Inspiring the world
You are
My first and last breath
My life and joy
My sustenance and peace
By you
I am preserved and protected
Your name is sweet
And precious
And at the mention
Of your name
Every knee must bow
Jesus
May your name
Be my daily song
And prayer
May it be
My last prayer
And word
May it be said physically
And in my spirit
Because
I know that
You are my first and last breath
4. Passion Will Sustain Our Relationship
And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. (Revelation 21:6 ESV)
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come. ” And let the one who hears say, “Come. ” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. (Revelation 22:17 ESV)
In this vision, I was in the Spirit, telling the Lord how much I love Him. The Lord loves to hear words of love and worship and He had commanded me in the past to keep expressing my love to Him and not be cold towards Him.
As I was pouring out my words of love, worship and adoration to Him, He came upon me and I was filled with joy and exhilaration. A heavenly love enveloped me and I was in ecstasy and great delight. Then I saw His garment and exclaimed to Him, “I saw your garment! I saw your garment!” He was putting on a magnificent white inner garment and an elegant outer garment made of gold. The heavenly garment was beautiful beyond description as I marvelled at the glorious design.
Then I said to Him, “ I love you. What are your likes and dislikes? Tell me what will sustain our relationship.”
Then the Lord replied in a stern voice. “Passion. Passion will sustain our relationship.” Then I came out of the trance.
I guess the Lord’s voice was stern because He had taught me the importance of seeking His presence and desire for His presence but I still fall short of the level of passion and intimacy He desires. He wants hot burning love that will magnetise Him to us not tepidness, lukewarmness and coldness.
The Lord is full of love, passion and fire and He also desires love, passion and fire. Love for Him leads to constant obedience and the command to us in Ephesians 5:18 to be filled with the Holy Spirit is part of obedience. He is constantly waiting for us to embrace Him but we are filled with self effort and self dependence.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18
The conclusion is that passion is very essential and vital in our relationship with Him. We must desire and hunger for Him and His presence in order to be constantly filled. We should do this in the place of prayer, intimacy, fellowship, worship and constant communion with Him.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with us always. Amen.
At the junction of light
I met my beloved
There we held hands
And embraced
His eyes sparkled of light
And His skin was gold
I held His right hand
And gazed at the golden skin
In awe and wonder
He smelt of honey
Love, joy, peace
And fruitfulness
I picked a purple fruit
From His chest
And ate
Voraciously
He watched as I ate
Smiling tenderly
With eyes full
Of love and mercy
My belly was filled
With joy from the holy fruit
As I burst and spoke in
The heavenly language
I could feel the river
Flowing from my innermost being
And heard myself call Him
Sweet, holy and tender names
My heart was filled with love
For my golden prince.
Then He laughed in delight as He said,
“Today,
You have tasted my joy
Joy will be your companion
And best friend
You will never again know sorrow
Like you knew it
In the past
Rejoice in me
My beloved
Because
My name is joy.”
Then a golden cloud covered Him
And He disappeared.
May grace, peace
Mercy, love and joy
Be ours in full measure.
Great Prince
High and lifted up
Holy and pure
Powerful and awesome
Be my magnificent obsession
May I always hunger
And thirst for righteousness
May pleasing you
Become my life’s ambition
And
Overtake and swallow
All other desires
May I love
The way you loved
And may I forgive
The way you forgave
May my zeal for your
Fathers house
Be my all encompassing desire
May my food be
To do the will of God
And finish His work
Great Prince
I stand in awe and
Wonder
Of your great love
Please be my
Magnificent obsession
6. Power Through His Spirit
That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, (Ephesians 3:16 NKJV)
That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, (Ephesians 3:17 NKJV)
I pray that he would give you, according to his glorious riches, strength in your inner being and power through his Spirit. Ephesians 3:16
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen (Ephesians 3:20 – 3:21 NKJV)
Might or power in the inner man means that Christ is dwelling in us. This means knowing and experiencing the love of Christ. Christ is the power and wisdom of God. He can live in you with a lot of glory and He can live in you with scanty or no glory. He is there but you won’t feel or experience His glory just like when the glory left Israel. Do you remember Ichabod ?- the glory has departed or no glory.
God is everywhere but His glory is not everywhere. His glory dwells in heaven and visits earth. However, He is in Hell as the omnipresent God in all of creation, but His glory is completely absent in Hell. Wrath or punishment is what lives in hell and these are caused by the human nature and disobedience not God.
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Psalm 139:8
The power of Christ resting upon the spirit of man is the love of Christ. It is possible for us to be Christians yet Christ is not dwelling in the inner man. Rather, weakness, infirmity and decay dwells in the inner man. Paul said this prayer because he recognised the need to pray for us to be strengthened with might or power in the inner man. God is able to do this in Jesus name.
