WHEN IT COMES ON YOU

WHEN IT COMES ON YOU

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled Job 4:3-5

In life it is very easy to play the counsellor and instructor role. You could be having all the answers. In many areas, you could provide a way. Many people can surround you and come from your counsel to be strengthened and having hope. They can even say, ‘You are the person’. The weak hands would be finding strength. Your words will be an avenue of hope, make many who are falling to stand and a way for many not to fall. Feeble knees will be strengthened. Then comes a bang below:

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me – Job 3:25

The reality of life is that the things you encourage others in can visit you. The minister of hope is in many times challenged and tested in the area of his motivation to others. In this case it has come upon you. What will you do? What is your option? Sometimes all the scriptures you would have used on others seem to vanish and not work at all. You have a lot of questions on God. The same strength you had on others, seem not to be existent. You cry, Lord, where are you? It has come on you.

It is painful that many are bound to faint, perplexed and become wild and troubled. Where is the energy you would use for others? In real times, those who would be benefiting from your encouragements are sometimes nowhere to be found. Some will even ridicule you and scoff at you. Are you going to stand? In that instance be encouraged from within;

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God- 1 Sam 30:6

David used to be a pillar to many. But now, it had visited him. It had come to him. Ladies and gentlemen, in life be ready when life issues come to you. You need same energy and life you are giving to others in your encouragements. Learn to wait upon the Lord (Is 40:31). As you encourage others, remember it can also come upon you.

We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair- 2 Cor 4:8

John Museredzo is a passionate teacher of the Word of God.
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UNLOCKING KINGDOM WEALTH THROUGH KINGDOM PARTNERSHIP

UNLOCKING WEALTH CREATION THROUGH KINGDOM PARTNERSHIP

But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day ~ De:8:18

INTRODUCTION

1.      Remember God (there is a temptation to forget He)

2.      Gives power (energy not dunamis as in spiritual gifts~ what are you using the power for?)

3.      Get wealth (YOU are designed for wealth creation and to possess the wealth~ not money only but assets, land, mombe etc. You wealth is for the benefit of the Kingdom. Wealth yenyu iri kungooneka kunakira imi kuno hatisi kuiona. Wealth ngaipote ichishanyira kuchurch)

4.      Establish his covenant (it is the reflection of the wealth which makes the covenant to be established- kana maropafadzwa maita sungano ishande: there is no better way to establish the covenant than extend the Kingdom)

5.      Unchanging covenant: unto the fathers as it is this day. Don’t move from the covenant

God doesn’t need anyone but to extend the Kingdom he has designed man to partner with him. There are many areas where we need to partner with God. Man is God’s method of operation on earth for the extension of the Kingdom. When we partner with Him we go to the original intent of God. The challenge is that God blesses us he expect us then to partner using the same wealth and creating a circle to create more wealth to partner again (ILLUSTRATE). When he created wealth, he designed a methodology of partnership for man to tap into the wealth for wealth creation. However many a times we have held back and no longer want to partner with Him

Partnership is:

ü  A key to unlock the wealth realm

ü  A trigger to facilitate your wealth creation

ü  A release mechanism

ü  Digging channels for more wealth to run through it.

HOW CAN ONE EFFECTIVELY PARTNER WITH GOD?

·         Covenant Understanding

ü  Abraham, David, Solomon would refer to the covenant every time

ü  Go back to Africa and teach my people……………………….

ü  Covenant keeping God

ü  Promise keeping God

ü  Money is in the understanding and keeping of the covenant

ü  When we keep the covenant, He blesses us and we are then able to partner with the Covenant

ü  Are we still abiding in the covenant of giving?

ü  We still want to be blessed by God but we are in the dark concerning the covenant.

ü  Remember God (the source of the wealth), remember the covenant: Many a times when God blesses us we forget.

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: Deut 8:10-11

ü  Tarasisa covenant inoti, Go back to Africa and teach my people to give, work talents ad tithes

·         Cause

1Sa:17:29: And David said, What have I now done?  Is there not a cause?

ü  Purpose, reason

ü  Go beyond the assignment like David: many a times we limit ourselves to what has been said and declared.

ü  Is there not a cause to do multipurpose, to give towards an obligation? `

ü  I can’t sit when things are like this, there is a cause, there is a reason

ü  Don’t discourage me because I am seeing a cause (a reason)

ü  Israel can’t be defeated, ridiculed, looked down upon, kunyadziswa. Sometimes we don’t do something because we don’t see the reason to do it. Are you seeing a cause?

1Sa:17:26: And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel?  for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

ü  Besides being blessed you must be pushed by a cause.

