Rhapsody of Realities TeeVo ; Monday, 29th July 2019 ;
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc., DD ;
THERE’S A HIGHER LIFE!
(There’s Always A New Level For You In Christ)
TO THE BIBLE Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
LET’S TALK
Do you know that God’s desire is for you to continuously make progress and advance to newer and higher levels in your life? He’s always doing new things, charting new courses, and opening new frontiers, and He wants you to do the same. I want to challenge you today to get uncomfortable with your comfort zone, and set out for new horizons. This means you shouldn’t remain in one place for too long. There’s always a greater and far more glorious level than where you are right now!
There are no limits to how high you can go, or how great you can become. This was Apostle Paul’s understanding that brought about the statement in Philippians 3:13-14 GNB: “I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead. So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize, which is Gods call through Christ Jesus to the life above.” Today, the Lord is saying to you, “Move up to your next and higher level in Me. Set new standards for yourself in My Word!”
To act on this counsel, you must decide now to set new standards for your personality, academics, commitment in church, giving, etc. You can also decide to take up the responsibility of reaching and changing the lives of more teenagers in your environment. Tell yourself, “It’s time to move up higher!” and get to work on it.
Go Deeper
1 Corinthians 2:9-13
9 But as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the [a]Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Pray
Father, I thank you for showing me there are no limits to how great I can get and how much progress I can make in my walk with you. Therefore, I refuse to be stagnant or live an average life. I choose to always open my spirit to receive visions of progress, greatness and excellence, and I receive the ability of the Spirit to function in these new and higher levels, in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
Daily Bible Reading
ONE YEAR
Romans 4:1-25, Psalms 45-48
TWO YEAR
Ephesians 4:11-16, Isaiah 49
Act
1. Set out some time to pray and fast to catch a vision of the new level you should be operating in your academics, finances, partnership, or ministry. 2. Declare that vision with your words daily