He is Faithful

I have been AWOL lately. Too much to do at the office but it's all good. It has been a very productive time. I am learning to trust God on a daily basis. Step by step. To know what the Bible means when it says we are not to fret, that even when we are asleep God is working for us. I have seen God's hand in client acquisition and retention. I have see God help me when I thought I couldn't make it. And above all, I have learned the power of Prophetic proclamations first hand. I wake up every morning and order my day with my mouth. It is working. I decree what I want to see in my day and I see it. God has been faithful to me and he will continue to be faithful. This I know for a fact!

Like a Tree by Streams of Water

Knowing Christ and the significance of the cross and what was purchased for you at Calvary is by experience. You have to know Jesus through personal experience. This has been a trying week. I was dealt a blow by the enemy that for all accounts and purposes was supposed to leave me paralyzed in the market place. To cripple me good, and leave me struggling for a while. But God is faithful. Jesus bought me rest on calvary. Because of the cross, I can walk through the fire and not be burnt. I can walk through a flood and not be swept away. Jesus bought my safe passage, and bought provision for me in such times. Psalm 1 describes the person purchased by Christ's death and dwelling under the shadow of the Almighty.

PSALM 1

1 BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.

2But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.

3And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].

4Not so the wicked [those disobedient and living without God are not so]. But they are like the chaff [worthless, dead, without substance] which the wind drives away.

5Therefore the wicked [those disobedient and living without God] shall not stand [justified] in the judgment, nor [b]sinners in the congregation of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God].

6For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly [those living outside God's will] shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought).

I love it. We who were bought with a price do not struggle to stand firm. Because of Calvary, I will not fall. Provision has been made for me. The supply to produce fruit and see it mature is there already. Therefore, regardless of the storms of life, I will stand. Regardless of the challenges in business, I will prosper. When other businesses are shutting down, I shall be like a tree planted by stream of water, yielding my fruit in its season. My leaf shall not wither!! Hallelujah! The provision for my prosperity was made on calvary! I am already more than a conqueror.


Hallelujah! I lived this out this week. And now I know it is true. This is my prayer:

Philippians 3:10

"[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]"

Lord, I want to know you!

I want to know you

I had an interesting dream Saturday night. I was in church and I was trying to get a seat very close to the front about the 4 - 5th row. I wanted to hear and see the pastor and get everything he had to say. I felt that the closest I could get was the 4th -5th row. In the next scene we were worshiping and we were singing this song:

Nataka Nikujue (I want to know you)
Nikufahamu Bwana (To acquaint myself with you)
Nafsi Yangu ya tamani (My spirit longs for you)
Nataka nikujue ( I want to know you)

I woke up with that song in my mind and heart and my spirit was yearning for God. I began to pray about that dream and to tell God just how much I desire him when he brought a picture of the woman with the Alabaster box from Luke 7. I could see her weeping at his feet, kissing them, wiping them with her hair, and massaging them with perfumed oil of great worth. As I prayed about what God was showing me, he revealed to me that I have never felt free enough in his presence to touch him like she did.

Many times when I am praying, I imagine God sitting on his throne and many times I have seen myself kneeling before him, and even sitting in his lap, but I have never seen myself adoring him unashamedly like this woman. Just touching him and loving him.

For some reason, I began to see his feet, with the holes in them. And he was inviting me to touch them. To put my finger in the hole like Thomas did. And then I could see the cross and Jesus hanging there. There was an invite saying "Come and touch me. Put your finger in the holes where I was pierced for your transgressions. Touch my back where I was whipped for your healing. See how I hang on a cross in my underwear, scorning the shame and the curse of hanging on a tree, just so you would never suffer shame, so you would be blessed and not cursed."

For the first time I touched him, and I kissed his pierced feet. I know that there is more revelation here. I want to know what the cross was about. I know I am redeemed, but I want to know the WHOLE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CROSS!!! There is so much I don't know. When I take communion I want to truly discern the body of Christ that was broken for me. That is my hearts desire. To know what was purchased for me on Calvary. All of it.

