Preparation

It's the beginning of a new month and what better way than to begin it with fasting and praying, seeking the face of Yahweh the first thing as March drives by. Soon enough the month will pass and April will be here and even then will I still be calling this a 'new' year despite having gone 3 months already into 2017? Elohim knows, only He knows.

Anyways, time is speeding up exponentially and things are beginning to fall together like puzzle pieces. As of right now I could say that life as I know it has been firmly stable in the sense that we are still in the midst of the season which I had quoted in the previous blog post. Nothing much is going on at the moment other than that now subtle changes are beginning to stir within the peoples. Whether here or there anywhere I go I see something that I had always wanted to see: progress. Albeit not at the speed I'd be satisfied with but in the end the progression of a person's walk with Elohim is not mine to influence in any way. I'm merely an observer in the matter because I cannot run the race for anyone other than for myself. The atmosphere is changing, the peoples are changing, the season has changed already and now I believe it is time to hunker down and build up our foundations.

More than anything right now I believe that this is just the calm before the storm and as such we are in for an exciting time. Well, exciting in the sense that we will be able to experience more of Yeshua and His life and power made manifest in and through us but also on the other side of the coin the enemy will also be much more frequent and busier about their business to steal, kill, and to destroy us. This just keeps reminding me that right now we are in the midst of reliving the Bible and what keeps bringing to my attention is the Book of the Kings and the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. How they fared, how they thrived, how they warred, how they fell, how they died, everything about every king has something to tell us and instruct us in our walk with Elohim besides providing a history backdrop to the formation of Israel as a whole. Now I believe is the time when we ought to prepare ourselves for what is to come in the near future. I don't know what it holds but I do know that it will hold significant, significant meaning and change for all of us still walking together by the Spirit of Elohim. Now is the time of peace before the time for combat, as in the time of King Asa:

[2Ch 14:5-7] Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because יהוה had given him rest. Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought יהוה our Elohim, we have sought Him, and He hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

[2Ch 14:9] And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

-Wednesday, 1st March 2017, 1 year 5 months 22 days, 0247

Shaking Season

The seasons have shifted once again. This time indeed it brings with it much shakings and what a time to be alive this is. As we are on the cusp of revival we are beginning to see the enemy stepping up his game as well. Needless to say that the enemy is all out to steal, kill, and to destroy us completely but praise Elohim we already have the victory in our grasp because of the Lord Yeshua Messiah. It is through Him that we have the victory to overcome the world by our faith in Him. So, as I am beginning to observe I am witnessing change unlike anything before it happening not just in the midst of our ministry but also amongst the nations as well. This is the time where Yahweh shall shake heaven and earth and that which cannot be shaken; His Word will only remain.

In fact, it becomes needless to say but the shakings have at long last begun and what it is turning out to be. Many are being shaken through and through but more so are being shaken upwards because of it. We always claim to stand upon the Word of Elohim but this is the season where our confession and beliefs are put to the test of storms, floods, and fire. This is the time the life of the Messiah in us ought to be manifested because only He is able to see us through.

[2Co 4:7] But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of יהוה, and not of us.

But in order for the treasure to truly shine then the earthen vessels must be broken and there has been no record of any vessel ever having taken themselves up, smash themselves into pieces. They require outward intervention for their breaking. You can't expect a pot to lift itself up into the air and then smash itself moments later, you must be the one to life it up and put it down. We are the pot, the clay and Yahweh is our Potter. What He finds within and without us unclean and not right in His sight, let Him break it apart so that that which is perfect may be put in. More often times we so desire that which is imperfect because we have grown accustomed to it and we refuse that which is perfect from Elohim because we do not understand that it is for us. We had rather enjoy brief comfort rather than eternal pleasures that come with but momentary trials.

It's easy to say that we stand on the Word of Elohim now but when the time comes for our confession to be soundly tested instead many times we are soundly taken aback and fall because of it. Not to say that I've already mastered one aspect of this so that is why I can tell it like it is. I'm still learning in many regards in this constant walk with Yahweh but what He has put into my heart I have every right to share even though some may disagree. Of course again, not to say that I'm always in the know but when I am wrong and you can show to me my wrong then I will accept it. It is my rightful due after all.

Suffice it to say that now is the time where everything will shortly be tested. If we can overcome and let go of the weights binding us down when that time comes, good. If not then we will be in for a long, long season this time around. Praise Yahweh.

