MIRACULOUS AND RIDICULOUS ARE TWINS – Pastor Issac Olutimehin
This is a bit long, please create time to patiently read through, am sure you will be blessed.
TEXT:
John 2:5 KJV.
“His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it”.
MESSAGE
☆☆☆ Jesus was invited to attend a wedding in Cana of Galilee and his mother was there too.
☆☆☆ The disciples of Jesus were equally there.
☆☆☆ The wine finished and the people wanted more.
☆☆☆ The bible recorded that the mother of Jesus told her son to do something about the situation.
☆☆☆ Jesus responded “woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come” – John 2:4.
☆☆☆ However, because the woman knew what Jesus could do, now said to the disciples 👇
“whatsoever he saith unto you, do it” – John 2:5.
☆☆☆ Jesus later gave an instruction 👇
“Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim”
[8] “And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it” – John 2:7-8.
☆☆☆ The bible recorded that the water turned wine later became the best wine ever.
☆☆☆ Such that when the chairman of the wedding reception tasted the new wine, he said 👇
“And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now” – John 2:10.
☆☆☆ Beloved, what instructions has the Lord given to you lately!!!
☆☆☆ Obedience is key.
“Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it”.
☆☆☆ The instruction may not agree with your common sense but still do it all the same.
☆☆☆ Remember, God himself said 👇
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord” – Isaiah 55:8.
☆☆☆ When your challenges seem to be at the peak, that is the time God is set to intervene.
☆☆☆ Beloved, divine help usually arrive when the heat is so much on you.
☆☆☆ The bible says 👇
“And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad” – 1 Samuel 11:9.
☆☆☆ Having read the above verse of the bible, the question that will readily come to mind is: why must the people wait till the sun be hot before help would come?
☆☆☆ Beloved, this is the time most people give up, not knowing that their miracle is near.
☆☆☆ If the 3 Hebrews, in Daniel 3:20-25, had given up, we wouldn’t be talking about them today.
☆☆☆ The temptation to give up was so much on them but they took their stand for God and help eventually came.
¶¶¶ I will conclude with this testimony to encourage somebody reading this message today 👇
“Mr Luis, we are sending home your children from school, they haven’t paid their school fees and we will not allow them to take the exams”.
Luis began to plead but the principal wouldn’t budge.
Just as he dropped the phone, another call came in, it was from his landlord, he had given him an ultimatum of one week to pay the house rent or he would be forced out of the apartment.
The moment he dropped the phone, a text message also filtered in, a business partner he was owing money was on his way to arrest him.
Luis began to cry “Jesus I am in trouble, I need you to show up for me, the world is caving in on me, I need your help”.
Just then he heard a voice so clear as though the person was standing next to him and the voice said “dance”. It sounded crazy but Luis was desperate, he would do anything at that moment.
Luis put in a Christian CD and he began to dance, so much joy and peace filled his heart, he forgot about all his troubles and just danced before God.
Suddenly he got a text message, it was a bank alert for ten million Naira. It was the payment of a long time contract he did that the man who gave the contract didn’t want to pay.
That was the moment God decided to touch the man and he felt he must pay at that minute.
Luis could not believe it, he put on his clothes and rushed to his bank to be sure that he wasn’t dreaming, it was real.
Luis immediately removed his tithe and made three transfers: One to the school, one to the landlord and the last to his business partner.
Luis began to scream “Thank You Jesus” in the bank, they all thought he was crazy but he just couldn’t control himself anymore.
☆☆☆ Jesus had saved him from shame.
☆☆☆ Beloved, If you forget anything about God, don’t ever forget that the MIRACULOUS is linked to the RIDICULOUS!
The miraculous and the ridiculous are twins.
☆☆☆ When God wanted to part the red sea for the children of Israel, he asked Moses to stretch forth the rod in his hand.
☆☆☆ When God wanted to bring down the walls of Jericho which were so strong and thick, God asked the children of Israel to shout! And the walls fell.
☆☆☆ When Jesus wanted to turn water to wine, he asked the servants, at the marriage feast, to fill the pots with water and serve it!
☆☆☆ Beloved, the red sea didn’t part because a man stretched out a rod.
☆☆☆ The walls of Jericho didn’t collapse because a group of people shouted.
☆☆☆ Water didn’t turn to wine because they filled the pots and served it.
☆☆☆ These miracles happened because God gave instructions, though those instructions sounded Ridiculous, the people obeyed and the Miraculous happened.
☆☆☆ What instruction has God given you of recent or in the past that you are yet to obey!!!
☆☆☆ It may sound ridiculous but your next level of greatness can be tied to that instruction, obey instantly!
☆☆☆ God may tell you to sow a seed, forgive someone, spend time reading your Bible, just obey.
“Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it” and do it promptly too.
☆☆☆ Somebody may want to ask “how do I hear instructions from God?”.
☆☆☆ Don’t be eager to rush out after you have prayed.
☆☆☆ Start your prayer by praising God and end with praising God, then wait for God to talk to you.
☆☆☆ Prayer is a dialogue not a monologue, you have said certain things to God, so wait for him to talk back to you.
PRAYERS
1. Father, please speak to me concerning the challenges disturbing the peace of my life.
2. Father, give me the grace to carry out your instructions.
3. Oh God my father, let the ridiculous turn to the Miraculous for me in Jesus name.
4. My father, my father, don’t let me give up at the peak of my breakthrough in Jesus name.
5. Father, you are the miracle working God, let me enjoy miracles unprecedented and testimonies without number in Jesus name.
6. Lord Jesus, step into my situation and let my life become sweet again in Jesus name.
7. Father, turn whatever represents sorrow in my life to bundles of joy in Jesus name.
8. As I journey through life, I refuse to be unfortunate in Jesus name.
9. I will not miss my time of divine intervention in Jesus name.
10. All this will end in praises and I will surely testify.
PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS
I pray for somebody this day, may you listen and carry out divine instructions concerning your situation in Jesus name.
I pray for a particular individual out there, you are eager to hear from God. May you begin to hear from God today in Jesus name.
I pray for another fellow, may you not disobey God’s instructions at the point of your breakthrough in Jesus mighty name.
Receive the grace to obey God and to obey him fully in Jesus name.
I prophesy, at the peak of your crisis, the Lord shall step in with a miracle to settle you in Jesus name.
I decree, the Lord shall supply every wine that your marriage needs to be sweet again in Jesus name.
I decree, declare and prophesy, the miracle worker himself will perform a miracle in your life today that will shock and silence your mockers permanently in Jesus name.
Jesus will step into your situation today and your heart desires shall be granted in Jesus mighty name.
Be blessed.
Pastor Olutimehin Isaac is a pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God.
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