I pray believing that this message given by God and delivered as it has been received would bless you mightily. In Jesus Name. Amen!
In God’s Perfect Agenda for now and the future, you and I have a part, a path and a portion. We are not here, now, alive on this planet just to live life enough to get through the day and after some boring no purpose existence lie down one day never to wake up again. What a wasted life that would be.
REVELATION 1:8 AMP
“I am the Alpha and the Omega [the Beginning and the End],” says the Lord God, “Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all].”
God is at the beginning of all things and sees all the way to the end of all things. God is also at the end of all things and He sees all the way to the beginning of all things. There is nothing hidden from Him except He chooses not to see it. He is omniscient; “all knowing”.
God created us for purpose and for that purpose to come to pass, He has laid out a plan for our life and destiny. This plans are to prosper us and give us hope and a great future. God does not force His plans and purposes on anyone but it is on offer for who would go with God all the way.
Jeremiah 29:11 New International Version (NIV)
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
There is nothing that God does, does not do, permits or does not permit that is not linked to a Divine purpose.
Let’s look at how awesome, comprehensive, strategic and generational God’s purposes and plans are:
Psalm 105:17-24 New International Version (NIV)
17 and he sent a man before them—
Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,
his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold came to pass, till the word of the Lord proved him true.
20 The king sent and released him,
the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all he possessed,
22 to instruct his princes as he pleased
and teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful; he made them too numerous for their foes.
Joseph:
The name “Joseph,” is derived from the Hebrew Yosef and is first mentioned in the Old Testament. “The verb יסף (yasap) means to add, increase or do again. This verb is the common word to use when something is simply added.”
He had a family, the brothers of Joseph, contemplated to kill him, then sold him into slavery, he ended up in Portiphar’s house, got lied on, was thrown into jail, got out of the jail and became the prime minister but he was more than just a prime minister for himself…in the purpose and plan of God, he was sent before God’s people to be in the position to take care of God’s people.
Esther 4:14 New International Version (NIV)
14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
Esther:
According to the Hebrew Bible, queen Esther was born with the name הֲדַסָּה Hadassah (“Myrtle”). Her name was changed to Esther to hide her identity upon becoming queen of Persia. The three letter root of Esther in Hebrew is s-t-r (סתר), “hide, conceal”. The passive infinitive is (לְהִסָּ֫תֶר), “to be hidden”.
Esther became a Queen through Divine displacement. Has anyone ever wondered why Queen Vashti would think it okay to so piss off the King, her husband; knowing that she could be replaced very easily? And somehow amongst all the beautiful virgins that were up for grabs, favour fell on Esther. Esther’s life was transformed, she could have anything she wanted. But there was much more in the purpose and plans of God for her being a Queen. She was sent before God’s people to be in the position to take care of God’s people.
We can surmise from the scriptures read that:
1. God always goes ahead to prepare for His own.
2. God loves us too much to leave us helpless or stranded.
3. God who is Alpha and Omega works from the future and knows the past, and the devil works from the past and tries to guess the future in the bid to mess up the future purposes and plans of God.
4. God prepares ahead for the future of His own by moving men and women into strategic positions until the time set by God that God would need them to take a specific action for the deliverance, provision, protection and preservation of His people.
Glory be to God!
Now Consider the following:
-Where are you now in the plans of God?
-Where could God be taking you to and are you moving with Him?
-What are you doing where you are now in the purpose and plan of God?
-Has the opportunity come for you to take a critical action that could be for the deliverance, provision, protection and preservation of God’s people and are you being obedient?
There is a future and a hope and it is God’s desire that we get there but we all need to align with His Divine purpose and plan. That is what fufilling destiny is about.
There is a process to prepare us; Joseph had to go through a Divine process. So did Esther.
Are you willingly going through (correctly responding to) your Divine processing or not?
Philippians 2:13-15 King James Version (KJV)
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Will you allow God prepare you and send you according to His purpose and plan so you get to where you would fulfil your Divine destiny or would you rather blow about in the wind purposeless, frustrated and devastated?
God uses people to bless people. The devil knows this so he uses people to hurt people…so that people start avoiding people especially those who God has sent to bless them. The devil is on the mission of using people to misrepresent God and God is looking for men like Joseph and women like Esther; people like you and I to correct the misrepresentation of God by correctly representing Him wherever we are, in whatever we do, wherever we go and with whomever we relate in life and destiny.
2 Corinthians 5:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us; we [as Christ’s representatives] plead with you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God.
A true Christian is an Ambassador of Christ. Your very life in all its ramifications is purposed to represent the Name, the Person, the Nature, the Image, the Heart, the Acts and the Kingdom of God accurately.
I remember a while back now, when I got the opportunity to be trained and qualified to become a dental nurse. I found out that someone who looked like me, spoke like and claimed to be a Christian like I am had been employed and dismissed for being a terrible employee. This did a lot of damage to any reputation I had not yet built and created an atmosphere of mistrust for the likes of me. I perceived in my spirit that I was there on a mission and glory be to God, by the time I left the place, I had corrected every misrepresentation. Instead of taking 2 long years, I got qualified within a year, and was promoted to managing and running my own clinic. My line manager who was a hindu knew that I was a Christian and was happy for me to send her Scriptures and words of encouragement. Not that the enemy did not move against me but I had victory everytime. I left the job on a high note; the organisation wanted me to stay with an offer of a better pay, but I knew it was time to move on. God’s purpose and plan had been fulfilled.
Beloved Christian, my fellow believers in Christ Jesus, I would like us to think on this question as I conclude on this message:
“What am I doing where I am now for God’s sake”?
The Message Bearer
Cornelius Bella
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