True Labours In God

Apostle Grace Lubega

2 Thessalonians 3:11(KJV);  For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

It is possible to be very physically busy and yet so spiritually idle. This is a busybody.

Busy bodies are spiritually troubled. Martha is an example of a Christian in this state. She was bustling all over the house in her desire to serve Christ whom she had invited as a guest to her home. In contrast, her sister Mary was calmly sitting at the feet of Jesus listening to the Word. When Martha complained, the Lord told her, ‘Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things…’(Luke 10:41).

In all that Martha did, she was obeying the Mosaic law. Mary on the other hand was breaking the law because the law did not allow a woman to sit at the feet of a Rabbi during the feast of Purim. However, Christ praised Mary and not Martha. Martha’s actions did not provoke approval from God because our righteousness is as filthy rags before him.

Christ is the fulfilment of the law. He is our righteousness. He has taken away the law and given us grace.

A busy body will try to build things that Christ seeks to break because he or she has not understood what the true labours in the faith are. As such, they labour in the Lord without the manifestation of the fruit of their labours.

This is the beginning of transgression because the Bible says that if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor (Galatians 2:18).

2 John 2:8-9 says, ‘Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.’

When a man builds what Christ has broken [the law], he lives a life void of the power of God. ‘He hath not God.’

Labouring in God will never be about how much you do physically but how yielded your spirit is to His Word.

This is how you make full proof of your ministry (2 Timothy 4:5). This is how to truly render accountability to heaven. This is how you do not lose the things that you have worked for. This is how you receive a full reward.

FURTHER STUDY: Luke 10:38-41, Galatians 2:18

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Labouring in God will never be about how much you do physically but how yielded your spirit is to His Word. This is how you make full proof of your ministry. This is how to truly render accountability to heaven. This is how you do not lose the things that you have worked for. This is how you receive a full reward.

PRAYER: Loving Father, it is a great and immense privilege to serve you. A man can have no better master than the creator of the universe. I serve in wisdom, with an understanding of the true labours in the gospel. My spirit is alive to your instruction. Even as I labour, I believe that it is your grace that labours through me. My reward is complete and my fruit abides forever. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Character Of A Seeker

Apostle Grace Lubega

Proverbs 25:2 (KJV); It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

It is in the nature of God to hide certain things from the sons of men. For example, the Bible says that the hidden things belong to God(Deuteronomy 29:29). In Matthew 13:35, God speaks of things that were hidden from the foundation of the world. The scriptures speak of ‘the hidden manna'(Revelation 2:17).

God does not hide things because he wants to deprive men from accessing them. He hides them because in themselves, the hidden things set any SEEKER apart from ordinary men.

There is a man who wants to know God in a normal way. There is another man who desires to understand Him to the greatest depths of revelation. There is a man who wants to read the word for a job, a family, or healing. There is a man studying the Word because he wants to understand the heartbeat of God.

Any man who is a seeker of the hidden things carries a mark of distinction in the spirit.

Every true seeker has a character that has been shaped by the Spirit of God. Before He opens you to certain realms, He deals with and in you.

God is interested in the character of the receiver because this same character will determine how much more you can access.

FURTHER STUDY: Revelation 2:17, Deuteronomy 29:29

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God does not hide things because he wants to deprive men from accessing them. He hides them because in themselves, the hidden things set any SEEKER apart from ordinary men.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this Word. I thank you because it is given to me to know the mysteries of the kingdom. Thank you because you have given me hidden insight into the person of Christ. I go where angels have not trodden. I see what eye has not seen. I taste what no man has tasted. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Of Reverence And Revelation

Apostle Grace Lubega

Proverbs 9:10(KJV); The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Revelation comes to men who fear God.

Fear in our theme scripture is not of one who is scared or afraid. The Hebrew word for fear in our theme scripture is translated to mean ‘reverence.’ 

The reason why some people do not flow in the graces of revelation is because they do not fear God. To them, God is a peer whom they treat like a man on the same wavelength of their understanding.

In Matthew 7:6, the Bible says ‘Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.’

A man who fears God will treat revelation as pearls to a son. To one who does not fear the Lord, revelation will be as pearls to swine.

Learn to treat the Word of God and His presence with honour. Treat the instructions of the Spirit as sacred. The more you exercise yourself in this life, the more revelation shall be available to you.

