What is your part in destiny?

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8: 22 KJV

I want to assure you that God will always play His part. However, you also have a part to play in the fulfillment of your destiny. Your problems and that challenges will not just disappear like magic; you have to get involved in making the turning that problem to a success story. God has given you freewill so that you can participate in how your life turns out. In John 11: 39, Jesus told the people to “roll away the stone” so that He can raise Lazarus from the dead.

Sometimes, things don’t move forward because we have refused to play our part. God is waiting for you to play your part because He has already played His part and fulfilled it. The day you decide to play your part, things will start moving forward and everything else will work out like magic.

You may not have to do something and there are some things that you cannot do alone. What are those things we need to do so that God can do what He alone can do? When Joseph’s brothers put him in the it, he begged them not to do so, but he did not beg Pharaoh to make him Governor over all of Egypt. Joseph did not stop moving forward wherever he found himself, whether as a slave in the house of Potiphar or in the prison. Being able to do his part made it possible for him to be promoted to the palace where a new position was created just for him.

What are those things you must do to begin to play your part?

1. You must be born again. Give your life to God 100%, God needs you to accept His gift of salvation
2. You must believe. All things are possible to them who believe
3. Have faith in God. It is one thing to believe that God can do it, but another thing to have faith that God will do it. So we must have faith so that we would move mountains.
4. Confess your what you believe with your mouth and act on your faith in God

What does your dream tell you?

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. Genesis 37: 5-6, 9 KJV

Do you have dreams? What do you dream about? How often does your dream reoccur? Joseph was known as the dreamer in the bible and his dreams put him in a bad spot with his brothers, but at the end the dreams became reality.

God has a way He reaches out to us through dreams, so dreams should not be taken for granted because they act as the secrets to the spiritual. Our dreams are a show of identification and speaks of our uniqueness that we need to not belittle. The spiritual manifestation of who we are and even the works of the enemy to limit our greatness is seen in our dreams.

The word of God says, “if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, we can move mountains”. The same way that God can use our dreams to lift you up is the same way the enemy tries to use dreams to pull people down. While we sleep our spirit goes to work and so we need to commend our sleeping hours to God.

A lot of people get the revelation of their life’s purpose in their dreams. Some of us have strange destinies which requires that we should be very mindful of our dreams.

Have you discovered your potential?

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.  Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Psalm 67:1-7 KJV

Everyone has potential! The question this morning is.......….What is potential? Inherent value in something. Everybody has the ability to do something. Everyone has potential, no matter how you are born or where you are born. Potential is your unused strength (dormant strength) and untapped ability.

Can a nation have potential? Yes a nation can have potential. If this is true, then what is a nation? A group of people with a common vision, common goals, common mission, common purpose moving together towards a common direction. The most important thing about a nation is the commonality of purpose towards a given direction.

Is Nigeria a nation? Nigeria is not a nation because we did not willingly come together but was amalgamated to fulfill certain designs. Nigeria does not have a common purpose but we can be a nation. Everybody is moving in separate direction with their own common purpose. This is the basis of the Nigerian problem and if we don’t identify their and work with it we cannot become a nation. In spite of our diversity we can move in the same direction by having a common goal and purpose. Nigeria has the potential to become a great nation and develop its full potential.

How many of the people on earth achieve or fulfill their potential? Most likely less than 10% of people in the world fulfill their potential. But why is it that very few people are able to fulfill potential? How come only about 10% of the people alive will fulfill their potential? There is no self discovery. The richest places in the world is the grave yard! ~ Miles Monroe.

The word tells us this for a fact - Ye are gods_ and we have the capacity to function as gods. However a lot of us we die like mere men not using out ability as gods.
Your used strength , your hidden talent, untapped ability and dormant talent. Most people don’t even know how to use their ability and they limit themselves by themselves to the limitation of their immediate self.

One of the reason the world is struggling under a lot of pain is because a lot of people have not fulfilled their potential. What we need is inspiration, vision and aspiration to fulfill our potential. How do you know that we all have individual potential?

1. Before you were created God created you with potential Jeremiah 1:5. Therefore we know this for a fact, nobody is a mistake. We all have potential to do something great. 
2. You can be imparted with potential. People can impart you with potential. Mary spoke into the womb of Elizabeth, the baby leaped with joy. Luke 1:39-45
3. You can genetically induced or inherited potential. A lot of time we hear people say it runs in my family or this is how our family does things. 

The challenge is - have you discovered your potential

The Glory of His Presence PT 2

Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest

Exodus 33:13-14 KJV

 Moses said, having a discussion with God, that God has not given him a helper. He asked God to show him his ways and God said that His presence will go with him and will make the work easy with him. Moses then told God that if His presence will not go with them, He should therefore not take them out of where they are. 

Life can be extremely difficult but can also be outstandingly easy. It can be extremely difficult if we:

• Make the wrong assumption
• Do things the wrong way
• Have the wrong approach
• Do things the way we know how

Whatever God has asked you to do is just for you to do it. Whenever God gives you an assignment you have to go back to God and ask Him how you are to do and carry out this assignment. To do this we must have a close and intimate relationship with God. To have a relationship with God we must then understand the secret to life. Having a close relationship with God is not about how holy we are, how righteous we are, or how wise we are.

