We Shall Fulfill Destiny and NOT Let God Down!

Over the past few years I have become increasingly aware of the fact that I am gifted much like Joseph and Daniel in the Bible. I am gifted as an administrator to foresee a problem and to plan how to mitigate against it. Not strangely, God speaks to me in visions and dreams and I have been blessed enough to interact with the trinity in various visions. I have always known that this was not the order of the day for most people and that the assignment on my life was great. But true to Gods nature, he has revealed things to me one step at a time in the journey of my life.

God unveils mysteries and one of the mysteries he unveiled to me this morning is found in Ps 139. As I sought him for direction and clarity in the calling over my life he spoke the truth of this psalm to my spirit. God knows me intimately. More than I know myself. He understands my thought processes, the desires of my heart and their root causes and before a word even enters my mind he knows what I will say and how I will react. He knows me intimately. He knows my innermost being. He sees and knows my spirit, soul and this shell I call my body. Nothing by passes him at any one moment. When it comes to me (and indeed the whole universe) God is all-knowing. That boggles my mind because I don't know myself the way that he does.

Today he reminded me of the Angelina Jolie movie 'Salt' that I watched recently. In this movie, children are groomed to become spies and murderers for Russia. They are taught, day after day. They are told what grades they will get, which schools they will go to, what they will study and where they will work. They are positioned with care and no amount of time is too much to ensure that they will do their job when the time comes. Later as adults, they take their place and do their thing for Russia. God said that this is exactly what happens to humans before they are birthed into this earth.

Psalm 139:13-17 reads as follows:

¹³ For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you

when I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

¹⁶ your eyes saw my unformed body.

All the days ordained for me

were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

These verses speak of the time before one comes to the earth. It says that God created my innermost being before forming my outer body in my mothers womb. This innermost being is the spirit and the soul of man. These he made before he even joined the ovum and sperm that later became you. Then David praises God saying that he is fearfully and wonderfully made. This means that the makeup of man is awe inspiring! Not just his physical body but his spirit and his soul. Your soul is your intellect, your will, your emotions. It is the seat of knowledge and wisdom. Your spirit is the part of you that is like God. That is why the Bible says that we are made in the image and likeness of God. That is your spirit. It is the place where God resides within you. In John 14 Jesus said that He, the Holy Spirit and the Father would come and live in man. This is where they live inside of you.

Before you came to the earth God gave you instructions, just like the young Evelyn Salt was directed in the movie. He told you who you were, he told you where you would study and what. He explained to you where you would work in the future and how you would be positioned to accomplish your destiny. God explained your destiny to you so that when you came to earth, you could connect in the Spirit realm with his Spirit who would remind you all these things step by step. That is why you can be in college and feel that the major you have taken up is wrong for you. Or why you can be at a job and even though you are excelling it feels wrong. All these things were told to you and then they were written in a book with your name on it that God keeps.

In the book of Revelation John talks about the day of judgment. Daniel does too. They talk about the thrones being brought out, court is in session and "the books were opened." This book. Your book. Will be among those books that will be opened. God will go through the book that had your assignment in it and judge you based on that assignment. This creates an urgency in my spirit to know what the book says about me at this time. What should I be doing? Where should I be working? Should I be working on my Masters or not? Is that in the book for this season I am in? Every single day ordained for me was written before the ovum and sperm even joined together to begin forming my physical body.

In the movie "Salt" Angelina Jolie (AKA Evelyn Salt) falls in love and marries which was absolutely not in the plan. When the time comes to fulfill her destiny she fouls up the plan. She gets caught up in all this other things and fails to perform. These distractions are what I like to think of as "noise." When you are listening to the radio you have to tune into the right wavelength in order to catch the signal clearly. If you are on the wrong frequency you may hear a word here and there, but there is a lot of noise interfering with the signal. Until you get to the right wavelength, you will not be able to clearly hear what the announcer/presenter is saying.

As one sent from above you have to tune in to heavens wavelength in order to eliminate noise and hear clearly the instructions relayed to you by your base commander, the Holy Ghost. If you are not on this wavelength you will be distracted by the things you see and hear on the earth. You will experience fog and confusion because you cannot see clearly for all the things that are in front of you. In order to avoid clouding and confusion, you must be able to interpret everything you see and hear on the basis of your destiny. Basically, you must keep asking yourself the question "Is this in the original plan of God for my life?" If not, you must walk away from it however good it may look.

Everything in your life must be held up against the mirror of the book of your life. It must pass through the sieve of your destiny. If it is not in alignment with the plan of God for your life, the plan in the book by which you will be judged, you need to walk away from it. It is only noise and will cloud your ability to hear clearly. The promise of God is Isaiah 30:21 "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." That voice is constantly speaking. Constantly telling you the way to the accomplishment of your destiny and it is the voice of the Spirit of the Most High God, your counselor. If you are not hearing his voice, you need to tune in to heavens frequency and eliminate any noise in your life.