The times are changing once again. And it would be severely disadvantageous for us if we do not learn to flow along together with the work that the Holy Spirit intends to do in each and every season. Even if we do not understand or even if we do not have the means to keep up it doesn't matter. So long as there is obedience from us and a willingness to change along with the seasons then it will be Yahweh who will carry us through.

[Deu 1:31] And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that יהוה thy Elohim bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

-Saturday, 25th February 2017, 1 year 5 months 18 days, 1955

Rest in the Midst of Work

We are on the brink of revival now not only in the midst our ministry but as I so believe everywhere else in the world. Houses of prayers are arising and becoming more frequent and nations are returning back to Yahweh and the Biblical standards of the Bible. And yet as I see it, we are not thoroughly prepared for the revival to come upon us. It's not a matter of a change of heart but rather a perspective in the mind. We have not yet learnt to enter into Elohim's rest and completely cease from all our works.

I observe the young people and I've noticed a trend that has been pointed out to me before by others. More times than it should we allow our work to completely overwhelm us and weigh us down so much. I see the look in their eyes and all I see is such a weariness and a tiredness even when about the Heavenly Father's business. What Yeshua has given us is not burdensome so in the end, why is it? There is no rest, no peace; simply because we have not learnt to enter that rest in Him. Even the method of entering that rest requires no effort of our selves but rather a simple believing.

[Heb 4:3a] For we which have believed do enter into rest,

[Heb 4:11] Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

This is the conviction I stand upon: When the author of Hebrews talks about being diligent and labouring lest we fall short of entering that rest, it's not talking about doing many things. In truth, it simply says to labour to not to be found falling in the same example of unbelief and disobedience the children of Israel had against Yahweh. To enter is by believing and that rest is also a part and portion of the fullness of Messiah.

[Mat 12:43] When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

The wilderness is not only a dry place, but also a place of unrest. Those who died in the wilderness died without having received the Promised Land and entering into the rest of their labours. Now for us the Promised Land signifies the fullness of Yeshua Messiah that we ought to enter into and I believe that includes the rest of Elohim. Many have become so unrested and so uneasy simply because they have yet to learn that to obtain the promises of Messiah it is simply by faith we receive. Sure we can say that we know that and that we believe but in the end, actions will testify of the words we speak.

When we enter into Elohim's rest we completely cease from all, ALL our works and allow the Holy Spirit to work HIS works in and through us. In fact, the Jews once asked Yeshua what they must do to work the works of Elohim and Yeshua gave a profound answer.

[Joh 6:28-29] Then said they unto Him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of Elohim? Yeshua answered and said unto them, This is the work of Elohim, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.

The Jews asked what must they do before they begin the works of Elohim. The blueprint or the plan of a house before building it. In another sense, they were asking for the means to begin building. But Yeshua said that believing on Him is the work in itself. He lays no further burden on us except to believe on Him. But so, so many times we think it upon ourselves that we ought to 'contribute' to the works of Elohim. To have a part to play or else it won't sit well with us. We don't have a part to plan in anything of Yahweh's purposes, really. We weren't there from the beginning, it was all made by and through and for Him. So what makes us think that now we have a part to play? It is by the grace of Elohim that He has included us in His plans and purposes but He doesn't expect us to carry out the works by ourselves. He will do it.

[Phi 2:13] For it is יהוה which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

Meaning that He is the One Who gives us the desire and the means to carry out His work. It is His work in the end and all we are to be are vessels, channels to allow His power to flow in and through. That's how we become a blessing to nations, when we see that on our part we have no part to play except to be always available to the workings of the Holy Spirit in us and to always be open to allow the life of Yeshua to flow out from us. Nations don't want us, they want Yeshua in us and that is what we ought to present them with.

This particular topic and go on and on and on but I will cut it short here for now. Needless to say that we all enjoy rest but it is only from Yeshua Messiah that through rest is attained. All we have to do is simply believe.

[Mat 11:28-30] Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

-Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 1 year 5 months 14 days, 1124

Free Indeed

With this the monthly corporate 3 days fasting and praying has ended and indeed it was a marvellous breakthrough for myself. Considering that halfway through last month's fasting I broke in the beginning of the third day, I was slightly concerned as to whether I would be able to go through this fast once again on absolute. Needless to say I sought Yahweh for His strength especially during this fast because I was lined up to worship lead on two of the three days during it's long hours in the morning. I came to the conclusion that unless the Holy Spirit takes over then there will just be yet another blunder. Thankfully and praise Yahweh for that, He did took over and He supplied me through and through through this fast. In fact it passed exceptionally quickly and I wasn't that particularly thirsty or hungry. Sure there were times when I could have used a drink but more often times I just experienced the power from above quickening my body with sustenance and strength for the current day.