God’s name be praised.

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 7:6, Ephesians 1:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Revelation comes to men who fear God. Learn to treat the Word of God and His presence with honour.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you because you have given unto me the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of you. I break, bend and yield my spirit for it. My heart is open to the deeper depths in which you launch me every day. To the glory of your name, Amen.

Building Generational Altars – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

Genesis 15:3(KJV); And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

God has placed in every man the potential to preserve his posterity in line with God’s will and purpose.

Abraham needed more than a child. He needed the kind of seed that would be an extension of divine purpose after he was gone from the earth.

If all he wanted was a child, it would mean that he was limited in vision. But this was not so. He was a man who saw beyond the now to the future. That is why when the Lord told him, ‘as far as your eyes can see’, he saw the world. It is why Christ could say, Abraham rejoiced to see my day.

So, when Abraham asked for a child, he did not merely want his next heir. He needed one who will walk in his footsteps to fulfill God’s plan. This is why God owns that genealogy and says. ‘The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob…’

It is by eternal design that your children serve God; that your grand children serve God and that your great grandchildren serve God. Your family can minister the gospel of Christ for generations to come.

Let your prayer be for the building of generational altars.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 22:6, Romans 9:7

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God has placed in every man the potential to preserve his posterity in line with God’s will and purpose.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this Word. I thank you because of the generational altars that are built in my family. I thank you because the fires on those altars shall never burn out. I thank you because my family is the sacrifice on that altar because they have given their lives for the sake of the kingdom. I thank you because your Word will never leave our lips, your hand will never leave our homes. We are yours like you are ours. We are not just blessed with the Abrahamic blessing. We walk in the anointing that abides in families for generations to come. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Law Of Exchange

Apostle Grace Lubega

Genesis 8:22(KJV); While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

In the spirit realm, exchanges are constantly taking place.

For example, when the Bible says that ‘when men are cast down, then thou shalt say there is a lifting up’ that is an exchange.

When the scriptures say that it is God that raises up men and puts down others, that is an operation of the law of exchange.

Our theme scripture is an axis of this law. Exchange rotates around the principle of seedtime and harvest. What lifts up one man and puts down another is the nature of seed that he sowed and the consequent harvest that he reaps. God has revealed to us the mystery that the seed is the Word ( Luke 8:11).

What word must you sow for the exchange of influence? What word must you sow for the exchange of victory? What word must you sow for the exchange of wealth?

What one man knows in the Word will raise him up. What another man does not know in the Word will bring him down.

FURTHER STUDY: Luke 8:11, Daniel 2:21

GOLDEN NUGGET:
The knowledge in a man will raise him up. In the same moment of time, another man is dismantled by ignorance. In substance, one man gains what another loses. The law of exchange takes its course on the axis of seedtime and harvest.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this knowledge. Today I position myself for increase because I understand how the law of exchange works. I am sowing seeds of greatness for the next five years, ten years, twenty years and for generations to come. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

To Receive From God

Apostle Grace Lubega

Romans 5:17(KJV); For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.

God has given and availed to you an abundance of grace, the precious gift of righteousness and all things that pertain to life and godliness. Your part is to receive it.

Faith then is not when we believe God to give to us. Faith is when we receive what has already been given to us.

Some people struggle with manifesting the things of God because they are believing God to make these things available when He has already made them available.

A Christian who believes God to give him behaves differently from one who has already received from God.

Your acts of faith become visible to the naked eye. Men look at you and marvel at your faith.

You are not the kind that is keeping your faith to yourself because you are guarding yourself from any shame in the event that it fails to work. When you receive, you do the kind of things that make people question your sanity.

Receiving is not passive. It is aggressive and is accompanied by works of faith.

A man who has received a job will wake and dress up every morning and get out of his house even when he has no appointment letter–yet.

A woman who has received healing will get out of that sick bed and do the things that normal people do even when the body has not agreed–yet.

