DAY 4 of DANIEL 🍎🥬🥕🥑 FAST

" That the God of our Lord Jesus, the Father of glory may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the  knowledge of him so that you may know him better " - Ephesians 1:17

PRAYER INTENTION

Ask the Holy Spirit to grant you the ear to hear announcements from GOD and the grace to see what God is doing and position yourself to benefit from it.

WHAT GOD is DOING... 

God equips you to see what he is doing.  If God wants to do any major thing he deploys watchmen- if watchers do not begin to function as intended - it might be difficult to see the implementation of God's plan. A good example of watchmen who watched the move of God are SIMON and ANNA- Scripture says “ And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God ”

" And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem ". Luke 2: 21ff

Before the birth of Jesus, God had deployed watchers and in their activity of prayer, fasting, worship and staying in the presence of God- they paved way for the plans of God. Simeon and Anna were one of such- the information about their watch was the intelligence about the object of the emancipation of Israel and indeed the world, which is Jesus Christ.  When the season of appearance came, Simeon was not invited, neither was Anna, there was no WhatsApp message or text invite -but they showed up in the temple by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 

In discerning what God is doing we must consider some metaphors.

 A metaphor is an object, activity, or idea that is used as a symbol of something else Metaphors are a form of figurative language- A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non-similar things that have something in common .  Aaah you still do not understand- abeg go and ask your English teacher- 

1. Trumpets. What are trumpets? 12,440 times this word is mentioned in the bible- may be one day we should run a trumpet conference- because we need to investigate it-  but for the purposes of this conference permit me to list a couple of bible verses.

Numbers 10:1-7 reads  The Lord spoke further to Moses, saying, “Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out. When both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the doorway of the tent of meeting 

Psalm 81:3-4 reads Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob 

Joel 2:15 reads Blow a trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly 

Mathew 6:2  reads “ So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full ”

2 Samuel 2:28  reads “ So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people halted and pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore .”

In a generation where people find it difficult to trace the move of God or locate God; In a generation where we are not trained to track the move of God or trained in the fundamentals of discerning the move of God the issue of trumpets might sound very simplistic but your life depends on it.

“ After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter .”- Rev 4:1

 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? - 1 Corinthians 14:8

Let me define what a trumpet is in this context- Trumpets are announcements. When you go into the traditional Palace- the king and his conclave of elders make a decision-that is binding on the town folks- the town folks are not even aware- but the decision has been made- an agency known as the town crier- will have to go through the village announcing the intents of the sovereign. If you don’t pay attention to the town crier or you miss the announcement – it can cost you- your very life. 

There is a reason why God’s Kingdom is called a kingdom and not a country- he is a king- and in every kingdom announcements are crucial- they are the thin line between life and death-

So when last did you hear an announcement from God, for some of you for many years no announcements from God- you have only been concerned and bothered about the things of humans. The average believer doesn’t know the things of God, we are looking for promotion, vehicles, marriage, family, children and other mundane things- meanwhile you will be behaving like men and be bound by limitations of men until you begin to learn the ways of God. 

In an age where people are attracted to the acts of God but only few know the ways of God, a man that is up to date with God knows the announcement for each season.

In Luke 2:8- “ And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. ”

The above is indicative of an angelic town crier making an announcement. You should know that- God is committed to announcing his plans and until announcements are made you don't know what God is up to. I see a lot of us pray but we don't hear the announcements of God. I need to teach you how to structure your heart so that if there is an announcement you can pick it up on God’s frequency.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Shalom and God bless you 

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