Christ already lives in us. This is talking about Christ as the power and glory of God. It is talking about His manifest presence dwelling in us. Christ’s Spirit lives in every believer but the glory in every believer varies. The Bible says we are being transformed from glory to glory. This means that the glory or manifest presence of Christ in us must keep increasing, till we are filled up, and surrounded by His very essence, beauty and glory.
Christ dwelling in us through faith means unwavering belief in the blood of Jesus that set us free, praying with expectation and not wavering or doubting. It means constant praise, worship, thanksgiving and rejoicing. We do all these with persistence and perseverance without turning back or giving up.
These are all acts of faith. Faith is a multidimensional concept with many variables. As long as we embrace and practice the variables of faith persistently with love, worship, thanksgiving, praise and expectation God will not fail us. He is a faithful God – if we draw near to Him in faith, He will draw near to us.
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 1 Corinthians 3:16
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 3:20
And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. Romans 8:10-11
The Scripture topic at the beginning of this post is also talking about the attributes of God. Christ can live in us yet we have not yet crucified the flesh and the Holy Spirit is not controlling our lives. Christ refers to the power, word, wisdom, glory, and grace of God. The more grace of God we have, the more understanding of the Scriptures which builds faith.
The more grace we have, the more we are able to practice the word of God, are led by the Spirit and follow God’s plan for our lives. The more grace we have, the more we are generally able to please God. These will ensure the manifest presence of God resting on us and going with us everywhere. Meaning that Christ now dwells in us and walks with us.
Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. Exodus 33:15
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. Hebrews 13:9
Power resides in the grace of God and every good thing comes by the grace and ability of God. Man’s power is useless. The more we seek God and rely on His grace, the more successful we will be in our Christian lives. We cannot even have faith or practice the word of God without His grace so we must never forget the grace of God even as we seek Him and meditate on the Scriptures to build faith.
Only God and God alone can make us mature Christians. He alone can guarantee power in the inner man through His Spirit. He alone will enable Christ to dwell in us even as we wait upon Him and continue to seek His face daily.
3. Prays For Us
The Holy Spirit prays for us. Isn’t that amazing? The best prayer is the prayer that the Holy Spirit prays for us and the best prayer point is the one given to us by the Holy Spirit. The reason is because, the Holy Spirit is the only one who knows the root cause of our problems and afflictions. He is also the only one who knows the solutions to our problems and needs, and the way to that solution.
He understands our needs, and the mind of God perfectly. When He prays, He prays for us, in line with God’s will, and purpose as one who has perfect knowledge of God. When He gives us prayer points, He does so as one who knows exactly what we should pray for. Some people spend so much time beating around the bush, praying so many off point and irrelevant prayers.
In the same way the Spirit also comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express. Romans 8:26
And God, who sees into our hearts, knows what the thought of the Spirit is; because the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of his people and in accordance with his will. Romans 8:27
They carry books with one thousand prayer points. Come on, I don’t understand that mentality and the logic behind that. One prayer point point from the Holy Spirit is better than a million meaningless prayer points. The prayer given by the Holy Spirit goes straight to the target, the solution and the root of the problem.
If we study the way Jesus prayed for Himself, the sick and ministered to people, He did not waste unnecessary time talking about the problem. He just went straight to the target with full knowledge of the cause and solution of the problem.
He went ahead and cast out the demons and healed. He was not beating around the bush in confusion. That is because, He was constantly led by the Spirit Of God. Those who are led by the Spirit Of God, are the sons of God.
Without counsel and direction, we will grope around in the darkness, in confusion regarding prayer. But when the Holy Spirit prays for us and gives us prayer points, we will never pray amiss because the prayer is relevant to our problems, needs and solutions.
God sets the solitary in families;
He brings out those who are bound into prosperity. (Psalm 68:6 NKJV)
God will give
Families to the lonely,
Because loneliness is against His will.
The lonely will once again,
Have companions,
That will lead to great happiness.
God will wipe away
The tears and sorrows,
Of the lonely and unloved.
Those who were once called unloved
Will be called loved, blessed and cherished.
The blessings of God
Will overwhelm them.
When it seams
Like all hope is gone
And mercy is absent
And denied
When favour and blessings
Look unattainable
And life seams bleak
And dark
That is the time to
Offer our knees in prayer
And cry out for help
It is not the time
To give in to depression
Hopelessness and despair
Rather it is the time
To cling to faith in
The blood of Jesus
And activate power
By prayer, praise and thanksgiving
It is the time to spend long
Hours in God’s presence
And wait upon Him
Until the light of heaven
Shows up
Praise God
For the gift of prayer!
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
We bless Him,
We praise Him,
Because
He is greater than
All our problems.
Our great and mighty God
Is sovereign;
Ruling over all creation.
All things must praise Him,
Because
All Things serve Him
And His purpose.
Because of who He is,
What He has done
On the cross,
And what He can do,
We must constantly
Praise Him.
May all creation
Praise Him.
And may we always
Praise Him.