Luke 3:21 -22 ’Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.’

DAILY READING; • Romans 13; 1 Samuel 25; Psalm 68

Joseph Ayodele Babalola was the first General Evangelist and founder of the Christ Apostolic Church Nigeria, popularly called CAC.
Joseph Babalola was born in 1904 to Christian parents who knew from the beginning that there was something special about him. Due to angelic visitations and other occurrences that surrounded his birth, many believed a great call of God was upon his life.
When he was ten years old, young Babalola started school but quit schooling by standard five, to learn a trade. He became a motor mechanic apprentice but after a while he left it and joined the Public Works Department. He worked as a steam roller driver and was one of the road workers who constructed the road from Igbara-Oke to Ilesa.
While doing the job of a road construction worker, it appeared as if the earlier call upon his life had been forgotten.
Bit when he was 24 years old, Babalola began to have strange experiences that started on the night of September 25th, 1928 when he suddenly could not sleep. For a week, he struggled with sleeplessness and restlessness..
The climax came one day when he was working and suddenly the steam roller’s engine stopped without any visible mechanical problem. As he stood confused and perplexed, he then heard a great voice like the roar of thunder which called his name thrice. This voice warned of a dire consequence if he failed to immediately abandon his job as a road worker and answer the call to ministry.
After this visitation, Joseph Babalola, resigned from his job and embarked on mission work.
After fasting for seven days., he had another divine visitation where he was given the power and anointing for ministry.
From this encounter, Babalola became a prophet who travelled to different towns preaching and mightily manifesting the power of God.
He became the first prophet God used to lead a great revival in Nigeria after he raised a 10 years old boy from the death in 1930.
Apostle Ayo Babalola ended up as one of the greatest men of God to ever arise from Africa.

While Joseph Babalola was a road construction worker, earning a meager salary, no one saw the great possibilities within him.
It took the dramatic call of God to awaken him to his great potentials.
Likewise, many of us may be languishing in some mediocre occupation, unaware of the greatness lying dormant within us.
Even when we have an inkling of it, due to the constraints of life, we sometimes choose to put on hold the divine call to focus on the mundane demands of life.
However, to be used by God as an instrument of revival, we must be willing to break away from limitations and take bold steps to enter into a new season of power and anointing.

As we pray in this season, let us be determined to have an encounter with the Holy Spirit that will announce us to our generation.

In Luke 3:21, as Jesus was praying, the Heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him and God’s voice announced Him to the world.
Prayer can lead to the opening of the Heavens and the anointing of the Spirit upon our lives.
Jesus paid the price at Calvary to raise sons and daughters on earth who will do greater works than He did. Therefore we cannot afford to keep living mediocre lives, occupied with mundane pursuits.
Enough of being spectators, it is our time to become partakers of the great move of God in this generation. God is raising men and women that will walk in great power and anointing. This is the Joel’s army that is about to invade the earth with mighty manifestations of power.
By the Blood of Jesus we will not miss our portion.
As we wait upon the Lord in this season, let us position ourselves for a spiritual revolution. It is certainly time for us to arise and usher in revival into.our families communities, cities and nations.

PRAYER: Lord, please grant me the grace to pay the required price to carry the oil of Your Spirit upon my life. Truly by Your Anointing I will be distinguished in this generation and carry revival fire to the world around me in Jesus Name

QUOTE
Everything that ultimately has a glorious ending usually has a humble beginning. – WORDBITE 222.