Awake God in your rightful Habitat

“…If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty, If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place…”Job 8:5-6 NKJV

Sometimes in life it seems as though the Lord has gone on sleep as far as our situation is concerned. We try everything, but nothing works…God seems to be doing nothing to intervene in our situation. This is what Job was facing as detailed in Job Chapter 7, he cries out to God seeking to understand what it is that he has done or is doing wrong. His friend, Bildad, respond by telling him “what to do to awaken God” for his situation. Four things you need to do, says Bildad to Job.

ONE, earnestly (diligently, sincerely and seriously) seek God, to know Him and his will for his life; TWO, be pure and upright (motives, clean and contrite heart the Lord will not despise); THREE, make a supplication (entreat, request, plea) to Him of wants/desires and FOUR, remain in a rightful place…other translations says, “rightful habitat” habitat means ones ecology (geographical location), economy (career, work, profession) and acumen (state of mind)…are you in your rightful habitat?

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Authority of a believer

“…As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.' Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give...” –Matthew 10:7-8 NIV [italics & emphasis mine]



In Matthew 10, we see Jesus sending His twelve disciples on ‘internship’; He sends them on practical training for He knows He was to depart from them shortly. In Luke 10 we see Jesus sending Seventy-two disciples; this time it records their report when they came back. They rejoiced that demons flee at their word but He told them that they should rejoice because ‘their names are written in heaven’ (vv 20)…this means, whatever happened was a result of their relationship with God.



After His resurrection, He tells them that the authority which was given to Him, He now hands it over to them (Matthew 28:18). The same authority is handed to every believer today…we have the authority and the permission to preach the gospel, heal the sick, raise the dead, drive out demons. Yet for a number of reasons, Christians have not come to full understanding of this, we think that only ordained ministers should do those things.



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“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” Ps 119:105 KJV

The Cost of Obedience

“…when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner,” that his anger was aroused. Then Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison...” – Gen 39:19-20 NKJV [italics & emphasis mine]


As a babe in Christ, I thought the reason I was encouraged steadfastly to seek God’s will (and purpose) in and for my life was so that I may not run into trouble and lead a peaceful, successful and prosperous life. Some go to the extent of saying if you have opposition and hardship, it is God’s way of saying ‘you missed the mark’ Yet my humble Christian walk has taught me that, sometimes one run into trouble for being obedient to God. Joseph (text above) was thrown in jail for refusing to commit adultery with his boss’s wife. She told a lie (that Joseph attempted to rape her) to revenge his refusal to sleep with her.


Daniel was thrown in the lion’s den for refusing to worship an idol. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into fire for refusing to worship an idol. Paul and Silas were thrown in jail for preaching the Gospel…hundreds of Christians were killed in Uganda for standing firm in their faith. A Christian who refuse to give bribe (in a corrupt system) may have his/her right delayed or denied…yes, there are times when we obey God it may cost us dearly, but rest assured that God NEVER ends anything on the negative note; we will always have the last laugh…if not in this life, then in the life to come.


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God's Voice

“…Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth...” – 1 Sam 3:9-10 KJV [italics & emphasis mine]

We tend to get intimidated if not irritated when someone says ''the Lord told me…'', we don’t like the idea that God spoke to him/her. It gets on our nerves when someone ‘claims’ to have heard from the Lord…who does she/he think she/he is? We think that one has to be ‘special’, ‘holy than thou’ or ‘tight-close to God’ for God to speak to him/her. Yet the bible records many instance of God speaking to sinners and saints as well, yes God speaks to Lucifer, the devil.

Perhaps the reason you don’t hear God’s voice is because your mind is filled with ‘worries of this life’ so much so that when He speaks, you don’t realize it. Or May be you don’t hear God’s voice simply because you don’t know His voice? John 10 Jesus said my sheep ‘’know’’ my voice; in Mark 21 Jesus warns us against worries of this life_lest they keep us from our waiting on Him. When was the last time you ‘heard’ from God? Would you recognize His ‘voice’ when God speaks to you?

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