THE WORD OF GOD IN EXISTENCE

Pr. James Victor Lubwama

John 1:1-4 (NLT)

"In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God. 3 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. 4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone."

Everything in the kingdom of God begins with His word; for when it is spoken, it brings the physical world into existence. Nothing in this generation or in the generations to come will happen without the word of God.   

Your future is determined by the word upon your life, because without the word, you cannot have a purposeful future - the word of God gives life to everything that is created; therefore, if you want a meaningful life, you must cling unto the word of God which has the power to create and transform situations. However, for the word to be effective in your life, you need to believe it and have faith in it. 

In the book of Genesis, God spoke and said, “Let there be” and there was. Genesis 1:1-3 (NLT) says;  “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. " 

You need a Rhema word in your life concerning your education, children, marriage, job, business, career, ministry etc. A Rhema word from a servant of God; the "thus says the Lord……."  that speaks into your life situation, and when you receive and believe it, it contains the creating power to change your life and in the right season it is manifested in the physical. Believe and have faith in the words (Prophetic or Rhema) that you have received because they will never pass away without coming to fruition. Matthew 24:35 (TLB) says that; "Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words remain forever” 

A couple of times we have hindered the hand of God because of lack of faith in His word, yet when you believe God's word, He descends down to fulfill it. After accepting the word, you need to start confessing it because out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks; the Holy Spirit considers and honours only confessions and prayers emanating from your heart. 

Store the word of God in your heart and not only in your handbag or on the bedside drawer; let it be the basis of your prayers. Your life should be rooted in the word because God honours his word. Psalm 138:2 (NKJV) says; “……………..For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.” Remind God about what He prophesied about you until it becomes manifested in the physical; give Him no rest until he establishes and makes you praise! 

You cannot be what everyone wants you to be, but you can only be what God wants you to be. You need to stick to your line of calling according to the word of God, because it is always coinciding with his purpose for your life. If you are a musician, stick to making music that glorifies Him, etc. There are things that you want to be and there are things that God designed you to be; You can only be what God desires you to be. 

Regardless of your family lineage or background, you can be anything that God purposed you to be. For example, if your family members are known to be prominent business people, God can decide to mould you into a doctor; not as you wish but according to His will. When you follow God's will for your life, you never struggle, but you will always be blessed, favoured and victorious. 

God knows where you will go and be blessed - he knows the right geographical position from where you will flourish and be purposeful. When he sends you, His hand goes with you. It's the blessing of the Lord that matters, not people's opinions. In John 21:5-6 (GNT) Jesus instructed the fishermen as follows;

“Then he asked them, “Young men, haven't you caught anything?” “Not a thing,” they answered. 6 He said to them, “Throw your net out on the right side of the boat, and you will catch some.” So they threw the net out and could not pull it back in, because they had caught so many fish. 
God is specific and is a God of order! These guys had been casting the nets without getting a single fish, but when Jesus instructed them to throw the net again, He was also specific on the position - "right side of the boat" and when they obeyed, they didn't just catch some, they filled the boat. Is it God who sent you to do what you are doing? Is He the one who sent you where you are? As long as God gave you his word, as long He is your Alpha, you will succeed. 

The things we see in this world are as a result of the word of God - spoken and breathed to life. Everything exists by way of the word. The word of God is his laid-out plan for your life. Psalm 33:8-9(GW) emphasizes; “Let all the earth fear the Lord. Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him. 9 He spoke, and it came into being. He gave the order, and there it stood.” 

God has a plan; He doesn’t build until there is a word. The blueprint of your life is His word - the prophesy you received, the vision or dream you got concerning your life or the Rhema word in the bible. When you receive a word from God, you will have received His plan towards your life and when you believe that word, you accept the plan of God. God is a builder, he illustrates the finished product before the foundation is laid - He speaks the end at the beginning, that’s the authority of the architect and engineer of this world. Isaiah 46:10(NLT) says; “Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish" 

From the time you crossed over to salvation, God started a purposeful work in you. You may not see it physically but He is at work inside – He starts by transforming you from the inside-out. The reason why you may not see tangible results is because he is still at work in you on the inside - your heart which is unseen by physical eyes. Your heart is the foundation of your life. Any civil engineer will tell you that the foundation of a building consumes a lot of materials which are buried beneath the ground aimed at supporting the super-structure. Stop staggering and wait upon the Lord; for He is at work perfecting that which concerns you in order to fulfill His plan for your life. As Psalms 138:8 (NLT) declares; – “The Lord will work out his plans for my life……..” 

There is power in the word of God!

MYSTERIES OF GOD's KINGDOM

Pr. Geoffrey Kibombo 

Matthew 13:11 (NKJV)

“………it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.”

         1. Mystery One; RESPECT AND HONOUR

There are people who have worked hard to ensure that you succeed in life and have a respectable fruitful future. They sacrificed a lot in life and laid a foundation for your successes; as such they deserve your uttermost respect and honour. However, when the devil wants to remove the hand of God in your life, he causes you to disobey, fight against or wrong the people who have done good in your life.

