- Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr at CHoP
Lift your hands and give God glory for this wonderful testimonies. No man can do these things but Him. Let your words of appreciation be heard on high, don’t mutter your words. Give thanks to God, appreciate and celebrate Him from the depth of your heart. Give Him the praise and give Him the glory.
Blessed be Your Holy name. Are you thanking Him for the answers He has given to your prayers. Thank Him for answers.
Now, ask him to speak to you this morning. Tell Him you want to hear Him. Lord I want to hear your voice this morning, speak directly to me, in Jesus mighty name we have given thanks.
Father we give You the praise and glory for the testimonies, they are Your doings and they are marvelous in our sight. Father we also say thank you for the answers you have given us. This morning our eyes are upon you, we ask that you speak to us, and let your word transform us in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you Mighty God.
Our line of exhortation for this week has been: Engaging the God of speed towards the full delivery of OPERATION BY ALL MEANS.
God’s Word makes it clear that God is the God of speed. From His description in 1 John 1:5, God’s Word declares that God is light. God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.
The light there does not only describe his ambience, but it also describes his performance.
The Bible says in the Book of Isaiah 60:1- 2, verse one says “arise, shine for thy light has come” and verse two tell us what that light is. That light is God Himself, it says “But the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.”
Verse 22 tells us about the performance of that light “A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time”.
The light is not just a description of His ambience, it is a description of His performance. That God does not just reflect light but He acts at the speed of Light and very specifically we discover that this speed has to do with the eruption of the church.
We discover in that same Isaiah 60, after verse 1 and 2 In verse 3 it says “for Gentiles shall come to your light and kings to the brightness of thy rising”
How will they come? And in what numbers will they come? It tells us in verse 4 and 5.
Look at that very closely, it says we should lift up our eyes and see that from all around the world they will gather themselves in great numbers together and they will come unto you.
Numbers 11:21
So from the sea of men, God said he will be gathering multitude of men and he would be do that at the speed of light so that a little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation and He will hasten it, at what pace? At the pace of the speed of light.
There are different levels of speed known to man. For example, there is the speed of sound and there is also the speed of light. When you talk about speed, it is in degrees: the speed of a man’s legs can never reach the speed of a vehicle. The speed of a vehicle cannot be compared with the speed of an aircraft. The speed of an aircraft will struggle to reach the speed of sound and the speed of sound can not be compared to the speed of light.
Light represents a pace that is naturally unattainable. So, when you are talking about God as light, you are talking about the God that operates at a pace that is naturally unattainable. (Ephesians 3:20).
Men have tried to increase the speed of things for example, the speed of sound have been broken but you can’t break the speed of light. It is not naturally attainable. When God is involved natural barriers are broken. There is a supernatural dimension to the operation of God.
That is why He is telling us when it comes to operation, don’t limit me to the pace of man. I operate at a frequency that humanity cannot attain. That is the God that we serve, He operates at the speed of light.
It is also important that we recognize that the speed of God must be intentionally engaged. For example, when it has to do with the growth of the church, God’s Word makes it clear to us in the book of Ezekiel 36:37. It is My will to increase them but they must enquire of Me.
So there is a demand placed on us to operate the God of speed in other to see Him operate in our midst. The Bible tells us in Psalms 57:2, God is responsible for the performance but man is responsible for the demand. You and I must understand that we have to engage the God of speed, if we are going to see the God of speed operate on our behalf. So while it is important for us to know that God is light, He operates at the speed of light. It is more important for us to understand that we have a responsibility not just to wait for God, but to engage our God.
We look at an example in scriptures of the God of speed, the Bible shows us in 1 Kings 18 and if you read that chapter all through from verse 26. You will see among other things a few things that occurred. The Bible tells us that after Elijah had offered the bullock given to him, he called upon God and God descended as fire and consumed the sacrifice. Suddenly, the Bible tells us that Elijah told Ahab “I hear the sound of abundance of rain” and he went up to the mountain and began to pray. After he had prayed, suddenly a cloud arose that had the shape of a man’s hand and he sent a word to Ahab “Run down to Jezreel, lest the rain hinder or stop thee” and the Bible says that he gathered his garment and began to run on foot.
Ahab was running in a chariot, Elijah was running on foot, but the Bible says the hand of God came upon Elijah and the man running on foot overtook the man running in a chariot on a distance on about 20 miles. That is human legs assisted by Divine hands and as a result the limitation of humanity was broken. The Bible says Elijah entered Jezreel before Ahab could get there. The hand of God came upon him and the speed of God began to manifest through him.
We must understand that God is a God of unusual speed, when His hands come on a matter it performs at his own frequency.
We are told very clearly in scripture in the book of Isaiah 57:1, That God’s hand comes in response to our faith. So take note of this, this morning: faith without expectation is fake and prayer without faith is vain. (Hebrews 11:1).
Faith will always demand expectation, and prayer without faith is vain. People think our prayer result is determined by our prayer efforts, our prayer result is determined by our faith connectivity. A man can pray and pray and have no results because what makes the difference in prayer is not the volume of prayer or the length of prayer but the Faith in prayer.
Without faith, our prayers are in vain. There are many who exercise themselves in prayer but are very frustrated because it is not how long we pray or how well we pray or how loud we pray but how much faith is in our prayers. Faith is the difference maker and genuine faith requires expectation.
Expectation is a vital necessity (James 1:5-6). For your prayers to become effective, the faith factor cannot be negotiated. Engage the God of speed in prayer, but the prayer must have expectation and that expectation must be loaded in faith. When that happens then we are sure to see a response.
- From this day, you will no longer pray in vain.
As we conclude this morning, it is no big deal for God to double the attendance of this church before August 1st 2021. Our God is a God of speed and he operates on the frequency of light.
Jeremiah 30:19
In one day, God made a nation. He has the ability to make anything happen. Therefore, be expectant and we shall see the God of speed operating in unimaginable ways in our midst. In Jesus mighty name.
Lift your hand before the Lord, Lord I see that you are the God of speed and I engage you in this season, operate at the frequency of light in this Prophetic season. Now speak to God. Engage him right now, You are the God of speed so these three Sundays is too much for you to deliver your plan.
You are the God of speed, therefore perform your counsel in our midst and bring your Word to pass in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Good news is as He performs His work in the midst of His church with the speed of light, it is the same speed He will use to decorate you.
- So your decoration and your change of level will happen speedily
- For somebody here God would change your story speedily.
Stretch forth your hands to this tracts and ask God to make them sickles of harvests. By this materials souls are brought to the kingdom of God.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
- For you this day is a blessed day.
- This day is a day filled with testimonies.
- Be blessed, no evil tiding come your way in the name of Jesus.
In Jesus mighty name we pray.
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