THE NEW YEAR
We begin on a high note and anticipation of the NEW YEAR especially from the 'MBER' months and we begin to measure and quantify our achievements for the year through those spontaneous months. We try to put all our NEW Year projections into review and see if we had made progress or have been unfortunate through the course of the year, and if all didn't settle in correctly we then begin the new anticipation for the NEW YEAR and then make new goals and resolutions on how to pilot the New Year in a more positive and effective manner.
Well I won't say it is out of place to make New Years projections and resolutions, I am only particular of how best your year can be more effective and purposeful.
2021 and the previous years were years of good tidings and blessings, but to some degree of truth and reality you were ignorant of the hidden treasures and opportunities that were littered here and there waiting for you to grab them and become better positioned than what is presently obtainable.
The anticipation for the NEW YEAR isn't the issue, but the heart position of the man walking into a year filled with lots of blessings and opportunities is that which is important.
Your heart posture can make you or mare you, the year was the same year that people you know got blessed and lifted, and still you feel it wasn't your year. It was, only you failed to understand the Systematic order of Gods spiritual Pulls and Release that are embedded in every year, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds for your life...
You fail to understand that getting closer to God for the right intentions matter more to Him than you ever think.
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
Matthew 6:33
God is not man that can be easily deceived nor mocked, by pretending to show love and affections towards Him and wanting to get some other thing in return. God looks at your intentions and knows why you are coming close.
Genesis 22
After these things God decided to test Abraham’s faith. God said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Yes!” Then God said, “Take your son to the land of Moriah and kill your son there as a sacrifice for me. This must be Isaac, your only son, the one you love. Use him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains there. I will tell you which mountain.” In the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took Isaac and two servants with him. He cut the wood for the sacrifice. Then they went to the place where God told them to go. After they traveled three days, Abraham looked up, and in the distance he saw the place where they were going. Then he said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go to that place and worship. Then we will come back to you later.” Abraham took the wood for the sacrifice and put it on his son’s shoulder. Abraham took the special knife and fire. Then both he and his son went together to the place for worship. Isaac said to his father Abraham, “Father!” Abraham answered, “Yes, son?” Isaac said, “I see the wood and the fire. But where is the lamb we will burn as a sacrifice?” Abraham answered, “God himself is providing the lamb for the sacrifice, my son.” So both Abraham and his son went together to that place. When they came to the place where God told them to go, Abraham built an altar. He carefully laid the wood on the altar. Then he tied up his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached for his knife to kill his son. But the angel of the LORD stopped him. The angel called from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” Abraham answered, “Yes?” The angel said, “Don’t kill your son or hurt him in any way. Now I can see that you do respect and obey God. I see that you are ready to kill your son, your only son, for me.” Then Abraham noticed a ram whose horns were caught in a bush. So Abraham went and took the ram. He offered it, instead of his son, as a sacrifice to God. So Abraham gave that place a name, “The LORD Provides.” Even today people say, “On the mountain of the LORD, he will give us what we need.”
"Then Abraham noticed a ram whose horns were caught in a bush."
In every year lies opportunities and meeting points of blessings, but every year you keep missing these long awaited blessings...
In the scripture above you would see that Abraham got to Moriah and was not observant of what was on the mountain... Same situation with many people who enter into a New Year, they enter into the New Year with many expectations, resolutions and ambitions and in the process they end up piloting their lives based on deceptions and personal / collective lies.
Until you allow The Spirit of the Lord pilot you Genuinely throughout the year you won't Observe like Abraham who later observed a ram on the same mountain which he was on with God(the ram was there all along).... Until you allow The Holy Spirit navigate you through this New Year and help you observe the right things, people and decisions to make, you will not be able to make the best from the year.
Who is God to you?
- Is He just the handyman who is obliged to answers your prayers and make you happy?
- Is God just your Mr giver man, the one who you see as your POS/ATM machine that is there to always answer you?
- Is God just another option to a better life or another deity that is meant to give you good health, wealth, power, fame and more without demanding so much from you?
Until you make God your complete and only priority in life, your only source and means of existence... then be sure to know you are on the path to making this year very different from other years.
The heart posture God wants from man is complete surrender to His will and purpose.
Abraham did it and he never regretted, Jacob did it and he never regretted it...
All you need do this year is to keep your concentration on God and no one else, obedience to His instructions and commands, keep track on God through His word - don't fall victim of god of men out there who Parade themselves as servants of God.
This year make reading of the bible a personal experience, with the Holy Spirit as your guide and companion through fervent study of His Word day and night you will see more truth about God and His kingdom, with Prayer as your strong means of communication with God.
Can you try to make this year a different one by submitting yourself completely to God's will and His kingdom, and then see how everything will fall into place for you.
Remember your submitting should be different from the old way of submitting;
- THE OLD WAY: You submit because you are expecting something of your own personal pleasure, want and desire. When it lingers for a while you begin to seek other means of making it happen.
Your Submitting is based on Expectations from God and not an act of worship to God and relationship with God.
This way is False and Fraudulent, you can never get God's blessings through this dubious way.
- THE CORRECT HEART POSTURE
When expecting from God you are expected to put your desire behind you and place your submission to His will as top priority.
God loves those who puts away their personal pleasures and desires aside, and put on His will.
In His will you don't consider time and the constraints of your personal wants and 'pressure', instead you seek for every means to obey God and continually please God through obedience to God's word and purpose.
(Mind you, I didn't tell you to obey one pastor, bishop or reverend most of these people are not doing God's will, but are using the scriptures as tools to fool and steal from people. 85%-90% of so called men of God out there are thieves and enemies of Jesus Christ
Should I not obey servants of God anymore?
I do not imply that, I am only saying if you blindly fall for in quote "men of God" you have yourself to blame.
Study the word of God and allow the Holy Spirit to dwell within you heavily and through this you will be able to discern who is of God and who is a fraud.
The New Year is another enclosure of greatness and blessings, all that is needed is the right spirit to see you through the year, so you can identify all that is within the year.
You need seek God with the right heart posture and with genuine intention.
I pray for you; may your year be blessed and filled with God's blessings, and may you discover God and find Him in His great power and glory in Jesus mighty name, Amen!
MARANATHA!
Pastor Chidi J. Ohanum.