Many things have transpired for me these past few days and more so this week. However, in the end is it not always to my blessing? This particular week I have felt strangely sober in my perception of things. Sometimes when under oppression my eyes just become so glassy and glossed over and I would just be such a blur case but ever since this week as I set my mind to this fast I found that my eyes and its perception was strengthened. I'm not sure whether I can explain it but now I feel indubitably sane and sober for such a long time. I've never experienced this sense of sobriety over such a long period of time. Hmmm, perhaps I've just revealed my state of mind but it doesn't matter now. I've been set free and being set free like this is such a strange feeling really. Not to say that I dislike it, rather I enjoy the liberty that Yahweh has set me free into. It just feels so odd sometimes.

For this moment there really isn't much to put onto paper. In fact I want nothing more than to just continue in the freedom Yeshua Messiah has put forth for me to walk in. Needless to say, things are changing around Glory Place and Semarak and CRC. The people, the surrounding, the atmosphere. There was a breakthrough I believe in this fast. Not just on an individual level but truly as the corporate body of Messiah and that deserves us giving the praise to the Spirit of Elohim for that. The days ahead are somewhat interesting for me and I'd like to know how it will play out, but then again it is in the hands of Yahweh. If Yahweh wills then it shall be so, plain and simple.

-Saturday, 18th February 2017, 1 year 5 months 11 days, 0414

Foundation Building

I am glad that by the grace of Yahweh He has led me into this ministry by Pastor Jean. It's now been over a year since I had given up on my pursuits in the world and have come to serve Yahweh in His house of prayer for all nations. Looking back I see that in just one year's time I have learnt already so many things that the world failed to teach me. Everyday I can see breakthrough in my own life and in the life of others as well. I have come a long way and yet there is this sense within me that shows me that there is still much more to be attained in this walk with Elohim. Inasmuch as I have already received and experienced by the grace of Elohim it is just the tip of the iceberg. Many things I see are still lacking and it's in those areas that I see the need to continue cleaving onto the Lord Yeshua Messiah.

Lagenda fellowship had just ended a few hours ago and yet that fellowship among many other things are just one of the reasons that make me glad that I have forsaken the world to come and carry my cross to follow Yeshua. That's not to say that I am free of such thoughts as to what I am actually doing with my life here and hereafter but it's because of all these little, wonderful blessings of people and situations that causes me to lift up my eyes to heaven and thank Elohim for all that He has done in and through my life. Austin, a Nigerian brother was just sharing during the fellowship about how even in warfare we tend to conjure up things that are not even there. Feelings and emotions swell up and causes us to revile our enemies when even the archangel Michael dared not to but instead said, 'Yahweh rebuke you!'.

[Jud 1:9] Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, יהוה rebuke thee.

We are called as sons to inherit and no longer strive for our rights simply because it all belongs to us. Well, actually he said many things of which I completely agree with simply because those were the things revealed to me by the Holy Spirit. Though there are yet some points that have not been made clear this is a clear example as to why we need one another as the body of Messiah: to build, edify, rebuke, exhort one another and all the more as the Day draws nigh.

[Heb 10:25] Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

It's in all these gatherings that we are inclined not to speak our minds or our piece but rather speak from the Word because I find the Word of Elohim alone brings life and refreshment to burdened hearts. I was thoroughly reminded today through this fellowship that the road I have walked thus far though far from perfection still is the right path simply because I am not left alone, either by the harassment of the enemy or by the sure mercies of Messiah. Suffice it to say, I enjoyed today as I do everyday because everyday is a blessing in itself. Not a single day is the same and I can walk in that day in the rest of Yahweh, meaning the work I do, the burdens I carry, all of it is not mine but rather on Yeshua's part. He has prepared the work, He has instilled the desire to work the work, and He has given us the means to accomplish the work abundantly more so. All we have to do is to walk in it.

