GOD’s personal commitment to your ALL ROUND Breakthrough.
“Say to those who are fearful-hearted, "Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you." Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, And the thirsty land springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, There shall be grass with reeds and rushes. And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isaiah 35:4-7, 10;
“Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion.” Psalm 84:4-7.
It takes a man of integrity to firmly stand by his word, whether it is easy to keep or not. Keeping our promises makes us a faithful before others. If a man who is not faithful in keeping his word gives you a promise, no matter how good, admiring and highly needed it might appear, such a promise will not be counted serious. Not because the man is not having what he promised but because he is not faithful to his word. Take for instance, he may give you a promise of fifty thousand dollar ($50,000) and may not be valued, though seriously needed but because of the life of the man who gave the promise. But if a promise comes form someone who is faithful and honored by his/her word to give you a sum of one million dollar, he will still be trusted, not minding the huge amount of money involved. Before a promise could be relied upon, it must come from someone who is unbent in fulfilling his/her word. Therefore, the life of a man determined the potency of his promise.
Isaiah 35:4-7 is a prophetic promise of God to you signifying His readiness to do the impossible – what is already concluded to be impossible to man and nature. God has His area of specialization and great delight in doing the impossible.
HAS GOD EVER FAILED ANY OF HIS PROMISES (WORD)?
God, whose name is Faithful and True (Rev. 19:11; 3:14; 22:6) never makes a promise He will not keep. Whatever He promises to do, no matter how hard and impossible and good or evil it might be, must be done. Let’s consider some of His great promises that He kept fulfilled at all cost:
In Genesis 1:3; when God declared light to come, did it not come?
In Gen. 6:7-8, when He promised to wipe off Noah’s world to start a new race with Noah, was it difficult for Him to do, irrespective of the numbers of lives involved?
Gen. 19:13, 24-28, when He determined to utterly destroy Sodom & Gomorrah in their great numbers, were they too many for Him to wipe out?
In Gen. 12:1-3, when He made the promise to make Abraham great and nations of people, did He fail to do it?
In Gen. 37:5-11, when He revealed to Joseph that the sheaves of his brothers together with the sun, moon and eleven stars will come bowing down unto him, did it not come true?
In Exodus 14:15-22, when He was to part the red sea for His people (Israel) to cross to the other side on dry land, though it has never happened before, yet was it impossible for Him?
In Luke 1:30-38, when He sent his word to virgin Mary that she will be with child without having canal knowledge of man, even till she weaned her first son (Jesus), was it impossible?
In Matt. 16:18, when He said the gates of hell shall not prevail against His Church, with all persecutions and religious wars militating against the Church (Christians) from the days of the Pharisee and the high priests unto the days of Emperor Nero, even till date (with terror and mass killing of Boko Aram), have they prevailed against her? NO!!!!!!
Why will you not believe Him now when He says “your barren, unfavoured, uncelebrated and unfruitful land (life and destiny) shall turn fertile and bear much fruits and that your desert shall be flowing with waters, milk and honey?” He will give you total turn-around and a fulfilled life and destiny both in your life and ministry (your career).
Are you written off and abandoned in the ministry?
Are your termed failure and unfruitful?
Can you not make an edge no matter how hard you tried?
Don’t rely on your wisdom of efforts again, but hold and rely on God alone. He never failed. He is faithful to His word; He has spoken and will do it.
v. 6 Is the personal commitment of god unto your case, He will not rest until He has settled your own too.
vs. 4-7 is a promise of healing and recovery for the sick and the wounded, the outcast and the fearful.
v. 4 is a promise of courage to the fearful.
v. 5 is a promise of opening of eyes and ears to the blind and the deaf respectively.
v. 6 the lame shall leap and walk as an hart.
v. 6 The tongue of the dumb shall be loosed and shall sing.
v. 6 In the wilderness shall water break out and streams shall spring out in the desert.
v. 7 The parched land shall become a pool and thirty land shall become springs of water.
Rivers shall break forth in the wilderness/desert.
Wilderness is a large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing crops because it is difficult to live there. While desert is a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing there. It is also synonymous to an abandoned area (or life).
Wilderness and desert in the life of man is symbol of dryness, unfavoured life, deserted life, career & destiny, forgotten and abandoned life, unfruitfulness, unpatronized life, uncelebrated life and destiny, unpatriotic life…etc
Water is a symbol of healing and cure to the wounded, new beginning and freshness, glory, fulfillment, celebration, fire extinguisher and antidote to bomb devices before its explosion …etc.
Functions of water…
It cleanses, it refreshes when drink, it irrigates both life and plants, it gives food for the eater and the seed for the sower – Isaiah 55:10. It serves as antidote to fire outbreak and bomb devices before its explosion.
