07/05/2021

waiting on god

By pastor obiageli igboanugo

As Christians, we are always in a journey of either seed time or harvest time. And the seed time is the period where we are waiting upon God,  waiting upon the promises of God to come to pass in our lives. And in those times, things might not be so good, it is usually a time filled with trials and tribulations. But then along the line harvest time comes. This harvest time is a time when we begin to see the manifestation of what we are believing and waiting on God for. The common between the harvest and seed period is “Time”, time is a big word. Seed Time can take as long as three months, the next day, a few minutes, a couple of hours or maybe twenty years, they can take time. We cannot exactly pinpoint the duration. The Bible says, “in due time God will answer us”, that due time is left to God alone and is not in our hand to determine the timing. While in waiting we need to be having a good time, we need to be preparing to receive and praise God. Many people may choose to wait in different ways it could either be negatively or positively. Habakkuk 1:12 -17. The book of Habakkuk told us that Habakkuk knew what they were experiencing is as a result of their punishment, they were under Babylonian captivity. And everything is not fine because they were suffering. And their captors who are of wickedness and practicing idolatry  are  prospering, celebrating and rejoicing.  and it’s as if they are doing it with impunity, and there's no punishment and they are rejoicing and things are going well with them. This could be likened to our modern society where Christians see the wicked prospering and it seems like Christians are suffering. Though modern society will make it seem like the wicked are prospering and Christians suffering but God wants to encourage us today. Habakkuk 2:1 says, “I will climb up to my watch tower and stand at my guard post. There I will wait to see what the Lord says and how he will answer my complaint.” The above portion of the bible tells us to climb to our place and stand at our guard post, a place where we can hear from God where we will not be disturbed by what is happening around us, then await to see what he says. It is a place of expectant expectation. And God replied Habakkuk and He said,

 Habakkuk 2:2-3 “Then the Lord said to me, write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow incoming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.”

 I believe this is where God is telling us today to wait patiently. You know it is a common saying among us Christians, that God is never late, But the truth is that he is never early. Most times he is never early, the reason is because the period of waiting is a period of preparation a period God uses to prepare us and strengthen our faith in Him. Assume if anytime we ask God for something he just instantly provides, we notice that we do not exercise our trust and faith in God. it is when we are waiting on God, believing that he has answered us, that is the furnace in which our trust in God is developed. There is no other way to develop patience but in the furnace of affliction and trials, and it is not our making, and we cannot determine the extent of our trials or afflictions.

The bible he says in Psalm37:34, “wait on the Lord and keep his way and he shall exalt you to inherit the land. There's an exalting at the end, when the wicked are cut off thou shalt see it.”

 Keeping God’s way is very important because while we are waiting on God temptations will come to try and deviate us from God’s will for us. It is also in this period of waiting that so many people are tempted to compromise. So many people are tempted and begin to say “ this is taking too long”, “What do you want me to do?”, “ I can’t sit idly by, I have to do something”.  Its just like somebody who is believing God for a marriage spouse, and the enemy is coming out telling them, “very soon you won’t even be in a childbearing age anymore, why don't you do something?” As the enemy is bringing these temptations and because they are already being tempted to compromise, what will happen is most people take the bait and miss out completely on God’s will for them. 

Psalm 40:1 says, “I waited patiently for the LORD; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.” patience is very, very important in our waiting.

If you do not wait with patience, your waiting cannot be effective.

Psalm 62:5 says, “my soul waits thou only upon God, for my expectation is for him.”

Only upon God, not upon people or what they have promised, wait upon God. If you want to truly understand the works of God, you will see that when God is about to bless us, he uses people to bring the blessings. But sometimes, if we are not careful, we get sidetracked by what the people are doing. The very people that were assigned to solve our problems, or to give us our miracle begin to get sidetracked. That is why our waiting should only be upon God, for our expectations are from him.

When we wait upon God, we place all our attention upon the right source. When God needs to move the people that are involved in your breakthrough, God knows how to touch every heart. Remember, the Bible says in proverbs 21:1 “The heart of the king is in the hands of God, like a river of water, he can turn it to whichever direction he chooses.”

