THE LORD’S BRANCH CHRISTIAN CENTRE
THE BRANCH’S WAY-Isaiah 4:2 (A WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE)
Text:: Zechariah 4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
Another translation puts it this way “That tall mountain will be like a flat place for Zerubbabel. He will build the Temple, and when the most important stone is put in place, the people will shout, ‘Beautiful! Beautiful!" (Zechariah 4:7 ERV)
Today many people are facing great difficulties in life, mountain like problems that seem insurmountable. There are health challenges being faced by many people today, financial crisis is a common problem, there are those facing marital problems, poverty and hunger are siamese twins in many homes.
Zerubbabel in our text faced similar problems as we have today, but God told him that it's not by his own might, nor by his own power, but God's Spirit (power). Not until we realize that our help will not come from our own strength and power. But from the Spirit of God we will not be able to overcome our problems (Zechariah 4: 6 & 7). There is no problem that is too great or too big that God cannot solve. There is common parlance in the Christiandom nowadays "What God cannot do does not exist". God asked Sarah this question “Is there anything too hard for the Lord? If we recall Sarah was about ninety years old without a child and God told her by a year's time you will carry your own child, she laughed, because what God said to her was too tall an order that is unbelievable (Genesis 18: 14a). Are you in that kind of a situation as Sarah? I prophesy into your life you will carry your own child in a year's time in the Mighty Name of Jesus the name that is above every name.
Whatever is the mountain that is confronting you, know that God is above that mountain, our God controls nature, all the elements are subject unto Him. Jesus on the Sea of Galilee stilled the storm. He will sill every storm in your life today in Jesus name. God divided the Red Sea before the children of Israel and made them to pass through a dry land, but in the same Red Sea the Egyptians , and their chariots and horses were drown. That your long time problem will end in the Red Sea of life today in Jesus name. God brought water from the Rock the very least place where one ever expects water to come from. The favour and miracles that you least expect will come your way in this very week in Jesus name. The Bible says that the Voice of God breaks the cedar of Lebanon ( cedar trees grow to the height of about 120 feet with a circumference of about 30 feet)(Psalm 29: 5- 6). I pray that God will speak to your problems today in Jesus name.
For our mountains to move we need faith in God, our focus should not be on the problem but on God who is able to do all things. God is all we need. In the book of Joshua 3: 12- 17, God gave specific instructions to the children of Israel on how to cross River Jordan. Without the priests taking the first step in stepping into the river they would not have been able to cross the river. Most often, God will not provide solutions to our problems until we put our complete trust in Him by doing what He expects us to do first.
Jesus Christ said in Matthew 17:21 "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting" what this means is that we need faith, discipline and humility before God; without which there can be no hope of success. We must hold our bull by the horns. In Mark 11:23 Jesus said "That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith"(Same can be seen in Matthew 17:20; 21: 21).
Job 22:28 says "Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways". In Matthew 18:18 Jesus said "Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven". These
Bible verses are telling us that God has given us ways and means by which to deal with our problems.
David issued a curse on the mountains of Gilboa, "let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings" (2 Samuel 1: 21a). It is time for us to rise up and confront our mountains. It does not matter how long the mountain has been standing, it must move today. In the book of Micah 6:1 God said "Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice". God said to Ezekiel in - Ezekiel 36:1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.
WHAT TO DO:
Be genuinely born again with a strong relationship with God.
Holy living in and out i.e we must be morally pure and spiritually whole.
Absolute faith in God -
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him : for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. And such a person can't receive anything from God.
Do not ask things from God for selfish motives.
Do not hold grudges against other people.
PRAYERS
Thou destroying mountain in my destiny I command you by the name of Jesus become plain.
Generational destroying mountain of my blood line be wasted in Jesus name.
Thou ancient mountain of my father's house, your end has come, be scattered in Jesus name.
Every evil effect of any name in my bloodline be nullified in Jesus name.
The problem I am going through that originated from anyone in my bloodline, be destroyed in Jesus name.
Every negative transaction currently affecting my life, blood of Jesus cancell them in Jesus name.
Failure magnet in my life caltch fire in Jesus name.
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