Revelation come! Eyes, be enlightened! Ears, hear what the Spirit is saying to the church! Lord, I want to know you!

Your time is the time of love.

“When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; so I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine,” says the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 16:8

Matthew 6:10-11

"...your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread..."

Angels on Assignment

Psalm 91:9-12

"Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent. For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service]. They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone".

Because he is my refuge and my dwelling place, he has put angels on assignment concerning me to accompany and defend and preserve me in all my ways. I acknowledge and receive the ministry of angels in my life. How will we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?

Chronos to Kairos

This morning I was looking for Exodus 20 and somehow found myself in Deuteronomy 20. God had a plan! The title of that passage is Going to War (NIV). And it starts by saying that when you go to war against your enemies and their armies are much larger than your own, do not fear them. Vs 4 “For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”

Then God gives them the strategy:

First make an offer of peace – basically ask them to yield to you and become subject to you. They open their gates, you enter in and make them all slaves.

If they refuse – LAY SIEGE TO THAT CITY

The thing is this, either way you have dominion. They can yield quietly, or they can go down fighting. The end result is the same, for God has already given the city to you!

Fast forward to Joshua 6 – The strategy has been put in place and Jericho is under siege. A very strange siege indeed. Here are all these men of war, dressed up for battle, marching around the city and then going back to their tents. They do this for six days. On the seventh day, there is a change! The priests are blowing trumpets, and today they much around seven times. What a curious bunch! A little on the fruity side.

I can just see the people of Jericho up on the wall, looking down at these strange Israelites trying to figure out what in the world they are doing. Thinking to themselves “These guys are not serious. They can NEVER take this city like that.” Then all of a sudden the priests give a long blast of their horns, and their leader Joshua gives a command “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!” The crazy warriors begin to shout at the top of their lungs. The guys on the wall begin to laugh at all this madness. Suddenly the ground beneath them begins to tremble and shake, giving way as the wall collapses. Many on the wall die before they reach the ground. Israel takes Jericho.

Wow! What a wonderful story of laying hold of that to which you were called. Many times as life goes by the circumstances seem dire. You wonder if you will make it financially, if your terminally ill friend, parent or child can be healed, if your business will escape the start up statistics. But God has a plan and a strategy for you to take the land. First, go in peace. Command the situation to yield. If it won’t bow the knee, lay siege.

This time during which you have laid siege is the chronos time – the normal passage of time. Nothing seems to be happening. The sick person goes through the motions and cycles of the illness afflicting them. The unsaved person continues to misbehave. The business continues to struggle. Life goes on, just like it did in Jericho when the crazy soldiers marched around it and went home. But God has a plan!

Daniel says in chapter 2:21 that it is God who changes the times and the seasons. It is God who will turn your Chronos into Kairos – the appointed or set time for your miracle. Everything you desire and that needs to come into your life has a set time when it is scheduled to come. There is a set time for the turnaround of your business. A set time for healing for your loved one. A set time for prince charming to walk into your life. However, the work is done in the chronos time. In that time when it looks like nothing is happening, the Holy Spirit is busy setting a table for you. He is putting together the series of events that will bring about your breakthrough.

With every step the army took around Jericho, the walls became weaker, the foundations loosened, the mortar began to crumble. It was not visible, but every step broke something apart. By day seven all they needed was to yell and the wall fell! Whatever your Jericho is, every prayer counts, every seed sown makes a difference, every kind word spoken, every prophetic declaration, every act of faith, and every expression of faith in God. All of it counts. The walls are getting weaker and weaker. The foundations of your Jericho are shaken. Do not fear!! God has already done it. The victory is yours. The breakthrough belongs to you. Hallelujah!

Continue to lay siege to that thing and let God breakthrough for you like the breakthrough of many waters. Listen! Hear the roar of your breakthrough rushing to you! I hear the sound of the abundance of rain. I hear the rumble of thunder. The sound of a mighty downpour. There! See the lightning? Hear the thunder? It’s here!! The season of your breakthrough is here. The seasons have changed from Chronos to Kairos.

“You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time (Kairos) has come.” Ps 102:13