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This week we shall continue on our series, SUCCEEDING IN HARD TIMES.
So far, we have spoken about;
Your mindset
Your engagement in kingdom activities
Soul winning.
Today, we will be concluding the series with three points.
1. SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE CROWD.
The first step of walking with God is learning to stand alone or to separate yourself from the crowd. Your desire to walk with God must be strong enough that you are willing to sacrifice the comfort and company of people if and when need be. The Psalmist expresses the kind of longing that can help a seeker make this sacrifice of separation from the crowd to interact with and to encounter God. In PSALM 42:1-5, the Psalmist says “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.”
God longs for your company as His child. He wants to walk with you but that is not possible of you love the company of the crowd more than the longing to walk with God. God said to Moses, in EXODUS 34:1-4, Separate yourself from the crowd, come up ALONE to the top of the mountain of fellowship with two tablets of stone. “And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.”
There is a lonely or rather alone path that Great people travel on consistently over time. Learn to withdraw yourself from the crowd.
Great men are not found everywhere, every time. There is a time to be with God in your closet. If you make this time happen more frequently and lavishly, then blessed are you for you will access the corridors of the Divine Presence and you can Walk with God.
2. STUDY HIS WORD.
Studying God’s Word connects you with the secrets of how and when and where to walk with God. Everything about God is contained in His word. The knowledge of God we possess will determine how productive and successful we will become. In DANIEL 11:32, the scripture says, “…but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.” The knowledge of God is the stamina you need to consistently walk with God. This knowledge is enhanced by the quality of your study of God’s Word.
3. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN PRAYER.
Quality prayer fellowship with God will translate to quality walk with God. This was the lifestyle of our Master while on earth. In MARK 1:35, the Bible records, “And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. Also in PSALM 91:1-3, it is revealed, “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.”
Friend, there is a path that launches you into the dwelling place of God. It is the lifestyle of prayers. Spend time with God daily. Fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Until you spend time in the secret place, you cannot make impact in the public.
PRAYER OF SALVATION
Romans 10:9-10 says
“that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Kindly say this prayer aloud;
“O Lord God, I come to You in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Your word says,”…whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2v21).
I ask Jesus to come into my heart to be the Lord of my life. I receive eternal life into my spirit and according to Roman 10:9, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved”,
I declare that I am saved; I am born-again; I am a child of God!
I now have Christ dwelling in me, and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)!
I now walk in the consciousness of my new life in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah!”
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GOD BLESS YOU RICHLY