[Eph 2:10] For we are His workmanship, created in the Messiah Yeshua unto good works, which יהוה hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

[Phi 2:13] For it is יהוה which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

And yet sometimes the daily notions of life seem to ever be in remembrance before me. Things concerning adolescence and the like are always approaching me ever the more so and sometimes it affects me much more than I care to admit. However, I'm sure that in all things they will turn to my advantage and I will once again see the glory of Yahweh revealed then in that moment of time. I praise Yahweh for my family who upholds me daily whether by prayers or sound advice by the Spirit, because without them I would have surely gone astray by now. For my friends who not only share in my convictions but hold their own as well and are not afraid to tell it as it is. To call white white and black black. It's to them that I can talk freely of the Word of Elohim and that they understand what it means to be led by the Holy Spirit. Though we may have our differences, it works out beautifully like cogs in a machine. My elders and peers and those who stand above me, they show me the path that I ought to walk and though sometimes it may be difficult it is always, always for my own peace in Elohim. My juniors and those within my sphere of influence through few they may be, they teach me inasmuch as sometimes I teach them. Through them I am shown my errors and faults and thus it is like looking into the mirror.

Of course above them all is the Lord Yeshua Messiah. Without Him I am nothing, I'll have nothing and surely can do nothing. It is only by His grace and mercy that thus far I have walked together with Him and He has shown me many great wonders and signs whether in the heavens above or around me on the earth.

[Dan 6:27a] He delivereth and rescueth, and He worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth,

It's only thanks to Yeshua Messiah that I am here right now and am so blessed because of Him. In truth I had wanted to write something else entirely in this post but somehow here I am. Oh well, this is wonderful as well. Work is no longer work because the work Elohim gives is not burdensome. I can rest whether with my eyes open or not because the rest I rest in comes from the presence of Yahweh. Everything is becoming relaxed and that in itself allows me to meticulously met out what needs to be done for the day. Although now concerning the times and the seasons of Yahweh, things are beginning to take place and what's more Elohim is beginning to shake the heavens and the earth yet once more. Not just on an international level but on a personal one as well.

We as the young people ought to prepare ourselves for the days to come because surely what we have experienced during the recent seminar is but just the beginning of the increase of the intensity of the warfare and also the increase of the magnitude of the blessings and breakthroughs poured forth. The time to build our foundations upon the Word of Elohim is now for the times to come. Because most surely, and this is my personal conviction that the time will come when foundations will be tested and everyone caught unawares will be thoroughly sifted through and shaken out of their ways by means of force. The kingdom of Elohim is coming with force.

[2Ti 1:13-14] Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Yeshua the Messiah. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

-Tuesday, 14th February 2017, 1 year 5 months 7 days, 0340

Change

It's been a while since I had last wrote and now I believe is a good time as any to write again. First of all, I'm losing grasp of the concept of time. Everyday that passes I just keep feeling the reality of eternity getting closer and closer to me. Time is becoming irrelevant and I am just beginning to feel like whether it's day or night I can just enjoy every moment that comes by. I used to see the daytime as a time to work and perform and the night is when I can let loose but now my perception of it has changed. It's all irrelevant now and whether it's day or night, I can sense the constant anointing and unction of the Holy Spirit upon me and it is He Who will give me the needs and the necessity for whatsoever time or season to fulfil His purpose. This just means that now the time for myself is beginning to dwindle down and the time for the Holy Spirit to spur me on is ever increasing.

[Psa 74:16] The day is Thine, the night also is Thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

I'm not sure whether you can understand just how free this makes me now. I used to count the minutes and the hours for every service and frankly I still do every now and then but the time right now is flowing ever so quickly that with just one look, hey 3 hours have passed just like that. The time no longer belongs to me but instead to Elohim and frankly He makes things far more interesting than I ever could. Everyday though it may monotonous is a pleasure because the work I've been given I now see is by Him and that makes the satisfaction of completing it ever sweeter. Though there may be many a things to be done I no longer need to juggle them simply because it's not my work but Yahweh's. And that means He will take care of it in and through me in His due time.

On a different note altogether, the situation around me is changing briskly. I find that everyone has a portion to say and in many respects they may be right in certain aspects but now I am left with the choice with whom to follow through with? Many people and those closer to me have begun to share their thoughts about many matters and each of them are right in their own sense but sometimes conflict would arise because of differing opinions. Anyways now I can see my faults and obviously others but more so it begins from within and never without. The problems arise not because of our surroundings' fault but instead they serve to point to within us that we have a problem with everything around us. However there will be times when it will be the other way around but from the many times I have encountered such things, it's always been me. And that is good, thankfully I had rather it be me than anyone else because this is to my advantage as per usual.

