MAY 14TH
TEXT: 2 Chronicles 20:20 King James Version (KJV)
20. And they
rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as
they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye
inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be
established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
When a man is truly determined to be blessed, he will
do everything to obey the full counsel in God’s word. The scripture tells us
that the people of God perish due to lack of knowledge. There are many fasting
and praying trusting God for glorious answers to their prayer but nothing
significant is happening because they refuse to understand and obey the full
counsel of God in his word. By your believe in God you are established as a
child of God on your way to heaven but it is by your believe in His prophets
that you prosper.
I see the need to spend more time on this not because
personal benefit but because many of God’s people are perishing for lack of
knowledge. I need you to understand that God is no respecter of anybody, even
ministers of the gospel like me are not exempted.
As a servant of God, until I recognised and humbled
myself to obey God as touching this principle of honouring the servants of God
over my life, a lot of things where on a stand still. Nothing significant was
happening in my life, family and ministry. But when I began to honour those
ministers who have been a blessing over my life through words, actions and the
act of giving to them, not just their ministry, things began to change in my
favour. Doors began to open and I began to see both honour and results like
never before.
Who are the persons speaking over your life? Have you
done anything to let them know you appreciate them? Do they see themselves as a
prophet over your life?
It is easy for a good number of Christians to give to
the church but only a few understand the principles embedded in the scriptures
calling our attention to honour the servants of God.
Again, Jesus made it clear in Matthew 10:17 that you
can only get a prophet’s reward by honouring a prophet of God. And it is a
prophet’s reward because after you have honoured him, you position yourself for
a prophetic blessing. Hosea 12:13 makes us realise that a nation, a family or
group of people can be delivered through the ministry of a prophet. This is a
divine order that no amount of debate and defence that you try to put up
against it will be strong enough to change the efficacy of this principle of
God.
If you discover that not much is happening in your
life, then it is time to check to see if you have been faithful in activating
God’s favour over your life through a deliberate action to honour God’s
prophets. God has something glorious for your life, do all you can to activate
your blessings. Shalom!
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