UNEXPECTED SPIRITUAL UPLIFT
Memorise: The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion:
rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. - Psalm 110:2
Read: Mark 9:2-10 (KJV)
2 And after six days Jesus taketh
with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain
apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining,
exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
4 And there appeared unto them Elias
with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
5 And Peter answered and said to
Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles;
one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
6 For he wist not what to say; for
they were sore afraid.
7 And there was a cloud that
overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my
beloved Son: hear him.
8 And suddenly, when they had looked
round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
9 And as they came down from the
mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had
seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another
what the rising from the dead should mean.
Bible in one Year: Numbers 7:12-89, 2 Corinthians 2:12-3:18
Just as God can suddenly pick up a beggar from the dunghill and set him on the
throne, it is also possible for Him to give a sudden spiritual promotion. One
blessed morning, Elisha woke up as the farmer’s son who wandered around with
Elijah as his servant; but by the evening of the same day, he had become a father
of all the sons of the prophets, and had in his possession twice the anointing
of his master (2 Kings 2:9-15). How awesome! Yes, it is possible to
experience a sudden spiritual promotion. Several years ago, at the Ebute-Metta
(Lagos) national headquarters of our Church, we normally held our workers’
meetings in the evening with pastors and workers sitting opposite each other.
On this particular Sunday evening, just before we prayed, we decided to do some
Bible study. I gave a passage of Scripture and asked everyone to give their
interpretation. By the time all the pastors had given their interpretation of
that scripture, they were not anywhere close to what I was expecting.
Thereafter, I extended the opportunity to the workers. One young worker got up
and gave an accurate interpretation of the subject matter, and I said,
“Congratulations, pastor!” As soon as he heard me say that, he immediately
grabbed his seat and moved over to sit with the pastors. In protest, the
pastors said, “No, it was only a mistake”. “What mistake?” asked the young man,
“The General Overseer has called me a pastor; what else do I need? Then I waded
in saying “My son, ordination with the anointing oil will come later, but from
now on, you are a pastor.
Here is another truth about promotion: whether you experience an ascent or
descent in life depends on who is holding your hand. If God is holding your
hand, He will take you from glory to glory, and your promotion will continually
be accelerated. This was the secret of Joseph’s unprecedented promotion. Genesis
49:24 says:
“But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong
by the hand of the mighty God of Jacob; (From thence is the shepherd, the stone
of Israel:)”
But if you decide to go to the devil for promotion, you will surely end up in
shame. You cannot hold God with one hand and at the same time hold the devil.
If you do so, you can rest assured that you are on your own because God will
simply step aside. How close are you to the Lord? He can still take you up
suddenly in the area of the anointing and in other spiritual matters.
Key Point: Some sudden promotions are a result of a hidden period of
conscientious deliberate and sustained work of excellence.
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