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Finding Favour

  “ Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favour of the LORD .” Proverbs 8 : 34 - 35 KJV God is not just the supplier of fair favour, He is favour personified. While the different expressions of favour embrace all of life’s desires, including wife, breakthroughs (finance, profession, career, business, etc), and good health, it is always foolhardy for anyone to trade the exact favour for the expression of it. Unfortunately, the heart of man is usually confined to the path of foolishness, unless he is rescued. He would rather prefer the chase of the idols in money, wealth, position, and privileges, instead of pursuing God. Little wonder God admonished Joshua the son of Nun on the principle of success to keep a daily tab on the book of the law, and meditate on its pages every morning and night towards finding favour. This is literally the implication of “ Blessed is the ma...
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Fair Favour

  “ But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, And raise me up, that I may requite them. By this I know that thou favourest me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.” Psalm 41 : 10 - 12 KJV The context that supports the unfairness of God’s favour surely has its point. The righteous often suffer indiscriminately in the hands of wicked people and principalities; and God is believed to provide the enabling and extensive environment for this unfairness. And the right context of favour to the righteous in most circumstances is the unidirectional distribution of the mercy of God. Whereas, the fair favour of God looks both ways. Both the righteous and his enemies need the mercy of God, in terms of comfort and compassion respectively. When the enemies strike the righteous recklessly and relentlessly without triumphing over him, they get the fair favour of God calling them to repentance. On th...
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Nothing Name

  “ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven .” Luke 10 : 17 - 20 KJV Jesus and Satan are two opposing names that command the attention of different sets of people on earth. While believers in Jesus by principle know and declare the authority in the name of Jesus, many of these people in practice cannot relate to the nothingness in Satan and all his agents. And if Jesus can rejoice in the spirit at the revelation of the nothing name to disciples, after their field experience “ saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name ”, it implies that heaven i...
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Matchless Mercy

  “ But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God .” Psalm 40 : 17 KJV The story of Good Friday is simply a wrap of the matchless mercy and love of God. Jesus knew the miserable state of mankind’s depravity and wretchedness, yet He paid the full price for the flow of God’s mercy. Even today, the psalmist’s reflection on “ But I am poor and needy ” is ever potent for those who must approach the cross for forgiveness and salvation. Just like the slayer who runs out of the city of refuge into the hands of the avenger of blood forfeited the avalanche of mercy from the high priest, those who think of matching the mercy of God with their skills and intelligence are pitiable losers. And people who think more of what they must pay to earn the mercy of God are usually prevented from reaping the benefits of grace that have appeared to all men. When the arrogance of status creeps in, it is often considered an overpric...
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Faith Foundation

  “ For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels .” Luke 9 : 26 KJV Fellowship and follower-ship of the Lord Jesus Christ is built on the incorruptible word of God. And when the Lord walks His children through the wilderness of life, He is always deliberate on the provision of a platform for believers’ building of solid foundation…for if the foundation be destroyed, the righteous becomes helpless. For example, the Israelites’ 40-years wilderness experience was intended for the building of strength, solidity, and soundness in their understanding of the purpose and plan of God, besides the side wielding off of unbelievers from the inheritors of the promised land. Unfortunately, many of God’s children often get distracted from their focus on building the faith foundation, by paying attention to the words of carnal men in the wilderness. The moment God spe...
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Faith Following

  “ Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Many, O LORD my God, Are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward: They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered. Then said I, Lo, I come: In the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: Yea, thy law is within my heart .” Psalm 40 : 4 - 5 , 7 - 8 KJV Without prejudice to the people’s reflexes and natural instincts, faith fellowship appears synonymous to faith following; but they are actually different. Followership on X, Facebook, and even group chats can be docile, inactive, and ceremonial. Idle followers will pass for active fellowshipers, but have no contribution to issues of particular interest to members of the group; because they are merely followers by politeness and not by purpose. Likewise, active faith is kno...
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Faith Fellowship

  “ And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him .” Luke 8 : 25 KJV It is instructive to note that faith fellowship is simply about the paying attention of believers to every “ let us go over unto the other side of the lake ” instruction from the LORD. From time immemorial, this instruction has never ever missed a swift incidence of an opposing storm, wind, and wave echoing “ you dare not even think about taking a step !”. For the disciples that listened to Jesus’ instruction and stayed in the same ship with Him, the lyrics in their ‘fear fellowship’ with the storm, wind, and wave read like “ we perish, if we proceed! ”. Thankfully. Jesus responded with ‘Where is  your faith? ’, after silencing the echoes of their fear fellowship. As the scriptures declare, no one can prosper in the line of duty and attention to God’s assignment wit...
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