THEY DEFEND THEIR RESOURCES BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THEIR HEART IS.
WITHOUT OBEDIENCE TO WHAT GOD HAS COMMANDED MAN HAS NO RIGHT TO WHAT HE HAS DEMANDED
-Pastor David Oyedepo Jr at CHoP
*Until it touches your treasure, it has not touched your heart.
*You have not served God completely until you serve Him with your resources.
*If you refuse to breakdown, you are bound to breakthrough.
*It is your commitment to steadfastness that makes the difference.
Our Father, we thank You this morning for the blessing of being in Your presence. We thank You for the testimonies we have heard, they are awesome evidences of Your hand at work in our midst and we give You the praise. Lord, for every answer You have given us this morning, we say thank You. Now, Lord, our eyes are upon You, we ask that You speak to us again. By Your Word, let everyone of us be transformed. We give You the praise and the glory for it. In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our line of exhortation for the week in our Covenant Hour of Prayer has been:
OBEDIENCE: GATEWAY TO CHANGE OF LEVELS
We have come to discover that obedience is the only way to prove the validity of any Biblical truth. God’s servant, our father has put it this way, “that you don’t know what is in obedience until you have obeyed.” Obedience is the only valid way of ensuring that we are able to prove the truth. The Bible declares, “Buy the truth and sell it not” – Proverbs 23:23
It is with obedience that we buy into the reality of the truth. Church Gist. The promise of the Word of God cannot be fulfilled without the obedience of man.
Deuteronomy 28:1-2
All these blessings will come upon you and overtake but it will only happen if you hearken to the voice of the Lord your God. If you hearken diligently and observe to do. Without obedience to what God has commanded, man has no right to what he has demanded. It is obedience that makes the difference. God’s servant, our father has said it this way, “that our God is a covenant keeping Father not a Father Christmas God.” That means that He responds to our commitment to every command.
Psalm 89:34
When it comes to God, He operates by covenant and a covenant can simply be defined as a spiritual deal that is based on well defined terms and sealed with an oath.
Hebrews 6:16-18
Behind every covenant of God is an oath, that means anything God has said. Church Gist. He has sworn by, His integrity is committed. But what is required of you and me is our obedience. When man’s obedience meets God’s integrity, testimonies are born.
-For somebody here, I see the grace coming upon each one of us for obedience in the name of Jesus.
It is important that we understand that if we are going to change level in our experience with God, then we must ensure our obedience to God. It is our obedience that secures change of level.
This morning we are going to examine the case study of a man called Job. Job was regarded as a renowned servant of God.
Job 1:8 – “Has thou considered my servant Job?” This is God’s testimony of Job. He referred to Job as His servant.
Why is that so? We discover that God does not call a man a thing as a title. He refers to individuals on function. Church Gist When He said, “Job, My servant”. He was not calling him servant as a title, he was referring to Job’s function before Him. The function of Job was that of a servant.
And we discover this in looking at the life of Job in further details. The Word of God shows us that Job was a man that engaged in ministering to the needs of those that were around him – Job 29:4-18
He was a man on assignment to the desperate. Why is that so? According to God’s Word, he that giveth to the poor lendeth unto the Lord. He recognized that in servicing the poor, he was serving his God. He was utilizing the resources put under his custody to take care of those that were in need. In doing so, he was serving the Lord. You must understand that when it comes to our stewardship to God, it involves everything including your resources. Church Gist. A man or woman that will not serve God with his or her resources has not served God completely.
Why is that so? Where a man’s treasure is, that is where his heart will be.
Matthew 6:21
Until it touches your treasure, it has not touched your heart.
There are people that will serve God with everything except resources. They will give God their energy except their resources. They defend their resources, why? That is where their heart is.
Proverbs 23:26 – God demands that we serve with all of our heart and that means we serve Him with all that we have.
We saw that in the example of the man called Job. What was the result of this stewardship to God that Job engaged in?
Job 1:1-3
He served His way from smallness into greatness. You must understand when it comes to our stewardship to God, no one ever goes down serving God. As you serve God with all that you are and all that you have, the outcome of your stewardship is continuous change of level.
-For somebody here, you shall continue changing level.
You heard the testimony of the family that was read this morning, they said, “they began to pray in the night, serving God and the result of it was change of level.” The woman said, she got promoted with100 per cent increase. Husband got promoted, 100 per cent increase. Change of level on every side. They said, they dived into the opportunity to buy a bus for the Zone. Then suddenly, right from inside the house, doing consultancy bringing 7 figures every month. Just change of levels on every side.
Why? because you can’t serve God and go down. Those who serve God, naturally keep changing levels.
-For somebody here you will keep changing levels.
From the story of Job, we discovered that at a point he became challenged. The devil came forth against him full scale.
Job 2:7-8
He lost everything, but the one thing that could not be touched was his love and his passion for God.
Job 13:15 – that was the secret of Job. As far as Job was concerned, you can touch anything around him but not his heart for God. His heart for God was unmoveable.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Perhaps, maybe you are challenged in one area or the other, God is speaking to you this morning: BE STEADFAST
The secret to breaking through is refusing to break down. Be steadfast. Church Gist. Job refused to break down and as a result he broke through.
You must understand if you refuse to breakdown, you are bound to breakthrough.
If you refuse to give up, you are bound to go up. It is your commitment to steadfastness that makes the difference.
What was the outcome in the life of Job?
Job 42:10-12
Everything multiplied, his story dramatically changed.
-There are those hearing me today, you may be challenged right now, but there will be a dramatic change of story.
God is simply saying to you this morning, that your obedience is the only authentic proof of your love for Him.
Don’t say, “I love Him”: Your words are of no value without your obedience.
1 John 5:3
Therefore, this morning, I want to charge each one of us: commit yourself to be obedient, in season and out of season and take grace to be obedient in season and out of season.
Prayers: Lord, I receive grace this morning to remain obedient. To be steadfast, not to break down in my service to you. Not to give up in my stewardship to you but to remain committed, to remain persistent, to remain steadfast in my commitment to you.
Pray passionately this morning. Ask Him for grace. I can see now that if I don’t give up, I will go up. I can see if I don’t break down, I will break through, therefore, give me grace. You gave the same grace to Job, give me Lord. The grace to be steadfast, to be committed in season and out of season. Grant it unto me.
Thank You Father, blessed be Your holy name, In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
You have asked Him for grace this morning, that grace shall be made manifest in your life. From this time onward, you will never break down serving God. You will never give up serving God. You will breakthrough serving God, you will go up serving God, in the name of Jesus Christ. So shall it be in Jesus precious name.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
What you declare, God will deliver. Therefore, speak to the day right now. Make your decree and make your declaration. Thank You Father, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
-As you have declared this morning, so shall it be unto you.
-It will be for you a day of testimonies.
-The hand of God will rest upon on you in unusual ways today.
-All through this day there shall be no evil report.
-Concerning you, it shall be good news on every side, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Fliers: They are going forth as sharp sickles returning with great harvest. We declare it done, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Father, we declare these materials sent forth as sharp sickles provoking great harvest. Thank You for doing it, in Jesus precious name. It is done, in Jesus precious name.
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