TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL (Sunday 6th December 2020)
Say to God, “How awesome are your works! Through the greatness of your power your enemies shall submit themselves to you. All the earth shall worship you and sing praises to you; they shall sing praises to your name.” Psalms 66:3-4 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 339TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF REJOICING
As it pleased the Holy Spirit, another session of Prophetic Apostolic Training School Started yesterday, this time a SCHOOL OF KINGDOM WEALTH. The LORD alone knows why He is passing us through these training schools.
Paul made it clear that no matter how prophetic we may be; we will never know everything in God’s plans for our lives. The best of every man is still a man. I will advise that we all participate in these training schools so that what the LORD want to accomplish with our lives will be accomplished.
Today we will begin with a word on the demonstration of the power and glory of God in a dark world, and then journey through certain mysteries on our common salvation.
The demonstration of the power and glory of God is God’s way of neutralizing the gates of hell, death and grave, and executing His redemption plans.
Even a casual observer of the things of God will quickly discover that it is practically impossible for the Kingdom of God to advance effectively on earth, clean up the Church from spots and wrinkles, and take back souls from the kingdom of darkness without a demonstration of the power and glory of God.
From the day man fell to our days, no redemption plan has been properly executed on earth without eternity invading time to compel darkness to submit.
For instance, it took the invasion of eternity into time for the chaotic and void earth to become habitable. It took the invasion of eternity into time for creation to be outsourced from Heaven to the earth. It took the invasion of eternity into time for the flood to cleanse the earth in the days of Noah.
It took the invasion of eternity into time for Noah and all with him in the ark to be safe in the days of the flood. It took the invasion of eternity into time for Shem to become a principality of God after the flood. From the Historic book of the Jews, he was the one who served as the preacher or prophet to that ancient world.
In Judaism he is believed to be Melchizedek. But in Christianity we believe the pre incarnate Christ is Melchizedek. But in my opinion both could be right because Christ can enter into a man and form His image in him. Maybe that was what happened. Maybe Shem so synchronized with the ways and will of God, that he lost his sinful beginning and end. The Bible says;
“FOR THIS Melchizedek, king of Salem [and] priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
And Abraham gave to him a tenth portion of all [the spoil]. He is primarily, as his name when translated indicates, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, which means king of peace.
Without [record of] father or mother or ancestral line, neither with beginning of days nor ending of life, but, resembling the Son of God, he continues to be a priest without interruption and without successor.” Hebrews 7:1-3 AMP
LET US LOOK AT THE REDEMPTION STORY IN THIS SCRIPTURE
I believe Jesus formed Himself in whoever this man was, and became the Man in the man. The same thing that should happen to us when we accept Christ – He should be so formed in us that we become one with Him.
When we become one with Him, we will lose our beginning and ending. The beginning was the sin age that started in every man at the fall. The ending is the wages of sin, which is spiritual, eternal and natural death.
Now, when we lose this Adamic beginning and ending, we will become a likeness of Christ; a type and shadow of Melchizedek – with no record of beginning or ending! Hallelujah! That is when we will stand justified before GOD!
Authentic salvation, makes one a king and a priest to Our God; it does not make us earthly kings but Heavenly kings of righteousness and peace on the face of the earth like this mysterious figure (Melchizedek) was.
The Bible indeed made it clear that Christ has made us kings and priests unto our God. But this redemption story attached to the Melchizedek figure tells us the kind of kings – kings of righteousness and peace.
The word king means ruler. As kings of Righteousness and peace, God expects that we rule in righteousness and peace on the face of the earth. He expects His righteousness to be our standard or garment, and peace our source or way of living. That is why we lose the scepter to be kings on His behalf on earth if there is no righteousness in our lives and Christians.
Righteousness is the greatest defense of the justified – because God will always show Himself BLAMELESS to the BLAMELESS. David said,
“I was also blameless before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore, the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless; With the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
For you will save the humble people, but will bring down haughty looks.” Psalms 18:23-27 NKJV
FROM THIS SCRIPTURE WE CAN SEE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR LIVES (GARMENTS) PURE!
It is important to walk in mercy, lead blameless lives and keep our garments of righteousness clean by maintaining a pure life. When we defy our garments of righteousness, we will always loose the scepter of authority in the spirit. David so walked with God that he never lost that scepter. The only time it almost left his hands was in the sin of Beersheba and when he numbered Israel.
The Bible made it clear that he was exiled from his throne of three months; because it was unrighteous before God. But he was a man who knew how to walk with the LORD in repentance, so the LORD brought him back.
The lesson here is this; a life of sin will always take us away from our thrones in the Spirit, leaving us without scepters. We can only return after returning back to God in righteousness!
But we are looking at the execution of God’s redemption plan by the invasion of eternity into time. The Melchizedek phenomenon is an invasion of eternity into time. Even through His life, we can see that it is practically impossible for the Kingdom of God to advance effectively on earth without the invasion of eternity into time!
When eternity invades time it brings eternity products into time. It brings deposits of the anointing, the Holiness of God, healing for our sick bodies, revelation and refreshing for our weary hearts, divine fire for our spirits to keep burning for the LORD and etc.
The invasion of eternity into time, especially with eternity products, is key to helping us lead the Christian life and experiencing freedom from all works of the devil.
UNTIL OUR DAYS ARE FULFILLED, THERE ARE EVIL WORKS THAT WILL NEVER LET US GO UNTIL ETERNITY INVADE TIME.
From scriptural revelation, the greatest form of blindness is spiritual blindness. It has become the plague f many today. But when eternity invades time, this plague can be removed. It will take away our blindfolds and help us see what God wants us to see. The invasion of eternity into time with eternity products is key to the freedom of all.
There are those who have so sold themselves to do evil, even to holy man and women of God, that it will take eternity to invade time with eternity products to make a difference.
Our devotional text this morning says;
Say to God, “How awesome are your works! Through the greatness of your power your enemies shall submit themselves to you. All the earth shall worship you and sing praises to you; they shall sing praises to your name”
There is a kind of worship that will never come from the earth to Heaven, until Eternity has invaded time with its products, and make men submit to God’s rule and reign. The stage is set for our age and time to experience critical eternity products from God. Yes, the stage is set for God to be revealed as never before.
The stage is set for God to show Himself and let us know through the demonstration of His power and glory the difference between light and darkness. The hearts of many in our age is so filled with gross darkness that they can no longer tell the difference between light and darkness, hence the need for this critical eternity product!
The truth remains, like it happened in the days of Elijah when darkness filled the hearts of Israel to portray him as an enemy of the people, so it will be in our days. Many people of God will be seen as the real problem but eternity will invade time with critical eternity products to change the story like it did for Elijah.
God said in His word;
“They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”
Then you shall again discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.” Malachi 3:16 -18 NKJV
Get set for a move of God that will help our generation to be able to spot the difference between light and darkness!
LET THIS SCRIPTURE BE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR YOU TODAY!
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.
You shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” Says the Lord of hosts.” Malachi 4:1-3 NKJV