 In The book of Esther God took away sleep from the eyes of a King. And in that keeping him awake. God made him to do certain things. The Bible says in psalms that God raised over the heathens. So even though they are not Gods children God rains over them, and because God rains over them, God can put it in their mind what to think. When the children of Moab were fighting Edom and against Israel. Elisha was called to pray because at the time they had been travelling for seven days and they began to thirst ? Elisha prayed and told them that by tomorrow the valley will be filled up.

 2 Kings 3:22-23 tells us “But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it appear red to the Moabites—like blood. “It’s blood!” the Moabites exclaimed. “The three armies must have attacked and killed each other! Let’s go, men of Moab, and collect the plunder!”

 God made the enemies to think they saw red, And God made them to think that the Israelites had killed themselves. But when they went to collect the plunder, the bible says in

 2 kings3:24 “But when the Moabites arrived at the Israelite camp, the army of Israel rushed out and attacked them until they turned and ran. The army of Israel chased them into the land of Moab, destroying everything as they went”.

 That is the portion of your enemies, God will put certain thoughts in them, that will make them to think what God wants them to think. So, let's not elevate whatever the enemy is doing in our lives right now. God is able and powerful enough to work out things. That is the reason  why our expectation should be upon God for our expectation is from him. And even when there seems to be a blockage, God has the power to move them out of the way, either temporarily or permanently.

 Job14:14 says “If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, Till my change come. We are required to wait and wait patiently”.

So, what do we do while waiting on God?

 It is very important to inculcate certain virtues while waiting on God.  one of this virtue is humility.

God is putting in us the ability to trust Him, even though we do not understand the situation, even though we do not understand. A woman of God gave an analogy, our time of preparation is like planting a seed on the ground, when you plant a seed in the ground. The seed must first break through the husk for the insides to come out. So, it takes pressure and temperature after which the root starts going downwards, it goes downwards first before it shoots up out of the soil. The seeds that have no roots can be are swept off easily. In the parable of the sower, the seed sown on rocky ground, because there is not much soil does not spring up quickly, but the proper way is for the roots to go down first before upwards. Now, while it is doing all that within the soil, we are not aware and not able to see it all what we know is the seed has germinated and a plant has surfaced out of the soil. And if you now go and dig up that seed to see what is happening, you’ve basically damaged the seed. And that's what a lot of us do mistakenly we will keep thinking, “I want to understand”, “Lord, I must understand the situation”, “Why is it happening this way?”, “ What is A doing?” , “What is B doing?” this is clearly all wrong.  Do not seek to understand but seek to trust God in that situation because as it's happening, by the time  you're seeing the plants upwards, it has already gotten roots downwards. But what is happening in the ground you're not seeing and most times, it's not God's prerogative to explain to us. So do not question God and ask why instead trust in GODS process.

 Psalm 39:5 says, “You said you have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you. At best, each of us is but a breath.”

We are hand breed before God, we need to realize that God has made us and he loves us, God is the potter, and we are the clay. Just as Paul was saying that the potter has the right to make any clay in one way and another in another way. It is the prerogative; it is part of God's sovereignty. When we realize who we are, we now know that he's everything and it is not beholding of Him to start explaining to us. One situation we Christian’s face is when we begin to see others enjoying their harvest while still in waiting for ours, but what we fail to realize is no Christian just wakes up in the morning and it is all good. There must be a process. Just like  when people give testimonies  they don't really tell you the trials and tribulations they have faced while they waited . So, our job as Christians is to be encouraged that, as others have experienced their harvest, so will we and our time is coming. There should be no room for  saying, “God, why me now?, Why is my own not coming” . You don't start asking God questions, because your time is coming. It's as simple as that and That's how it works. Every single one of us will pass through this period.

When a servant has come back from working in the fields, you do not tell the Servant “oh you have worked a whole day you must not tired”, instead you turn to the servant and demand for your food to be prepared, you are to be served before the servant thinks about feeding himself, that’s what a servant does.

Job 17:10 say “when you obey You should say, we are unworthy servants, we have simply done our duty.”

