Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid ~ Isaiah 29:14.
Preamble:
Get this very clear: God can do for you beyond what you can do for yourself or what others can make happen for you (Exodus 3:19-21).
I have come to a well considered conclusion — that one of the causes of sustained trouble for many people today is that they question the ability of God.
The Israelites at a time limited God when they asked, "can God furnish a table in the wilderness?" (Psalm 78:19). And many people today are still intuitively asking a similar question, “Can God …”? Quite unfortunately, this attitude can only lead to situations of ugly experiences even at the “beautiful gate” of life (Acts 3:1-10).
Our God is the God of Wonders, doing “great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number” (Job 9:10-11). He specializes in doing things that are too complicated for our puny minds to internalize or imagine. Also, He always desires to manifest His power in our lives.
Supernatural intervention is not meant to be a once-in-a-blue-moon, or a flash-in-the-pan sort of experience. It is intended to be a normal, regular experience in the lives of the believers in Christ.
Whenever God touches a life with His touch of wonders, the life becomes a wonder. Whenever God singles out a man for His supernatural interventions, the man becomes a spectacular sign for all.
Before God got fully involved in David’s life, he was a rustic, veritable wanderer, living in the bush and wandering in blissful ignorance. Thereafter, God stretched His hands, took him from the sheepfold to make him an outstanding personality and a formidable king! No wonder, David himself had this to say,"l am as a wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong refuge"(Psalms 71:7).
Over the ages, God has showcased His love to mankind through signs and wonders, confirming the eternal truth of His Word (Psalm 2:8-9). Indeed, just one spectacular act from God can forge an edge of revival, and set a whole city astir(John 4:39)!
Signs and wonders are marks of a divine presence in our situation, and they are living-proofs of God’s involvement in our lives.
There is no other divine agenda for rescuing the world except through Christ,and there are no better tools to harvest the souls of men than signs and wonders (John 4:48). They’re divine implements for worldwide evangelization.
Opening The Doors for Signs and Wonders!
At this juncture, it’s pertinent for us to examine how we can open the doors to a lifestyle of supernatural interventions.
Basically, the Lord has to be involved if any man’s door must open to supernatural accomplishments on earth (Isaiah 45:1-3). Until He opens, all doors remain shut. But once He opens, the doors of joy, deliverance, breakthroughs, healings, provisions, preservation, etcetera, become unbarred (Revelation 3:7). Why? Only He controls the unfailing “key of the house of David” (Isaiah 22:22).
Yes, God is infinitely able to open all doors before us, but He does so only when He finds us yielded to His power and principles. We must therefore make up our minds to align our lives totally with His will. God's ways are superior to His acts; in fact, His ways give birth to His acts (Psalm 103:7).
In practical terms, the most fundamental access to the divine platform whereby we can begin experiencing a lifestyle of supernatural interventions is to be born again, and remain so (John 3:3). You can experience this by repenting, believing the gospel and constantly looking unto Jesusas your Role Model (Acts 2:22; Hebrews 12:2).
If you are not yet “born-again”, you’re inadvertently cruising against life and such other condiments of God’s grace, goodness, mercy and favour. Indeed, you’re organizing yourself out of supernatural intervention. If you’re yet to taste of eternal life, please do so today.
Furthermore, begin to live separate from all evils (Joshua 3:5). This is part of the irreducible constants in the experience of supernatural intervention. Live a sanctified life; to do less is to limit God’s power in your life.
One of the commonest signs of a sanctified life is living in constant awe or holy fear of God (Acts 2:43). You thereby hold God and His Word in high esteem, not with levity or overfamiliarity. If what Christ died for is a joke to you, sorry, the shoe is on the wrong foot!
Furthermore, be constantly filled and refilled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8). Only He can actually open the floodgates of supernatural experiences (Acts 6:8)! And it cannot be otherwise!!
Moreover, you must regularly exercise your faith for creative possibilities. Creative faith is about visualizing and seeing something in your mind’s eye that doesn’t yet existtangibly. It’s about thinking the impossible, and then acting it out.
Creative faith is believing God for the impossible and then calling it out without allowing your mindsets to limit the reach of God’s power in your lives. Please note that this model is absolutely godly; it is acting like God (Romans 4:17).
If you can pass through with creative faith, you can break through anywhere. And with it in your day-to-day living, you become, more or less, like a privileged “classmate”with God (Luke 1:37; Mark 9:23). Yes, this may sound sacrilegious; even so, the capability of creative faith puts you in the “same league” with God, by the choice of heaven (Psalm 82:6).
Now, the potential for creative faith is implanted in every believer (John 16:23). Thus, your future is still very colourful, such that you don't have to keep chasing shadows. Albeit, watch what you say, what you see and what you think. Mind your language; you may harvest what you say.
In line with this time-tested approach, Jean Caldwell said, “The only truly happy people are children and the creative minority”. Children are highly curious. They don’t know yet, what they don’t know, and they don't know what they don't know yet. Theircreative faith is boundless; they’re not yet taught what they cannot do.
Children are fearless explorers. It’s only as we grow up that we allow our faith to burn out, but not so children. We must heed the Lord’s call to develop our child-like faith today (Mark 10:15).
Without creative faith, our lives become predictable routines, boring and pedantic. But for you, there must be a better tomorrow in view. God wants you to leave indelible marks on the sands of time. Visualize greatness. Persist. Be courageous. Be bold; God is on your side.
Friends and brethren, glory is just around the corner! Be consistently consistent in living out God's plans and purposes for your life. Push through in faith. Don't allow any issue to blow off the balloon of God's glory in your life. Be forever focused.
As you do, even those who have, at one time or the other, disdained or discriminated against you will soon come to you, cap in hand, begging to associate with you because they will need something that you've got.
Remember Jephthah? His half-brothers once repudiated his star, but he eventually became too relevant to be ignored. With God on your side, you too shall ever charge forward with a lifestyle of supernatural intervention. You won’t miss it, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Happy Sunday!
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Archbishop Taiwo Akinola,
Rhema Christian Church,
Otta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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