You are on your way to greatness!
Despite what you might be going through, God is determined to ensure that you reach your high places.
Joseph was hated by his brothers, sold into slavery, accused falsely and thrown into a pit prison but God raised him up from the pit to become the second most respected man in the whole world at the time.
This whole story of Joseph is actually a shadow(mini- picture) of Jesus Christ:- who was hated by his Jewish brothers, sold into Sin, Accused of Sin he did not commit yet he had to pay for- was killed for the Sin that was ours not His; He went into the lower parts of the earth -which is HELL(depicted by the pit which Joseph was thrown into)- Yes, Jesus went to Hell for our sake; and God raised Him up after three days giving Him Glory, Honour and Power- with a name that is above every name in heaven, on earth and the below the earth.
God is able to save you from all your troubles and struggles. He is able to save your soul to the uttermost.
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. – Hebrews 7:25
If the devil knew what God is working in you through the seemingly difficult times that you are passing through! what is unknown to the devil is that God is steadily building a testimony because in the end, God will make sure that all things work together for your good. And God will soon crush Satan under your feet.
The temporary trials and Afflictions you are going through are only working for a far surpassing glory. By God’s grace you will become what God intended you to be.
1Co 2:8-9 KJV Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
So Don’t grow weary, Don’t faint, don’t give up; our God is able. He will amaze you. What you are going through can’t stop God from doing great things in your life; as a matter of fact, God will use the same challenges to perfect you, Just like Joseph and Jesus whose experiences were raw materials for their glorious testimonies. HALLELUJAH
Ephesians 3:20 – Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Romans 8:28- And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
2 Corinthians 4:17 – For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Psalms 34:19 – Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Romans 16:20 – And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
1 Peter 5:10 – But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
1 Samuel 2:7-8 – The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. (8)He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.
That God, who is able to turn a slave into a prime minister, a small shepherd boy into a great king, barren women into matriarchs; he can and is still able to turn your situation around no matter how bad it seems.
I charge you my brethren this day:- to raise up to warfare and claim what rightfully belongs to you. I encourage you to have the audacity to believe what God has promised in His word.
God specialises in using Men with obscure and despised backgrounds.
Gideon considered himself the smallest, most insignificant person in his clan, yet when God comes to him as he is hiding from the Midianites, God calls Gideon a ‘mighty man of valour’. As he charged him to take up his position to fight the enemy, God goes ahead and helps Gideon to separate the men who could fight alongside him from those who were not able – fearful and afraid. He was able to separate the men according to how they drank the water. Those who lapped the water like dogs were the ones fit for battle.
Similarly, Your life has been already mapped out in the Spirit. God knew you before you were formed and ordained a life for you.
Jer 1:4-5 KJV Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (5) 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.
Because God knew you before the foundations, it means that whatever challenge, pressure, force or situations that come against you is late – God knew you before they came against you and already mapped out a way for you to defeat them.
That which comes after must SUBMIT to that which came before
God knew you before; therefore all things that come against you must submit to God’s fore knowledge of you.
That is why when the storm(strong wind) came against the apostles in a boat as they crossed to the other side in Mark 4:35-39; because Jesus existed before the storm and the winds, He is able to rebuke it when he commands, “Peace, be still”. The storm had no choice but to obey the master who was from and before the beginning.
Because Jesus was in existence before demons- God knew the demonic before the the devil and his demons got to know him; therefore the demons could recognize who He was:- when the demons saw Him,
Mark 5:7 They cried with a loud voice, and said, “What have we to do with you, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? We beg you by God, that you torment us not before our time”
Mark 5:12 [12]And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
We move by faith and not by sight. The things that we see can not and should not move us because what is seen is temporal yet what is unseen is eternal. “Just because you Don’t see it, doesn’t mean that it does not exist.”
2 Corinthians 4:18 -While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
1 Corinthians 1:28 – And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
When the things which are not seen are believed; because they are eternal and life giving, they start to move and displace the things that are seen and temporary. Therefore Don’t allow your present to rob you of your glorious future on God. Eventually your life must become what God intended for it to be if you don’t give up hope and faith.
Remember you are not alone. God is with you even through the tough times.
GLORY TO JESUS. HALLELUJAH!