This should be our attitude towards God because God as our Creator, he does not owe us anything instead We owe him. So, when we find ourselves in a bad situation the first thought should be to plead for the mercy of God. And Because we know his nature and he is a good God; he will answer us. One Common mistake a lot of people do is become arrogant when they do not get what they have asked God for and some even go as far as cutting communications with God and stop attending church programs. Such people fail to realize that cutting all these does not benefit them one bit because communication with God is a privilege, they fail to realize that by being arrogant they are stray away from the love and grace of God. All because they wanted God to answer their prayers within three to six months and It did not happen, so they choose to run. So before you begin to show arrogance ask your self if I stop communicating with God and going to church will the problem I have go away or will my blessings come ?!

 The second virtue God wants us to inculcate while waiting, is trust. We have to trust that God is powerful and loving. The belief that  God is powerful means  that we know that he is in charge of all happenings, Things are not arbitrary or out of his control. sometimes when we are in a bad situation, or in  the backside of the desert like Moses, you will think you've been forgotten or you think that this situation is so overwhelming, that there is no hope and that  God cant come through again, you will begin to minimize God's power in that situation. God is capable of both helping and changing things. Do you know the most beautiful thing with God is that when we are patiently waiting, when God comes for that breakthrough, that answer is always sudden, so wait for that sudden to come. suddenly from Prison to Palace, suddenly from a shepherd boy to Prime Minister. That is how God operates.

 2 Corinthian 9:8 tells us, “God is able to make all grace abound towards us.”

So God is all powerful and nothing that is happening to us is arbitrary or under the hands of chance. God is in total and complete  control of everything. Even if it's not working out according to what you believe or what you have prayed, God is still in control. Trust Him that he is in control.

The understanding will come when you have reaped all you have Sown. God is not bound to start explaining the situations and processes of how he wants to make you successful neither  is he bound to tell you what to avoid or how much growth you should have attained before you begin to reap your harvests. But remember, the period of preparation is also the period for preparation to receive our miracle, everything we pass through has a redemptive purpose. Our suffering has a redemptive purpose. The Bible says in Romans 8:28, “God is able to make all things work together for good for them that love God." Everything Is Working for your good. So when you believe that God loves you, it gives you strength, and you know that whatever is happening is not the end of the matter. God still loves you, in spite of what you're passing through. God still loves you and he will turn around every situation. That is when our faith is rooted and grounded in love. According to Ephesians 3, our faith is rooted and grounded, when we are sure of the love of God, when we believed the love that God has for us, it makes our faith rooted. Remember, Mark 4 talks about the parable of the sower of the word, the Bible says that when affliction and persecution arise by reason of the word, they are offended. So  because they don't trust the love of God, they don't believe that God loves them. Remember that analogy i gave earlier about somebody that waited and suddenly they say, “I can’t wait any longer I'm out of here because I waited on this God" this happens because they have not perfected the love for God. He said when we are rooted and grounded in this love, we are no longer angry, and the knowledge of his love keeps us from being bitter.

 There are certain types of waiting we must consider the first type are those who wait passively. These are the   category of people that have told themselves they have waited, and they have not seen, and they have decided to move on with their lives. They tell themselves “I don't want to think about it so I don’t feel disappointed anymore”. The truth is they were not really engaged to start with, they were not commuted to change the situation they just hoped that God will change the situation. And because God hasn't changed the situation, They've moved on. It is more of a “I wish God changes my situation kind of thing”. The other kind of waiting is expectant waiting. Now when a woman is pregnant, from the day she takes in, she is planning for that baby. She is planning but she's not seeing the baby. She knows the baby Is inside of her, she is planning and even buying baby clothes. Every plan and thought would be about the baby. That is where God wants us to be expecting him to move in, expecting him to change our situation.