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Peter 1:3, Mark 11:24

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Faith then is not when we believe God to give to us. Faith is when we receive what has already been given to us

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for the things that you have availed to me. For the things that pertain to life and godliness, for all the spiritual blessings in heavenly places. I receive them and walk in their manifestation. I understand that whatsoever I need has been given and with boldness, I reach out. In faith, I reach out. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

A Hungry Spirit

Apostle Grace Lubega

James 4:3(KJV); Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Hunger for the things of God guarantees that we will receive them. Lust on the other hand is the reason why some people never receive from God.

Like our theme scripture reveals, many people do not receive an answer to prayer because they ask out of lust.

Some times, Christians mistake lust for hunger. Infact, it is amazing what a man may do out of lust for the things of God. However, it is important to differentiate between lust and hunger.

Lust ends with the self, while hunger acquires a responsibility. When the Bible says ‘to whom much is given, much is required’ (Luke 12:48), it means that much is given to hungry men in the same measure that much is required from them.

The Bible says in Ezekiel 22:30 that the Lord sought for a man to stand in the gap and failed. This is because there were men that were available but lusting. God was searching for a hungry man.

When you truly hunger, you will always receive from the Lord. God says in Matthew 5:6 that those that hunger and thirst for righteousness shall be filled.

So you must be ready to examine yourself child of God. Why do you want to be anointed by God? Why do you want a ministry? Why do you want that promotion? Why do you want that business deal?

For those who are hungry, God is more than ready to fill them.

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 5:6, Luke 12:48

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Lust ends with the self, while hunger acquires a responsibility

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this Word. Help me God, by your grace, to always know the difference between when I am lusting and when I am hungering. Deal with my heart to have a genuine feeling after the things that you desire. That I will seek you out of the burden that you have placed upon my heart and not my own selfish needs. That I will always be quick to rethink, reevaluate and change my reason for doing things. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Mark Of A Minister: The Fruit

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 9:1(KJV); Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

As a minister of the gospel, you must have visible fruit and this fruit are the people whose lives you have changed for the cause of Christ.

For this reason, Paul asks the Corinthian church, ‘are you not my work in the Lord?’

You must bear fruit that remains. That is, you must have people that are loyal to the vision and call of God upon your life.

People are not kept in ministry by manipulation; they are not kept in ministry by flattery; they are not kept in ministry by promotions and monetary rewards.

Christ set a pattern for us. He said of those that the Lord had given to him, no man could pluck out of his hand (John 10:28). He knew how to keep those that had been entrusted to Him.

The first thing is to know those that are yours and those that are not.

Sadly, there are ministers who never keep people for long. In their ministries people come one day and they leave the next. The faces are constantly changing.

It doesn’t mean that people should never leave your ministry. Granted, there are those who will leave. You do not need to fight to keep them. They may not be yours to pastor because you have not been called to pastor the whole world.

But, you must know how to open the front door of ministry and lock the back door. You must know how to get people in and keep them in.

FURTHER STUDY: John 10:28, John 15:16

GOLDEN NUGGET:

As a minister, you must know how to open the front door of ministry and lock the back door. You must know how to get people in and keep them in.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for the priceless principles that build ministry. I receive this in meekness to know that which you have entrusted in my care, to let go of that which is not mine and with wisdom keep that which is mine. In this knowledge and understanding, I grow every day. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Mark Of A Minister: The Office

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 9:1(KJV); Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

Every minister of the gospel must know and understand the office in which he has been called by God.

The office is not a gift; it is what defines your place of authority before men. That is why in our theme scripture, Paul asks, ‘Am I not an apostle?’

He knew who he was and what God had made him to be.

Sadly, today we have prophets who have never prophesied, pastors who do not have the shepherd’s heart and evangelists without a desire for souls.

There are men claiming offices that are not theirs and there are men who are indifferent to the offices they must sit in.

The office is not a title to wear like a crown on an empty head. It is the substance that you carry in your spirit; it is the places you have been in God; it is the things that He has spoken to you in solitude concerning your purpose on this earth.

It is in the office that you perfect men for the work of ministry. It is in the office that you edify the body of Christ and bring them to a place of the unity of the faith, the knowledge of the son of God and to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4:10-13).

God’s name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Ephesians 4:10-13, 1 Timothy 1:1

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Every minister of the gospel must know and understand the office in which he has been called by God. The office is not a gift; it is what defines your place of authority before men.

