RHAPSODY OF REALITIES
THURSDAY, MAY 1ST
PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME
FROM DISTRESS ... TO GREATNESS
"...Every one that was in distress, and
every
one that was in debt, and every one
that was
discontented, gathered themselves
unto him;
and he became a captain over them:
and
there were with him about four
hundred
men" (1 Samuel 22:2).
Our opening verse describes the
condition of
the Isrealites who gathered
themselves unto
David; a rendezvous of broken people;
they
were down and out when they came to
David.
They were behind in their finances,
dissatisfied, unhappy, uncomfortable
and
discontented. These were the men
that
gathered unto David. Before then,
David had
been anointed by the Spirit, through
Samuel
the Prophet (1 Samuel 16:12-13).
These men
gathered to him, because they knew
the
anointing of God was on him. They
knew that
the anointing of the Spirit could change
their
situation for good.
When you read further into the
twenty-third
chapter of first Samuel, you'd find that,
several years later, their hitherto
disgruntled
state had changed. From being in
distress,
debt, and discontent, they became
David's
mighty men (2 Samuel 23:8). When it
was
time to give for the building of the
temple,
these same men who were once in
debt, had
become so prosperous, and gave
bountifully
for the construction of the Temple (1
Chronicles 29:6-7).
The same thing happens today as we
minister
the Word to many around the world.
Those
who receive the Word we share, no
matter
how miserable and dire their
circumstances
had been, the Word takes them out of
obscurity to greatness. The anointing is
on
the Word to transform lives and set
men up
for greatness. It reminds me of when
we first
started out years ago. Those who came
to us
were those who some thought were
too
carnal, broken, dejected or lost to be
transformed. However, we had the
anointing
that made the difference. Today, their
stories
have changed, and the same people
are
doing great and mighty things for the
Lord
all around the world.
Isaiah 32:15, says, "Until the spirit be
poured upon us from on high, and the
wilderness be a fruitful field, and the
fruitful
field be counted for a forest." The Holy
Spirit brings the anointing into your life
and
makes you productive, through the
Word. He
turns your wilderness into a fruitful
field; He
causes water to spring up from your
desert.
With the Holy Spirit, your experience
will be
that of productivity, growth, increase,
expansion and progress in every area
of your
life!
CONFESSION
The Lord has set me apart for
greatness! The anointing that I've
received
abides in me forever, teaches me all
things,
and makes me fruitful and productive
in all
my endeavours, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
1 Samuel 2:7-8
The Lord
maketh poor, and maketh rich: he
bringeth
low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the
poor
out of the dust, and lifteth up the
beggar
from the dunghill, to set them among
princes, and to make them inherit the
throne
of glory: for the pillars of the earth are
the
Lord's, and he hath set the world upon
them.
1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have
received of
him abideth in you, and ye need not
that any
man teach you: but as the same
anointing
teacheth you of all things, and is truth,
and
is no lie, and even as it hath taught
you, ye
shall abide in him.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan
Luke 24:13-35
2 Samuel 9-11
2 Year Bible Reading Plan
1 Corinthians
2:1-11
Psalm 143-144
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