Every day we wake up, we are expecting that maybe that day will be the day of salvation. He said, Behold, today is the day of salvation. At the end of the day, if it didn't happen, another day is coming. What do you tell yourself at point “I'm getting closer to the day of salvation” you wake up the next day’s again and say again “today is the day of my salvation” by doing this your faith is engaged, completely engaged and trusting God. And the final thing we should keep doing while waiting is to keep thanking God. One thing the enemy does against us while  we are waiting upon God is to make problems seem bigger than they really are, making us not to see any other good thing in our lives. We do not see that our children are healthy, that they are growing well, that we are not going to the hospital because of crisis, that we have food on our tables, that we have a roof over our heads and are doing well. The so-called problem has taken over our focus. And this is where Thanksgiving comes in because when we are intentionally praising God for His faithfulness, his kindness, His mercy and his love, It keeps us focused on the goodness of God, It keeps us focused on him. For a thankful heart cannot be a complaining heart. If you are thankful, you cannot in that same heart be complaining, a grateful heart does not harbor complains. Because even though God has not answered what you asked for, you remember that it by his grace you have a Job and feeding well etc. And even if you do not have anything the very fact that you are alive is enough to be thankful to God. Job 14:7 say, “For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease”.

Again, as long as there is life there is hope,  your time is coming.


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03/06/2022

seize the moment

By pastor obiageli igboanugo

Thethings of God are mostly done on time, once the time is missed, the momentum ofthat instance is missed. Everything God does has an appropriate timing, if wedon’t walk in God’s time, we miss all that God has prepared for us in thatseason. The manifestation of our labor may seem to take many years, but we mustremember that God’s time is the best and he will surely come for us in thatsituation.  

Seizingthe moment involves you making use of every opportunity that comes your way. However,as children of God we should remember that not all opportunities that come ourway are directly from God, nonetheless, we must be ready and prepared to seizeevery opportunity sent by God.

Let’stalk about Zechariah for example, how he could not understand the time ofGod and was unbelieving of how the things of God will come to existence, whenthe angel of God told him he was going to have a son whose name would be Johnthe Baptist.

Thebible tells us Luke that when the angel approached Zechariah and told him hewas going to have a child Zachariah replied in Luke 1:18 saying “How can I be certain?  My wife and I are well passed childbearingyears.”  

Zachariah failed to seize this moment and the opportunityto have a child by questioning and doubting the words sent to him by Godbut because God had a greater purpose for John the Baptist,the moment wasn’t lost, however Zachariah was made dumb until the birth of Johnthe Baptist.

Letus read:  2 kings 9:1-16, 2 kings13:1-4;6-10;19.

Thebook of second Kings, tells us about Captain Jehu who was appointed asthe king of Israel. Jehu was a man that seized the moment and theopportunity presented to him by following through with God sent instructionsand because of Jehu's obedience and swift response to Godsinstructions, God gave him a dynasty and commended him by making four of hisgeneration to rule over Israel. He didn't just obey God, he did it with zeal. Thebible tells us in 2 kings that Elisha had sent one of the children ofthe prophets to anoint Jehu as the new King of Israel and gave Jehuinstructions from God to smite the house of Ahab his master to avenge the deathof all the prophets who have died under the hands of Jezebel. Jehu obeyed these instructions zealouslyand immediately he was anointed he ordered that the gate of the city be closedso nobody would tell king Ahab what was happening and began to war withoutdelay against the prophet of Baal and the dynasty of Ahab.

Seizingthe moment comes from total obedience and submission to God. When we obey God’sinstruction, we seize the moment.  Justlike the story of Abraham who was instructed by God to sacrifice his sonIsaac, Abraham seized the moment by obeying God and following Godinstructions. The bible recorded in Genesis 22, that early in themorning Abraham rose and did what God said. He never contemplated nordiscussed the subject matter with his wife, he went forth immediately to carryout Gods instructions.

Seizingthe moment would require us to follow through with every instruction given tous by God. The bible tells us about how David defeated Goliath in thebook of Samuel 17:49-51

49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slungit and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead,and he fell face down on the ground. 50 So David triumphed over thePhilistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand, he struckdown the Philistine and killed him. 51 David ran and stood over him.He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After hekilled him, he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw thattheir hero was dead, they turned and ran.

