BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DO TO THE DEDICATED CHILD OF GOD
THERE’S NO WASTED PURSUIT OF GOD
GOD IS NOT A USER OF PEOPLE. HE is A RAISER, LIFTER AND REWARDER OF PEOPLE
TO STAND WITH GOD IS TO STAND OUT IN LIFE
TO BE DEDICATED TO GOD IS TO BE DEFENDED BY GOD
IF WE ARE NOT DEDICATED TO THE SAME LEVEL, WE CAN’T BE ANOINTED TO THE SAME DEGREE
WHEN CHRIST IS THE REASON WHY YOU LIVE. BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD, THERE IS NO LOSS.
THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYER IS WAITING AT THE PLACE OF YOUR DEDICATION.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN YOUR ANSWER YET, REMAIN DEDICATED.
DEDICATED PEOPLE EXPERIENCE DIVINE INTERVENTION.
DEDICATION GIVES PEOPLE ACCESS TO DEPTHS OF LIGHT.
ALL THAT IS YOURS, NO devil SHALL HOLD BACK!
DON’T LIVE TO LOSE, LIVE TO GAIN.
IF ALL YOUR TIME ON EARTH WAS SPENT FOR SELF AND SIN, DEATH IS A LOSS.
WHEN YOUR LIFE IS SPENT FOR CHRIST AND ETERNITY, DEATH IS TRIUMPHANT.
– Dr. Pastor Paul Enenche on “DIVIDENDS OF DEDICATION” || Midweek Power Communion Service || Glory Dome, Abuja.
Matthew 6:33. The Lord bless His Word in Jesus’ name.
Very sharply tonight before we go into praying, we shall be looking at the subject of “DIVIDENDS OF DEDICATION”. Church Gist. Our objective is to understand the profits of dedication to God.
It is clear throughout Scripture that there are definite dividends of man’s dedication to God. Isaiah 45:19. Hebrews 11:6. Please note these as we go:
1. There’s no wasted pursuit of God. There’s no wasted dedication to God. Nobody can pursue God for nothing and nobody can be dedicated to God for nothing. Church Gist. There’s no wasted pursuit of God. There’s no wasted dedication to God.
2. God is not a user of people. God is a raiser, lifter and rewarder of people. That is why there are definite dividends.
When we came to the Lord, people thought we wasted our youth, while other youths were squandering their youth in night clubbing and all of that, some felt we wasted our lives. Church Gist. But, I can say from experience, there’s no wasted pursuit of God.
Now, what are the dividends of dedication.
1. Distinction.
Malachi 3:18. He will always return and demarcate. There’s always a demarcation between the dedicated and non-dedicated. Church Gist. There’s a standing-out that people who stand with God stand out. So, to stand with God is to stand out in life. To stand for God is to stand out in life. Distinction.
2. Preservation.
Malachi 3:17. Psalm 91:14. To be dedicated to God is to be defended by God. To be dedicated to God is to be delivered by God. Church Gist. You cannot be at the mercy of the devil, you cannot be at the mercy of the wickedness of this life. To be dedicated to God is to be defended and delivered by God. Be careful what you do to the dedicated child of God.
3. Direction.
Dedicated people are directed people. If you look through the life of Abraham, one thing that is clear in Abraham’s life was guidance and direction, David also. David was a symbol of dedication in the Bible. Look at what David; Psalm 23:1-4. Church Gist. Again, to be dedicated to God is to directed and guided by God. God will not allow you to waste your life and your time and your energy pursuing the wrong things when you’re pursuing him. To be dedicated to God is to become a candidate for His direction and guidance.
4. Unctionization (Anointing).
Dedicated people are anointed people. Psalm 89:20. Once God finds the dedicated, He will pour the oil. Church Gist. The oil will always pour on the head of the dedicated. The reason why we are not anointed to the same degree is because we are not dedicated to the same level.
Somebody said to me, “I’m praying for you” yesterday. I said, “why?” He said, “you have ministered four times today”. Then I was trying to count. Church Gist. Okay, Commanding the Day of last night entered into today, then Healing Service and then breaking of the prayer (Fast) in the evening and then continuing with Commanding the Day of the evening.