One thing you need to understand is that when God sent you to earth having given you your assignment he was confident that you could accomplish it. He put everything in you that you needed for your destiny. Not only that, but he was confident of your obedience too. God never put you on earth thinking to himself "Cross my fingers and hope for the best!" Philemon 1:21 speaks of Paul's confidence in those to whom he was writing:

"Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask."

This is God's attitude towards you. When he sends his word to you he does so confident of your obedience knowing that you will go the extra mile for him. God has so much confidence in mankind. In spite of all our faults God still looks at us and says we are the people for the job. He sent his own son, as a man, to show us that it can be done. Like him, we too can fulfill our destinies and accomplish that for which God called us. Like him, when our final hour comes we shall be able to say "It is finished" and release our spirits back to the one who created us victorious. We shall go back empty. Having released all that is within us in the accomplishment of our destinies in God. He is confident that we can do it. He is confident of our obedience. We shall not let him down!!

Curious Dream

I had a dream the morning sunday the 22nd of August and that dream is really messing with my head.

I was somewhere in space and directly in front of me was the sun shining brightly. Its rays were reaching out to me so that it could enfold me in them. To my left I could see a sky blue flag but it was not the flag of any nation that I know. It was partially turned towards the sun taking in its rays as well. Just a little bit ahead of it and to its left side was a planet. I have no idea why, but I think this is the planet earth. It too was angled in such a way as to take in as much light as possible from the sun. On my right, up ahead, directly aligned to the planet on my left was another planet. It was angled so as to get as much sunshine as it could. Behind it, directly aligned to it was the moon. I could see the craters on the moon and even though there was a little light it was covered in darkness. The planet in front of it stopped the sun's rays from getting to the moon. Then I heard the words "When you repent of sins, your prayers come up to me and I forgive that sin." On my right side, close to me I saw a dove. It was black with the sin of the world and it was flapping its wings. This dove took the sins of the world away as prayers to God and he would forgive mankind.

I can't figure out what this means. I don't know if it was just an FYI dream or God was passing a message to me. All I remember was all these planets and the flag turned towards the sun trying to get some light. Right now my thinking is that the sun was not really the sun but the glory of God. That light that existed on the first day of creation and not the sun created on the fourth day. I also believe that light, is the same light that illuminates the new Jerusalem so that there is no need for sunlight. I believe that was the shekinah glory of God.

I believe that the flag represented the Nations of the earth. How everyone desires for the light of God's glory. Those who know that that is what they are looking for and those who have no idea what they are searching for. It made me think of plants planted in a dark room and the only light comes from a hole in the wall. All these plants will turn and bend towards that light. That light is life. The Bible says in John 1

"¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was with God in the beginning.

³Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴In him was life, and that life was the light of men. ⁵The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood^{a]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[a]} it."

Creation recognizes this true light, but humans, created in the image of the only true God do not. How sad!

The one planet was earth and it was reaching for the light too. Straining to receive as much exposure to God's glory as possible. Romans 8 says:

^"19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; ²¹ because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. ²² For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now."

I am yet to figure out what the other planet was and why there was an occultation of the moon. I will have to keep praying and blogging till I find the answer.

Masters...

I majored in biology and minored in psychology. At the time, I was pretty sure I wanted to study medicine. However, that MCAT proved too much for me so I tried the school of nursing and was accepted for a Masters in Nursing. Unfortunately, I could not afford to pay for it and they had no scholarships for me. At that time I felt so lost, but God had plans for me and he told me to come back home.

I had put in about 2 years of hospital experience at the time and when I came back home I went into call centers for some reason. Once again at the time I was not able to decipher where God was going with all this. A few years later, I am the MD of an HIV management company. I have put in a year in this field and will continue doing my thing as God allows.

The funny thing now is that we are talking about e-solutions for peer education to manage HIV and other wellness issues. Who knew that we could combine the two? My experience is just perfect for this field.

The other day I was talking to someone about how much I had wanted to study an MPH and tropical diseases and how it had backfired in my face. As I spoke, something in me began to wake up. All these years I have been struggling with which Masters to take. I felt that I needed and desired one, but I couldn't figure out which. Everyone thought I should take an MBA because I was so into management, but I was never cut out for that. Nothing else appealed to me. Then last year I thought I would study peace and conflict resolution and that too did not feel right. God made sure I couldn't take it. But this MPH... This has me kicking into action. I believe this is finally the one.

Lord knows I need to make up my mind and get to it!!

