Inherit the promise!

Hebrews 6:12
that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

The word says all the promises of God are Yes and Amen in Christ. All throughout the Bible, we see people inheriting the promise of God. Through faith and patience, Abraham received Isaac, Joseph became prime minister of Egypt, David became king, Joshua captured Jericho,  so on and so forth. It's all written for our benefit and learning.

In order to imitate someone, you got to observe and study them and learn from them. The word says we are to imitate these heroes of faith who overcame all odds through faith and patience and inherited the promises of God. Faith believes and recieves the promise of God and patience holds on to it until it's manifested or inherited. It doesn't let go of the word irrespective of who says what or who does what or irrespective of how one feels. No matter what - It doesn't let go of the word of God. Faith and patience gives the word of God the environment it needs to come to full manifestation. Receive the promise and let it dwell in your heart and your mouth and keep it there, the word will become flesh and you will see the manifestation of God's promises in your life.

Friend, our biggest example to imitate is Jesus himself. In the midst of fierce opposition and persecution, He believed the Father's word and held on to it and because of his faith and patience,  He was raised from the dead and seated on the throne of the Almighty God at his right hand. Inherit your promise. This is your time. Jesus is Lord and the best is yet to come.

Awake to righteousness!

I Corinthians 15:34
Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

Jesus has given you right standing with God. Because of what Jesus has done and your faith in Him and His works, God accepts and approves you and treats you as if you never sinned. You are the righteousness of God in Christ.

To be righteous is one thing and to know that you are righteous is absolutely another thing. The verse says awake to righteousness, in other words be conscious that you are righteous. Have a righteousness consciousness. Being aware that God sees you exactly as He sees Jesus and He loves you as much as He loves Jesus. God finds no fault in you. You are holy and blameless in His sight. Meditating on your weaknesses, failures and mistakes or on not doing enough will make you sin conscious. Sin consciousnesses is the biggest enemy of faith. It makes prayer ineffective and leads to a miserable life. Meditating on the perfections and finished works of Jesus makes you righteous conscious. Righteousness consciousness is the foundation of a strong and deep faith. It's gives you freedom and joy in serving the Lord. Declare every day of your life, that you are the righteousness of God in Christ by the blood of Jesus.

Friend, build righteousness into your consciousness. You are not a sinner. You were a sinner but now you are the righteousness of God in Christ. As you consistently look to Jesus, the Righteous One, you will wake up to righteousness and live righteousness and do righteousness. Remember, it's one thing to be the righteousness of God in Christ and absolutely another to know that you are His righteousness. Awake to righteousness!

Temptations : All cleared.

Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we  are, yet without sin.

As long as we are in the world, we will be tempted to sin by the enemy. The enemy in many ways puts pressure on you to compromise, to give up on the principles of God, to give up your faith and your confession.

Our High Priest, Jesus was tempted in all points. There is no temptation that you will face that Jesus has not faced and overcomed. The verse says Jesus was tempted in all points and yet did not compromise or give up. He faced immense pressure to quit on the will of God, to forsake the purposes of God and to deny his faith, but He overcame it. Glory to God. This same Jesus who conquered all temptations is our High Priest, our representative, our help. When you are tempted, under pressure, don't give up, look to Jesus and acknowledge that He has defeated all temptations. When you look to Him in the midst of your challenges and temptations, you will receive grace and mercy to endure the temptations and come out victoriously just like Jesus himself. Every believer will face temptations in the world. We don't have a High Priest who doesn't understand our temptations, but was tempted in all points. He understands and can relate to the pressures and the temptations.

Friend, never say that Jesus doesn't understand what I am going through. Only Jesus understands because only He was tempted in all points. He wants to help you overcome the temptations. If you made a mistake, He wants to give you His mercy so you don't be and feel condemned. He wants to give you His grace so you have the strength to endure the temptations and overcome them. Come boldly and ask, for Jesus is your High Priest, He is there for you and He wants to help you. Take his mercy. Take his grace. This is your time.

Grace brings salvation.

Titus 2:11
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

What brings salvation? It is the grace of God that brings salvation. Grace of God means His unmerited favour, his immense and unconditional love.

