Miracles cannot change a person. This is because the children of Israel experienced
different kinds of power but that did not change them. For forty years they
were in the wilderness. Psalm said they ate angel’s food, which was manner, but
all these things did not change them. Every single message should yield
miracles in your life. There are people who are shouting amen but they are
struggling. The word of God is God’s number one agent of
transformation. It has the power to change you and make you what he want you to
be. The word of God has a creative energy, Gen 1:2-3 says: And the earth was
without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be
light: and there was light.(KJV).
The 1st creative agent
of God is the Holy Spirit. Nothing changes if the Holy Spirit does not come.
When he moves, he brings inspiration and vision. If you genuinely encounter
him, you will leave with a new picture. Joe_2:28 says: And it shall come to pass
afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions:
The Holy Spirit brings faith for accomplishment. You cannot encounter the
Holy Spirit without having faith. Supernatural faith is a gift, is anointing
that dissolves all things when it comes upon you. If you are in the moment of
crisis, there is a certain level that your faith will carry you. The spirit of
God moved upon the surface of the waters and God said let there be light.
THE CREATIVE FORCE OF
GOD
The Wisdom of God: It took God wisdom to prioritize, Mark 4:2-5 says: And he taught them
many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken; Behold,
there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by
the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell
on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up,
because it had no depth of earth:(KJV).
There are 4 different types of soil the bible speaks about.
1st is The Way
Side. Mark 4:4 says: As he was scattering the seed, some
fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.(NIV)
2nd is The Stony
Ground: Mark 4:5-6 says: And some fell on stony ground,
where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no
depth of earth: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no
root, it withered away.(KJV)
3rd is The Thorny
Ground: Mark 4:7 says: And some fell among thorns, and the
thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.(KJV)
4th Good
Ground: Mark 4:8 says: And other fell on good ground, and
did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty,
and some sixty, and some an hundred.(KJV)
If the sower is doing his work, at least 25% will receive their harvest. What
is the way side: Way side is the type of ground that is uncultivated, untilled,
very hard ground. Why is it a hard ground? On the pathway where people always
walk, that pathway does not grow any seed, the way side Christians are the Christians
who do not retain the word that they receive. Mark 4:14-15 says: The sower
soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown;
but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word
that was sown in their hearts.(KJV).
God’s word has the potential to become something bigger because in every seed
you see, there is fruit and inside the fruit there is tree and inside the tree
there is forest. Satan comes immediately the word is spoken, he might not come
when is time for testimonies, but he comes for the fundamental thing that the
people receives and that takes them to the next level. He takes it away Mark
4:17. Hearing God’s word alone does not produce result, when a student
passes exams that is when good result comes. The bible say the sun will come,
that sun is persecution, temptation and affliction. Satan will want to pull you
down, where there is no mess, there is no message. They fell away because they
have no root. What is a root? A root is a foundation of a tree, it is the
foundation that stabilizes a tree, they fell away because there is no stabilizing
factor. A root is the invisible part of a tree. A root is the medium through
which a tree receives nutrients and nourishment. When a person has no spiritual
nourishment, the person has no root, if the bible study you do is the only one
you do when you come to church, you have no root, if the prayer you are praying
is the only one you do in church, then you have no root.
Thorny Ground: Mark 4:18-19, the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches. The
thorns compete with the seed for attention and space. The thorns are the cares
of this world which includes the expectations of the society e.g when you are
worried about not getting married because people are saying you supposed to be
married by now, this may cause you to compromise, that is stop trusting God. You
cannot eat the king’s meat and end up where Daniel ended up. Everything
the society demands from you makes you compromise. That is why God is not
interested in promoting some people. Money, fame, position are amplifiers. The
cares of this world are the demands, what the society expects from you. You
need to understand that if you are on the right track, you don’t have to imitate
others, imitation is limitation, money for instance has a deceitful nature, it
has the tendency to make you feel you don’t need God or even your fellow
humans. Sometimes when you are hungry and money gets into your pocket, you will
hunger no more, that is the deceitfulness of money, that’s is why money
must be included in the worship of God.
Lust Of Other Things: lust for food, sleep, opposite sex. Lust is different from love, love
benefits others, lust benefits at the detriment of others. The lust of other
things can choke the word.
Good Ground: Mark 4:20 says: And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as
hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some
sixty, and some an hundred.(KJV). Others, like seed sown on good soil,
hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop--thirty, sixty or even a hundred
times what was sown."(NIV). Those who hear the word of God, accept it and
they bear fruits. Satan makes you feel that what is coming out is not relevant
to you or the person saying it is saying it base on his understanding, that it
does not come from God. There is hearing and there is accepting. The bible says
blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Mat 5:8.
Life is a classroom, when we see God as a lecturer we learn more. Those on
the good ground produce thirtyfold, sixtyfold and hundredfold. In Luke is only hundredfold.
Luke 8:8 says: Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a
crop, a hundred times more than was sown." When he said this, he called
out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."(NIV). Every time there
is a good heart you will always produce hundredfold not 30 or 60 folds. When
somebody has a fallow heart nothing can penetrate, you must maintain a good
heart before God.
How To Maintain A Good
Heart
1. If you make a mistake, repent of it immediately, it is dangerous.
2. Work in love, don’t allow bitterness to occupy your heart, what you
cannot say in the presence of someone don’t say it in his absence.
