Sunday, 2 April 2023

Carried by God

Key Scripture: Is. 40: 31 “but those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” (NLT)



 
We’ve been praying on this scripture for over a week now. “those who trust in the Lord…” Waiting on God is trusting in Him.

God is demanding trust from us. See, the enemy will tell you things. The Bible says that he comes by reason of the word that you have received. It is the minute you receive a word and believe it that the enemy comes. The promise for April, down to the end of the year is ‘manifestation and fulfillment.

At some point we were taking that confession, Luke 1:45 “blessed is she that believed for there shall be a performance…” The Lord said to me right there, “you’ve been saying this for two years now, and in your mind you think you have seen but I am about to put on a live show but it will require your trust.”

When you pay for a show and you sit down, even if the stage is empty and there is no one there, you know that the show will still go on. If they decide to put off all the lights, it does not mean that there is no live show that day. So whatever happens I need you to approach life going forward with the mindset that God is about to put on a live show with your life.

There is something I love so much about stage plays, at the end of the play everyone stands, every single person; you like it or not, everyone stands to clap. Even if you don’t want to clap, peer pressure will make you stand and clap. I’ve been to a lot of stage plays and I’ve never looked around and seen anyone who says they won’t clap.

There’s a level of attention you give when you watch this stage plays because you can miss anything at any time.

God is saying tonight, I am doing something with you. It is performance season. It is not you performing, no, it is God. Imagine God doing a performance, I need you to let your imagination run wild, what will the stage look like? Take your time and imagine it.

While these things (your imagination) may seem outrageous, I need us to know that we are in the season of the Acts of the Spirit.

God is in the season where He wants to show off Himself. It is not about you. God wants to show forth Himself. Now here’s the thing, God dwells inside us so there’s no way God is doing a show off that He will not involve us because we are the ones hosting Him. So you are God showcasing Himself and we are in that season where God is particular about showcasing Himself in every way you can think of, every possible way, but still beyond every way you can think of.

We are seeing men rise, men that history will hold in high places. Men that will walk exploits greater than the days of old. It’s not because we know how to pray or because we have done something that the generation before us did not do but because God has set up a live show.

I beg of you in the coming months, let consecration be key. Do not leave the secret place, do not leave the secret place, die there.

My dad came to my room one midnight and said, “se o fe pa ara e ni?” (do you want to kill yourself?)  I said yes and went on to continue my prayer.

Hold on to God with your life. Like if you don’t hold on to Him this year, you will not have next year to hold on to Him.

It is about God. It is not how well you worship or how well you pray, this is all God.

So I beg you again, don't think there’s tomorrow. "I have time. I’ll do it tomorrow, I'll make time tomorrow". Listen, there's really no time. I said something when we were entering this year, that if we dare miss certain seasons this year, I’m sorry, I’m not God o but I know that there are seasons in this year you cannot buy back. You miss it, you miss it, and the trajectory, the course and direction your life is going to take for the next seven to eight years lies heavily on the decisions you make this year. By decisions I do not mean physical decisions, I mean decisions you make by staying in the place of prayer.

Some men are known today, well-known and doing exploits but their names may disappear and I pray for such people, because it bitters my heart every time I see that, that they will not labor so much and get to this point and that is it. I pray for you too that you will not miss out. The help you need to do what God has required of you, you receive it

Let’s read Is.40:31 in NKJV, Amplified and MSG.

“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."  Is. 40:31 NKJV

“But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun]; They will run and not become weary, They will walk and not grow tired.”  Is. 40:31 AMP

“But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind.”  Is.40:31 MSG

Definitions of ‘Soar’:

·        To climb with little effort

·        To maintain height in the air without flapping wings or using engine power

It does not need any engine power from you, this is what it means to be carried and helped by God. He doesn’t need your contribution, you’ve contributed enough and it has not brought you anywhere. Your contribution has brought nothing to your life. If it is by contribution I have seen men that have done so much, labored so much and there’s nothing to show for it. But God is saying it is time to pause on laboring.

·        To increase rapidly above the usual limit

To increase rapidly, Accelerated Speed. Increase rapidly beyond what has been your normal, what has been your regular playing field.

“Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.” Is.46:3-4 KJV

It says, “I have made and I will bear…” I have made you and I will bear the burden of you not that I will bear your burdens. I will bear the burden of you, everything that you are, all that comes with you, the total package. I don’t take them in bits, I bear you as my burden, not in a bad way. Imagine being God’s burden that He carries.

“You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I [a]bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself” Exodus19:4

No help from God is not sustained by God.

As I speak, I believe God is breaking the words down to everyone; what it means to each person.

So what does it mean to be carried by God?

To be carried on Eagle’s wings. What is the implication?

I am going to share some of the things the Lord laid in my heart to share with us.

The first thing here is that; what happens to men carried by God is that we overcome weariness. We are no longer tired, and I do not mean physical tiredness. I mean the same kind of tiredness that made David cry out in Ps.69:3

“I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.” PS.69:3 NKJV

“Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.Ps.69:1 NKJV

I don’t know what we’re going through individually but I want us to know, and this is for everyone going through suicidal thoughts, hopelessness and helplessness are tools of the enemy. Do not let him box you up or make you feel like you are without help. Before David mentioned that anything was wrong with him, the first thing was, “help me!”

I said something when we were praying, the plan was fire prayers but the Spirit of the Lord redirected our prayers.