AfterDavid threw a stone that entered the temple of Goliath he wasn’tsatisfied, he didn’t relax in victory, the bible tells us that he ran toGoliaths body and cut off his head and as the Philistines saw this they ran away.Cutting off Goliaths head sealed the victory over the philistines. A lot ofChristian in the world today fail to complete the instructions and tasks they aregiven. The moment a sign of victory begins to emerge they relax and becometardy with the instructions. If you have ever wondered why David rantowards Goliath to cut off his head, you will know that by cutting off Goliathshead he made sure that Goliath (the hero of the Philistines) will never rise again,and this is what we as Christian should begin to emulate. As a Christian we areto finish the assignments and tasks given to us, if we are assigned to fast andpray for three days we should fast and pray for three days, a lot of Christiansfail to understand that when we do not finish our assigned tasks, we are givingtime to the enemy, This Time given to the enemy will allow the enemy to recuperate,reinforce and strike back again even harder. Therefore, we should worktirelessly and rigorously to complete our God assigned tasks to achieve divinevictory.

Seizingthe moment can also mean avoiding procrastination. When God instructs us to dosomething we are to act instantly (without delay). As Christians we are not tocontemplate about what God asks us to do because while thinking, we can losethe momentum of that season.

There is clarion call to arise and desist fromour Luke warmness as true believers of God and not rest for a moment inspiritual activities.

The bible tells us in Ephesians 5:14 ,

"Wherefore he saith, awake thou thatsleepiest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."

Sleep in this context means submissiveness toslothfulness, procrastination, and sin. The bible tells us here to leave slothfulness,procrastination, and sin, for they all lead to spiritual death and embrace thethings of God so that Christ will show us the way to spiritual growth and life.

Let’s read: Matthew 25:1-13

The passage in Matthew tells us the parable often virgins awaiting the arrival of the bridegroom. Five of the virgins cameprepared by bringing along with them extra oil for their lamps, while the otherfive virgins did not.  As the bridegroomdelayed in arriving, the oil in the lamps of the unprepared Five virginsexhausted so they went in search of oil. While on their search the bridegroom arrived,and the door was shut. This parable simply explains to us we should always beready to seize every moment or opportunity for spiritual and physical growth.

Let’s also read the parable of a man who gavehis servants talents: Matthew 25:14-30

This is the parable of the talents. Thisparable tells us how a man who was about to travel shared talents to hisservants according to their abilities. To one he gave five talents, to anotherhe gave two talents and finally to another he gave one talent. When he returnedfrom his travels, all the servants presented to their master what they had donewith their talents. The bible tells us that the first two servants doubledtheir talents while the servant with one talent buried it in the ground becauseof fear. The servants who doubled their talents were greatly reward and to theone who buried his talent the one talent was taken away.

 As aChristian we are to seize every moment presented to us by God this meanscarrying out Gods instructions even when we are afraid. When we carry out Godsinstructions afraid, our confidence and faith in God is straightened becauseafter we have succeeded, and we are rewarded we know now that we can do allthings through Christ our lord and savior and there is no need to be afraid.

This parable also explains the Justice Systemof God that He is never unjust. He has deposited wonderful treasures in usaccording to our ability and want us to work with the treasures so that wecontinue to pursue the advancement of his kingdom. God desires that we areprofitable with what he has given us.

There is one crucial thing we should bear inmind as Christians, that is, in God's kingdom, it is not about what you aregiven but what you did with what you are given.

AsChildren of God, it is important for us to remember that we are all valuable toour Heavenly father. Having less talents doesn’t make you unworthy orincompetent because what truly matters is what we do with the talents we are given.We should also remember while waiting for our blessings to come, we should bewary of what we do or say at that waiting period, because our words can either prolongor cancel out the blessings of that season. Every Moment or Opportunitypresented to us by God is an opportunity to grow spiritually and physically, AsChristians we are to constantly seek out these moments and seize them byfollowing the tasks and instructions that follow.


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03/06/2022

power of resurrection

By pastor obiageli igboanugo

Resurrectionis the greatest manifestation of the power of God. If God in is mightinesscould raise Jesus from the dead, what is impossible for him to do in your life?The greatest enemy in the fullness of his craftiness could not comprehend orput a stop to the coming and resurrection of Jesus Christ and because of this,he was utterly defeated by the power of resurrection.