·         Concern

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways ~ Hag1:2-5

ü  Care, burden

ü  Who can fill this gap, there is no one ~ Ez 22:30

ü  When burden goes we are bound to just look at things deteriorating and seems normal

ü  When the burden vanishes we become adapted and become used to poor things

ü  Toilet, curtains, roof inonaya, instruments,

ü  The more we do his house the more he also do for us (testimonies)

ü  The more we neglect his house the more he neglects us (Haggai 1:9-11)

ü  When burden vanishes chishandwa hachichakosha. Zvaikosha hazvichakosha.

ü  No longer participating in church activities (zvishandwa, talents, prayer, fasting) It is no longer important AND you are too busy for nothing. Kushaya hanya nebasa rashe.

·         Covering

Proverb:10:22: The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

ü  Trying to have wealth creation without a blessing is dangerous. When you have a blessing you have all.

ü  Money and giving are spiritual and you need a spiritual covering for it to be sustainable

ü  You need a spiritual blessing, anointing and dependence: many people are not blessed after giving because their giving is not covered by a blessed.

ü  When there is no covering you give but still you are still exposed. Instead of being blessed, you become poorer. Many of these people actually curse the church.

ü  Parental blessing and covering: God bless you! Vote ZANU 2008

ü  Pastoral blessing: You need a pastor in your giving, don’t leave your pastor in your giving. Be prayed for and update your pastor what you want to do (aspirations and burden) and what you are doing as far as giving.

ü  I will not leave you until you bless me~ Gen 32

·         Creativity

ü  The level of your giving is determined by your level of your creativity and excellence.

ü  If you are not creative you will be burdened by giving

ü  If you are not creative you will give at a low level scale because you are limited as far your creativity is concerned.

ü  Some say haaa as long tatoita, vamwe tinoona zvakati jeee.

·         Confessions

ü  Have faith in God (Mk 11:22-24). Confess better thing in your life and district.

ü  You can’t partner well if you don’t have faith in God who shall supply all my needs according to His riches and glory

ü  See better levels. Speak the word. Confess the Word.

ü  God is a great God. Is there anything too hard for God (Gen 18:14)

ü  Silver and gold belongs to him

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John Museredzo is a relationship expert with a bias towards the youth and family relationships | an author | motivational speaker | pastor | life coach | business consultant | blogger. He is an author of 5 books to date including The Dream In The Wilderness; Youth, Relationships and Marriage, In Pursuit of The Calling and Success Within Reach. He also does articles and seminars online and in colleges, universities and development organizations.

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THE BETTER COVENANT WHICH MAKES US BETTER PEOPLE

The Better Covenant That Make Us Better People

To Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel ~ Heb 12:24 (N I V)

The book of Hebrews is "the book of better things". The central theme of the entire book is to show how much better the new covenant of Christ is than the old covenant of Moses.

Jesus is presented as

• Better than the ancient prophets and priest,
• Better than  angels,
• Better mediator than Moses (the mediator of the former covenant),
• Better than old covenant,
• Better than Joshua,
• Better than Aaron and the priestly succession descended from him.
• Better things; salvation.
• A covenant with better hope.
• Better promises.
• Better sacrifice than sacrifices of bulls and goats (Heb 9:11-12)
• Better ministry

ü  Because we are in a better covenant we automatically are entitled to a better life.

Jesus is our Mediator for this greater covenant. Mediator is the ancient Greek word mesites, which means "one who stands in the middle between two people and brings them together." (Barclay). Jesus cements a relationship which was disturbed by sin. Sin brought separation. Then God designed a new covenant through the blood of His son Jesus Christ. (1 Cor 6:20)

The message of the blood

The blood speaks (Gen 4:10). A contest of two people both whose blood was shed. But the blood of Jesus said to be better:

Ø  Abel’s blood speaks of bitterness but Jesus blood speaks of betterness

Ø  Abel’s blood speaks fighting/revenge/vengeance and retaliation but Jesus blood speaks of forgiveness and reconciliation (Eph 1:7, Heb 9:22, Rom 5:9)

Ø  Abel’s blood spoke of the start of enmity relationship but Jesus blood spoke of start of a loving relationship (John 3:16)

Ø  Abel’s blood speaks and reminds of a sacrifice and Jesus blood spoke of the sacrifice (Heb 9:12)

Ø  Abel’s blood speaks of the suffering of humanity and Jesus blood speaks of the solution to the suffering of humanity/sin (Rom 5:9)

Ø  Abel’s blood speaks of punishment and Jesus blood speaks of promise and protection

Ø  Abel’s blood speaks of death and Jesus blood speaks of resurrection and life

Message

The blood of Abel represents the Old covenant and the blood of Jesus represents the New Covenant. In the New Covenant we must understand that:

1.      Jesus gives us reason to celebrate the better things: salvation, Hebrews 6:9.

·         Redemption: Buy back-There was a prediction of release, redemption, relief, Isaiah 53.