PRAYER: Father, I am grateful for who you have made me to be. I thank you for your distinctive mark upon my life. I know what and where I am called and I live my life in the understanding of the responsibility of the office that you have placed me. I serve with diligence and I am faithful to the course and the race before me. Because I know who I am, I bless many, to the glory of your name, Amen.

The Mark Of A Minister: To See The Lord

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 9:1(KJV); Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

Christ must be a revelation to every minister of the gospel.

In our theme scripture, Paul asks an important question, ‘have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?’

You must bear a testimony of having seen the Lord. It is not about how he may appear to you but the fact that He appeared to you.

In Acts 26:16, the Lord told Paul, ‘…I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in which I will appear unto thee….’

Christ may appear to you in the body or he may appear to you in other forms of his choosing but you must see the Lord if you are to be both a minister and a witness of Him.

He becomes more than what you have read or heard and more real than anything you have ever known.

This is a place of experience that sustains you even in those places where zeal for the Father’s house alone may fail you.

Men who have seen the Lord in the way they ought to see Him will endure anything for the sake of the gospel because they know whom they have believed.

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Timothy 1:12; Acts 22:14

GOLDEN NUGGET:
You must bear a testimony of having seen the Lord. It is not about how he may appear to you but the fact that He appeared to you.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for this day. I have seen, touched and tasted of the Word of life. It is that very Word that I proclaim. Today, I hunger for an even deeper experience of you; a greater encounter to define the course of my destiny. My heart is open and my spirit is yielded to those places you are taking me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Place Of Sacrifice

Apostle Grace Lubega

2 Timothy 4:6(AMP); For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure [from this world] is at hand and I will soon go free.

Sacrifice defines the law of multiplication. For example, by Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, many sons were brought to glory.

Our theme scripture also demonstrates this secondary line of sacrifice.

There was no way Paul would have been able to minister to multitudes today if he had not been poured out like a drink offering. His life in the body ceased but his spirit is still ministering to us.

What we have in the Bible are epistles but even as we read them today, our eyes are opened to deeper insights in God. He may have died with so much unsaid but when a man is poured out, his spirit is not silent.

His sacrifice launched him into the graces of abundance where he was overflowing that what was upon him could impact generations to come.

The pattern of his life brought him to this place. He was a man who was dead to the world and the world was dead to him; this was a man in dyings often; he had spent and had been spent for the sake of the gospel; he had counted all things as loss for the sake of Christ; he knew nothing of himself.

It is the crushing of the vine that produces the oil and the more it is crushed, the more oil flows out of it.

You cannot claim an impact on the generations to come until you are willing to be poured out as an offering.

FURTHER STUDY: 2Corinthians 12:15, Philippians 3:8

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Sacrifice defines the law of multiplication. You cannot claim an impact on the generations to come until you are willing to be poured out as an offering.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for the gospel. Thank you for the things that you have placed inside me. The mark of distinction upon my life is not merely for this age but for ages to come. My ministry is not just earthly but it is an eternal ministry. Years from now, I will still be a blessing. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Lessons In Virtue: An Eternal Legacy

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Samuel 1:27-28(KJV); For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there.

When Hannah lent her son to the Lord, she did not only lend him for the duration of his life on the earth.

Her words were, ‘for as long as he lives…’

Samuel is still alive today. His words and the great things that he did still minister to us.

Hannah established a principle in her child that superseded even his life in the body.

This is why King Saul could attempt to evoke the spirit of Samuel for counsel even after Samuel had died. He was that important to Israel (1 Samuel 28).

When the Bible speaks of training up a child in the way they should go, it is about more than what they should do in order to be a success in this life (Proverbs 22:6). It also goes to positioning them in the grace to establish eternal legacies.

This is the same wisdom through which generational altars are built. Your children can serve God. Your grandchildren can serve God. Your great grandchildren can serve God.

Never look at instruction to children as lasting only their lifetime. Look at it as an influence that must go on for generations to come.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 22:6, Psalms 78:4-7

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Never look at instruction to children as lasting only their lifetime. Look at it as an influence that must go on for generations to come.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. By this wisdom, I know that my children and great grandchildren are claimed for the gospel. In their times they shall serve the Lord. Even after they leave the earth, they shall serve the Lord. My family has a legacy in the gospel. My posterity is preserved for years to come. In Jesus’ name, Amen.