In the journey of life; we are meant to encounter so many
obstacles; it is part of our adventures as we continue on the journey; but what
you do to overcome these obstacles will determine how you end your journey.
Obstacles are real, but more real is the presence of God in the life of the
believers; without the presence of God in our lives we are empty and vulnerable
to the fowl of the air and all manner of affliction. God’s will is to always be
with us because we are part of Him, we are created in His own image and He gave
us His breath. Just like your biological children they are part of you and you
want the best for them, the same way our heavenly father wants us to succeed in
every area of our lives; our success can only be guaranteed if we allow Him into
our lives. The obstacles and the challenges of life have no respect for
grammar; the only thing they respect is power. The more of the presence of God
we have the more powerful we become. When the Children of Israel left Egypt the
overwhelming presence of God was with them and that’s why the red sea saw them
and fled. Psalm 114:5(What ailed thee O thou sea, that thou
fleddest? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains that ye
skipped like rams; and ye little hills like lambs? 7 Tremble thou earth, at the
presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob). If you
have the presence of God in you, you will be declared a winner before the
battle even begins because as soon as the opposition sees you, he will
surrender. Psalm 24: 7(Lift up your head, O ye gates; and be ye
lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is
this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle). The
opposition does not just see you; they see beyond you as a person; what they
are actually seeing are the forces surrounding you. They see God the Father;
God the Son and God the Holy Spirit in you and that will scare the hell out of
them. The opposition knows well not to come close because he is not going to
embark on a suicide mission. Some gates will not lift up their heads and some
opposition will not surrender for you to access what God has ordained for you
until they see the King of glory in you. Apostle Paul said in 2
Corinthian 16:9(For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are
many adversaries). Friends, you are powerful with the
presence of God and without Him you are nothing and the earlier you realize it
the better; some do not have it and some have it without realizing it. I
personally started seeing scorpions in my apartment; initially I ran away to my
friend’s place and fumigated the place twice instead of the scorpion to stop,
they kept coming. One amazing thing that God has done with these bastard
scorpions; is that they are always paralyzed. They can’t move. I have not seen
them moved before; so what I do since God has already paralyzed them for me is
to burn them. Sometimes I kill five in a day; I realize it wasn’t ordinary
because nobody sees them in their flats but only me and if not that I video
them, people will not believe that I have killed over forty scorpions in a
small apartment. Here is my point; I developed the attitude of placing my leg
on the table whenever I am praying or reading; one day the LORD asked me a
question and I could not stop laughing at myself; our God is a humorous God; He
said is it the scorpion that could not move that you are afraid of; since that
day I begin to move around my apartment without any fear of scorpions. God
killed the first one before I even wake up; It was facing up by the time I woke
up; the presence of God in me never allow them to hurt me instead they were on
suicide mission because they never return back to wherever they are coming from
or whoever is sending them. I never realized the kind of protection that I had;
maybe I knew but was not conscious of it but now because of this experience I
am more conscious of His present than before. The presence of God in our lives
is in levels; that’s why we need to pray for God to increase in us; He wants to
be the center of our life; He wants to increase in us when we decrease. John
3:30(He must increase, but I must decrease). His power can only
manifest when you are weak if not you will not value His presence (2
Corinthians 13:4). The presence of God in our lives increases
overtime as we continue to reduce; it requires total surrender of your own will
and allows His will to be made manifest in your life. That’s why the scripture
said we should give God our heart; Proverbs 23:26(My son, give me
thine heart and let thine eyes observe my ways). Spend time in His
word; the more of His word you have in you the more of Him you have; so, it is
to you according to the level of His word in you. He wants to have complete
access to your heart; so that whenever He needs someone to carry out an
assignment for Him, He knows that you are available and you will not resist and
that He can trust you. Our prayer should be: O Lord, take all of me and give me
more of you; let it be all of you Lord and none of me at all. The first steps
towards experience His overwhelming presence is salvation; you need to make
Jesus as your Lord and savior. In case you are not yet in a relationship with
him; here is another opportunity today by praying this salvation prayer below.
Lord Jesus, I come to you
today, I am a sinner, and I cannot help myself, forgive me my sins, and cleanse
me with your precious blood. Deliver me from sin and Satan to serve the living
God. Lord Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and savior. Now I know I am Born
Again, Amen.
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