No one called on Jesus for help, not one person in the New Testament called on Jesus for help and was turned back. Not one person.

God has come to carry people like this, tired people. So if you’ve been feeling tired before now, if you’ve felt hopeless, you’ve felt helpless, this is your season.

In fact, God created this season for you specially. To be carried by God means that you overcome tiredness and weariness.

Secondly, what happens to men that are carried by God, carried on Eagle’s wings: Clear Vision.  When you are tired and weary, you cannot see and I don’t mean physically.

One of the marks of the Eagle is that the Eagle has clear sight, more than any other.

”Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high?

On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.

From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar.Job39:27-29 NKJV

For men we see like five meters ahead of us, that’s the farthest any man can see. But the Eagle can see up to twenty meters away, from ground level. Now imagine that this Eagle is standing and seeing twenty meters away, covering both the height and all that is below. This is a promise of God for us, clear vision beyond what is normal for humans; precise instruction, you know what is coming. No maybes, everything is sharp, crystal clear. There is no doubt whatsoever.

Let me tell you. In the olden days, they have mountains surrounding cities.  The city walls are usually higher than the city itself. If you watch movies also, and it's not just Africa, but all over the world. If you watch movies, you will see that the city walls are higher than the cities.  They can see everything coming close.  

A clear vision is not just seeing clearly, but seeing clearly at an advantaged distance. When you mount up with wings like eagles, you are able to make advantaged decisions. You know exactly what to do to stop what’s coming.

And I need you to note these things. This is how the Lord shared it with me.  What it means for you when God says he is carrying means no more tiredness. God is exchanging your weakness for his strength. You can now see clearly, just like the eagle, from an advantaged position.

Thirdly, you are Singled Out. The eagle is such a unique, special bird. And the Lord is saying; I single you out.

The fourth thing the Lord shared with me, he says Speed. The eagle is very fast. We shall mount up with wings like eagles. It means there is a speed attached to these things. We need to know the advantages we have.

The Lord says Accelerated Progress. The grace to get things done within the shorted possible time. This is what we have received and will be working with for the rest of the year.

Things that would have taken 10, 15, or 20 years, things you would have labored and labored to get, you will get in the shortest possible time.

The next thing, Ease. Because we will not need to rely on our own strength. God does everything with ease. When he said let there be light, there was light. Effortlessly. Our not tarrying in warfare prayers tonight is an indication of the season of ease we have entered.

There are men that get things so easily. They don’t believe in God, but they believe God for certain things and it works for them because faith has a principle. Those who wait upon the Lord, who trust in the Lord, those who believe they are carried, they enjoy the blessings of ease. The Syrophoenician woman got what she wanted, how much more we that are children of the promise.

This is your testimony this season; ease. And I declare upon you that you allow yourself to be carried by God.

Sometimes we get used to certain weights pulling us down and we just want to stay there. God is the push and he is the one who propels you. Again, I speak to you, that you allow God.

The next thing is that we are hidden in the rock. (Isa 44:8) The eagle finds its dwelling place on the rock. They don’t live on land, in bushes or in forests. God is our rock. When the Lord is saying that I am carrying you, it means you are hidden inside of God. He is our strength and shelter. It is from this dwelling place that we attack.

Finally, when we say we mount up with wings, it means we will get to where we are going. (Deut 1:31)

God did not stop carrying the Israelites. Even though the children of God might have delayed via their disobedience, but he ensured they got to the Promised Land. With God, your destination is assured.

With God doing the carrying, you are assured of getting to your destination.

We have entered ease.

You have entered that stage of your life where if the enemy calls you into warfare, you don’t show up. Save yourself from unnecessary warfare this season. Do not bother fighting. Allow yourself to be carried by God. Trade your weakness for his strength. Trade hopelessness for hope.

God says you should come, buy and drink at no cost. He says you should be merry. God says you should eat and drink and be merry at no cost.

The word for this quarter and the rest of the year:

A season where we are carried by God

The season of the help of God     

And the backing of his mercy

Where we are carried by God and helped of Him

What flows out of this is ease, fulfillment and a performance of everything that the Lord has said. A fulfillment of everything that is due.

For someone, seasons are fastened for your sake. What it takes men 10 years to do, you do in a short time.

I do not just push you up, I keep you up!

The Lord gave us some words which I am going to read out;

Peace that surpasses all understanding.

Favor that causes men to do things for you

No I do not speak of luck, I speak of God, I speak of Me.

For the Lord carries you completely,

He’s not just lifting or pushing or propelling us into new levels,

He’s giving wings, we’re soaring into new levels, above the usual level

You will not have to overdo anymore

Ease has come because I JEHOVAH am doing the carrying.

I am carrying you into destiny

The right people will look for you

Look around you, eagle’s wings are here, eagle’s wings are here

I see the struggles, I see the lonely nights

Look, strength like no other is here,

Sustenance like no other

I do not just push you up, I keep you up

This is the mind of God and it pleases God to do these things for us. We are in a season where we are carried swiftly by God. You are in the season where your prayer time is changing to fellowship and not just warfare.

I pray that you understand in-depth this season that you have entered.

I pray for you that from today April 1, you begin to have experiences that can only be traced to this time. Your testimony will be that “God carried me”.

I tell you, you have received a cheat code.

When the enemy comes, remember, you are carried. That help has come for you.

See the rescue mission I saw in the vision. See the plane coming in droves. Remind yourself that help has come for you.

Remember, men that will be carried will have to let go completely.

                            

 

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