Hallelujah! If we are not dedicated to the same level, we can’t be anointed to the same degree. Unctionization (Anointing). Acts 2:1-2. That was a reward of dedication. Church Gist. Beloved, if you want to increase your oil, increase your dedication to God, increase your commitment, shift higher in the extent to which you’re dedicated.
5. Intervention.
That is, practical answered prayer. Dedicated people experience divine intervention; either spontaneous intervention or intervention in response to prayer. Zechariah, the dedicated in Luke 1:13, despite the barrenness of his wife and himself, he remained at the point of duty. He wasn’t praying at that time but the Angel said: ‘Your prayers are answered’. Why? He was dedicated to God. He had prayed before and the prayer was not yet answered but dedication brought answer to the prayer. Church Gist. Dedication. John 15:16. ‘I want you to be committed and dedicated to Me to the point of bringing results in the Kingdom, then you won’t beg Me to answer you’. Listen to this, the answer to your prayer is waiting at the place of your dedication. If you have not seen your answer yet, remain dedicated, remain at the place of your dedication, the answer to your prayer will meet you at the place of your dedication.
6. Revelation.
Dedication gives people access to depths of light. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. Another word for dedication is affection for God. Dedicated people are lovers of God and lovers of God have access to depths of light. God shows His intimate things that others can’t see. ‘Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard’. Church Gist. Paul the Apostle had more light than anybody in the New Testament. You know, is dedication! ‘For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain’. Philippians 1:21. Galatians 2:20. That Man had more light than Peter, than anybody. Why? Because (of his) dedication to God. Lovers of God, they have access to depths of light.
7. Provision (Supply).
Supernatural supplies, the addition of all things. Matthew 6:33. Seek first His Kingdom, seek His righteousness. Church Gist. You won’t need to seek what the gentiles seek after. Luke 22:35. Husband, wife, children, financial supplies all of them are the privilege of the dedicated.
Take note of two things in form of conclusion: Our first conclusion is drawn from Hebrews 11:6.
1. The pursuit of God attracts rewards from God. You don’t pursue God and end empty-handed. He is a rewarder of those who diligently chase Him. The pursuit of God attracts rewards from God. Church Gist. You can pursue man and end empty-handed. How many of you have pursued some people before and nothing came out of it? You can pursue man and end empty-handed but you can never pursue God and end empty-handed.
2. Number two conclusion is from Philippians 1:21. What I’m about to say, I want you to think about it for the rest of your life – This conclusion number two: When you live for Christ, death is gain but when you live for self or for sin, death is a loss. Philippians 1:21. Church Gist. When you live for Christ, when Christ is the reason why you live, by the time you leave this World, there is no loss – only satan lost. He lost you eternally in hell, you gained! You enter into real life, you enter into your rewards, you are just at the beginning of life. But when you live just for yourself or you live for sin, your death is an irreplaceable loss. Loss on earth, loss in eternity.
Please, don’t live to lose, live to gain. You remember that song: Fading away like the stars of the morning, losing their light in the glorious Sun, thus would we pass from the Earth and it’s toiling, only remembered by what you have done.
—Singing—
You won’t be rewarded in eternity by the size of car you drove or the bigness of the house you lived in. If all the money you made was spent on yourself, death is loss. If all your time and your energy of life was spent on yourself or for sin, death is a loss. Church Gist. It’s a loss to you. But when your life, your time, your energy, your resources, are spent for Christ and for the cause of eternity, when you are dying, it is triumphant. That is why most rich people in this World don’t want to die because they have nothing they are looking forward to. All their investment and treasure and everything is on earth here. Church Gist. Nothing meaningful in eternity to look forward to. Don’t forget it, when you live for Christ, death is gain. When you live for self, death is a loss. Don’t live to lose, live to gain.
Stand up on your feet.
Lift your hands and lift your voice and give Him the praise tonight. Church Gist. Honour Him. Adore Him. Worship Him.
— Prayers —
— Altar Call —
– I prophesy upon your hands and I declare your harvest will look for you from the North, the South, the East and the West.
– All that is yours, no devil shall hold back in Jesus name. Amen.
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