BELIEVERS DAILY MEDITATION
BY PST SAMUEL O. OSAGHAE
ACCORDING TO PATTERN
SCRIPTURE FOR MEDITATION
Hebrews 8:5
Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
PRACTICING THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD’S PRESENCE
God told Moses to build the tabernacle as it was shown him on the mount. The Mount symbolizes the location of Moses’ practice of intimacy. Moses got his revelations from God when he stayed with the Lord in intimacy.
Intimacy is not possible without the consciousness of God’s presence. Consciousness of God’s presence is the first step towards hearing God’s instruction; it is the only road that connects you to genuine intimacy. You cannot be intimate with a person that you cannot see. Consciousness of God’s presence is, therefore, the gateway to intimacy.
Only what is revealed will survive the trying of God. Without hearing from God in intimacy, you might be doing what is good but not right. What makes your actions right is that they are birthed/revealed by God.
Ishmael was good but not right. Abraham and his family celebrated Ishmael as a miracle not knowing that they were celebrating an obstacle. Whatever you call good, that is not from God, becomes an obstacle to what is right.
Martha was doing a good job, but Jesus accepted Mary’s act because it was intimacy.
Why is the enemy able to fight Ministries after God has said I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail? (Matthew 16:18)
The reason is that most Pastors do not wait to hear from God before they depart. A call is an invitation to stay with God, not to launch out. When you hear from God, you are not threatened by threat. You could have threats, but you will not be threatened when you are sure of what you heard from God. That is why Jesus could sleep in the storm, because He knew that His going to the other side was a part of God’s agenda.
Benefit
Intimacy gives us access to relevant information as regards what is right to do. If not, we might be doing what is good but not right. Our works will be tried with fire. The same work we did for God, not for the devil, will be destroyed because it was not revealed. Whatever we do which is not revealed in the place of intimacy will suffer casualty from satanic attack and from the antagonistic attack of the world system. The end is doing it according to God’s pattern. The pattern is only disclosed in the place of intimacy. Deep secrets are not revealed in public. They are not trumpeted on the mountain top. They are disclosed only in the inner chambers of your secret place.
HOLY GHOST: THE SPIRIT OF SUPERNATURAL POWER FOR TURN AROUND
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ENABLER TO LOVE. He will help you exhibit the love nature of God. …the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us (Romans 5:5)
THE POWER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
EVIL PURSUETH SINNERS: BUT TO THE RIGHTEOUS GOOD SHALL BE REPAYED. (Proverbs 13:21)
Righteousness is defined as an exhibited natural and acquired tendency to do what is right. It means demonstrating acts of right choices. There are two sides to righteousness: there is the righteousness of faith which is called the gift of righteousness imputed to the sinner who believes in Christ. And then there is the second which is the act of righteousness. These two are two sides of a coin and work together. Just like a bird needs two wings to fly successfully, so you cannot take one and leave the other.
The gift of righteousness is the one that came with our justification- Justification is not the forgiveness of a man without righteousness, but a declaration that he possesses a righteousness which perfectly and forever satisfies the law, which is, Christ’s righteousness. The justified man is regarded and treated as if innocent, and is acquitted from the consequences of guilt before the tribunal of God. In Romans 5:17-19, the bible says: For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
The second is the act of righteousness. Just as much as righteousness is a gift, God expects us to live righteous before men. In Jude 1:3-7, the writer wrote thus: Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
The righteous man is the man that doeth righteousness, not he that faiths it or receives it. Whenever you dress, talk or behave in a nasty way, God is not happy because you misrepresent Him. It is this misrepresentation that brings His judgment on you. Even Jesus had to consciously practice righteousness in order to please the Father, no wonder the Father was always with Him (John 8:29).
PROPHETIC WARFARE PRAYER
WARNING! We do not fight for victory but from victory, knowing that the devil is defeated. Do not pray with a mindset of attacking humans. The devil is the enemy, not humans. Attacking humans with prayers goes against love which is the basic principle of the New Testament Church. Also, do not pray as if the devil has not been defeated.
NOTE: Prayer of Thanksgiving is addressed to God but Prayer to Enforce Compliance is addressed at the situation you seek to change. You pray to enforce compliance, with knowledge and strong belief in your spirit that Christ has done it. However, Enforcing Compliance is not a one time prayer. You do not assume compliance after you pray one time. You keep praying until the change you seek comes. Do not stop Enforcing Compliance until there is a visible evidence of the compliance.
REFERENCE: Deuteronomy 8:18- But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth…
THANKSGIVING
(Philemon 1:6- That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus).
• Thank you Father for giving me the wisdom and power to get wealth.
• Thank you Father for making me prosperous even in the midst of financial recession.
ENFORCING COMPLIANCE
(1Timothy 1:18- This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare).
• I have received power from the Lord to get wealth. I cancel dullness and lack of business ideas from my life in the name of Jesus.
• Every manifestation of lack and poverty in my life, I stop you today in the mighty name of Jesus.
DECREE AND PROPHESY YOUR EXPECTATION
(Ezekiel 37:7, 10- So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise…).
• I decree that I am blessed financially; whatever I do prospers.
CHECK HOW MUCH YOU CAN REMEMBER FROM TODAY’S MEDITATION.
1. What is today’s scripture for meditation?
2. What benefits of practicing the consciousness of God’s presence have you discovered today?
3. What have you discovered about the Holy Spirit today?
4. What have you discovered about yourself today?
5. What benefit of righteousness is revealed in today’s study?
Meditating on what you have studied today is what will establish its manifestation in your life. Meditate on these points throughout today so you can gain deeper revelations for your profiting. (…that thy profiting may appear unto all, 1Timothy 4:15).