Streams in the desert is a symbol of impossibility in the natural world because of its dryness and its location – no tree, no forest or cool atmosphere that could call for rivers, but God says, He will do the impossible for His people, the favoured who hold unto his word till they see the dawn of reality in their lives.
But as great as this promise is and true to be trusted, it is not for ALL, it is only meant for those who will believe, be favoured and see. …Those who can see with eyes of faith; though not yet happening in the physical realm. The canal men ask for signs and proofs of evidence before taking the step, but real men stands on the word of God, not minding whether such promised has happened before or not, until they could see its reality in their lives.
Many had been in the deserts all though their lifetime and could not survive it as they were faced with hunger and thirsty and thereby rendered unable to cross over to their promised land as they died together with their great potentials. Haggar also was found hooked in that wilderness of life; thirsty and wearied without seeing any way out – water of streams… She has lost all hope, written herself off, she was waiting for death. So overwhelmed with sorrow, God heard her sorrowful cry and favoured her. A word then came unto her, God opened her eyes, she looked and saw and made use of the provision until she was satisfied.
“And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs. Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, "Let me not see the death of the boy." So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. "Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation." Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.” Genesis 21:15-19.
You must cry out unto God in need of this divine provision until your voice is heard by Him – Gen. 21v. 17. Only those whose voices were heard shall be visited by God, He will open their eyes to see the provision promised for their lives and kept so close that they would not need to be wandering again in search of livelihood and fulfillment. To be a beneficiary of God’s abundant provision, it calls for you to see in the strength of God – seeing is the power for possessing. Only those who can see God in action in their favour shall possess the gates of their enemy together with healing, recovery, salvation and fulfillment.
“Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live." So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.” Number 21:8-9.
“…And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:14-15;
Who could ever think that deliverance and healing could live in seeing the bronze serpent when beaten by serpent? Or who can imagine that fiery furnace could be turned to air-condition until God did it in favor of Sadrach, Mesach and Abednego when He appeared as the fourth in the furnace fire. The proposed failure and victims became celebrity. The name of their God became household name till date. But before then, they had learnt to see God in every situation they are facing. They saw God’s ability and confessed the same until it brought them great testimony, the act of God that cannot be denied in the history of men – Dan. 3:16-18, 22-30.
How can we Claim the Outbreak of Streams in our Desert?
Having believed in your heart and favoured from God and have seen with eyes of faith, you need to stretch out your hand in reaching your flourishing destination through these three means:
1. You can get your waters (streams) break out through the word of God.
“And the LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.” Exodus 14:15-16.
The word of is the rod of life with which you cross your red sea – Exodus 14:15-16, 21-22. Through it you can strike the rock in the wilderness to give you water satisfactorily in time of thirsty – Exodus 17:5-6; Psalm 105:41-42. In the word of God is life that carries power for creation and reformation – John 1:1-4.
2. You can break out through effectual prayer –
“Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5:16.
Effective fervent prayer of the righteous is always empowered to do the unusual, the miraculous things to the glory of God. Learn from Elijah who prayed till heaven opened with heavy down-pour of rain after the drought of three and a half years as he declared – 1 Kings 18:41-45.
3. You need anointing that breaks yokes –
“It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.” Isaiah 10:27.
Two kinds of anointing are known to the apostolic age, of which you need…
i. Anointing of the Shepherd that leads the sheep to quiet still water – Psalm 23:2.
ii. Anointing of the prophet that attracts divine declaration and its fulfillment – 2 Chro. 20:20.
Will you now go into the presence of the Most High in prayer, touching the heart of God with your heart request. Let heaven come down in your favour and your life will not remain the same. Pray until you could see streams abundantly springing out from your desert till you are overflow.
But as I said earlier, this blessing is only meant for the children of God; those who have confessed Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal Saviour; because it takes God only to see according to Gen. 21:15-19. If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal Saviour, you are urged to do so right now as you take these steps by faith…
Acknowledge that you are a sinner, for all have sinned… Rom. 3:23.
Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He came and died for your sins – Rom. 10:9-10.
Confess all your known sins and plead the blood of Jesus for your total cleansing – 1 John 1:7-10.
Confess with your mouth the Lordship of Jesus Christ over your soul as Saviour. Rom. 10:9-11.
Live the rest of your life for/with Him in holiness, obedience, faithfulness and love.
Decide to share the good news of Christ with others to further populate the kingdom of our God on earth – Mark 16:15-16.
Henceforth, don’t let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey it in the lust thereof – Rom. 6:11-14.
Praise the LORD! If you have taken these steps in faith, congratulations! You are now part of the family of God. Your line to overflowing in the blessings and healing and prosperity that flow from God is now activated. You will henceforth be receiving from the abundance of God’s riches.
Remain blessed.
JESUS is LORD!!!
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