I greet you again in the invincible name of Jesus Christ. It is my prayer that we continue to increase and abound in the knowledge and wisdom of our God. May you be filled with the glory of His wisdom
(2 Chronicles 1:10) and also that you “may [be] grant[ed] a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him, by having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you” (Ephesians 1:17-18).
The Bible accounts in Judges 2:10-12 saying, “And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers, and there arose another generation after them who did not know (recognize, understand) the Lord, or even the work which He had done for Israel. And the people of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals. And they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who brought them
out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods of the peoples round about them and bowed down to them, and provoked the Lord to anger.” We can attest that this generation had no memory, knowledge, information or legacy that had been handed down by their fathers and because of that their ignorance led them to do that which was evil in the sight of God. Because they did not know who God is and what He has done in time past and is still able to do they had no real affirmation on the revelation of who they were or for what purpose(s) they were created for. Therefore, the Bible says they did evil in His (God) sight by serving foreign gods. Doing evil in the Lord sight meant they were living off the radar of their true self. Being in sin means living on false identity, purpose and destiny. Though the children of Israel forgot about their God and commit iniquity in His sight, it is my prayer that we shall be a “generation that seek after the God of Jacob, the generation that seek His face” (Psalm 24:6). We will not repeat their dumb mistakes for the Bible also says that “we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may declare and proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (I Peter 2:9-10).
It is on this ground of reason, identity and destiny that the Lord has laid on my heart to share with you in this post on a subject entitled: THAT I MAY KNOW HIM. When I speak on the subject of knowing Him (Jesus Christ) I’m talking about your original DNA. Jesus came to the earth not only to restore the relationship between God and man but more so to reintroduce MAN to MAN. What am I saying? What I mean is that Jesus is waiting to introduce you to you. There is stuff inside of you that is dying to come out. Why? Because you are wired for greatness, your future is neither ahead of you nor outside of you, but rather trapped within you. You are programmed for success and failure is not an option. You have in you blood type G.O.D. You are the carrier of His divine nature, so “let your D.N. be A!” What do I mean by that? D.N.A here means Divine Nature Activated. So in getting to know Jesus intimately and in depth, we reactivate our Divine Nature. Paul in Philippians 3:10 said, “For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope].” After departing Corinth on his second missionary trip he (Paul) wrote to the church saying, “And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” In these two verses Paul confirms something unique about Jesus that is so fascinating. He shows us that intimacy with God is not so that I only get to know who God is, but also that I get to discover who I am in Him. In essence Paul is saying, “Jesus, I have come to the realization that you are my Creator. And as a great Creator-teacher, I want you to teach me who I am so I wouldn’t waste my time imitating another man, or be jealous of this person or that person; teach me so I can be happy with who I am. Open the eyes of my spirit so I can see the invisible, because if I can see the invisible, I can do the impossible. Until you discover who God is, you’ll never know who you are, your full potential or what you can do.
The great psalmist David once asked a question in Psalm 8:1-6 that resonate in my spirit with awe each time I ponder on it: “O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, who
have set Your glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.” Three awesome truths are revealed in this passage (1) “God made man a little lower than the angels”—this speaks of man’s divinity. The word “angels” there in the Hebrew translates Elohim, which means God. So essence, God created man a little lower than Himself. (2) “God crowned man with glory and honor”
—this speaks of man’s dignity—dignity in the sense of his nobility and worthiness. (3) God made man to rule over all the works of his hand and to put all things under his feet speaks of his dominion power.
