Vision for The New Year part two

Habakkuk2:2 "And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it". Any vision not written down is a mere wish. Making your vision plain is a subject we will discover in this article. Visions are dreams interpreted and written down. Interpretation is not enough. Visions are to be made plain. The reason people find it hard to pursue their vision is because they are not made plain. Your visions are to be aligned. Vision begets visions. Vision support vision. You have to simplify your vision. You have to create provision for your vision. For example you are a family man your vision for next year is to move into your own house, get a better job,buy a car, change your children school, change your wardrobe and other things. It may look impossible to do that but with proper planning by the help of the holyspirit it is possible. The holyspirit will motivate the person and make him focus on the essentials. Strategy is very important in vision. If you are a student and you want to be a straight A student. You need to strategize. Find the courses you have problem in and plan how to solve it. Making your vision plain is what makes pursuing it a possibility. Making it plain is making it simple and understandable. So that when you read the vision you are motivated into pursuing it. As it looks achievable. Making your vision doesn't only help you it helps others involved in it. Imagine a family man with a vision which is not made plain to his family. The family inability to comprehend the man's vision stand as an obstacle to his vision. Because the man vision isn't made plain the family complains. Make sure your vision is plain. So that your fellow visionaries will be able to pursue the vision. Making your vision plain is where the holyspirit comes in. Isaiah40:4 "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain"it is the holyspirit that makes the crooked place straight. He makes the high mountain low. He makes the impossible possible. He is the one with the answer. You need to pray and thank God for the vision. And mediate on it trusting the holyspirit to give you a strategy . And as you mediate the holyspirit will give you inspiration on how to fulfill the vision. Daniel in the bible prayed and God answered him and showed him the interpretation of the vision. He said in Daniel 2:22 "He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him". Joseph is also another man who seeked God for the strategy in pursuing his vision. God gave him the vision and strategy. He made Egypt in abundance while the world wad in famine. Genesis 41:39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art. So you need the holyspirit to give you the strategy in pursuing your vision. I pray as you seek God in making your vision plain the holyspirit gives you the strategy in pursuing that vision.

Vision for The New Year part one

Habakkuk2:2 "And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it". Its merely hours to the new year. As we are gradually leaving 2015. Many dreams we thought will come to didn't many expectations were cut off. Its a pity but we are not defined by what we did yesterday but what we are doing today. So as we are marching towards 2016 it is a necessity to write down our visions for next year. You might ask whats the need my vision for last year didnt come to pass. True they didn't come to pass because they were dreams not vision. There is a difference between a vision and a dream. Vision are pursued while dreams are interpreted. Visions are substantial while dreams are mere wishes hence it is usually forgotten. Vision are substantial because they are written down. Visions are substantial because they are pursued. King nebuchanezzar in the book of daniel had both a dream and a vision. The first encounter he had was a dream: daniel2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. So most times dreams are not made in a sober mind. Dreams are usually formed in an unfocused mind. King Nebuchadnezzar dreamt and was troubled because he didn't know what to do. Dreams are not plain like vision. Any interpreted dream written down is a vision. King Nebuchadnezzar forgot what he dreamts. But daniel interpreted the dream for him. The second dream King Nebuchadnezzar had was a vision in daniel "4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me". This time he remembered the dream probably because he wrote it down. This time he was relaxed. Visions are formed in a sober mind. Previous to when he had the dream the bible says Daniel 4:4 "I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace". Any vision not written down is a mere wish. You need to get a book and write down your vision. 2016 is not like other years. You need to write down your vision. You vision are your expectations. So it will be like the snake lifted up in the time of moses. In the time of moses when the children of israel complained God sent serpents to bite them. And when they repented God told moses the solution. Genesis 21:8 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live". The snake lifted up represents your vision while the snake bite represent discouragement. So anytime you are discouraged its important you look at your vision. And tell yourself this why I am doing this. Your vision is your serpent on the pole. The vision motivates you when you are discouraged by others. A Godly person is a person with a vision. God is a visionary. The bible is a book of vision. So you cannot tell me you are Godly when you are vision-less. A vision-less man is a mission-less man. A mission-less man is a candidate of the devil. You cannot have distinction in your generation without a destination. I pray God open your eyes to see visions in jesus name. Amen

