Of Divine Responsibility

Apostle Grace Lubega

Luke 19:13(KJV); And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

Every Christian must understand his or her assignment.

If you expect to sail through this life without ever doing your part in the gospel or contributing to the expansion of the kingdom then you have not understood the faith in which you are.

In Isaiah 45:19, the Bible says, ‘I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.’

The Hebrew word for vain is ‘tohu’, which is translated to mean nothingness or emptiness. 

God has not called you to nothingness, that is, a life without purpose.

Christ in our theme scripture tells us to occupy until He comes. It is in the places of occupation that we yield to divine responsibilities, which responsibilities make us heads and not tails, above and not beneath.

Live life in the understanding that you have a part to play in the gospel; there is an expectation that heaven has of you. You have a call upon your life; a grace through which many will be blessed.

Eternity is counting on you.

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Timothy 4:7, Romans 8:30

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Live life in the understanding that you have a part to play in the gospel; there is an expectation that heaven has of you. You have a call upon your life; a grace through which many will be blessed. Eternity is counting on you.

PRAYER: Loving Father, thank you for the race that you have set before me. Thank you for the gifts and calling upon my life. Thank you for the word I receive every day that has made me a minister and a steward of the mysteries. I spend and I am spent for the sake of the gospel because I know my part. I will finish well knowing that you are my end. In Jesus’ name, Amen

Discernment Of Doors

Apostle Grace Lubega

Galatians 2:7-8(KJV); But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

Not every door that is open, is for you to enter. Simply because you have the potential for a thing does not necessarily mean that it is you who must execute it.

This is the wisdom of discerning which doors to enter and which ones to ignore.

Do not be deceived by the keys in your hands. You may have a key to a door but it is only so you can open it for another to go through it.

Take the example of Peter in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10). By the Spirit of God, Peter opened the door for the gospel unto the gentiles. However, like our theme scripture reveals, his apostleship was to the circumcised(Jews) and not the uncircumcised while Paul’s apostleship was to the Gentiles.

God used Peter, a man on whom He had placed a grace for the Jews to open a door for the gentiles. Simply because he opened this door to the uncircumcised did not mean that he was called to the uncircumcised.

Paul paid a huge price every time he went to the Jews because he was called to the Gentiles. In fact, his greatest persecutions were by Jews in whose synagogues he went to preach. Even if he had a zeal for them, he had not been given the grace for them.

You must know which doors to enter. Exercise your spirit to understand the boundaries of your godly assignment. Entering the right doors will save you many wars while entering the wrong doors will attract many unnecesary wars.

FURTHER STUDY: Acts 10, Acts 18:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Not every door that is open is for you to enter. Simply because you have the potential for a thing does not necessarily mean that it is you who must execute it.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this wisdom. I understand my assignment, the places and the people to which you have called me. I go where you send me and not just where zeal leads me. I serve in the perfect will of the Father. To the glory of your name, Amen.

Potential For World Change

Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 82:5(KJV); They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Every child of God is exceptionally good at something. That is the beauty of God’s wisdom in creation.

However, the foundations of the world are out of course because there are many people who do not know the abilities that God has placed at their disposal.

Many are moving in the shadows of other people’s potential and have not tapped into what is inside them.

The foundations of the world seek a reconciliation of the best potential with the best opportunities.

When opportunity meets the best, the stage is set for world change.

God has not called you to be a cheap copy of a great original. You have treasure in an earthen vessel. You have all sufficiency to do what you must. You have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places.

Creation is groaning for the manifestation of the sons of God(Romans 8:19). There is something in you that is destined to align the foundations of this world.

Understand that you have a part in the great equation of global transformation. Look within you for therein is potential for world change.

FURTHER STUDY: Ecclesiastes 3:11, Romans 8:19

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The foundations of the world seek a reconciliation of the best potential with the best opportunities. When opportunity meets the best, the stage is set for world change.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I know what you have placed in me; the seed of greatness and the ability to transform nations. I draw from within to influence all that is around me. I put systems, economies and institutions in order because I know who I am. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Responding To Greatness

Apostle Grace Lubega

Gen 41:33-37(KJV); Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

If you must succeed in this life, you must know how to respond to greatness.