Since the beginning of time, people have been searching to find the reason and meaning to our existence. And in that search they are asking these five (5) questions: (1) Who am I? (2) Where am I from? (3) Why am I here? (4) What can I do? (5) Where am I going? The question of “Who am I” deals with your identity as to your make up, attitude, behavior and characteristics (your DNA)—the reason why you do what you do. Question two “Where am I from” deals with heritage—this is what evolutionists (atheists and agnostics) have been associating with saying that we came from Apes. Number three “Why am I here” deals with purpose—as to what is the reason of you being here? What make you so special, important, distinct and significant from everyone else? Question number four “What can I do” deals with potential—your true ability: the gifts, talents and skills within you are waiting to be released and deployed. And last but not least “Where am I going” deals with destiny—what does the future holds for you? When you come to the end of your life what would you have accomplished? What do you want people to remember you by? So I paraphrase by asking this: What is (insert your name) that God is so mindful of Him? To scrap the tip of this mammoth iceberg of a question, let go back to the beginning—to Genesis one. As a matter of fact before you turn to Genesis chapter one first turn to Genesis chapter zero—which simply says GOD. Before there was anything God is. The term God denotes a being that needs no one or anything to exist, He simply is. And the Bible affirms that it was Him who spoke the universe into existence. Genesis 1:1-2 reads, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” This passage reveals two distinct beginnings. In verse one of Genesis chapter one, God creates the heavens and the earth and as always: “IT WAS GOOD!” But in verse two of the same chapter we find three things happening that is not like God: (1) the earth is without form (meaning there is no formal order to how God made it operate), (2) it is void (meaning there is chaos, turmoil, confusion and total anarchy on earth) and (3) darkness is upon the face of the deep (the word darkness there in the Hebrew means ignorance—meaning the earth did not know or understand why it exist or was there for). Romans 14 show us that God is not a God of confusion but rather of order. The Apostle John in his epistle also tells us that God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all. If that is so then my question is how did this evil came about? What brought about this catastrophe? When God created the earth in Genesis 1:1 everything was perfect. It was His will and intent; it was what He has desired. But in verse two of Genesis one we find the world in total disarray—it’s without form, void and darkness is on the face of the deep (water). This is where it gets interesting. In Proverbs 25:2 the Bible says, “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory [and honor] of kings [mankind] to search it out.” So let’s search it out by putting the pieces of this puzzle together. Understand this that before man was created God had already created the angels in heaven. Ezekiel 28:14-15 tells us that Lucifer was the “anointed cherub…and I have see thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.” Lucifer was beautiful; he was the worship leader of heaven. When he sings God himself gets up and dance. However, he allowed pride to get to his head. And as Isaiah 14:13-14 says for he said in heart that, “I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” There are five “I” here and whenever you see that you are seeing the spirit of Satan. Because of this arrogance and bad attitude God declared in verses 15, “yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the side of the pits.” He didn’t want to serve God. He instead lusted for power and glory that only God was due. And for his insolence and insubordination God gave him the boot. He was cast out of the third heaven to be confined to the pits of hell and when he fell to the earth total confusion broke loose. And this is what we find happening in Genesis 1:2. He was the initiator and instigator of disorder, confusion and ignorance. So therefore if anything is disordered, confused or in the dark in your life then you must understand that something of the evil one is influencing things. Witnessing the turmoil that Lucifer’s (Satan’s) presence brought to earth God then comes back down to recreate, reorder, reorganize and restructure the earth to its original glory. Then God asks Himself, “How can I make sure that this never happens again?” His answer to Satan’s destructive presence was: “Let Us (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) make man in our own image and likeness and let them have dominion on earth [including Satan]” (Genesis 1:26). The creation of mankind was the answer to God’s dilemma. Understand that when Lucifer fell to the earth he was happy because now there was no one to boss him and order him around or tell him what to do. God was his boss and he worshipped when God told him to; What God wanted is what he did and he resented for Him for that. He has always desired to be his own god. Satan forgot that the potter is mightier than the clay. And being pregnant with children God decided He would birth His Sons in the earth to rule over Satan and keep him in check. Everything created in the world was made to solve a problem—that is what we call purpose. Our main purpose and reason for creation is to have dominion power. We are wired to be in charge. We are not to be afraid of this unemployed cherub, this two-time toothless parasite pest roaring around as a lion. Do not be afraid, “for God has not given you a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind” (2 Tim 1:7). You are not to be scared of demons, satans, devils, witches, wizards, dragons, serpents, powers, principalities or any other imps of hell. They are one of the many reasons why God created us (mankind)—we are as I said earlier to keep him in check. However, man failed in his task. He lost his spiritual genes (the indwelling of the Holy Ghost). And because of that he couldn’t connect with divinity. When man fell, God not only lost His earth to the enemy but also His man—His son. However, fast-forwarding forty and two generations, we see Jesus (the second and last Adam—meaning the Original of which the first Adam was made a copy of) coming to restore order as God did in creation. So in Galatians 4:4-5 it reads, “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Jesus the genos of God came to earth for one purpose—to re-inject God’s DNA (the Holy Spirit) back into man. In Mark 4:39-41 something amazing happened on the Sea of Galilee. The Bible says, “And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Hush, be still.’ And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. And he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?’ They became very much afraid and said to one another, “WHO THEN IS THIS, THAT EVEN THE WIND AND THE SEA OBEY HIM?” When the disciples asked that question I believe the miracle of silencing the sea was in turn saying to them that, “this is what you were meant to be and when I get through My assignment this what you can become. In Him (Jesus) dwells the fullness of the Godhead and if He lives on the inside of you then you have to understand that you are dangerous and a threat to the kingdom of darkness. By His sacrifice on the Cross He completely stripped the enemy of the power he stole from Adam in the garden and gave it back to us (believers—children of God). When you discover Jesus you discover yourself. When you function and operate like Jesus, you act out your true nature. It is my prayer that we come to know HIM more intimately as the day draw closer! May you who are called sanctified by God the Father and preserved in the Lord Jesus Christ be graced with mercy, peace, favor, success, prosperity, divine health and love! May you grow in the wisdom and knowledge of our God and multiply and abound in all things. Amen!  |
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