That place called Lodebar?

 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.

 2 Samuel 9: 1,5, 7, 9 KJV

The place Lodebar is a ghetto and the word means "no pasture,"(2 Samuel 17:27) "no word" or "no communication". In Lodebar the people living there were in the bondage of poverty, it is a place where the inhabitants have lost communication with their maker, with the outside world, with all the things that matters to growth, destiny achievement, purpose and success. Lodebar is the place where the residents are continually looking for a word from God, a word that would lift them up and out, a place that would bring the change they seek.

It is important not only to get out of Lodebar but to get Lodebar out of you…..We need to get out of the place of no communication, a place where is do no get the word from God. We must move to a place of pasture.

Mephiboseth was born into a royal family but ended up in a place where he lost the communication to royalty, a place where his life had no pasture and yielded no fruit. He was taken by his maid from the royal home to Lodebar to keep him alive. A lot of us find ourselves in Lodebar - we are at a place where there is no pasture, a place where our life does not yield any fruit. Some of us are at that point where we seek a word from God and have found none. While other are in the place where no communication takes place. We either can not communicate or are finding it hard to communicate -simply because we can’t pray or we find it hard to do so for one reason or the other.

However, we have a sonship with God through Christ Jesus. The King is asking today is there not another son/daughter of mine yet that He can bless? You need to come out of Lodebar….because there is a restoration coming your way.

Just as King David asked if there was yet no one from the house of Saul (the former king) that he could bless, the same way God is seeking you to bless you and restore to you everyone of those things that is your which had being taken away from you.

David restored all; and God is going to restore all!

Have faith in God

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Mark 11: 22-23

In the passage above Jesus was telling His disciples that it is possible to make anything happen. The opportunity to do this was explained using what happened with the fig tree as an example.

On His way to Jerusalem from Bethany, Jesus saw a fig tree and He assumed it should have fruits on it because it had leaves on it. Even though the tree appeared like it had fruits on it, it just was not it. This deception of the fig tree resulted in a pronouncement from Jesus.

On His way back into Jerusalem, Peter noticed that the fig tree had responded to the words of Christ. Mark 11: 21. The word of God is powerful, cutting into the circumstances and sharper than we can imagine.

As a vessel of Christ we will speak that word and the circumstances in our life will respond to that word because of the faith we have in God. It is important for us to know that faith will move mountains and break lose the strongest chains.

The challenge of Christianity in 2018 is that a lot of us do not have faith on God, a lot no longer believe that the word of God is true for our situation and our time. We now believe that what we go through in life cannot be changed by the faith in God or His words.

However, I tell us today that we must have faith in God. Such circumstances have happened. There was never a prime minister in Egypt before Joseph, the sum and moon did not stand still before it happened in Israel.

What is faith? It is a constant, consistent, and unshakable believe in someone or that something would happen. This faith makes things happen and puts our mind at rest that everything would work out fine.

Whenever we are talking about the devil, it simply means that God has departed from us. His guiding power and protection He has withdrawn for a season. This alone gives the enemy a free day. Job 1: 9-12. Judges 16: 21-26. God is there for us where we are and when we seek Him. In the little whispers of our heart, in the simple confessions of our heart God hears and responds.

Why do we need to have faith in God

1. He is God and God all by Himself! The enemy can only attack you when God is not there. Isaiah 44:8, Rev. 4:11 Ezekiel 37: 3, Matt 24: 26
2. He can be all things to all men and various things to various people. In essence, God can be whatever you want Him to be and He can answer to any name you call Him. (God can take any form you want Him to take). Ex 13: 13-14 (Moses), Gen 12:1-3 (Abraham), Gen 6: 8 (Noah), Gen 22: 8-14 (Abraham & Isaac), Gen 22: 16 (Abraham)
3. Through your Faith God rewrites destines and circumstances of life. Luke 8: 43-48, 1 Chronicles 4: 9-10

God chooses people to bless irrespective of who they are or what they have done, all that He looks out for is for them to have faith. The only thing that prevents God from moving in your life and circumstances is you. You alone are the limiting factor to your greatness and breakthrough.

Today implore you to have faith in God, act out that faith and live by it. The changes that you seek will spring forth….