Laughter as Warfare

Today during my time with the Lord he asked me to laugh at the enemy. I found that very strange initially but soon I was laughing pretty good. Then I found in his word where God laughs at the enemy:

Psalm 2:4

The One enthroned in heaven laughs;

the Lord scoffs at them.

and again:

Psalm 59:8

But you, O LORD, laugh at them;

you scoff at all those nations.

and yet again:

Psalm 37:13

but the Lord laughs at the wicked,

for he knows their day is coming.

God uses laughter as a weapon to put the devil in his place. To remind him that he can do all in his power but in the end he will still fail. One thing we have to understand about the devil is that even when he wins he has still lost because the blood of Jesus can make it all right again and because in the end, he has a reserved place in the lake of fire. What a relief for us who are born again. It does not matter how badly you have sinned or been involved with the enemy, Jesus can wash away your sin, guilt and reproach and make you white as snow. Then safe under the wings of the Lord you can point at the enemy and together with God laugh at him knowing his end.

Don't let the devil intimidate you. When he tries to, you go ahead and laugh at him. Laugh hard and long and let him know that your God is mighty to save and he never sleeps nor slumbers. It is well with your soul. Go on now. Have a good laugh at the devils expense!!

Freedom of the Mind!

This morning I got up to read my Bible and the pages just fell open to Proverbs Chapter 4. My eyes fell on the title "Wisdom is Supreme." I said a prayer and began reading it. Then I heard the Lord say to me "First Worship me, so that your spirit can open up and be receptive to my word." So I began to do that. As I began to worship I began to see the picture of a large spider sitting on the top of my forehead. Its long legs came down to just above my eyes and the rest covered my brain. Clearly it had made its home here and had spread a web all over my brain. My brain was so covered in web, it looked like it was wrapped up in clear nylon wrap.

I immediately began to pray and rebuke that spirit. I prayed for my brain and my mind not fully understanding why this spirit was attacking my mind. After I had prayed, I felt a real physical freedom, like my mind exhaled and was free for the first time in a long time. Then God began to remind me of the vision I had a few years ago where I was taken up to heaven and the Spirit of God lay his hand on my forehead and imparted wisdom to me. This spider spirit had come to ensure that the wisdom God had imparted on me would not be my portion.

As I continued praying for my mind the words "Frontal Lobe" kept coming to mind. First, the Holy Spirit had laid his hand on my forehead where the frontal lobe is located. Secondly, the spider was sitting on this same lobe. So I did a small study on the functions of the frontal lobe and this is what I discovered:

• The front part of frontal lobe is involved in planning, organizing, problem solving, selective attention, personality and a variety of executive functions or “higher cognitive functions” including behavior and emotions
• It is responsible for the enthusiasm and drive, social nerves, behavior, reaction to varying situations, capacity to plan ahead and the occupation of skills in language.
• The executive functions of the frontal lobes involve the ability to recognize future consequences resulting from current actions, to choose between good and bad actions (or better and best), override and suppress unacceptable social responses, and determine similarities and differences between things or events. Therefore, it is involved in higher mental functions.
• The frontal lobes are involved in motor function, problem solving, spontaneity, memory, language, initiation, judgement, impulse control, and social and sexual behavior.
• Front part of the brain; involved in planning, organizing, problem solving, selective attention, personality and a variety of "higher cognitive functions" including behavior and emotions.

With my calling in business these are all the skills I need to become extraordinary in my field. This nasty spirit was inhibiting all that. And guess what? The frontal lobe also has executive function meaning that it acts as a command center for other cognitive (mental) processes. It sends messages and inhibits or overrides others.

The executive functions are often invoked when it is necessary to override responses that might otherwise be automatically elicited by stimuli in the external environment. For example, on being presented with a potentially rewarding stimulus, such as a tasty piece of chocolate cake, a person might have the automatic response to take a bite. However, where such behaviour conflicts with internal plans (such as having decided not to eat chocolate cake while on a diet), the executive functions might be engaged to inhibit that response.

Basically, where naturally you would conform to the image of this world, the executive functions of the frontal lobe kick in so that you don't do what the world expects of you. Instead, you reach into the word of God in your spirit and override the natural instincts so you can do what God would have you do. Transformation, by the renewing of your mind!!!!

Some of those functions include:

1. Those that involve planning or decision making.
2. Those that involve error correction or troubleshooting.
3. Situations where responses are not well-rehearsed or contain novel sequences of actions.
4. Dangerous or technically difficult situations.
5. Situations that require the overcoming of a strong habitual response or resisting temptation

This is everything one has to deal with in business and that I am currently facing. I thank God for a mind that is free to receive his wisdom in every one of these situations. Now I can be an even greater light to my generation. God is awesome!!