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!

Sneak Peek: Entrance to Grace

"Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin." Romans 3:20


Through the man, Moses, God delivered the Law to the children of Israel. But, the Law was for a purpose that many fail to recognize. God knew that there was a flaw in the Law, but He purposely allowed it. 


The Law was to reveal the need of Him! The Law was not JUST rules to follow, it was a standard of living. It opened the eyes of the people by revealing that they were not living up to the standard of God, therefore, they needed God in order to live accordingly.


Thus, simply being a good person doesn't gain you access to God. You cannot enter His presence because you're "good". Nothing we have is what we deserve. All that we lose is not because we deserve to lose it, we don't deserve to live!
But, this is all about grace. Grace didn't abolish the Law, it established the Law's fullness! It's fullness is Christ!


He was the only one who could tear down the barrier! The people were totally afraid of God's presence on the Mount. And that's the purpose of the Law. 


God was saying: 
"If you come near Me, you will surely die! You are sinful and My presence alone will point out your sin and being that I am holy, you cannot even approach Me!"


But, here's what God's work in this was:
"Therefore, since I love you so much, I'm going to give you what you do not deserve. I, Myself, will come down in a Man's body, being holy and perfect and all powerful, I will humble Myself and be destroyed for the very reason that you cannot approach Me and I'll separate that wall between us!"


Here's an entrance into grace... not disobeying the Law, but God dismantling our penalty if we choose to recognize our need for Him.

Anointing of the Anointed

Many have heard of the story of David in the Bible. It is quite remarkable that his "victories" are not discussed before he was anointed next in line to be King of Israel.

It goes on from the recounting of the lion and the bear. Then, there's Goliath. David came to Goliath in the name of the Lord!

Note: This is not about power, it's about IDENTITY!

A lot of us struggle with many situations but life could be a bit different if we'd just understand something... EVERY time we're faced with trouble.

After being anointed, the kid had some major gut boost. But, somehow, David understood who he would be and had confidence in God!

But one thing David had a good view of was that since he was anointed, the anointing would operate the destiny in the present. God inhabits eternity and grabs your destiny and puts it in your heart now. It is vital for the child of God to know their identity in Christ!

"You are anointed to do as the occasion demands!" as my pastor states.

Many are in an identity crisis! That's the devil's manipulative work.
The devil is aware of the emanating power of the Spirit that dwells in us and he has no chance against it. What he does is remove your awareness of the fact. It is written, "My people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge."

We must dive into the Word of God and view ourselves in that mirror. And with the gained knowledge of our identity, begin to do as the occasions demand!

David was anointed king and his anointing gathered him spoil as a boy, before he became king.
Don't allow the enemy to shove you around and strip away your rights in Christ.

As Saul said to David...
“Go, and the LORD be with you!”_1 Samuel 17:37

An Everyday-Thing...

Corruption... it's everywhere!
Yes, it's even in the church today. We live in a day and age where it's rather hard to distinguish between the church and the world!
Churches are practicing unbiblical matters and yet claim to glorify God through these things.
What deception!

The "people of God" have gotten out of the book in this century, although it has been happening since the church began.

But, Peter said that scoffers will come in the last days... they're here. Do the math.
Paul warns Timothy about perilous times and perilous men... in the church! We're in those days!

Corrupt things have crept in, what we call these days, the church. Jesus strictly warns of corruption in the household of faith!
Hold up, let's make sure the majority is covered..

Foreign doctrines and practices that are ungodly and against the Holy Writ of God!

Our generation of men and women of God needs to be a standing generation, not just a dancing generation!

We must rise up to the upward call of God and Apostolic Ministry in these days of deception. We must be firmly grounded in this thing and base our lives on the Chief Cornerstone; Jesus the Christ!

Doesn't mean the scoffers will go away...
Doesn't mean the corruption will fade away...
Doesn't mean everyone will be saved...

But what it really means is that God will fulfill His purposes in our midst regardless of those who do not take heed!

The enemy plants tares though the wheat is good. The corruption grows with the good seed, but God knows the end...

Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” Matt. 13:30