All things whether good or bad I can now see is to my advantage because they all direct me to Yeshua. If it is something good I have reason to give thanks to Elohim for it and if it is bad then such situations causes me to turn and cleave unto Him for my deliverance and help. It's not to say that the things around me have begun to change drastically but rather because my perception of them has changed now things begin to look different to me as to how it once was.

Many things have begun to take place and as times goes own surely it will all reach a climax. I can only hope in Elohim for in Him is my everlasting strength. Only He is able to see me through until the end of all things and matters. Doubtless it will all come to a culmination in the end.

[Psa 42:11] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in Elohim: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my Elohim.

-Saturday, 11th February 2017, 1 year 5 months 4 days, 1045

Harp & Bowl: Warfare on Earth As It Is In Heaven

Man oh man. The things have all switched up now and there isn't any going back from it all. Not that it's something detrimental but rather something puzzling indeed. This is difficult to describe really. Changes are here and now the changes are becoming less and less subtle and more and more evident. It's now time to be shaken and on my part it is here once again. It's either we are shaken up or downwards and believe you me I have no intention whatsoever of being shaken anywhere downwards. Now is the time where it is either we adapt to the changes made or else we will most definitely lose out and I can already see in the distance that this path will be one where not many will be willing to walk and to those who walk it it will be arduous indeed if it is not of a willing and submissive heart.

My mind is broiling right now and it appears as though the seasons ahead are ones fraught with much change and events so much so that from henceforth nothing will or can ever be the same. Though yet is it still the same Elohim who brings us through times of peace and blessings abundant He too will be the one to bring us into storms of our lives and it is here that we will either sink or swim. And from the looks of it not many of us know how to swim. This really recalls back to mind that Yahweh is the same Elohim who brings us through high water and through rich pasture.

[Ecc 7:14] In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: Elohim also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

[Job 2:10] But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of Elohim, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

This seminar is most certainly a unique one that I have had the privilege to go through. It is one of constant dealings with me and the things surrounding me. Yahweh is shaking up the table and leaving nothing withstanding. This seminar has left me shaken up good and perhaps that is something that I have ought to have experienced for a long while now. Now the line is clear and though I may not like where the lines fall now in the end really it will turn to my advantage as per usual. Dealings after dealings after dealings have left me really really needing time to once again enter into the rest of Yeshua Messiah that He beckons to those who are His:

[Mar 6:31] And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Sigh, looking back on the last 10 days of the seminar it was enjoyable indeed but the warfare that I had to go through really put me to the test and even now it isn't ceasing but rather increasing all the more. I remembered that when we keep saying on earth as it is in heaven that means not just worship and intercession but even the war that is waged in the Heavenlies. That warfare has become ever so real to me and I think it my privilege to be able to go through with it because I know that in the end it is to my betterment and furtherance in Messiah Yeshua. Glory Place is being shaken and not just Mantin but everywhere the shakings are happening and are even beginning right now. Those who cannot withstand will be shaken off and those who remain will be irrevocably changed by it; some for the better, others for the worse.

Now my mind is being set on one thing right now that I sorely need, time alone with Yahweh and praise Yeshua that now that the seminar is over that exactly is what has been graciously given me. I keep remembering what has transpired for so long in the past how to brothers that I once knew but now no longer always used to contend about the need for friends to the building up of one another but now I'm beginning to see that what the latter had spoken is proving true. It is better to continue on with our walk with Elohim alone rather than to be in a company of people whose ideals though similar they may be will eventually lead them down to destruction. Not to say now that I am alone, I have those around me who indeed walk the narrow however I see those after me already going the same way of those before them.

This seminar surely is something amazing, it's just that now I cannot see what that is for the moment. However, I have a living hope and surely hope never disappoints. Hoh, now I am delighted because what I hold fast as my conviction is being tested now. I have the privilege to practice what I preach and now I see that above all I am blessed, blessed to be able to go through with all this. Many people might cringe with the trials they must go through but now even as I write a breakthrough has come upon me. I am blessed period. Simply because I go through all these warfare waging that makes me the most blessed among the lot. I shall come out on top in the name of Yeshua Messiah! Looks like the burden has lifted from my heart but yet others still remain. However they too in time will dissipate. Praise Yahweh!

-Sunday, 5th February 2017, 1 year 4 months 29 days, 2207