A quick example is that of the dialogue between God and Satan concerning Job’s life. In Satan's view, Job's fear of God was not for nothing; he thought Job feared God because of the blessings and the protection God had put upon his substance, so Satan implored God to permit him to touch Job’s life and test if Job would not forsake Him. In God's opinion, Job had fully understood who God was and what having a relationship with Him meant, and he was confident that even if all was removed, Job would hold unto him. 

Job 1:7-12 (NLT) narrates;
“Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan. Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.” 8 Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.” 9 Satan replied to the Lord, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God. 10 You have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is! 11 But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!” 

The devil is always targeting your relationship with God. He is wandering around looking for a person to devour - he wants to bring a rift between you and God so that God can remove his hand from your life and allow him to afflict you. Satan knows that when you are with God, you have a hedge of protection upon your life.

Satan uses disobedience to tear apart relationships, but most importantly to take away God’s presence from your life. He causes people to disobey, speak ill or rise up against; the people that have nurtured to them, or those in authority. The devil causes contention with our mentors so that our relationship with them is damaged. He does that to remove God's presence - Holy Spirit from your life thus rendering you empty and unshielded. He makes people to repay good with evil which leaves them bound and their blessings taken away.

This is the generation where people turn against those who have done good in their lives. This happens in churches, politics, families, schools and workplaces. As such a curse comes upon them. If you turn against the person who has nurtured you or invested in your success, pay evil for good and rebel against your leaders, you are permitting a curse to come upon your life. Satan does not bring curses, but they come as a result of disobedience of God's commandments.

Ephesians 6:1-3(TLB) teaches about respecting our parents; 
“Children, obey your parents; this is the right thing to do because God has placed them in authority over you. 2 Honor your father and mother. This is the first of God’s Ten Commandments that ends with a promise. 3 And this is the promise: that if you honor your father and mother, yours will be a long life, full of blessing.”

Your parents (biological and spiritual) hold your blessings! If you want things to be well with you, obey and honour them - that’s the only commandment where terms and conditions apply!

       2. Mystery Two; PERCEPTION

How do you perceive the servants of God? What do you hope to see come to pass out of your association with them? How do you receive them? All those factors determine how your life turns out when you meet or associate with a servant of God - what you see, is what you receive! 

Many times we concentrate on the ordinary person with the human weakness and ignore the God’s anointed servant who serves as God’s vessel. We usually get so used, so familiar to the servants of God that we fail to discern the hand of God upon the person. We consider them as friends, relatives, neighbours, as such we lose out on blessings. Until you learn to consider the authority upon the servant of God, you will never get what you want from God through him. 

For you to see two people in one, to see two offices upon one person, is a mystery. This means that you have got to snub the ordinary person you see and consider the office upon the person. 

In Numbers 12:1-9(MSG), a story unfolds of Miriam and Aaron rising up against Moses and how God reacted.

"Miriam and Aaron talked against Moses behind his back because of his Cushite wife (he had married a Cushite woman). 2 They said, “Is it only through Moses that God speaks? Doesn’t he also speak through us?” God overheard their talk…………….….5 God descended in a Pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent. He called Aaron and Miriam to him. When they stepped out, 6 He said, listen carefully to what I’m telling you. If there is a prophet of God among you, I make myself known to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. 7 But I don’t do it that way with my servant Moses; he has the run of my entire house; 8 I speak to him intimately, in person, in plain talk without riddles: He ponders the very form of God. So why did you show no reverence or respect in speaking against my servant, against Moses? 9 The anger of God blazed out against them. And then he left"

In the scriptures above, Miriam and Aaron were Moses’s siblings; their minds were still programmed to the idea of Moses being their brother and started rebuking him for marrying a Cushite woman forgetting that he was God’s chosen servant because only God rebukes his servants! Ultimately God came to Moses’s rescue and what befell Miriam was awful (Numbers 12:10). Had Moses done something wrong? Yes! He had married outside the Jewish fraternity which was against God’s instructions. However, we as ordinary people don’t have a mandate to rebuke those who are appointed by God 

These days, we don't see the servants of God as God sees them, we take them lightly. In the days of Old Testament, the servants of God lived in seclusion from people, they had no unifying activities with the ordinary men, they commanded respect and the fear of God was upon them. But in this generation, we see the servants of God daily, we go to the same markets, stay in the same neighbourhoods, and consequently we get so used to them and fail to see the authority they possess and the anointing upon them. Until you acknowledge the one who has been sent in the name of the Lord, you cannot see God. Until you understand that your Pastor represents God you shall not see the hand of God! 

The servants of God bear the solutions to our problems; they have authority over the things we need from God. If you want a house, job, marriage or promotion and you believe that you can get it if the man of God prays for you, then you shall receive what your request. What you see is what you get! Value, respect and protect the authority and anointing upon the servant of God! 

A revelation of God’s mysteries will bring a revolution or transformation in your life. Deuteronomy 29:29(NLT) says “The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions" 

God has good plans for our lives; we have big prophesies upon our lives, but the key to unlocking them is to understand the mysteries of the Kingdom of God

God bless you!