OurChristianity is founded upon our understanding of the resurrection and thebelief in the resurrection, and this is what distinguishes us from otherreligious practitioners “the understanding in the belief system that Jesusresurrected from the dead and he is alive now and forever more” Revelation1:18a. The power in the resurrection can’t be diminished because Christis alive, interceding for us and executing whatever we say that is His word. Inthe resurrection of Jesus Christ lies the power to overcome the world and theflesh and as believers we should have the revelation of this power because itis by this power, we conquer the world.

Furthermore,believing in the resurrection of Jesus is also acknowledging the Lordship of JesusChrist because He had to die and resurrect to have authority over all things. He didn’t just gain thelordship by the fact that he was originally God, he gained it by conquest, “that through his death he might destroyedhim that had the power of death, that is the devil” Hebrews 2:14. He died so we can live together with him ineternity 1st Thessalonians 5:10, and now that He is alive,all power belongs to him in heaven and on earth Matthew 28:18.

Inthe race of Christianity, we have to believe and proclaim that Jesus is Lordbecause “no man can say that Jesus is theLord, but by the Holy Ghost” 1stCorinthians 12:3b, that is nobody or spirit can submit to the lordship ofJesus only the Christians filled with the holy ghost can accept the lordship ofJesus Christ and make bold proclamation of his lordship.

Let’slook closely into the story of Lazarus John 11:1-53. The power in theresurrection was shown in this story because Lazarus was dead for four days andit was already too late for him to be raised according to the Jewish tradition,it is believed that the body must have decomposed, but Jesus came through andraised Lazarus because His miracle is done when there are no physical possibilities,because when there are still possibilities his sovereign power is limited inthat situation. From the time Jesus rose Lazarus from the dead, there was adetermination to kill Jesus because there was a great dissatisfaction in theheart of the Pharisees about the raising of Lazarus and other miracles He did,the plan to crucify Him begun and was to be enacted as soon as possible becausemany Jews saw what Jesus did and they believed in Him. The Pharisees alsoplanned to kill Lazarus John 12:9-11 so as to get rid ofevery evidence that Lazarus was raised by Jesus because many had believed inHis name and the power in the resurrection. So he was crucified and killed,little did they know that there was a mighty plan by God in His death andresurrection because while he was dead for three days, he was preaching thegospel to the dead in Hades 1 Peter 4:6 and his rising from the deadbrought great power to us as believers.

Jesus’resurrection delivers from fear andits greatest manifestation which is deathHebrews2:15 and also guarantees our rising because there is resurrection foreverybody: There is resurrection to damnation and resurrection toeternal life, anyone who believes in the resurrection of Jesus Christ isrisen unto life John 11:25.

1stCorinthians 15:17 “And ifChrist be not raised, your faith is in vain; ye are yet in your sins”,” but now he is risen from the dead, andbecome the first fruit of them that slept” 1stCorinthians 15:20.

Thesescriptures explain to us that since Christ is risen, we have received completefaith and total forgiveness of sins. His resurrection also delivered us fromthe power of darkness and also translated us into the kingdom of his dear son Colossians1:13-14.

Thegreatest news to us as believers is that the spirit which is the Holy Spiritthat raised Jesus Christ from the dead dwells in us and it gives us life Romans8:11 which says “but if thespirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised upChrist from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit thatdwelleth in you.” 

SPEAK: DearFather you are the power of resurrection, and that same power brought our LordJesus from the dead despite every opposition so I believe in my situation no matterworse it might be, it can be overcome by the power of resurrection. AMEN

 


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18/09/2021

crowned with glory and honor

By pastor obiageli igboanugo

A crown is an ornament worn by Kings and sovereign Princes as a badge of imperial or regal power and dignity. The crown can also be associated with honorary distinction as a form of reward.

The bible tells us in the book of 1 Corinthians 9:25:

25. And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we incorruptible.

This bible passage here tells us that as we continue in our everyday life to pursue the mastery of a particular field inorder to be crowned, recognized, or rewarded for our skills; for example individuals’ pursuit to be crowned as Master Chef in the culinary arts or as a master of linguistics etc. All these crowns sought after are corruptible and will eventually fade away, but the crown bestowed on us as Children of God are never fading and incorruptible.