·         The Old Covenant was just a shadow of things to come. Rom 10:1. The real has come.

·         Taking away of sin: John the Baptizer foretold a release; a taking away of not covering of sins, John 1:29. Jesus Christ is the sacrifice of the New Covenant and His blood is far more precious than the blood of goats and calves.

Ø  The blood of goats and calves did not cleanse the conscious of the worshippers. That blood just covered their sin. Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. The Old covenant could not properly deal with the problem of sin.

·         Universal call to salvation: When he died the temple veil torn into two for our access. He is able to save to the uttermost not Jews only, Hebrews 7:25. Calling to all nations: Gentiles have access to God through the New Covenant. We are now part of the commonwealth of Israel (Eph 2:13). Whilst we were sinners Christ died for us.

·         Freedom: The old covenant was full of condemnation and bondage but the Law of grace brought liberty. (Rom 6:14, Rom 7:6, Rom 8:1)

Ø  The lepers: The Old Covenant full of discrimination and segregation but the New Covenant full of love.

Ø  We are now freed from the power and bondage of sin not free to sin (Rom 6:2)

Ø  The Old covenant written on the foreheads but the new in the heart. You don’t fear to forget carrying the covenant. Thy word have I hidden in my heart (Ps 119:11)

2.      We celebrate for Jesus gave us a better sacrifice, Hebrews 9:23.

·         No earthly priest couldn’t take away sin the way Jesus did. Therefore Jesus' ministry is far better than the ministry of the priesthood under the Law of Moses. He was without sin and then able to remove and die for sin, I Peter 2:22.

·         An event in the Old Testament: But a process of faith, repentance and baptism give us His perfection, Galatians 3:26-27.

·         Finality of Sacrifice: Unlike the Old Testament where sacrifices were made regularly (yearly),  and was temporary dealing with sin, when Jesus offered Himself as the sacrifice once for all time, His blood cleanses the conscious of the sinners and redeems them, setting them free from the death grip of sin. (Heb 9:25-28)

Ø  Expensive to worship under the Old covenant: yearly you had to be either holy or rich enough to afford

Ø  The Old covenant sacrifices reminds people of sin (Heb 10:3) but Jesus reminds love

·         The Old covenant more about works and ritual of sacrifice to be justified but the new Covenant is all about obedience, grace [you don’t deserve it] and commitment. Mediator of a better covenant: Jesus has mediated for us a better covenant, a covenant of grace and not of works, guaranteed for us by a cosigner (Hebrews 7:22).

3.      Better priest- The High priest

·         Always for us: Jesus the High Priest always in the presence of God for us not come and go.

·         Priesthood of all believers- We access the Holy of Holies as individual believers (1 Pet 2:9-10). We can access the benefits of priests. (Rom 5:1-2)

·         The Presence of God: We are seated together in the heavenly places. Now we can enter into the presence of God because there is no limitation.

·         We can have a personal relationship with God. Under the Mosaic Covenant, the veil separated God from the people. The people could not come into the presence of God because of their sin.

ü  When Christ was sacrificed, the veil was torn and now all people who enter the New Covenant can stand in the presence of God.

4.      Jesus gives us reason for true joy with a better hope, Hebrews 7:19.

·         Old covenant hope was: the Anointed One is coming, Psalm 2:1-2.

·         The anointing is here -Giving of the Spirit of God to all who believe

·         Hope draws us onward, upward and God-ward, joyously, Colossians 3:1-2.

5.      Jesus energizes us with better promises that create awe, Hebrews 8:6.

·         We are a new nation, I Peter 2:9, II Corinthians 6:16.

·         A new city, Revelation 21:1-4.

·         A new crown, II Timothy 4:8.

·         A new body, I Corinthians 15:42-44.

·         A new relationship, Romans 5:11, I John 3:1-2.

·         A new Spirit, Acts 2:38, Ephesians 1:13-14.

·         New life because of resurrection. The old covenant sacrifices did not resurrect. We die in Him and resurrect with Him.

·         New authority: Seated at the place of authority – he has finished work.

·         New victory (Rev 12:11)

John Museredzo is a teacher of the word of God. Contact +263712154277