Even King Solomon in the bible said that in wisdom is a lot of grief. Sometimes when we know too much and too full of wisdom we become burdened. Then he said that the job of a man is to please God. Every morning when you wake up, you ask yourself how can I please God? What do say that will please God? Where do I go to please God? What do I wear to please God? Ask such questions about each step and everything you are about to do to know if it will please God.

Ask yourself, ‘what would Jesus do?’ If you can ask yourself consistently before we react or take action on things living our life would become easy and free of stress. This might be difficult to adjust to at the beginning but the end of the matter would be that we would have pleased God.

It is not our business to know how things get done, that is God’s business. It is God who will work through us to make things happen. That’s why God sad to Abram, “walk before me and be thou perfect”. What does the presence of God do?

1. It brings about prosperity 1 King 5:2-6. This is an all round prosperity; financial prosperity, marital prosperity, emotional prosperity, social prosperity. 
2. It will bring about grace and promotion. There would be a grace and favour around you that will bring about promotion. You would just have that favour which even you won't understand and people just promote you and lift you up. 
3. It will bless you and bless the people around you when you are in God’s presence. The bible said that the Lord blessed the house of Portiphar because of Joseph. You become a blessing to generation yet unborn
4. It leads us in His presence. 
5. When we are in the presence of God we can do no wrong
6. The presence of God brings about deliverance out of a problem
7. The presence of God gives you complete of joy Psalm 16:11

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

The Glory of His Presence

 And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 

Exodus 33:12-14 KJV

God’s presence will always go with us and we shall have our rest. In the passage Moses a prophet of God was having a conversation with God, so much so that he heard God clearly. Moses was talking to God and he heard a 7 point agenda

1. Asked to bring up the people. We all have the mandate to lift up the people. To change life
2. God will send a helper our way; to help us fulfil our purpose and God’s assignment for our life
3. God knows our name. He know who we are, what we are and what our capabilities are. Therefore it mean we are not a mistake but a deliberate creation of God
4. God’s grace and favour is always available to them who knows the ways of God
5. Prayer is important if we want the presence of God to go with us. 
6. Asked that God show him the way. The ward says and we believe that Christ is the way. With Christ in our life we would always walk on the path that leads to life
7. He asked that the presence of God go with the people

The presence of God does quite a few things in the life of his people. The presence of God in our life brings and opens the doors to prosperity. To prosper, just make sure that God is with you. Luke 5:1-12. The fortunes of Simon turned around because God got into his boat. That is why we are to dedicate all achievement and steps of success to God to make it sustainable. Anytime we talk to God, we are to always ask God to be with us; as God been with us will bring about a great prosperity. No one that has prospered has done so outside the permission of God.

God been with you brings about grace and promotion. The bible says “Joseph found grace in his sight” because God was with him. Promotion does not come from the east or west, but comes from God alone.

When God is with you He will bless all the people around you. A lot of people are blessed because of the people who walk with God. God’s blessing is not limited to you but to the people around you.

The presence of God connects us to the helpers of our destiny. God’s presence in our life serves like a magnet that would attract the people that would help us fulfil destiny.

How great is your destiny?

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jeremiah 1:4-5 KJV

You have a great destiny! No matter how things look, your destiny prepared before you were born is a great one. Where you are is not where you are going. You have a great destiny. The business of life is a serious business. Even though our destiny is great, we must work to bring that greatness to the light. We as the owners of the destiny must not just sit down and wait for the destiny to fulfill itself.

We are to be ready to be aggressive and violence for “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12 KJV”. Basically, it means life is not a bed of roses, it is not easy, things won't come to us except we work for it. Sometimes we might have to fight to get to that point of success before it becomes ours. We must be ready to give it our all.

The brothers of Joseph hated him, not because he offended them or did something bad to them. Most times when people hate us, it sometimes does not have anything to do with what you have done, but more with what they perceive you will become. The bible says the 3 wise men saw the star of Christ. So because people have seen your star they begin to hate you.
The bible also says that a man’s enemy is in his household. The natural thing is for a parent to love their children or for siblings to love each other, However, we find that we find cases where the parent hates their child, or a brother hates his sister or brother.

People would see your star, they would look at you and they would do all their best to make sure you do not fulfill destiny. When the 3 wise men visited Herod to enquire about the birth of the messiah for whom they have seen his star. Herod inquired like he was interested, but his interest was so he would know where the child would be born and when.  As a result of the visit from the 3 wise men, thousands of babies where killed in the land of Israel.

It is important to note that as Christians, carrying the torch of the gospel, we must be mindful of where we go and who we share our visions with.

We are to know who we are and know who God is. When God came to Jeremiah, Jeremiah’s thought was that he was a child therefore he cannot speak to the children of Israel.  However, God wanted that child. Instead of God to go on and tell him, “you can do it and all that reassurance”, Jeremiah was told to not say he was a child. “But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.” Jeremiah 1:7 KJV. Instead God told him that he would speak that which He (God) says.

All of us have a great destiny from God. It has been per-ordained even before we were conceived in our mother’s womb. However, we grow up and begin to see ourselves in a different light from which God sees us. God sees a great man or woman, a great child. We see a man, woman, or child that cannot become great. We see a child with imitations.

Today like God says to Jeremiah, He is also saying to you, see yourself just the way I see you. Look at yourself through my eyes and see the destiny and purpose I have mapped out for you. Just like Jeremiah grew to be a great Prophet in Israel, you also shall be great in the world. Your name and your legacy shall be one which shall be read for generations to come.

All that you need is to let God in and let your thoughts align with his.