Glory, according to Webster's dictionary, Glory is splendor, shining, flourishing.

The bible says in 2 peter 1 :17:

17. For he received from God the Father honor and glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory.

The bible passage here relates the definition of Glory to splendor, brightness, and magnificence. Glory is also associated with the divine presence of God.

These two definitions are meant to give us a broad understanding of what it means to be Crowned with glory. To be Crowned in Glory means to be filled with the totality of Gods Goodness, to bask in the splendor and magnificence of God. The book of Exodus 33:12 tells us of the story of Moses

12. One day Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’

When Moses confronted God about who will accompany him as he led the people to the promised land, he reminded God of his words ‘I know you by name and I look favorable on you’ the King James version of this same scripture reads ‘I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight’. Moses was bold enough to ask God who would accompany him as he led the people to the promise land because he had the favor of God. Favor can only exist when you are being crowned with God’s glory. The lord then replied in Exodus 33:14,

14. “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.”

Prior to this, the people led by Moses had sinned against God and God said he will send an angel to accompany them, but Moses interceded and requested that God be with him as he accompanies the people to the promise land. And in Exodus 33:15-16:

15. Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place.
16. How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”

From these bible passages we can see that Gods favor upon us is how people know that God is with us, so if we are already living in abundance of favor, it therefore means that God resides in us. The presence of God in our lives as Children of God sets us apart from other individuals in the world, because as God resides within us there is overflowing of grace, favor, splendor etc.

And God replied to Moses in Exodus 33:17:

17. The Lord replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.”

Here we can see how the favor of God grants us petitions, because God is with us, we are favored and as we are favored by God, we can intercede for not just only for ourselves but for others too and because of God’s favor our intercessions are successful. God knows us by our names, as a crowned child of God you are known by your name, God honors us by knowing our names. What glorious and honorable accomplishment for God to know your name.

The book of Exodus 33: 18-19

18. Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence.”
19. The Lord replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, [c] before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.

The bible passage expresses to us that the glory of God is the goodness of God, to be Crowned in Glory is to be in the goodness of God. The book of Psalm 65:8-13 (TPT) gives us the benevolent magnificence of the glory of God, to be crowned in the Glory and honor of God means to bask in the beauty, abundance and favor described in Psalms 65:8-13 . The book of Roman 8:17 tells us that we are heirs of God and are co glorified with Christ Jesus and therefore everything that belongs to Jesus belongs to us provided we acknowledge him as our Saviour who died for our sins. And verse thirty of that chapter tells us that we are called by God and whoever is called is justified and who ever is justified is glorified. And remember that to be justified is to be made righteous and have right standing with God. The real question now is why are we glorified by God. The bible tells us in psalms 8:3-6 that we are created only a little lower that Elohim (GOD) meaning the angels are our servants. We are created and crowned with glory and honor. We are the children of God and therefore we are a representation of God on earth. As a child of God, we are to embrace that we are royalty, crowned in the Glory and honor of God, our attitude, environment, behavior etc. should demonstrate that we are not victims of the world, but are crowned children of God.

A lot of individuals continue to live in this world as victims of oppression, poverty, sickness, death etc. and continue to assume the roles of victims in every situation that arises. They fail to recognize that Gods Plan for us as his children is to be glorified and honored and to rule over all things of this earth.

The book of Ephesian 1:22-23

22. And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23. Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Ephesians 2:6 also says

6. And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

These bible passages in Ephesians chapter one tells us that Christ is sited on the throne, and everything is beneath his feet and subject to his Authority, chapter two of Ephesians also tells us that as children of God we have been raised up and have been given the privilege to sit where Christ sits. It therefore means we also have that same authority as Christ over all thing, and as children of God the glory that belongs to Jesus belong to us, we are co-glorified with Jesus as said in the book of psalms. This then means that we have no business living as victims of oppression, poverty, sickness, death etc. because God has lifted us up and given us authority over every and all situations. It is the will of God for us to be glorified and honored, so as Children of God it is our right to be above all things and to have authority over principalities and power. I therefore employ every child of God to embrace their inheritance and assume their royal rights and wear this crown of glory and honor.


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