Encouragement

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I planned and created you for My pleasure. Your birth gave Me pleasure. I was there. The moment gave Me such a thrill. I was overjoyed, glad that at last that which was on My mind has been made manifest. There was a broad smile on My face.

Your parents may not have planned for you, but I planned for you. In fact they did all they could to abort you, but it was to no avail. I had My way because of the purpose I had in mind for you. You were on my mind even before creation began. I had great expectation for the day you would manifest.

I knew you would be born in sin, but I took care of that by sending My Son ahead of you to take your sin away at Calvary. And He who did not sin became your substitute, your sin-bearer, your ‘gap-bridger’ and your Redeemer. In the fullness of time the scales fell off your eyes and you realised you were a sinner lost without Christ. You then took a step of faith and invited My Son into your life. And the Sun rose in your life, the stone was rolled away and the dead came back to life. You had a New Beginning . There was joy in heaven and a great, great party. Celebration was in motion because of your salvation.

As a babe in Christ, you needed milk and constant attention, provision and protection. I fed you and shielded you from harm and gave you time to find your feet in Me. You drank of My water of life and grew taller, stronger and wiser. You also drank of My Holy Wine which birth the revelation of Me and the purpose of your life. I bragged of you as you gave me pleasure. But the adversary of your soul was jealous. He said, ‘Remove the hedge and see how he will disgrace you to Your face.’ I had confidence in you, so I removed the hedge and all hell broke loose. Trials tribulations and tempest, became pests. They flew into your life like arrows from all corners. It looked as though I was far away or abandoned you, but I was as close as ever.

As you waged war with the word you waxed stronger and stronger. Thus together we used the weapon of your enemy against him like a boomerang. Through your suffering you learned obedience, endurance and patience. The outward man wasted away, but the inward man was being renewed day by day. After the breaking, the proving, and pruning, I stopped the hands of the trespasser and birth blessings and breakthroughs from your battles.

And so some of the promises which you had been praying for were granted- not in your own time but in My time. Nevertheless, some other promises remain unfulfilled. I have shown you a glimpse of the Promised Land- My plans and purposes for your life.

You know you are unique, with a unique purpose, destiny and assignment. There is only one of you. No one can do your work as you. I desire passionately that you enter your Promised Land- the land flowing with mild and honey. When you spied the land you also saw the grapes and giants in the land.

Why would I be leading you into a land where there were giant?
Was Jesus not led into the desert by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil? Was Joseph not sold as a slave into Potiphar’s house to be tempted by his wife and then
sent to jail? And even as this seemed a set back, was it not a set-up for a lift-up? Was Paul not allowed to persecute the early Church and thus drive himself closer to Me with each atrocity committed against the Church? Was Paul himself not visited by pressure on all fronts; thorn, hardships, shipwrecks, beatings, betrayals, false accusations, imprisonments and yet the writer of 13 best sellers of all time?

All things work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His original intension. So in my wisdom I have left the giants. Let their presence fuel faith and not fear. The just shall live by faith. Put on the whole armour of God and stand in the evil day. The weapons of your warfare are not man made. They have divine potency to destroy all the power and strategies of your adversary. The battle is not yours but the Lord’s. Go in the name of the Lord. He has gone before you to make every crooked straight. His angels are round about you. They have been given charge over you. And no weapon formed, forged, fashioned against you will prosper or prevail. No, in all these things, you are more than a conqueror.

With the helmet of salvation cover your mind against every evil insinuations of your enemy. Think only on those things that are pure, lovely true, admirable, just, of good report, praise worthy, peaceful. Mind your mind. Put on the belt of truth to expose and expunge every lie of the father of lies. Continue in the word, know the truth and let it set you free. Be not ensnared by the trickery of the enemy of your life. Put on the
shoes of the Gospel of peace, demonstrating your readiness to testify of the goodness of the Lord and the power of the Gospel. Take the shield of faith with which to quench every flaming arrow of your adversary. Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, to slash every diabolical tree or offspring that is not of God in your life. Take the breastplate of righteousness, affirming your right standing with God – not on the basis of what you have done but on the basis of the finished work on Calvary’s Cross.

And having done all, stand and pray without ceasing with all kinds of prayers. Stand to see your salvation.

Sanbalath and Tobias may oppose, but stand! Those around you may conspire, dump you into a pit, prison or fiery burning furnace or even the lion’s den but you shall come out with a testimony. You will come out better and not bitter. Like Jehosephat, the conspiracy against you shall result in your enemies fighting themselves and leaving a blessing for you to collect for a long, long time. The harder they come, the stronger you will become. And the harder they’ll fall. Their obstacles will be a stepping stone and launching pad for your lift up and promotion. Your setback will be a platform for a great comeback. Your face will not be covered with shame as you put your trust in Me and refuse to cast way your confidence. Through your ridicules, miracles will come. And through your opposition, promotion will come. In the name of Jesus your purpose shall be fulfilled.

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