TODAY’S DEVOTION (THURSDAY 16TH JUNE 2022)
“And I will utter My judgments against them for all the wickedness of those who have forsaken Me, burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands [idols].
But you [Jeremiah], gird up your loins! Arise and tell them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed and break down at the sight of their faces, lest I confound you before them and permit you to be overcome.
For I, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land—against the [successive] kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land [giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome].
And they shall fight against you, but they shall not [finally] prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.” Jeremiah 1:16-19 AMPC
WELCOME TO THE 167TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF AMAZING GRACE
We thank our LORD and savior Jesus Christ for giving us life and allowing us to see another day. It is out of His mercies that we are not consumed. He has kept us alive and showed us so much mercy, and we give Him all the glory for that.
The wonders of our GOD are things that words cannot capture in detail. Only eternity can tell us about them.
Creation is full of the revelation of who He is and what He can do. For instance, the God who created the sea cannot be put in a bottle. If you think the God who created the sea can be put in a bottle or summoned through incantations, you miss it.
Those who take the oil as God or His Spirit’s symbol today need to get the revelation of how big our God is. It was one of the ancient’s prophets that told us that His presence fills the earth like the water covers the sea. And another says, yet, He wants to live in us. That is very beautiful.
Instead of seeking to use oil as symbols, seek to carry Christ in you. They way that oil is in that bottle is the way Christ want to be in you, then pouring Himself out through you and transforming moral landscapes.
That is what our fathers call the doctrine of Christ.
Let us look at this issue of symbolism. You see, one of the many reasons God used symbols in time past was to bring men into the reality of no longer using symbols.
Symbols were the only language of the supernatural known to fallen men then. But how did it start, because it was not so in the Garden of Eden. You see, due to the fall of Satan and the subsequent fall of the angels God sent to teach men righteousness in the days of Noah, there was a replacement of God’s supernatural with Satan’s.
The fallen angels and the ones who would later become demons tried to infiltrate the human race that was then hungry for something outside this world, with dark powers and magical feats using symbols.
AND SADLY, IT WORKED AND BECAME THE NORM IN ALL HUMAN’S ATTEMPT TO SUMMON THE SUPERNATURAL.
Unlike what was happening in the days of Adam in the Garden, the use of natural materials to create supernatural effects became the characteristics of men who want to experience the supernatural, especially outside the sphere of the divine.
That was why when God came to announce and arrange for the first coming of Christ and the outpouring of His Spirit, He led Moses into symbolism; He used what they were familiar with to speak to them and they understood. That is why you will not see Moses using those symbols, like oil or water to do what many preachers are using them to do today.
The symbols in Moses’ ministry were strictly divine before the Cross and had no demonic connotation. But today their use is all demonic. Partly because the season has passed and partly because Satan want to be like God in the present Church, hence using what was used by God in time past to unleash his lying wonders. Sadly, by the hands of preachers who are not established in the present truth.
We are living in days where the demonic is craving to manifest as the divine. We are in days where the enemy is coming to Church like an angel of light and understanding; reenacting and enforcing the use of things God used before the cross to create pathways for his version of the supernatural.
There is a lot that is being taught as light. But it is twilight. A lot they call preaching but it’s simply lynching of the spirits of just men to become corrupt and falsely declared those who are still lost saved.
God want you to begin to walk in wisdom and in boldness. This is not the age and time to be afraid of predators. This is time to fight for your soul and secure it from being stolen by the charlatans you call men of God.
You secure a soul with truth and being open minded to what your flesh may not agree with but the Spirit of God affirms.
One thing I have noticed with the preachers in Kenya who have taken time to attack me publicly or privately, is the power of intimidation. They are gifted at telling you the evil that will happen if you do not follow them or obey their commands.
THEY ARE VERY CRAFTY, DECEITFUL AND GRACED TO SPEAK LIES IN THE LANGUAGE OF TRUTH.
They are smooth operators who use fear to put souls into religious boxes and cages. That is why you find most Christians in Kenya afraid of their spiritual fathers more than their Heavenly Father. The so called fathers make them do things they would not have done if Christ was living in them.
There is strong witchcraft among these men that is not seen by those why sit under them.
