Month: March 2023

“8. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

9. Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.”

Yesterday, we studied Short Time Provision which lasted just for a while. Most time we think we have them all and want more of such provision but they are soon exhausted. 

Today, we shall be checking Long Time Provision. These provisions are always available for long, so most times, we take them for granted. We have developed over familiarity with them and they seems not to be seen as provision but as right which is the mistake. Also, these provisions become too engrossed with the vision carrier that they belittle them. Long time provision helps one’s ministry and vision, that without them quiting would have been the option 

Elijah finished with the short time provision and God led Him to the long time provision which was a widow with her little son. We saw how God gave Elijah a long time provision till the rain returns to the land. Also, it’s good to know that, long time provision also expires, but one good thing about long time provision is this, it still accommodates short time provisions, they can run concurrently. Hur and Bezalel were short time provision for Moses, while Joshua and Caleb were long time provisions for Moses. But all these provisions are meant to fulfill God’s given vision in our individual lives. Which ever provision that’s available for us at every point in time, we need to know and see them as God’s provision and not our effort. Stop being angry with the short time provision which has elapsed, focus on the present provision and thank God for them always.

Good day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“7. And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

8. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

9. Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.”

Yesterday, we discussed “Provision is Timely”. We got to know that, one can miss the provision if care is not taken. Missing a ladder might not be easy to recover, it needs enough strenght to keep moving on. Today, we’re talking about different time frame for Provision. For every Vision given by God, there are many Provisions attached to time. There are;

Short Time Provision, 

Long Time Provision, 

Lasting Time Provision and 

Ministry Attracted Provision. We shall be studying these one after the other.

Short time provision. An example was where we studied yesterday, Elijah being fed by the raven at the brook. It’s a short time provision. This may be ‘men provision’ or ‘material provision’. When you share or kick up with your vision, these are people that stood by you, encouraged, motivated, supported you financially or materially. They stood by you for that moment and after a while, they zoomed off, you begin to think of what happened between you and them. Some ministry or company kicked off and started manifesting, then things just began to go down because some members or staff left, some support or help began to withdraw, not because you miss handled or miss managed them all, lots of these are short time provision which we needed to have utilized rightly.

Short time provision makes way for other provision. That provision you have now, utilized them well, you can’t say if they are short time provision. The bible said, 

“And it came to pass after a while, *that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.”* 1 Kings 17:7.

That brook may dry soon, profit from it now.

Good day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“1. And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

2. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

3. Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

4. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

5. So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

6. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

As we’ve seen, every Godly vision has an assigned provision attached to it. God won’t send you on an errand without equipping you. We also discussed that , provision for vision can be human provision, skill provision and God, himself, going with us.

Today, we move forward to say, godly provisions are timely and can be missed. Don’t be surprise. God gives Vision and makes Provision available for the fulfillment, but those provision has a time frame. One of the reasons we suffer running God’s vision is, missing the timely provision. When you refuse to utilize the human provision, by looking down or writing them off, by misusing them or not recognizing them, you are on the verge of loosing the provision.

If Elijah hadn’t recognized the raven bird and appreciated it, he would have suffered the consequences of famine in the land. If he had believed in himself and refuses to go to the river to wait for the raven, he would have missed the provision made available for him and claim God didn’t care about Him. Hope you recognized your Vision and it’s provision? Hope you appreciate your provisions and you are utilizing them? They are timely and can be missed. Go after that provision today and stop looking down on it.

Good day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

12. And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

The greatest of all provision for God vision is God going with us, leading the way and giving us instructions every moment. This is what to know, God knew we can’t make the journey on our own. He knew we don’t even know the routes to the vision He’s giving us but He’s present is the only strength that will make all journey easier. When He gave the great commission to His disciples in the book of Matthew 28, He said before departing, 

“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: AND, LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD. AMEN.”

No matter the matters along the routes He is with us. Come rain, come sunshine, He will never leave nor forsake us except we forsake Him.

When Joseph was in a foreign land God was always with Him, in Potiphar’s House, God was with him, in the prison, He was with him, even in the palace. Likewise, He is standing right beside us as we journey. Challenges and oppositions are not proves that we are forsaking, No, they are reasons to search for His face and seek His counsel consistently. 

He told Moses, “AND HE SAID, CERTAINLY I WILL BE WITH THEE.” God is saying to us today that, He Is With Us as we run with that vision. He’s by our side as the Man of War, the pillar of fire and pillar of Cloud both day and night, just give Him a call when the road seems dark and rough, He will reveal Himself to you. It’s not our vision but He’s, so He wouldn’t let us do it alone, He is saying to us this morning, 

AND, LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD. AMEN.”

Good day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“1. And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

2. And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

3. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

4. And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

The second provision God make available for His vision is “An Instruments for the Vision”, yes, working tools to use in accomplishing the vision. These tools stands as the anointing to function. It’s the tool to wrougth miracles and achieve the vision ahead of you. God won’t send you on a mission empty handed, He’ll make provisions for the assignment. This tools differentiate you on the field.

God turned Moses shepherd’s rod to Instrument for His vision. He turned Moses hands to an instrument for the vision, to perform miracles when on mission. You are not empty as long as He gave you the vision to run. He has endowed you with the needed instrument to carry out the mission. Joseph’s instrument was his ability to care for others, hospitality even in the prison. David was endowed with the use of sling. He told King Saul, I can’t go with your tools, let me function rightly with mine tools. You are not empty, you just need to identify your God’s given tools for the assignment. 

