in war: those that have strength and those that have expertise in war. There are people who are strong and powerful in fighting battles. There are heroes in the Bible like Barak, Gideon and Jephtha who were mighty in battle. You should not be a weakling in the faith or else you will soon backslide. These are the days of His power and you must have power and strength for battle. However, there are people in the Bible like Samson who had great strength and power but lacked wisdom. Samson was so strong that he could tear a lion to pieces, carry the beam of the gate of a city, kill thousands of people with a stick but he had no sense enough to avoid Delilah. 

So eventually it was a woman that made a weakling of him and finished his destiny. Strength without wisdom is dangerous for we must  be people of wisdom in battle. Solomon was a man of wisdom but he didn't have strength of character, so he ended up marrying one thousand women and started worshipping idols. Do not be a wise man who cuts corners, or cheats at work. For you to last in this endtime battle, you need strength of character and godly wisdom.

Perhaps, a man who had a good blend of power and wisdom in battle was David.  In the Bible, David fought many battles and never lost. There was a situation where David found himself in the hands of his enemies and he quickly acted like a madman so that they sent him away instead of killing him (1 Sam. 21: 11 – 15).  Part of wisdom is knowing which battle to fight and which to avoid. David also sinned against God by committing adultery but he quickly made amends with God and when the child produced from the sinful act died, he glorified God rather than complain. Part of the wisdom for battle is knowing how to ask for forgiveness when you are wrong.  I pray that the Lord will infuse you with strength and courage and also make you a man of wisdom so that you can triumph in the battles of life. Success in battle is a combination of strength, wisdom and divine ideas, but above all, God.

Prayer/Action
*Ask God to gird you with strength and wisdom to win every battle of life, in Jesus’ name.
*Pray that you will not be a casualty in the battle of life no matter how tough it may be, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I plead the blood of Jesus over the remaining days of this month, and I rid it of evil story; it's time for glory, in the name of Jesus.

Don't forget God

Sunday 22 October
READ: Deut. 6:10-12 
MORE LESSON:  Deut. 8:9-18

God, in His fore knowledge, had seen ahead of time that man could become so full and satisfied with the pleasures of life and forget Him. So, in several scriptures, He warned man of the consequences of forgetting God. In Deut. 8:10-14, God said, When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:  Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. In Deut. 4:9, God warned, Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons and thy sons' sons.

The consequences of forgetting God are better told than experienced. Anyone who forgets God perishes as God Himself warned, And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God: Deut. 8:19-20. It is wickedness to forget God, and according to Psa. 9:17, The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God.

One way to avoid forgetting God is to always praise Him and recount His benefits. When you praise God, you will have more of His goodness, Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us: Psa. 67:5-6. The more of God's goodness you see around you, the more of Him that fills your heart and mind. Choose to remember His benefits today and more will come rolling your way.

Prayer/Action
*I renounce anything that makes men to forget God, in Jesus’ name.
*Lord, I remember all Your benefits in my life and I thank You for them, in Jesus’ name.
*I choose to give God thanks instead of murmuring and complaining, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
My Father and my God, before this month runs out, multiply my shine and end my dark clouds, in the mighty name of Jesus.