There are people who stand before greatness and it is ready to grant them an opportunity, but sadly, they do not know how to respond to it because the language they speak is contrary to the communication that greatness invites. As such, they live mediocre lives, never reaching their fullest potential. How sad!

A very important principle on how to respond to greatness is revealed in our theme scripture.

When Joseph stood before greatness, he did not present himself as an answer, he simply gave a solution to the problem.

He did not tell Pharaoh that he could fix the issue at hand but rather told him how to fix it.

He said, ‘Let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.’ He did not say, ‘If Pharaoh gives me the opportunity and appoints me as a leader, I will be able to change this situation.’

One might have thought that Joseph was desperate for a change in his circumstances. He had just come out of jail after years of imprisonment. He could have jumped at the opportunity to be seen as an answer but wisdom restrained him.

Many men have closed the doors of opportunity by presenting themselves as an answer when greatness was seeking for a solution.

The world is looking for men who are able to give solutions but do not present themselves as answers because some solutions are bigger than just the individual. Give greatness a solution, greatness will see the answer in you.

FURTHER STUDY: Genesis 41:16, James 4:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The world is looking for men who are able to give solutions but do not present themselves as answers because some solutions are bigger than just the individual. Give greatness a solution, greatness will see the answer in you.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this word. I respond with wisdom to all the opportunities presented to me. I refuse to exalt myself above measure in the knowledge that honour comes from above and that it is you who exalts the humble. I rise to greatness in this understanding. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Power Of Opportunity – 4

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ecclesiastes 9:11(KJV); I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 

There are no coincidences when it comes to opportunity. You must know how to open doors for your sake. 

This is what makes the life of faith deliberate and not a matter of chance and luck. No one stumbles into success or greatness. If they do so, they will also stumble out of it. 

Opportunity does not waste time with the timid and unprepared. In fact, if you are unprepared and the spotlight of success is ever trained on you, you will not be able to hide your unpreparedness. 

When you look through the scriptures, you will find a pattern of deliberation for the men and women who received from Christ by faith. 

The friends of the paralytic man broke through a roof (Luke 5:17-39). That was deliberate. 

The woman with the issue of blood reached for the hem of his garment, that was deliberate (Luke 8:43-48). 

Blind Bartimaeus called out to the Lord and ignored those who asked him to be quiet (Mark 10:46-52). 

Opportunity is not for the passive who sit idly waiting for something to happen. 

It is for those who climb out of their comfort zones, defy the odds and reach out for destiny. 

What do you want to achieve? 
Where do you want to go? What do you want to build? Who do you want to become? 

Step out in faith. Do the things that point you to destiny. Act like a man or woman on a mission to greatness. Start that business, take that job and roll out that idea. 

The doors of opportunity respond to those who are deliberate in faith. 

FURTHER STUDY: Luke 5:17-39, Luke 8:43-48 

GOLEN NUGGET:

There are no coincidences when it comes to opportunity. No one stumbles into success or greatness. If they do so, they will also stumble out of it. 

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for the power of opportunity. There is great potential inside me. I step out in faith to do the great things you have ordained for my sake. Success is mine because I am deliberate. Greatness and increase are mine because I am deliberate. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Power Of Opportunity – 3

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ecclesiastes 9:11(KJV); I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

If you want to embrace the power of opportunity, never take lightly the man who gives you the slightest chance to express your potential.

The reason why some people miss out on their opportunities is because they ignore this simple but powerful principle.

Take the example of people in the workplace who are given assignments outside their scope of work and have rejected them simply because the tasks are not in their job descriptions. Out of this indifference, they have missed out on opportunities to learn and to grow.

There are people in ministry who have been asked to serve in one capacity or another and have trodden on such opportunities because they wanted the limelight and not the back door tasks.

By this alone, they turned their backs on greatness because they did not understand that every beginning is a door and one’s faithfulness in the little promotes them to the next level.

How about the people you interact with? Some in abusing the authority of their bosses have turned their destinies in the wrong direction. Others by neglecting instructions from their spiritual authorities have scorned at the spirit of greatness and shut the doors of their opportunities.