The rod of Moses wrought miracles in the land of Egypt. After leaving the land of Egypt, the same rod parted the red sea, the same rod brought water out of the rock, what is that instrument God gave you for the vision? We all need to identify it so the vision will be accomplished using the right tools. Locate or ask God for that tools for the vision and you will end up running the vision rightly.

Good day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“Go, And Gather The Elders Of Israel Together, And Say Unto Them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:”

The first provision God will always make available for His vision is “Human Provision”, supporters of Vision. God’s vision is always bigger than what one man or woman can carry. It’s always wider than you can imagine, so, He always makes provisions of man ( human support) to accomplish the vision.

He told Moses “Go, And Gather The Elders Of Israel Together.” Provision of elders is always available for us when God releases His vision to everyone. Moses was privileged to enjoy more of human provision in his days. 

Aaron was another Human Provision God made available for Moses. God gave him direct leading and specified where to locate him, Exo. 4:13-15.

How do you recognize this Human provision? They are Vision listeners. They are encouragers. God has really spoken with them before you approach them. In the days of Apostle Paul, God went ahead to speak with Ananias as a Vision provision to meet Paul. There are always Human Provision to assist your Godly Vision. In the time of Joseph, The human provision came (in disguise) as the Ishmaelite who bought him out of His brothers hand (evil plan) and took him to Egypt. Sometimes, your Human provision may look like your enemy but God has made them available to fulfill his vision in your life.

Check around you to locate those human provision. Recognize and start utilizing them for that vision to be accomplish.

See you tomorrow.

Good day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“21. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.”

We continue to list some ways God’s vision is received. 

4. Through Service. 

Joshua Numb. 27:18 & Joshua 1:1-2. and 2 Kings 1. Elijah.

God gives one vision while serving Him. Your service to God through men can be a link to your God’s given vision. Through service you can get your accurate assignment in life. Elisha and Joshua were servants to Elijah and Moses respectively. They weren’t the only ones serving but their service brought about their God’s given Vision. Serve God to earn your Godly Vision.

5. Through your skill. 

Bezallel and Oholiab. Exo. 31:1-6.

God gives Vision through one’s skills. Get this, every gift and talent are for a purpose in God’s kingdom. Bezalel and Oholiab were not Priest or Levites, neither are they leaders of war or servant but their skills was the vision of God for their lives. Your skills are not yours, they are for God’s purpose, so, be sensitive to listen to His leading through that skills.

6. Passion. Nehemiah

Nehemiah 1-2.

God releases His Vision to men through passion, what you have interest in doing, having a heart for a particular thing to make it right. Longing for things to turn around and working towards it. Passion is another means that God gives Vision. Nehemiah wasn’t called to rebuild the wall but He took it up and built it. Many of us have this passion but we turn it down. We are waiting for an audible voice from God but it doesn’t work that way, Your Passion is a pointer to your God given Vision.

Have you found one or two ways that God has been pointing you to His vision for your life? Vision is not silence, we are not just hearing the voice but it keeps speaking around us. Be sensitive the more to know your God given Vision.

Good day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“21. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.”

We made it known yesterday that, God is the giver of Vision. We don’t just choose our vision, we follow His leading. Then, how do we discover the Vision of God for our lives? Let’s check through the manual of God. God can reveal our vision to us in diverse ways. The scripture point to us how we can receive our assignment through God.

1. Through God’s Directives. Gen 12:1-6.

Abraham received His assignment. The vision of Abraham was to leave His father’s house and country and reside in another please where He will show him. One good thing about God’s vision is that, God, most of the time, locate you Himself and send you on an errand. No record of Abraham praying for assignment or direction but when our way Please the Lord, He locate us and assigned to us His vision for our lives.

2. Through Circumstances.

Moses. Exo. 3:1-10.

God located Moses and attracted him with the burning bush. When God want to give you an assignment, He created circumstances to draw your attention to Himself. When He get your attention, He gives you the assignment. Getting your attention might be in different ways, it might be through our curiosity, needs, or challenges. He uses situations to get our focus.

3. Through Dreams while sleeping. Gen. 28:10-18, 37:5-11, Math. 1:20-25.

Jacob, Joseph, his Son and Joseph, Mary’s Husband. 

Joseph had dreams of what the Lord will want Him become right from childhood. God gives us our life Vision through dreams, while sleeping or in the form of trance which we know it’s different. Jacob also heard dream while running from His father’s house and God spoke with him about His plans for His life. Joseph, Mary’s Husband receive the conviction about Jesus and His safety through dreams.

God decides on the best means to use to reveal His vision and assignments to us, it’s at His own discretion not ours, but what we need to do is to be sensitive to His voice and leading. We will see more of these ways as we move on in this studies.

Good day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“2. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

3. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”

Every man on earth is created to fulfill a purpose being ordained by God even before the creation of man which is called “A Vision”. 

Genesis 1:26

“26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

There is vision for Adam before his creation. Likewise, you and I have a purpose to fulfill in life. We’re not created by mistake because of how we were given birth to, No, there is a vision for each and everyone of us to fulfill. Not fulfilling those vision makes us miserable. This Vision is known by God and can only be given accurately, by God. Also, Every Vision from God has provision backing it up, Yes, God won’t sent you on an errand without what you’ll need for the assignment. Every Vision from God comes with provision, provision can be in form of gift (Skills), talent, resources, human provision and others things. If you are running that vision from God, you have the provision along. Let’s make this journey together as we see God unveiling to us our vision and provision for our lives.

Good day and God bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.