GREETINGS:
Shalom and Kingdom greetings in the precious and redemption name of our gracious, graceful and redeemer King, Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. My wife Faith and I would like to welcome you again to the dawn of this Month JUNE 2019 of the LORD’S Year 2019 as He crown your life and year with His goodness and abundance – Psalms 65:11-13. We also say WELCOME and REDEMPTION blessings to the new and existing recipients of the Monthly TEACHING Newsletter Publications of the ‘Achievers’ FAITH Digest’ Year 2019 themed: YEAR OF – ‘THE GREATER LIFE’!
Month June is the sixth Month of Year 2019 Georgian Calendar; it could be considered as our month of DARING; wherein SIX speaks and reminds as the day man was created and the number of the day man was informed and discharged of God to begin his assigned work on earth, in a week of seven days – for God rested on day seven, then man assignment commences as God rested. By this knowledge and understanding, I pray, that as you incline to read and hear God’s sayings, may you take reflection and stock taking in order to live accordingly; and may you be able to ensure the ability and capacity of being Earthly Useful And Heavenly Mindful, which is Christ Jesus intent and mandate to us ALL, to count and account for your good in Him. And in Jesus precious Name, Amen, I do pray for the enabling grace of our God to be ministered wholly to your well being – spirit, soul and body – 1 Thessalonians 5:23/Hebrews 4:12-13. More so, as it’s written in the Scriptures of Genesis 1:26-28 – “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth“.
Therefore, in line with the creation mandate above, and our REDEMPTION mandate in Christ Jesus, this Month JUNE EDITION of the AFD is aimed and themed: The month to DARE TO LIVE BY GOD’S POWER AND GRACE “Being Earthy Useful And Heavenly Minded, To FUNCTION By God’s POWER And To BECOME By God’s GRACE, In Life And Godliness”.
I do know that a man’s ignorance is his own mountain and the knowledge of the truth will set him free. Hence I therefore commend you to take time to ponder and meditate on the theme through and through in prayers and where possible accompany with fasting even as the Scripture below do enjoin:
“And now, brethren, 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“ Acts 20:32.
Here Is The Wisdom For Today To Profile Month June 2019 Theme:
“POWER To FUNCTION & GRACE To BECOME” IN CHRIST JESUS!
What’s God’s POWER? – It’s the enabling of God to FUNCTION and PERFORM in Life and Godliness. And What’s God’s GRACE? – It’s the enabling of God to BECOME in Life and Godliness. Note full well, that God’s POWER in context, it’s not magical or of curious acts, neither is it mystical, occultism nor sorcery and demonic divination and witchcraft as we do see in many places in the name of ‘signs and wonders and miracles’ in quotes. Am sharing here about the enabling of God that makes and position one with daring spirit in life, to function by God’s Spirit and might, out of one’s inability and weakness – meaning beyond one’s deficiency, limitations and dysfunction status – Acts 1:8; Zechariah 4:6/Ephesians 6:10, 19.
It’s time to know again that your ABILITIES are IRRELEVANT to God’s ABILITY. And God only needs your AVAILABILITY and not your ABILITY if you must FUNCTION in His stead and BECOME in His Stead. That is the exact picture that God gave to Apostle Paul for him to genuinely carry His inspiration, revelation and empowerment to write more than half of the New Testament Epistles.
Apostle Paul to attained to the excellency of God in Christ Jesus, he considered his ability as dung in order to FUNCTION by God’s POWER and BECOME by His GRACE though being – learned Lawyer under Sanhedrin, circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
For the essence of God’s POWER and GRACE, when Apostle Paul tried to use his ABILITY to do God’s Kingdom Business, he was denied over and over again. All he hears from God was – “My GRACE” is sufficient to make you BE – BECOME, while My POWER is made mighty only in your availability in order to make you FUNCTIONAL.
Therefore, if you wants God’s POWER to FUNCTION and GRACE to BECOME, you need to make yourself AVAILABLE – your ABILITY is zero in the matter of God. This is Worth All Pondering – Selah!
“Though I might also have confidence in the flesh (ABILITY). If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh (ABILITY), I more: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, AND DO COUNT THEM but DUNG, that I may win Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith” Philippians 3:4-8 (Emphasis Mine).
“Each time he said, “My GRACE is all you need. My POWER works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me” 2 Corinthians 12:9 (Emphasis Mine).
#FurtherScriptualReading: Acts 4:33; John 1:12; Ephesians 6:10, 19; Acts 9:27-30.