Respect every beginning and the man who gives it to you. Do everything you are tasked to do as though it is the greatest task you will ever perform. Serve with zeal and fervency.

With this attitude, nothing on the surface of the earth can keep you from your God given destiny.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 6:10, Zechariah 4:10

GOLDEN NUGGET:

If you want to embrace the power of opportunity, never take lightly the man who gives you the slightest chance to express your potential.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this great wisdom. I receive it with all humility and embrace it as the standard of my life. I give honour where honour is due and treat with respect those you have placed above me. Thank you for every opportunity that comes my way. I embrace it with understanding and serve with diligence. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Power Of Opportunity – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ezekiel 22:30(KJV); And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

In this life, I have learnt that the fastest man by the standards of the world might not necessarily be the fastest man. The fastest man might be in the remotest part of the world, sprinting for miles across grasslands as he moves from village to village.

It is possible that the fastest swimmer is not the man we watch during the olympics. The fastest swimmer might presently not even know how to swim. If he can swim, he might be doing so in lakes and rivers while hunting for his next meal. That man may leave this earth and never know that he was its greatest swimmer.

The greatest artists might not be the ones on television but men and women too hidden from the public eye for the world to know that they exist.

How is this so? These men and women do not have the opportunity.

How then does one unlock the doors of opportunity?

One of the principles of unlocking the doors of opportunity is availability because the Spirit of greatness responds to yielded men and not merely talented men.

There are men who are available to their families, available for their jobs, available to their businesses but they are not available to greatness.

Opportunity responds to a man who is available to greatness. A man available to greatness lives his life with a vision of his future in mind. There are sacrifices he makes because of the future he sees. Such a man knows that where he presently is, is not where he will end.

FURTHER STUDY: Ecclesiastes 9:11, Romans 12:11

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Opportunity responds to a man who is available to greatness. Such a man knows that where he presently is, is not where he will end.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for the opportunities you have laid before me, for the great things that I must do in this world. I am available for your work and purpose because there is nothing greater than serving God. I never lag in zeal, I am fervent in spirit, in doing the will of my Father. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Power Of Opportunity – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ecclesiastes 9:11(KJV); I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

There are many people in this life who have prepared themselves for great things but have never had the opportunity to be who they want to be. They have studied hard for years, obtained master’s degrees and yet they do not have jobs.

There are men with the ability to work in certain positions but men with less ability have occupied those positions.

There are men and women with great voices who have never recorded an album or stood on platforms where their crafts can be appreciated.

In our theme scripture, the Bible reveals that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither bread to the wise but time and chance happen to them all.

This means that opportunities are available to us all.

Opportunity is the only blessing that allows a man to release his hidden potential. If this potential is not released, the person will be like a pregnant woman who has exceeded the nine months of pregnancy and has entered the tenth month without bringing forth her child.

We all have the ability to express our potential through the power of opportunity.

God has not designed for you to have too much in you and yet not have the platform to express it.

He has not placed treasure in you and not created the place for you to shine. He has not anointed you to hide you. He did not light you and put you under a bushel.

He made you light and set you as a city on a hill. He lit your spirit so that gentiles can come to your rising. He wrote your story so you can be read by all men.

What is in you must come forth. What God has invested in your spirit must manifest. That is your portion and story.

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 5:14, 2 Corinthians 3:2

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God has not designed you to have too much in you and yet not have the platform to express it. He has not placed treasure in you and not created the place for you to shine. He has not anointed you to hide you. He did not light you and put you under a bushel.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I know that great doors are opened to me because I never underestimate the power of opportunity. The world will see the greatness in me and know that I am called of God. I live a full life because I manifest all that you have placed inside me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Seize Your Time

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ephesians 5:16(KJV); Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

The essence of the Word of God is to help you seize your time in the spirit.

Everytime revelation comes, it redeems spiritual time because the Spirit of revelation releases God’s redemptive power.

What this means is that eternity does any thing possible to favour every event on the earth for the sake of the men who know how to receive the Word.

This is the grace that puts you ahead of your peers because the timing of the events of your life are aligned to eternal milestones.

When you seize your time in the Spirit by virtue of the Word, your success will not be an accident.

