It is Getting Better and Better

Dearly Beloved, oh what a great joy it is for me to come your way once again, on this last Sunday in the month of February, thank God for His goodness and kindness towards us. I come your way today to remind you that the Christian life is progressive; it is from grace to grace and from glory to glory. Whatever testimonies you may have had thus far is nothing to be compared to what God is yet to do in your life. Your present situation may not look like it, but I challenge you to believe God for the best.

 

“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” Proverbs 4:18 (KJV)

 

Often times, when believers take a look at their lives they are tempted to judge themselves from the perspective of the world. The result is that they lay the cards on the table and begin to compare themselves with others. Beloved, while it is okay to aspire to greater heights, you need to however understand that God deals with and sees you differently from those in the world. One day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is but like a day in His sight. What does this say to you? It means that God is not controlled by time. He does not live in time. You are the one that lives in time and so certain things can only happen at His own appointed time. You must therefore walk with the mentality of a person who knows that all things work together for good to them who love God and are called according to His purpose. If you truly love God, and are called by Him, fret not because it can only get better for you.

 

The Apostle Paul puts it this way: “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16 KJV).  He goes on to say in verses 17-18, “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” Beloved, God’s word is not void of power, the truth is that there is a glory that God has prepared for you and I declare that you will partake of it in Jesus name.

 

I know that you may still have certain unanswered questions in your heart about why this and that thing has not happened yet, but I come to remind you that the God you serve is still faithful, just and righteous. Psalms 36:6 declares that “His righteousness is like the great mountains;…” in other words, He cannot renege on what He has said concerning you. You can stake your life on what He has said because He is dependable. Men may have laughed at you, mocked or ridiculed you but I encourage you to hang in there because God will give you cause to laugh. Those that laughed at you are coming to laugh with you. It may be tough out there in the world, but for you it will be different. The grace of God in your life will make all the difference.  

 

I declare that your pathway shall get brighter and brighter in every area of your life. Grace will speak for you and catapult you to heights far beyond your wildest imagination. The last time I checked the scriptures, I saw that Esther though a slave girl rose to the position of being a queen in a foreign country. Think about it! Beloved, that same grace that took away the reproach of slavery from Esther would work for you. The scriptures also tell us that David, though an ordinary shepherd boy was catapulted by the grace of God to the throne of Israel. What is that saying to you? Beloved, God is faithful because what He has done for one is an evidence of what He will do for another. That is why I know that you will not be denied. I cancel every delay in your life. My God will grant you speed. He will compress time for you. You have heard the testimonies of others; let me also assure you that we will hear yours also. Expect the best.

 

As you go into this week, as always, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.  

 

Maranatha!

In His Royal Service

Dr. Mike Okonkwo

The Presiding Bishop