TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL (Thursday 29th July 2021)
“When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
What ails you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back? O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O little hills, like lambs?
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. Psalms 114:1-8 NKJV
WELCOME TO THE 210TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF HIGHER HEIGHTS!
The zeal of the LORD for us is unquestionable and His mercies stands out.
For 210 days of this year we have received understanding from the fountain of the Holy Spirit, mercies from the throne of grace, light and understanding from He who dwells in realms described as unapproachable lights, and our lives are evidence of this heavenly treasures.
I would have shared some testimonies at this point but we will leave all that for another time.
God is indeed faithful! Each time He request that His people sit at His feet to learn, it is to enhance their walk and talk with Him. It is to damage His ignorance in us. Every thoughtful person knows that there is no problem anywhere. Every man’s ignorance is his problem.
The more of God we know, the less of defeat we suffer in life and the more of peace we enjoy even in a trouble world. The knowledge of the LORD remains the ultimate knowledge for mankind. That is what exhumes the supernatural from a natural man.
Yes, it helps us unlock our potentials as Children of GOD. That is why a Christian life should be spent damaging ignorance of God in the life of the perishing and those who are been saved and sanctified. Yes, Children of God should spend their lives damaging the ignorance of God in them.
We should spend our earthly days launching an all-out attack against spiritual illiteracy and ignorance of the things of GOD. That will enable us to break into realms of glory that eyes have not seen, ears heard, or hearts conceived.
The truth is, when we get to Heaven or the age to come, we are going to spend eternity knowing God and unleashing the eternal part of us that creation has been waiting for before our GOD and the celestial beings that lives there.
SO, WHATEVER WE ARE DOING NOW IS REHEARSALS. HALLELUJAH!
It is not just rehearsals but God’s way of helping us to unleash the prophetic part of us.
Here is the mystery; knowing God in the next life will help us unleash the eternal part of us in that realm, but knowing God in this life helps us to unleash the prophetic part of us in this realm of life. In other words, it helps us to be what God called or created us to be on this side of eternity.
Meaning, if you do not pursue the knowledge of the LORD, you will never become what He created or called you to be. And the pursuit of His knowledge is not something that comes to an end because the revelation of who God is cannot be exhausted.
There are realms that even angels do not know. Heights, lengths and depths of revelations of who God is that are reserved for only Sons to know, and yet we will never exhaust them either in this life or the life to come.
If you do not believe me, here is what Paul said;
“But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 NKJV
These deep things are not known to angles because they reside in the inner most being of God; depths, heights and lengths that only His Spirit knows. The very things the Bible says the Spirit searches to make known to us; the Sons of light.
If the things were just lying on the surface of God, then there would have been no need for searching. Angels would have just picked them. But they are in the depths of who He is! Our apostolic father, Paul, further revealed the presence of these widths, lengths, depths and heights of revelation of who GOD is when he wrote saying;
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height —
to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:17-19 NKJV
GOD HAS WIDTHS, DEPTHS, LENGTHS, AND HEIGHTS OF REVELATIONS OF WHO HE IS THAT OUR MORTAL BRAINS CANNOT COMPREHEND.
Until we step back to full immortality it will be impossible to tap into them. But there are some that our mortal brains can comprehend on this side of eternity. And that can only happen by the help of the Holy Spirit and the Bible.
It is the portion that our mortal brains can comprehend by the help of the Holy Spirit on this side of eternity that God wants everyone of His Child to know and walk in. That is why He set first apostles in the Church, then prophets and then teachers. The things can only be tapped into through the release or activation of apostolic and prophetic teaching ministries. The Bible says;
“And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.” 1 Corinthians 12:28 NKJV
It is when we are exposed to apostolic and prophetic teachings ministries that we can walk in the portion of the revelation of who God is that was set aside for us on this side of eternity. But so many are not exposed to genuine apostolic and prophetic teaching ministries. That is why they know more of demons and the operational spirits of Satan than God.
Others prefer sitting under pseudo pastors who are making them mindful of this world instead of God, to learn more about the things of this world and how to acquire them. They are cut off from the things of God and how to walk in them.
All these things are filling so many believes with unnecessary spiritual warfare and making them cheap preys of deceiving spirits and doctrines of devils.
