Job 36:11 “If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.”
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Job 8-11, Psalm 137
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In October 1968, Benson Idahosa officially inaugurated the Church of God Mission International, which had started previously, as a small prayer group. Though he had great hopes and expectations for the ministry as the years passed by he failed to see the massive breakthrough he longed for. Rather, progress was difficult and he was struggling to make ends meet, but all to no avail.
In June 1976, he and his wife Margaret, decided to travel to America to visit their spiritual parents, T.L Osborne and his wife Daisy whom Idahosa had known since 1960. During their visit, T.L Osborne took them to the wealthiest part of Tulsa to choose a home and promised to pay for it.
After choosing a very opulent house, Idahosa and his wife were very excited and began to envision living in the house and continuing their ministry in America. When they returned to T.L Osborne’s home, that night , around 2am, Idahosa had a divine visitation . God told him to return to Africa to continue his assignment, but if he chose to stay on in America he would be a dead man.
Immediately he heard from God, Idahosa woke up his wife and also the Osbornes and told them what God had said. Without wasting time, he packed his bag that night and left for the airport by 4am. As Idahosa returned to Benin city and continued his ministry, massive doors suddenly began to open. His crusades that used to number about 2000 people exploded and attendance gradually shot up to hundreds of thousands.
In less than ten years, his 1985 Lagos crusade had millions in attendance. God blessed Idahosa beyond his greatest imagination. He eventually built a palatial home that greatly surpassed the house in America that would have caused him to relocate his ministry. He remained ever grateful for God’s grace that saved him from missing his place in destiny.
Every act of obedience to God is passing the test that results in our change of level. Obedience is always the story behind the glory. All the giants of faith who succeeded in life, were ordinary men, made extraordinary by obedience to God. Trusting God’s timing, walking by faith and not by sight, is what brings us out of obscurity to the limelight.
Many people are languishing in irrelevance today due to following their own counsel. In our ministry, business, career, education, family, relationships etc, things will only work smoothly when we follow God’s plan. It can be tempting to follow our feelings and rely on our physical senses. However, there is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
As God leads us, though we may not initially see the whole picture as we abide faithful, soon the bigger pictures will emerge. Though your beginning may be small your later end shall be greater. Our access to breakthroughs is following divine leading. However, to clearly hear what the Lord is saying requires spending quality time in the Word, prayer, praise and fellowship with the Spirit.
As we diligently follow divine leading, surely, every stagnation will be terminated and we will continually experience miracles of massive breakthroughs and breaking forth to unlimited heights.
PRAYER: Lord, I ask for the grace to always follow Your vision and not my own ambitions. As I do, I thank You for connecting me to my next level and unfolding the good and grand plan You have ordained for me in Jesus Name.
QUOTE: “When you apply The Word of God, it will work for you, anywhere and anytime” – WORDBITE 222
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