My conversation with them kept re-establishing the reason the LORD asked me not to associate myself with them. You will never know when they have corrupted you. It became clearer to me that they are the real problem of the Church of Jesus Christ in Kenya.
They have made it sick and unattractive to lost souls, that is why many Youths in this nation are moving from Churches to mosques.
I saw in in a fresh light why the LORD asked me to focus on His lost sheep. I saw why He said to me “the preachers have scattered my sheep and drove them to the wild beast of sin, iniquity and trespass.”
I understood why the demon of deliverance has become their god, and why the way of truth is still unknown with all the lunch hour fellowships, and meetings they hold here and there and now even online.
It’s pathetic what some of them even preach!
If they are not talking about doctrines of altars, redemption of first born, or any of the other money making doctrines, they are preaching a Christ that is now even alive in their hearts and conducting crusades and invading schools just to have what to tell people they are doing for the LORD.
I NEVER KNEW SOME OF THESE PREACHERS HAVE THE DNA OF THE ROARING LION UNTIL THEY SPOKE.
The few who spoke with me or sent me messages on desiring to having a meeting with me displayed the characteristics of the roaring lion and the mystery of iniquity. There was this one who gave a list of his profile and then dropped an insult and then a remark to intimidate me. I said to myself “if I were a new convert or a non-believer, I would have become afraid by what they sent.”
My heart goes to all the innocent followers of Christ under their influence, because from what they said, what their members go through in their hands became clearer.
I believe the LORD brought us here at a time like this for a people of His who have cried under their yokes and have asked “where is God?” I pray these preachers do not die now because if they do, hell will be their home. They will move from the pulpit to pits in hell because their spirits are very unclean.
With beautiful speeches, a man-of-God appearance and look, mixed with seductive religiosity, they have built a covering over who they really are. That is why people are deceived!
If you have the maturity of spirit and a deep discernment you will be able to tell they do not belong to the kingdom of GOD. They just belong to the sick Church.
To survive these seasons, you have to be bold. You have to be bold in uttering the judgments of the LORD and walking away from the ways of Baal and Nehushtan in Church. You have to be bold in standing in the ways of the LORD and not compromising!
You must understand that God wants us bold enough in the face of these heretics and all the preachers that the enemy is using to create pathways for his manifestation in Church. He wants us bold enough to separate from the darkness they have released into human souls calling it salvation or deliverance.
Today is the 16th day of our journey of faith with the Cry of the Spirit on fear. You must hear what the LORD is saying and stand strong against what the perpetrators of errors are doing. You must not give attention to the little foxes that defend them. Do not allow them to sap your enemy. Know the real enemy and face him.
You cannot afford to be afraid this end time. If you do, you will become food for the wild beast.
Our devotional text was a charge the LORD gave to an old testament Prophet who also doubled as a mirror of a new testament believer, living in a spiritual season when prophets of GOD (or preachers of the gospel) prophesy by Baal and caused God’s children to err.
THE LORD SPOKE TO HIM SAYING,
“And I will utter My judgments against them for all the wickedness of those who have forsaken Me, burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands [idols].
But you [Jeremiah], gird up your loins! Arise and tell them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed and break down at the sight of their faces, lest I confound you before them and permit you to be overcome.
For I, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land—against the [successive] kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land [giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome].
And they shall fight against you, but they shall not [finally] prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.” Jeremiah 1:16-19 AMPC
You are the Jeremiah of today. You are the one the LORD is speaking to with these words. He had you in mind when dealing with Jeremiah. Jeremiah was the pioneer of what the LORD has placed you in right now. You must be bold and not be dismayed before them.
You could be alone in that city, church, nation, society, neighborhood or family, but the LORD is by your side. He has made you a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the kings, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land, giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome. So, strand strong and fear not!
Yes, they shall fight against you, but they shall not finally prevail against you, for He is with you, to deliver you.
LET THIS SCRIPTURE BE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR YOU TODAY.
“Then the word of the Lord came to me [Jeremiah], saying,
Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth.
But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am only a youth; for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Be not afraid of them [their faces], for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
See, I have this day appointed you to the oversight of the nations and of the kingdoms to root out and pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.” Jeremiah 1:4-10 AMPC