DAY 10 OF 21: Raising the Repairers of breach

Isaiah 61:1-4

1. The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. 4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Hi friends today is our 9^th day of prayers.  The Lord has been dealing with us recently on the need for His children to arise and be whom he has called them to be.  God has called us to be lights—trees of light that bear fruits of light to illuminate this world. But we look around us and see darkness. The people are helpless and seemingly without hope. Are we surprised? Were we not told that darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people? (Isaiah 60:2). We are the lights of the world. We should to be “shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.” (Phil 2:15NLT). We are God’s answer to the expectation of creation. We are the salt of the earth.  That’s whom we are—Sons of God!

But we look at the church today and the reverse seem to be the case. A lot of vices have taken their roots in the church and the children of Balial have come in and enthroned Marmon. Many of them have become leaders in our churches. They go astray and lead many astray. The church now looks weak and powerless. I can almost hear your heart cry, “Where are the testimonies our fathers told us of?” we hardly look like God’s answer. Where is the power we were told of? Our hall of fame is filled with great names. The likes of Paul in the bible, and after the bible, we heard of men like Wigglesworth; Osward J Smith; Charles Finney; Joseph Ayo Babalola;  Kenneth E Hagin e.t.c . rose up and were mightily used of God. They may fit the picture of the person God refers to. But what about now? Where is the church where is the light. Are we not now hiding from the Medianites who have ravaged our lands? Don’t we now look like men singing the Lord’s song in a strange land? Yes. Gideon too felt like us. Even then, the angel of the Lord called him a mighty man of valor. That he was threshing wheat in a wine press for fear of the Midianites does not change that fact. The fact that are now afraid to preach Christ because we are not sure if heaven will confirm our message with signs and wonders does not change this fact.

Friends, with all these, something inside me tells me that my generation shall glorify the name of the Lord. Something tells me that my generation shall usher in the Revival and move of God like Apostle Paul did not see. Yes, Revival that will dwarf the ones Charles Finney championed. Brethren, God still counts on us. God still believes in us.  Our salvation is proof of that. He says of us; Surely they will not betray me again." And he became their Savior.” ( Isaiah 63:8 NLT). Friends it is time for us to take our place.

Jesus quoted our opening Sripture as referring to him. He went on to state his mission. It includes to “declare the acceptable year of the Lord”. This apostolic ministry he has fulfilled.  So the Spirit of the Lord declares “I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2Cor 6:2). The acceptable time is the time in which the Lord is favourably disposed to our prayers. Now is the time to arise and shine. This is your day brethren. This is the hour. Arise, mighty man of valor. We must build the old waste and the ruins of much generation. However, it is neither by power nor by might but by my Spirit says the Lord.  Thus from now on till the end of this 21 days of prayers we shall be seeking the Lord for an unusual outpour of the Holy Spirit. We are counseled thus: “Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field” (Zech 10:1)

LET US PRAY

1.      Praise and worship the Lord from the bottom of your heart (you can make use of our prayer of declaration and thanksgiving)

2.      Confess any known sin and ask the Lord for mercy

3.      Ask the Lord for the out pour of the RAIN of His Spirit

4.      Stand on the grace that is available in Christ and like Moses, ask the Lord to show us His glory.

5.      Pray earnestly for the fire of the passion for souls to consume our hearts

6.      Ask the Lord to make His will supplant our will

7.      Declare that we have His gift working in us