Salvation has nothing to do with your works. Good works don't bring salvation, it's the grace of God that brings salvation, no flesh can boast before God. Grace brings salvation to you and you take that salvation by faith. Ephesians 2 says by grace you are saved through faith, it's not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by your works, lest any man boast before God. The word salvation doesn't just mean going to heaven and having eternal life, it has more depth. Salvation means deliverance, preservation and safety. It means Shalom which stands for complete and total peace, nothing missing and nothing broken. The word salvation means all round prosperity, complete wholeness. This salvation is God's gift to you based on the works of Jesus Christ, that is His death and burial for your sins and His resurrection for your justification.

Friend, salvation has appeared to all men and all men can have it for God is no respecter of persons. Your faith is how you access this grace of salvation. The moment you believe in the works of Jesus, your faith takes hold of the salvation provided by God's grace and makes it a reality in you, for you and through you. The same grace that gives you salvation, is the same grace that will produce the good works of salvation in you and through you. Believe and walk for His grace is sufficient.

Righteousness revealed.

Romans 1:17
For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried and rose again on the third day for your justification. This is the Gospel, which means good news.

The verse says, in the Gospel the righteousness of God is revealed. Based on what Jesus did, God not only declares you right in His eyes but also makes you right in his presence. It has nothing to do with your perfections or imperfections, because you see, it's simply because of what Jesus has done. God takes what Jesus has done and credits it to your account. This is good news. You are not a sinner, you are not unworthy, you are not useless, the blood of Jesus has made you righteous, worthy and useful. The day you accepted Christ, you became the righteousness of God in Christ. Be conscious that you are declared right and that you are made right in the eyes of God based on the works and blood of Jesus. The moment you see yourself as God sees you, your faith will go to another level, your prayers will become effective and your life glorious. A strong, deep and abiding revelation of righteousness will result in a strong faith.

Friend, the works of Jesus has given you the awesome privilege of being right in the eyes of God. The gospel become effective in your life when you are walking in the reality of who you are in Christ. God is not mad at you and is not waiting to punish you. Jesus has paid the price for you and God is well pleased with you because you have believed the gospel. For God made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might be made the righteousness of God in Christ. 'I am the righteousness of God in Christ'.

Expand the kingdom.

Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Though we are in the world, we are not of it. We don't belong to  or live according to this world system. Though we live in a democracy, we belong to the kingdom of heaven and live by the principles of the kingdom system.

Jesus said, Seek first the kingdom of God and his way of doing and being right and all things will added to you. Seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness means to understand that you are a citizen of the heavenly kingdom and you are to get a revelation of the keys or the principles of the kingdom so you can live according to it and thereby expand it. The world system is in a mess and we can see it all around the globe. Thank God, Jesus came and He said Repent, for the kingdom of God is near. As kingdom citizens, it is our mission to expand the kingdom because our King commanded us to go into all the world and preach the Gospel of the kingdom. We are to be fully focused in fulfilling the great commission, the world desperately needs the kingdom of God.

Friend, talk about your King wherever you are, live according to the kingdom principles in every arena of your life and reveal the culture of heaven every day of your life. As you faithfully do it, you will begin to experience days of heaven on earth and many will be impacted and blessed through your life. Remember, you are part of a kingdom that cannot be defeated and will never be destroyed.

Seedtime and harvest.

Genesis 8:22
“While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”

The day you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, you became a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. As citizens, you have benefits and privileges that the world does not enjoy.

One of those privileges is the principle of seedtime and harvest. Isaac sowed in the land of famine and reaped a hundred fold in the same year. Notice, it's absolutely impossible to have a harvest during famine but if you apply the kingdom principle of seed time and harvest, it doesn't matter what the conditions are or how bad the economy is, the kingdom will provide. There is no lack in the kingdom, there is no scarcity in the kingdom. The kingdom of God is always full of supply, always abounding and always overflowing. Tap into the resources of the kingdom, it belongs to you. Jesus said its the Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. You may not have much in your bank account but the kingdom doesn't work by buying and selling, it works by sowing and reaping.

Friend, today may be you have concluded that we cannot have certain things or privileges because of our limited purchasing power, let me encourage you, you are in the kingdom of God, you don't operate by purchasing power, you function and operate by sowing power. Activate the principle of seedtime and harvest. Stand on Gods word and sow faithfully in the kingdom for kingdom expansion and you will see your harvest. You can have anything you desire from the word. This is kingdom power. Don't let the world fool you or it's economic turmoil deceive you, we are from a different planet with different principles, not here to adjust but to take over. This is your time.