DAILY READING John 9:24-41; 2 Chronicles 7; Malachi 4

2 Chronicles 27:6, ‘So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.’

One of the renowned healing evangelists of the 20th century was Reverend Walter Grant.
He was a man mightily used by God to manifest signs and wonders to his generation..

In his ministry, there were diverse testimonies of healings and deliverances that marvelled many people…
However, while many saw these outward manifestations of power, few saw the preparations that led to it.

In his book ‘Searching for the Supernatural’, Reverend Walter Grant spoke about how he desperately sought for the anointing before receiving it..
As a young minister, he earnestly sought God’s power through spending time in prayer, fasting, studying the Word and reading many anointed books.
This was virtually his lifestyle for fourteen years.
Even after he was appointed to be the director over 13 churches, he refused to settle into a nominal religious lifestyle. Rather, his heart continued to hunger for the Pentecostal power of the early Church as recorded in the book of Acts..
As he passionately sought God, one night he had a divine visitation from the Lord. Through this encounter he began to experience a mighty flow of God’s power.
From then on, he would sometimes feel the Holy Spirit and Fire running all through his body as if he was connected to a high electric voltage.
This soon resulted in the eruption of amazing miracles, signs and wonders in his life and ministry. These manifestations of power brought him to global limelight, especially during the 1950’s healing revival that swept through America

Certainly, there is a price to pay to see God’s signs and wonders.
There is a preparation that must precede our manifestation.
Everyone who will be used by God has to go through a season of separation and preparation.

The men and women who take time to wait upon God, will eventually emerge fired with unshakeable faith and power to impact their world.
Suddenly they appear, as if from nowhere, to do mighty signs and wonders and bring glory to God.
It is through such mighty men and women of valour that true Revivals are born on the earth.

Indeed God polishes His vessels in the secret place of spiritual preparation before unveiling them to the world.
Therefore, to manifest wonders, we must be ready to submit to a lifestyle of earnestly seeking God, until we are molded and strengthened to manifest His power.

There must be seriousness in our spiritual preparations if we are ever to reach our godly potentials of manifesting God’s anointing to our generation.

2 Chronicles 27:6 says, ‘So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.’

Your level of spiritual preparation is what will determine your height of outward manifestation.
Preparation is the fundamental key in the school of success.
No matter how religious anyone is, if the price for power is not paid, it will be difficult to experience true progress and victory in life. Every open door comes with many adversaries and it is only through the greatness of God’s power that those enemies submit to you.
Indeed it is impossible to triumph in life without power.

Therefore, let us begin to pay the required price to manifest God’s power to our world.
Indeed to see
the wonders prophesied over us this year, we must engage in a lifestyle of fervent prayers, study of God’s Word and walking in purity.
Especially in this month of grace,
Let us take advantage of the divine help available in this season to rise to greater spiritual heights.

lndeed it’s our time to break free from every limitation and experience victory on every side.
Certainly, as we pay the spiritual price of preparation, we will begin to experience the manifestation of God’s promise of wonders in our health, finances, family and all areas of our lives.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your marvelous help to me in this season of grace.. Thank You for the great and mighty things You have in store for me. Please enable me to pay the price of spiritual preparation so as to see the manifestation of Your wonders in Jesus’ Name.

QUOTE:
The treasures of God are never on the shallow end but are always buried in the depths of God’s Word. It takes a personal discovery to get there. – WORDBITE 222.