Something Ugly at the Gate

Acts 3:2

"And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple"

This blog is only intended for understanding the work of God.

But, there was something ugly at the gate called beautiful!

Just gonna get straight to the point. 

Whenever God sees ugly, He uses it as a Gateway. God shows His strength in our weakness.

The Lord KILLS, then He makes alive!

The Lord raises the humble and casts down the proud!

God allows the ugly to turn it into beauty, He uses ugly as a gateway to beauty.

Your problems, your insufficiencies, your struggles, God's got a plan for them!

What you CAN'T do is where He calls you.

So when you see ugly, it's only a matter of time before you see a transformation!

This lame man was lame from birth. He sits at the gate called beautiful asking for change. He was at the right place at the right time! He may have been asking alms, but he got real change this time! He met the right ones! They said, "We ain't got no money, but we DO got Jesus!" Nothing stays the same in Jesus' name! He got CHANGE! His ugly deficiency became a beautiful encounter!

Check out the 'lepers with the goods', they were outside the GATE! They were pretty UGLY!

Isolated from civilization, rejected from the city due to their medical condition. But, ugly is the gateway to beauty! The city was in an ugly state as well! But there is a God in heaven that uses ugly to bring you victory!

Your situation may be dark; But, light shines in the darkness!

Your trial may be ugly; But, beautiful change exits from beauty!

I just wanna hit you with this Word from God! He knows how to turn everything around for your good and His glory! Your ugly situation is only His platform to work on!

HE PROCLAIMS LIBERTY TO CAPTIVES,

OPENS PRISON DOORS TO THOSE BOUND,

HE COMFORTS THOSE WHO MOURN,

GIVES BEAUTY FOR ASHES,

THE OIL OF JOY TO THOSE WHO MOURN,

AND A GARMENT OF PRAISE FOR THE SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS!

None can compare, He's the God that uses U-G-L-Y!

In The Air, But Under My Feet!

Psalm 8:3-9

3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

         The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

 ⁴ What is man that You are mindful of him,

         And the son of man that You visit him?

 ⁵ For You have made him a little lower than the angels,

         And You have crowned him with glory and honor.          

 ⁶ You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;

         You have put all things under his feet,

 ⁷ All sheep and oxen—

         Even the beasts of the field,

 ⁸ The birds of the air,

         And the fish of the sea 

         That pass through the paths of the seas. 

 ⁹ O LORD, our Lord,

         How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

This psalm is what I find to be the most profound out of all 150 of them!

"What is man that You are mindful of him?"

Ya see, in this generation, in this new year, people need to understand their worth to God!

Man has been the the most cherished creation of God since creation! The only beings that God had an appointed time and place for! We all know the story!

But, here's a new tone to your mind, walk in revelation and not emotion. 

God is thinking of you and me! 

He made us with authority, power, and purpose!

Here's the revelation, your worth to God is shown by your rank in creation!

He's made the stars in the sky, the sun, the moon, the universe and the only verbiage they get from God is a command to spin in orbit! 

God says: 

"Ocean, this is your boundaries and you shall not cross them!"

But, God takes the extra mile to visit man! He walks with the man and talks with the man!

It's RELATIONSHIP vs DUTY. That's right, relationship with man and creation's duty for God...

So, every created thing, God's placed man above! All things are subject to man! I won't go into the Hebrew of the word translated "angels" here but this is profound!

Even the birds of the air are subject to man! What's my point?

Here's my point:

Though they're in the air, they're under my feet!

Though the earth may shake, it's under my feet!

I'll take it a step further!

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."

Yes, I said it! Principalities, powers, rulers, spiritual hosts in [heavenly places]

In the air, but UNDER MY FEET!

Profound! 

But here's what happened when Jesus sent out 70.. they came back with a great report! They rejoiced! 

"Even the demons are subject to us in Your name!"

But listen, Jesus said, "I give you authority to trample... but don't rejoice in this, rather rejoice that your name is written in heaven"

Here's what I'm saying, the product of our personal relationship with God is the authority of Jesus the Christ!

Problems ARE coming, hard times WILL come, but it's only in Jesus that you will be able to say,

IN THE AIR, BUT UNDER MY FEET!

Your coming perplexities and struggles and storms, you can overcome with relationship and revelation with and in God!

Like Peter, we too can walk on the waves of the storm!

I pray, Jesus bids you to come into the revelation!