The Dynamics of God's Will 2

And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed , saying My Father, if it be possible , let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. Matthew 26:39

Friends, the will of God is the entry level into His plans for our live.  God's will is what connect a man to His plans for his life.

Just like the physical will of a man, only the testator and the benefactor of it have the power to revoke it. Aside these two individual, any other interested parties can only challenge it. This explains why God' wills often ride on the wings of challenges.

The will of God cannot be ignored, it is received, refused by the one who is listed as a benefactor, or redrawn by it testator.

The will of God in a man' life calls him / her out of his or her  own plans irrespective of how promising this plans seems to be.

The will of God for our lives will always demand that we look up to Him for the ability to walk in it.

It is always bigger than that which we anticipated. It should cause us to run out of our own human ideas and introduce us to the supernatural ideas by the revelation from His word.

The only help God required of us to fulfill His will for our lives is submission. Submission to His leading,  His words.

The will of God for a man although acknowledges his effort but have no regards for his devices, this is why the best prayer one could ever pray in times of instability of the heart regarding any issue, just like Jesus, is "Your will be done".

The Dynamics of God's Will

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said , surely the LORD' anointed  is before Him.
But the LORD said unto Samuel , look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1Samuel 16:6-7

How often do we struggle to search out and accept God' will for our lives?
For most of us It’s easy to figure out His will than it is to live by it due to it contrast from what we actually want for our elves.

As believers in Christ we often struggle to understand the truth that, although God's will for our lives just like His blessing comes without sorrow, but not without challenges. So the first thing we want to do when faced with challenges while trying to follow God' will for our lives is to retreat.

Somehow, somewhere we have been schooled to believe that if its God' will there won't be any challenges. No, a thousand times no. The truth is God's will in any matter rides on the wings of challenges and as His children we need to be courageous enough to say to Him, LORD I do not want any quick fix from the world system. Therefore bring it on. Let Your will be done.

It was God's will for the disciples to cross over to the other side, but that didn’t stop the storm from raging against them.

It was Jesus' will for Peter to come to Him walking on water, but that didn’t make Jesus to cause the water under him to become ice so he could walk freely.
God's will requires us to keep our eyes on Him and that’s why it’s never fulfilled without the presence of challenges.

Jesus was sent by God to come redeem man from eternal damnation but not without the challenges of been ridiculed, spat on and crowned with thorns and ultimately crucified.
God's will, will never appeal to us until we learn to look at things from His point of view.
It will always be in contrast with what we want for ourselves because it’s from God and not from us.

God's will is our entry level into His plan and purpose for our lives. To live outside it, is to live outside His purpose for us.

It doesn’t matter how lucrative, beautiful your own plans are, if it’s out of God' will it will never have an expected end like God's will would for you.

Like the story of Jacob and his two wives. Most people, especially us as believers believe Rachel was God's will for Jacob, because she was fairer and more loved by him compared to Leah.

But the truth is, Leah was more of God's will for Him than Rachel was. Leah was to Jacob what the scripture says about us in Romans 8:28;
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose".

Rachel was more of God' permissive will for Jacob because of his love for her.

Prayer: LORD help me to understand and live by your will in every aspect of my live, even if it make no sense to me and those around me. Help me to lean more on your judgment in any situation I find myself above my perspective and that of the world.
In Jesus name!

Having Knowledge of the Times

1 Chronicles  12:32  And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

What a blessing it is to live with the consciousness of the time and season we are in.
Every now again I have caught myself just thanking God, not for a new car, house or fat bank balance, but for just allowing me to be conscious of the time we are living in.

I don't know what actually gets most people excited, but one thing I know makes me very grateful to God is being able to discern the  time and season we are in.

This single act of God has made it possible for me to navigate through the challenges of life.  It has helped me to know how to channel my hurts, pains and at the same time excitement there, by allowing everything to work out for good according to His purpose.

Friends I believe that the worst thing that could happen to any child of God right now is to lose sense of the time and season we are in. It's worst than losing ones whole life investment.

