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BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD



THE LORD’S BRANCH CHRISTIAN CENTRE
THE BRANCH’S WAY-Isaiah 4:2 (A WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE) Sunday March 3, 2024

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD
Text: Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Another translation 
[10] Be still, (Stop struggling, Calm down, Enough) and know ( recognize and understand) that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The present economic doldrums is making many people to be anxious as many are living in constant fear of the unknown. There is the fear of what to eat, what to drink, what to put on, there is also the fear of the wellbeing of the children. In all these God is saying "be still, call down, stop fretting, I AM in control. Be patient I AM there in your situation. God is saying allow me to prove Myself in you 
At this juncture the song of Kirk Franklin comes to mind, part of it goes thus:
"I know, that I can make it (Hallelujah)
I know that I can stand 
No matter what may come my way, my life is in Your Hands 
With Jesus, I can take it 
With Him I know I can stand 
No matter what may come my way, My life is in Your Hands"
I want to assure you that "The Lord of host is with us, The God of Jacob is our refuge (Psalm 46: 7). And He will be exalted in our lives, in Nigeria and on the earth. God is always there to help, He is our Jehovah Shammah, He is there as our refuge, security, and peace and He will meet all our needs.
God asked a question in the book of Jeremiah 32: 27 He said "Is there any thing too hard for Me"? God asked Abraham this same question when God told him he was going to have a baby through Sarah who was about ninety years old and he was about hundred years of age. Abraham laughed at God but God stilled his doubt when at the time of life Sarah gave birth. Ask yourself "is this problem (condition, sickness etc) I am going through too hard for the Lord"?
I can assure you that there is no problem that is too hard for God to handle, if only you will allow Him. Come to think of it who would have believed that Abraham would have a child at hundred years of age and still raise him to adulthood. Our God is an expert in doing the impossible daily. He will turn your impossibilities to possibilities in the name of Jesus.
God wants you and I to witness to those around us of His power, and goodness by what we say, and what we do. God said in Isaiah 43:10 "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me". In the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus there was no problem that did not receive solution. The Scriptures say "He went about doing good". And He is still in the business of doing good. All Christ is waiting for is for you to allow Him into your life.
Joel 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. For us not to be shamed, God requires true repentance from us coupled with holy living in and out.
Zechariah said "And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one" (Zechariah 14: 9)
The Word of the Lord is true, and it is yea and amen. His word is living and active, sharper than a double edged sword. The Word of the Lord is dependable (2 Corinthians 1: 20, Hebrews 4: 12). No wonder the Scriptures say "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?(Numbers 23: 19).
God proved Himself as The Almighty God in Sarah's life. He removed shame from Sarah, Hannah and Elizabeth. This same God shall remove shame from your life and family in the Holy name of Jesus. God's appointed time for your life shall come by fire, in the name of Jesus.
At the Red Sea, God proved Himself before the children of Israel. The enemies of the Israelites pursued them from the gate of Egypt to the banks of the Red Sea where they taught there is no help for them. But God arose and made a way for His children, this same God will make a way for you that the enemies have blocked in the name of Jesus.
God stood against Dathan, Korah and Abiram on behalf of Moses. God will stand on your behalf against all your enemies in Jesus name. At Mount Camel God shamed and disgraced all the prophets of Baal and He honoured Himself in the life of Elijah. God will exalt you before all your enemies in the name of Jesus.
God took Ezekiel to the valley of dry bones, and He asked him if the bones can live? He thereafter asked Ezekiel to prophesy on them and they came alive. I decree into every good thing that is dead in your life to receive the living Spirit of God and come alive. Let every dead destiny, dead career, dead organ in the body, dead marriage, dead brain, dead relationship to receive the resurrection power of God and come alive now in the name of Jesus.
The woman with the issue of blood for 12 years met with Jesus and what no other powers can solve, despite spending all her living was solved within seconds by merely touching the clothes of Jesus. I prophesy into your life because you are reading this message, that every long time problem in your life will receive solution in the name of Jesus.
Jesus calmed the storm at the Sea of Galilee just as it was prophesied in the book of Psalm 107: 29 "He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still". I command the raging storm in your life to be still in the name of Jesus. There is no problem that would not bow before Jesus, even the mad man of Gadarene when he saw Jesus he bowed, so will all your problems bow before Jesus today in the name of Jesus .
However, for Jesus to take charge of your life and situation you must be His friend. You must be genuinely born again. You must live a holy life in and out. The Holy Spirit must be abiding in you. You must also love God by being a good representative of Him in acts and deeds.
PRAYERS 
1. My Lord and my God encounter me now in Jesus name.
2. Foundational voices cursing my destiny be silenced forever in Jesus name.
3. Every power of darkness exercising evil authority over me be destroyed in Jesus name.
4. Covenant of profitless hardwork, break in the name of Jesus 
5. Rope of failure in my foundation break into pieces in Jesus name.

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