The Purpose Of Christmas

Luke 2:11"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord". Christmas is one of the most celebrated holiday in the world. It's a day set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ the saviour. Christmas is not a Christian holiday, its not a day Seregated for those only in the Christian faith. It's a day the world celebrate the birth of christ. Jesus Christ is the saviour of the world. Jesus Christ came for sinners not the righteous. We are to honour him not ourselves. The spotlight is now on us not the saviour. It's on the masses not the christ. We have made it all about us. Christmas day is an opportunity to honour Christ arrival 2000years ago. We honour Christ by fulfilling his mandate. We honour Christ by giving to the poor, visiting the sick and those in prisons. He said in matthew 25:43 "I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not". Any time we do such things we do them unto him. We honour him. Looking at how people in the so called sophisticated developed 21st century, in the free world celebrate their Christmas it grieves me. They have dishonored him on his own day. Jesus Christ came to save us from sin. But on Christmas day most people use it as an opportunity to go into sin. Statistics tells us the rate of alcohol consumption in this season is very high. People go to club not church. Clubs are packed while churches are empty. Christmas is the day christ is most ignored by his beloved. Statistics also tells us that the rate of teenage pregnancy is very high from December to march. It's very disappointing that we have allow the devil to pervert this memorable day. I wonder if we are really celebrating christ or the devil. The purpose of christ coming to the world to was to save us from sin. He wants us to be dead to sin and not in sin. Christ came to restore the original position of man. To restore man relationship with God. Christ came to destroy the works of the devil in our lives. He came to give us life and redeem us. So we can enter the presence of God boldly with a pure conscience. He came with a revelation of God as a father. He came to call us into his marvellous light and dispel every form of darkness in our life. The purpose of Christmas is redemption. So in this Christmas one way to honour him is to accept him into your life. Honour his sacrifice for you.

Christmas: Jesus the counsellor

Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. We live in a world of darkness. Darkness signifies two things; ignorance and confusion. A man in the dark is confused. Jesus is the light of the world. Isaiah 9:2 "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined". A man in christ is a man void of confusion. Jesus the counsellor is in us. When we received jesus Christ we received His essence too. I love to call His essence and promises the salvation package. Counsel is in the salvation package. God is not happy that you are confused. Jesus was never confused. And we are living His life. Christ Is not happy that we confused in that business, career choice, choice of life partner and everything else. Christ wants to guide you in everything you do. And He also want you to be a light to those in the world. Jesus called believers the light of the world. As a light we are to dispel confusion every where we go. The unsaved are to meet us for guidance. Not the other way around. You may ask how do I get His counsel? You can get His counsel by being patient and having faith. Patience and faith are the two things you need to access all in the salvation package. You need knowledge also, You need to discover everything in the salvation package. That's why its important to study the word. So anytime you are confused seek christ in you for counsel. He may answer you through people, inspiration, revelation in the word or the inner voice. The problem with most of us is that when christ give us His counsel. We reject it If it doesn't fit our lifestyle. Don't grieve the holyspirit accept His counsel today. Merry Christmas once again.

Be of Good Cheer

Matthew 9:2 "And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee". Many believers are living a defeated life. A life of fear and guilt. Why? Because of their sins. They feel God hasn't forgiven them though they ask for mercy and promise never to do it again. Yet they still feel unworthy and bad. And try to make up, pay for their sins. Not knowing no matter what they do it will not be enough to compensate or pay off their sins. They try to please God by tradition. Not knowing only faith can please God. Faith in what you may ask? Faith in the finished work of christ. When you believe jesus Christ dealt with that sin you are battling with at the cross of Calvary. And that he has forgiven you. GOD is pleased. You are justified by faith in the finished work of christ not by your works of righteousness . In our anchor scripture jesus called the palazyed man, his son. Most people are like that man. Its like they are paralyzed in sin. They try to stop doing it. But they don't have the willpower. Jesus called the man his son, just as Jesus called that man. He Is calling you today to be his son to be his own. He Is not ashame to be associated with you. One thing I have noticed in the miracles of Jesus. Any time he heals a palazyed man he tells him to carry his bed and walk. Matthew 9:6 "... Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house". How can a man who doesn't have the strength to stand now not only walk but carry his bed? What does that tells us. Jesus strengthens who he calls. No wonder apostle Paul said in Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me". Jesus is not only calling you out of sin, he is giving you grace to overcome it. After jesus called him his son. He told him to be of Good cheer in other versions have courage. Why? Because his sins were forgiven. Most believers stop at the son stage. They call themselves children of God. Yet they still behave as if their sins are not forgiven. As I said before you are justified by faith, faith in the finished work of Christ not by your works of righteousness.Thats what the gospel is about. The gospel means Good news. Whats the news? The just shall live by faith ie you are justified by Faith. God has forgiven you. The gospel brings joy, peace and courage. The peace that God is pleased with you. True courage springs from clean consciousness. We need to believe in christ finished work and come boldly to the throne of mercy. Jesus later told the man to rise up and walk. To walk in what? To Walk in his ligh.t 1 john:1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin". You are blessed