06-03-2020, 09:50 AM
BETTER LIFE MESSAGE
DATE : WEDNESDAY JUNE 3, 2020
TOPIC: BE SENSITIVE TO OPPORTUNITIES (PART 3)
TEXT : Ecclesiastes 9:11 “I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
Opportunities of life are to complements our efforts, certificates, professional qualifications, talents, gifts etc by pushing us to unimaginable realms in destiny.
Too many gifted, talented and highly certificated men are struggling, sweating and roaming about the streets looking for white collar jobs simply because of their insensitivity to opportunities that are lined up daily as they journey through life on earth.
Over dependency on the above at the expense of life’s opportunities has in a way caged many glorious destiny hence, we see servants riding on horses while princes are walking about as servants, of course this is a complete reversal of what should be – Ecclesiastes 10:5-7, Isaiah 42:22
Certificates, professional qualifications, gifts and talents are good, but if you don’t know how to identify, appropriate and apply opportunities you will end up living at the mercy of others, either as their servants or slaves as the case may be.
KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES
II. OPPORTUNITIES IN PLACES – Genesis 13:14-17 “And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever............. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.”
Our God is a God that believes in places and He determines when we are due for another location, hence, He told Abraham to begin from where he was. If you really want to maximize destiny, you must be ready to place value on where you are right because of diverse opportunities available that you are yet to tap into. If you miss the opportunities where you are, you equally miss your divine allocation. The blessing you are looking for does not come from abroad but they are from above. Traveling abroad is good but have it in mind that ‘a lizard in Nigeria will not suddenly change to an alligator in America.’
There is no dry land anywhere, we only have dry hearts. In every land, we are told from scriptures that there is what is called ‘the good of the land’ and if this is true, of course it can be inferred that there is also the ‘bad of the land’ as well. It is therefore our responsibility to align to the demands of the scriptures through obedience of faith where we are so as to be connected to diverse opportunities in the land that will open us to the good of the land – Isaiah 1:19
Isaac had a choice to relocate out of where he was because of the terrible famine but divine instruction came that made him to stay back and at the end, he commanded the envy of a whole nation. Don’t just move because others are moving, learn to move at the instruction of God who knows the end from the beginning – Genesis 12:1-4, 13:14-15, 26:1-14
Until you have fully exhausted all available opportunities in the place where you are, God won’t be ready to move you to the next place – 1Kings 17:7-9. Too many people ran ahead of God and they ended up cutting short their lives as in the case of Elimelech, his wife and two sons – Ruth 1:1-5
Understand this today that, where you are right now is the launching pad to taking the world by storm.
REMEMBER THAT BY DIVINE ORDINATION, WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED TO OUR GOD AS KINGS AND PRIESTS WITH CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, HENCE, WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO SUFFER WHAT THE WORLD IS SUFFERING. Revelation 5:10, Job 22:29
DON’T FORGET THAT HEAVEN IS THE HOME COMING OF THE SERIOUS MINDED BELIEVERS AND NOT FOR THE CARELESS, CAREFREE AND CASUAL BELIEVERS. THE CHOICE IS ABSOLUTELY YOURS TO MAKE.
PRAYER POINT: FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS AND BY YOUR SPIRIT OPEN MY EYES DAILY TO SEE DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL CONNECT ME EARLY WITH THE GOOD OF THE LAND WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW. Psalms 119:18, Genesis 26:1-4, 12-14, Isaiah 1:19
SEE YOU AT THE TOPMOST TOP.
REMAIN EVER BLESSED.
JESUS IS LORD.
PST ISRAEL AKINSANYA
pstisraelmeg@gmail.com
DATE : WEDNESDAY JUNE 3, 2020
TOPIC: BE SENSITIVE TO OPPORTUNITIES (PART 3)
TEXT : Ecclesiastes 9:11 “I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
Opportunities of life are to complements our efforts, certificates, professional qualifications, talents, gifts etc by pushing us to unimaginable realms in destiny.
Too many gifted, talented and highly certificated men are struggling, sweating and roaming about the streets looking for white collar jobs simply because of their insensitivity to opportunities that are lined up daily as they journey through life on earth.
Over dependency on the above at the expense of life’s opportunities has in a way caged many glorious destiny hence, we see servants riding on horses while princes are walking about as servants, of course this is a complete reversal of what should be – Ecclesiastes 10:5-7, Isaiah 42:22
Certificates, professional qualifications, gifts and talents are good, but if you don’t know how to identify, appropriate and apply opportunities you will end up living at the mercy of others, either as their servants or slaves as the case may be.
KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES
II. OPPORTUNITIES IN PLACES – Genesis 13:14-17 “And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever............. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.”
Our God is a God that believes in places and He determines when we are due for another location, hence, He told Abraham to begin from where he was. If you really want to maximize destiny, you must be ready to place value on where you are right because of diverse opportunities available that you are yet to tap into. If you miss the opportunities where you are, you equally miss your divine allocation. The blessing you are looking for does not come from abroad but they are from above. Traveling abroad is good but have it in mind that ‘a lizard in Nigeria will not suddenly change to an alligator in America.’
There is no dry land anywhere, we only have dry hearts. In every land, we are told from scriptures that there is what is called ‘the good of the land’ and if this is true, of course it can be inferred that there is also the ‘bad of the land’ as well. It is therefore our responsibility to align to the demands of the scriptures through obedience of faith where we are so as to be connected to diverse opportunities in the land that will open us to the good of the land – Isaiah 1:19
Isaac had a choice to relocate out of where he was because of the terrible famine but divine instruction came that made him to stay back and at the end, he commanded the envy of a whole nation. Don’t just move because others are moving, learn to move at the instruction of God who knows the end from the beginning – Genesis 12:1-4, 13:14-15, 26:1-14
Until you have fully exhausted all available opportunities in the place where you are, God won’t be ready to move you to the next place – 1Kings 17:7-9. Too many people ran ahead of God and they ended up cutting short their lives as in the case of Elimelech, his wife and two sons – Ruth 1:1-5
Understand this today that, where you are right now is the launching pad to taking the world by storm.
REMEMBER THAT BY DIVINE ORDINATION, WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED TO OUR GOD AS KINGS AND PRIESTS WITH CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, HENCE, WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO SUFFER WHAT THE WORLD IS SUFFERING. Revelation 5:10, Job 22:29
DON’T FORGET THAT HEAVEN IS THE HOME COMING OF THE SERIOUS MINDED BELIEVERS AND NOT FOR THE CARELESS, CAREFREE AND CASUAL BELIEVERS. THE CHOICE IS ABSOLUTELY YOURS TO MAKE.
PRAYER POINT: FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS AND BY YOUR SPIRIT OPEN MY EYES DAILY TO SEE DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL CONNECT ME EARLY WITH THE GOOD OF THE LAND WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW. Psalms 119:18, Genesis 26:1-4, 12-14, Isaiah 1:19
SEE YOU AT THE TOPMOST TOP.
REMAIN EVER BLESSED.
JESUS IS LORD.
PST ISRAEL AKINSANYA
pstisraelmeg@gmail.com