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| Reverend G. S. Adeyemo |
Text: - Ezekiel 34: 25-31
“‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a] I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. 27 The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid”
Introduction
I welcome you all to 2019 in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord is making a covenant of peace with His people. And coming with such a covenant is showers of blessing and prosperity. Everyone needs peace; every family, state and the nation Nigeria especially at this crucial time need peace for us to enjoy the blessing of God that had been deposited in our land.
Presently, there is drought in the land and the Church of God is not spared. Just as Amos said in Amos 8:11-13, “11“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. 12People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it. 13“In that day “the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst.” Lots of us are going through difficult time that is peculiar spiritually, materially and socially to drought. However, it is time for divine intervention. There is hope and life will blossom again in Jesus name.
The Promise of Showers of Blessing
The promised showers of blessing follow the covenant of peace made by God with His people. Sins will be pardoned, poverty and hardship that resulted from the activities of beasts and drought will cease. God will grant His people capacity to operate in righteousness and thereby prosper in whatsoever they lay hands upon. This will lead to eternal peace in the heart and hope for eternal rest in heaven. Prophet Hosea by the leading of the Holy Spirit says in Hosea 10:12; "Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you."
The Physical Manifestation of Blessing
Whatever blessing that comes from God begins in the spiritual and manifests in the physical. Therefore our spiritual life must be right with God so that we may tap into the blessings in the heavenly places. The Bible says, “Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field.” Zachariah 10: 1; Lev. 26: 4; Hosea 6:3; Ezekiel 34: 26; Isaiah 45: 8
The Prayer for Showers of Blessing
Beloved, there will be showers of blessing because God promised. The showers of blessing are settled in the spiritual places and ready to deliver in the physical. Therefore you need to prepare and pray your way through.
Conclusion
Showers of blessing will be sent by God so that we can enjoy. God is expecting us to enter into covenant of peace with Him. Reconcile to God by confessing Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. The Scripture says, “Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 5:1. Following that is seeking peace with all men. Shun violence and all wicked activities.
Remain blessed in Jesus name
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