LAWS OF LACK AND MULTIPLICATION

READ: JOHN 6:5-14

“And whosoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Believe you this?” (John 11:26).
The Law of Resurrection is not only more superior and powerful than the laws of death and gravity, it is what will enable you unite with Christ in the clouds at the rapture. It is also what will empower you to walk on the storms of life like Jesus and Peter walked on water (Matthew 14:22-32). The law of resurrection and life is also the factory of miracles. Miracles occur when the Lord interrupts or suspends a physical law and replaces it with a spiritual law. Anywhere the law of resurrection and life operates, the unusual must follow. Some people say miracles have since stopped. As long as Jesus is still the same and He intervenes in the law of sin and death, miracles must result.
Hebrews 13:8 says: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever”. As long as Jesus remains on His throne, miracles will continue to happen in my life. How does God work miracles? He has so many ways of doing this. He can employ natural means and objects to perform miracles. In John 6:5-14, in order to feed some thousands of people, Jesus used physical substances –five loaves of bread and two fishes. Physically speaking, according to the law of lack, that food was enough for one boy. But when Jesus suspended the law of lack and applied something superior -the law of multiplication, the food became enough for 5000 men besides women and children. If there billions present that day, all would have been fed.
Do you have a project at hand but the means to execute that project is very little or inadequate? Do not fret. Read this passage and challenge the One who made a boy’s meal to be sufficient for thousands of people to equally suspend the law of lack and make your little to become sufficient. Similarly, in 2 Kings 4:1-7, a widow was held bound in poverty by the law of want. God could have provided for her by turning stones into money. But He decided to suspend the law of lack and impose His law of multiplication on her bottle of oil. Through that she not only paid her debts, she became an oil magnate. Ask God to apply the law of multiplication to your situation of want, insufficiency and dryness. Cry to Him in faith. As He does this, you will experience a miracle. From today, you will experience miracles. 2 Corinthians 9:8 says God is able to make you sufficient in all good things.

MEMORIZE: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:5 –Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God.

FULFILLING SIGNS OF END TIME?

READ: MATTHEW 24:1-24

“And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him” (Matthew 25:6).
In the parable of the virgins recorded in Matthew 25:1-13, a call was made to the virgins to alert them of the imminent return of their Lord. It says, ‘Behold, the bridegroom comes.’ The word ‘behold’ means watch out, pay attention and be on the look out. ‘Behold’ is an alarm sending out warning shouts. Why do you have to ‘behold’? It is because there are evidences of His second coming all around us. The multiplicity of fake prophets and christs, wars and rumours of wars, increase in devastating natural disasters claiming many lives, the spread of the Gospel across the globe, intense and sustained prosecution of the Church, betrayal of fellow believers, and hatred in our midst, etc. affirm His coming is very close.
“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold” (Matthew 25:12). We live in a period when very many Christians are distracted from a close and vibrant relationship with God. Some of such distractions are even legitimate things such as work, family needs, ministerial challenges, etc. In most churches, instead of fire, there is coldness; in place of zeal you have detachment. This is equally common among workers and ministers. It has come to a time that believers want to be paid in monetary terms before they will render service to God. You hardly find those whose hearts are in the work of the Lord.
Compromise and backsliding are rife and their effects are very visible in the various leadership ranks of the Church. Pride, love of money, fornication, lies and disrespect to authority have become common place in the Church today. ‘Behold, He comes!’ Many believers and church leaders find it difficult to believe He is coming in their generation, which explains why they live as if there is no tomorrow. We have taken liberty of the Spirit as license to continue in fleshly lusts thereby warring against the soul (Galatians 5:13). He is coming because He promised. Whether church leaders believe it or not, He is coming. He does not require your permission to come. He is committed to His promise. The saints in heaven are earnestly expecting that day when the family in heaven will forever unite with His family on earth. Oh, what a glorious day it will be! Are the signs of His second coming already manifesting in your life? Repent and return fully to the Lord. Don’t be a victim of negative prophecies.

MEMORIZE: MATTHEW 24:42 –Watch therefore; for you know not what hour your Lord does come.

TIME TO LAY UP

READ: PSALM 110:3

“Your people shall be willing in the day of your power; in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning; you have the dew of your youth” (psalm 110:3).
One outstanding feature in the youth is their strength. 1 John 2:14 acknowledges that the youths are strong. Those of us who are becoming older will definitely agree because they would have observed that they are not agile and active as they were when they were much younger. For everyone, being a youth is a phase in which you are loaded with strength but what you channel such energies into is of paramount concern to the Lord. According to 1 John 2:13, one reason God gives strength to the youth is to enable him overcome the flesh, Satan and the evil system of the world.
Youths are recruited into the army because of their strength. Not too many old people are recruited because they lack zeal, zest, initiative, enterprising spirit, speed, energy and doggedness seen in youths. The rod of your strength is released from God’s presence during your youth. Some youths fail to realize that they have battles they must fight as youths, so they end up wasting several resources in pursuit of sinful pleasures –premarital sex, lust, drugs, unholy associations, parties, and several other goals that take them out of God’s will.
Tomorrow belongs to the youths. Satan knows that, hence he attempts to ruin them. If he succeeds in ruining the youths, the future of families is in ruins and that automatically affects the nation and the Church. The reason God endows human beings with their highest resources in their youth is because that is the most crucial time of their lives where destinies are determined. What you will become in life is determined by the number and categories of battles you are able to fight and win. David was a youth when he confronted his Goliath. You too will confront your Goliath in your youth. How prepared are you to face the battles of life ahead of you? As parents, to what extent do you assist, guide and prayerfully prepare your children for tomorrow? Are you wasting the resources God has endowed you with? Every second that passes is lost to eternity. Your youthful days should be usefully spent at God’s right hand from whence you will obtain power to rule over life’s challenges and your enemies. Don’t waste it!

MEMORIZE: PSALM 110:2 –The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion; rule you in the midst of your enemies.