As
children of God called to be PRIESTS, we must come to the realization that
nothing just happen to us if we are truly led by the Spirit of God; everything
that we see and experience is preordained by the Lord (Romans 8:14). How we
react to them is what will make us right or wrong in our standing with God. God
is set to display His might on our behalf if our stand is right: “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the
earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His”
(2Chronicles 16:9a). However, such must arise from where they are sitting for
this to happen. God did not create His priests to sit down idly by while the
enemy runs amok throughout the land as we are currently witnessing all over the
world. It is sad that priests now sit idly by while the enemy desecrates the
things of God: “We are ashamed because we
have heard insults. Humiliation covers our faces because foreigners have entered
the holy places of the Lord’s temple” (Jeremiah 51:51). It is time to arise
and do that which we were created for. Let’s take a critical look at the life
of Hannah. What happened in her life was not of her own making, she was not
physically sick or deficient in any way that would stop her from having
children. The phrase, “the Lord had kept
her from conceiving” showed that God had a hand in her condition. God even
allowed her husband to marry someone else (Peninnah) that was very fruitful;
who in turn made Hannah’s life unbearable because of her childlessness. On a
particular occasion after they had celebrated the yearly sacrifice, instead of
her usual depressive mood and complaints the Bible states: “So Hannah ate. Then she pulled herself together, slipped away quietly
and entered the sanctuary” (1 Samuel 1:9, MSG). Other Versions say “she
arose”. Instead of crying, complaining and whining to a helpless husband, she arose
and poured her heart out to the Only One that can help change her situation.
Friend, as a priest of the Most High God, it is time to arise from the seats of
complaints, falsehood, deceit, depression, self pity and all manner of
postulations and enter into the Sanctuary (the Heart of God) and pour our hearts
out. Enough of the enemy making us slaves, captives and our lives miserable in
the inheritance we have been given by God. The Bible states that Eli the Priest
at that time carefully observed her and put a seal on her prayers. Just like
Eli, the Holy Spirit is carefully observing us and putting a seal on the things
we say to Him sincerely. It is not enough to blame the economy, government,
leaders, friends, family, neighbors or the devil; but a time to pour out our
hearts so that God will stop the taunting of the Peninnahs and spiritual
Amalekites that are raiding the unsuspecting. It is indeed a time to enter the
Sanctuary and receive game-plans that will completely change the game and
defeat the goliaths and bring down the walls of Jericho. It is time to arise
and enter in! God bless you.
"When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me]" (Genesis 17:1, AMP). A while back, I overheard a conversation between two young men; both were wondering how a person can be and remain holy in a world that daily encourages you to exhibit and enjoy every self-indulgent pleasure one desires. Of course, they knew the Scripture in Psalm 119:9-11, which describes how a young man can keep his way pure, but they feel it is increasingly becoming difficult to discern the way of the Lord from the world system. To them, many Pastors and children of God have been won over by the kingdom of darkness to subvert the principles of God as written in the Bible. They were not wrong, in light of some of the teaching coming from the pulpits! The above ...
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