Friend, God wants us to be filled with the fullness of Him. And that will not happen if the revelation of who He is remains unknown. We must be filled with the fullness of the revelation of who He is to be filled with the fullness of Him. And it is the job of His holy apostles and prophets to break the Bible seals that will make that happen through systematic delivery of sound doctrine.
WE ARE IN A SORRY STATE TODAY IN CHURCH.
Many worships a God they do not know and relate with a Jesus they have not truly met. They relate with a Jesus they just have head knowledge of. No intimate knowledge! That is why many of us are not filled with the fullness of God. We are rather filled with the fullness of the works of the devil.
Sadly, over 85 percent of those we call Christians are not filled with the fullness of God. We are not filled with the fullness of God because we do not pursue the knowledge of who He is.
We pursue other things in the guise of seeking Him. You find people seeking prophets to prophesy to them instead of seeking God’s men with apostolic and prophetic graces to get them filled with the knowledge of the LORD that will fill them with the fullness of God.
The very essence of salvation is that man be filled with the fullness of GOD.
If your salvation has not achieved this in your life, you have a long way to God. You may need to get out of that Church you are worshiping now and let God give you a new One because you are being shortchanged.
If you are not filled with the fullness of God as His child, you will be filled with the fullness of other things because there is no middle ground. That is why you see believers filled with so many forms of afflictions, spiritual attacks and confusion.
Sadly, many preachers have blamed the problems these precious souls go through on so many things. From evil altars to evil patterns and all that. But they are wrong, hence not providing a permanent solution to the problems of the people.
The root cause of these problems lies in just one thing; believers having just a foretaste of God and lacking His fullness in their lives.
God wants a people who will carry Him on their inside (the way Adam did before the fall) on the face of the earth. That is the Only way we can deal with our problems, advance His blessed will and convert the Kingdoms of this world into that of God and of His Christ!
THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR LIFE WILL BECOME IF YOU CARRY GOD ON YOUR INSIDE.
A people who will press into scriptural revelations until they are filled with the fullness of God will illuminate the earth wherever they dwell. That was how Jesus illuminated the earth with the mercy, goodness, righteousness, power and Kingdom of God when He was physically here with mankind.
The Bible says;
“how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.” Acts 10:38 NKJV
When you are filled with the fullness of God there will be no place in your life for the devil to touch. Just as no animal can go close to a burning furnace so will it be impossible for devils to come close your life successfully.
You will be like a burning furnace in the spirit realm.
To be filled with the fullness of God is the surest way to obtain deliverance from any work of the devil and become a terror to hell, death and grave. If we are filled with the fullness of God, we will be transformed into a version of Him on the face of the earth. We will i become His deputy on earth like the apostles were, giving Him pleasure wherever we go.
It’s a day! Let your spiritual goal for the rest of your life be to have the fullness of God on your inside. Be driven by a passion to get the fullness of God and stay with it at all times!
At the apostolic Centers of the Cry of the Spirit Ministries, our meetings are deigned to bring men and women into realms of truth where they can carry the FULLNESS OF GOD! That is why we do not run church as usual. You will never be usual walking with an unusual GOD to bring men and women into His fullness.
OUR DEVOTIONAL TEXT THIS MORNING IS UNIQUE; IT TELLS US WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO ISRAEL WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF EGYPT.
It tells us why the sea parted when it saw them and every devil on their way cleared off when they marched through the terrible wilderness. God literally sat on them and all the wonders began to happen. The Bible says they were His sanctuary and the sea saw it and fled.” It has never seen God sit on people before, hence fleeing!
A major highlight of the text says,
“When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back.” Psalms 114:1-3 NKJV
Friend, Satan have heard your prayers, felt your fasting and seen your services but that will never move him until he see the fullness of God blazing in your life. If God fills your life with His fullness and he see it, honestly, he and all he brought into your life will flee from you.
You will begin to have your peace even without praying for it. I believe there is a generation that cast out demons by shouting at them but there is also a generation in our generation that will cast out demons by their presence not their shouting. That is the generation God wants you to become part of.
Yes, Heaven wants you to become part of the generation that will neutralize the works of the enemy by presence and maybe just a whisper. You must make up your mind to be part of it. Decide to be schooled in the things of GOD until He gets you filled with His fullness. That is the message of today’s devotional and should be your spiritual focus for the month.
MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR THE DAY:
“The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great.
May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Psalms 115:12-15 NKJV