If your success is not an accident, it is calculated and deliberate to the glory of God.

Receive the Word in the understanding that with it always comes the power to redeem time.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ephesians 1:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Everytime revelation comes, it redeems spiritual time because the Spirit of revelation releases God’s redemptive power.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. I thank you because I am perfectly in tune with the timing of eternity. Everytime I receive the Word, opportunities are opened to me. I walk through the right doors at the right time because of this understanding. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Language Of God

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 6:17 (KJV); But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

You are one with God, because you are, you hear His language.

When you understand the language of God,  He will not need to speak much to instruct you, you will hear much more than He speaks because you are one with Him.

Look at Isaiah the Prophet’s experience. He never heard where he was sent to go, he only asked to be sent, (Isaiah 6:8-9).  He was not a man with too much zeal that he neglected to ask where He was being sent. He understood the language of God, that when God asked, “Whom shall I send and who shall go for us?”, Isaiah knew where to go. It didn’t matter what transpired in that heavenly meeting before his arrival; he knew where to go.

Isaiah was a man under the Old Covenant. How much more you under the New Testamant?!

God’s language is not understood by mere men. He is a spirit, as such His language is a spiritual language.

God knows every human language. He can talk to you in any of them. However,  the most important thing about God speaking to you isn’t the language He spoke; it’s whether your spirit received the words.

Human language appeals to your mind, yet God does not intend to appeal to the mind. He doesn’t need your reasoning capacity to communicate with you. He does not need to put His message in a language that your intellect understands; silence can suffice as communication in the spirit.

Understand your oneness with Him. You will hear more than what He speaks.

Praise Him!

FURTHER STUDY: Deuteronomy 4:36, Psalm 62:11

GOLDEN NUGGET:

When you understand the language of God, He will not need to speak much to instruct you, you will hear much more than He speaks because you are one with Him.

PRAYER: Father God, I thank you for this great insight. I thank you for the ability to hear and recognise your voice. I understand the language of the Spirit, beyond words. I hear the instruction in your breath, in your touch and even in your silence. In Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.

Of Humility

Apostle Grace Lubega

James 4:6(KJV); But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Christ is spoken of as the lamb upon the throne(Revelation 5:6). In this regard, he represents humility exalted on high.

God honours and lifts up the humble.

Christ stood in this place of power, far above all dominions and powers because He humbled Himself even unto death(Phillipians 2:8).

In this, He set a pattern for the Church.

The journey to the top is an extremely humbling one, child of God. One is tested, tried, proved and broken.

The character that comes with success is defined by humility.

If you ever find a proud man at the top, such a one skipped certain steps and patterns to get to that place. It is only a matter of time, they will come tumbling down because pride comes before a fall(Proverbs 16:18).

FURTHER STUDY:Philippians 2:8, Matthew 23:12

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The character that comes with success is defined by humility.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for what you are doing in me. I yield my spirit to your working in me. I break and bend to your every instruction because I know that therein is life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Windows Of Heaven – 4

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ephesians 1:17 (AMP); [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him.

The windows of heaven open to men who know how to treat revelation.

Every revelation comes with a responsibility. That is why it is important that you receive it as a pearl, treasure and a priceless gift.

You must examine yourself with some deep soul searching questions. For example, when revelation comes to you, do you receive it merely to aid you in building a house? Does it come to you so you can get a promotion? Do you receive it so you can find a husband or wife? What is the value you place on these deep spiritual insights into the person of God?

This value is shaped by the desires that lead you to search out the word and the scriptures. Some search the scriptures to find how to build a business but there are those who search because they want God.

Some search the scriptures to find ways to attract wealth, but there are those who hunger for He in whom are hid all treasures.

Some search to find a spouse but there is one who is searching for the Lord to whom she is already espoused.

He opens the windows of heaven to those who hunger for what His heart can reveal and not what His hand can give.

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 6:9, Matthew 6:33

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Every revelation comes with a responsibility that is why it is important that you receive it as a pearl, treasure and a priceless gift.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for this knowledge. Your word is my treasure and source of all strength. I receive it in wisdom, as your very person because you are your word. I honour it in all that I do even as it defines my responses in all the areas of my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.