Of what use it is to acquire a mansion in a city already marked for desolation? Of what use it is to gain the accolades of men when God has turned His back on you.

I want to challenge every one of you  to let go of whatever worries and cares that has been choking your spirit and focus on what God is saying and doing at this hour. Like the children of Issachar let's ask God to open our eyes to the reality of the times we are in.


Prayer; Lord teach me to understand the time we re in and inspire me to act according to Your will and purpose for my life according to the season. This I ask in Jesus' mighty name!

Spiritual Dryness

Spiritual dryness comes when we overextend ourselves and become too involved with life to take time to be alone with the Lord. Sin is another reason we feel dry and distant from God. The nation of Judah struggled with both of these problems. They were too busy, and they began to worship pagan gods - knowing all along that the Lord had told them,

Yet they ignored His command and suffered for it.

Yielding to sin and being too busy to worship God quickly leads to a divided mind and heart. If we continue along this track, we will begin to spend more and more time doing other things and less time in prayer with the One who loves us the most and died for our sins. Before we know it, we will feel tired, drained of energy, and just plain worn out. This is when Satan's forces begin to tempt us with sin.

Even in a world of turmoil, God wants to spend time with you. Relationship is at the core of His very being, and He desires your fellowship. How long has it been since someone has told you that he or she wants to be with you - just to talk and listen to what you have to say? God wants to do this for you.

Like our nation today, the nation of Judah was in desperate need of a revival. However, in order for this to happen, the people must express their need for God and, most of all, their desire to know Him in a personal way

How to Ask Effectively 3

i.             Stop Asking God for things you do not intent to use as worship unto Him;

It may interest you to know that some of us ask things from God so we could use it to cause others to live in strive, jealousy and even to prove a point to someone who we see as a fellow competitor. Even if someone close or around you seems to be provoking you like Hannah’s mate, Peninnah did to her (See 1 Samuel 1:6) you do not have the liberty to seek things from God to pay back your enemies. God has and will always be the avenger for His children. What we could do is to ask God to avenge Himself by granting us our request according to His will so that they could be shut up. When a request is motivated by worship for /to God the reply is suddenly. 

ii.           Learn the discipline of giving back to God in worship that you re asking of Him.

There’s something peculiar about people who knows how to ask effectively and that is, they have develop a strong heart for gratitude.

 A heart that has no problem offering back to God in worship that which he / she  has earnestly seek of Him. I must admit that I have often failed in this aspect. I have seen men aside the ones recorded in scriptures who have this wonderful attribute. I’m reminded of the likes of late Kathryn Khulman, a wonderful woman of God who God used to do extra ordinary things in her time.

She had a prayer line that always amazes me every time I listen to her tapes while she prays. She hardly ends a prayer without the line “And I promise to give You all the glory”. The lack of this kind of heart of gratitude towards God could be said to be a reason for most of the delay we encounter while asking.          

Hannah in her petition according to first Samuel chapter one verse eleven displayed this same attribute. While petitioning God for a male child she made a vow to Him and said if You grant this request of mine I will give him back to You in worship. And true to her word she did.

Many of us had in time past made similar vows and promises to God but never kept them. We didn’t keep to our promises not because we re not able to, but because we never intended to in the first place. And God knew and granted us our request in those instances to show us who we truly are. And this is while some other things we re asking Him for are still pending because He is aware that unless we develop the heart to give them back to Him in worship what we re asking of Him has the ability to destroy us if left to us without submitting them to Him in worship.    

There are much more ways of praying effectively, but until we master these few mention here lets not even  bother going any further in a quest to learn the rest of them.

One prayer I will really want to encourage you to pray right now is; “LORD help me to discipline my self to pray effectively”.

Nothing motivates God into responding to our request like when we have come to a place where all our hearts long for is His will for our lives. When our hearts are right towards God our asking anything from Him automatically become effective.

Since Men has mastered the act of praying without having any intention of turning their heart over to God in worship God has also learn to bear the act of watching them suffers from spending more than the required time necessary  to receive answers from Him when they pray to Him.

God bless you.