Obtaining Strength For Birth (Part 2)

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Obtaining

STRENGTH

BIRTH

for

(Part 2)

Pastor Nkechi Ene (Mrs.) 1 And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that

and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in

In this article, I will show you how you can

he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth,

Telassar?

and went into the house of the Lord.

2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the

13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and

obtain strength to give birth to all that God has

household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the

Ivah?’ ”

priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went

3 And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This

up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before

When you feel that you are weak, that your

day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy;

the Lord.

strength has left you, you have to remember

for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.

15 Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying: 16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who

the potency of God’s Word.

4 It may be that the Lord your God will hear the

dwells between the cherubim, You are God,

words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and

You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has

17 Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your

Isaiah, the prophet, because he knew that

heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the

Isaiah had the Word of God in his mouth. As

5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

living God.

6 And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to

18 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste

them, “Thus, says the Lord...” You have to

your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the

all the nations and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the eire; for

remember that there is a “Thus says the Lord” for any situation that you may face. You have to

servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands—

7 Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will

wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.

remember the power and the potency of God’s

cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ” 8 Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that

20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord, You alone.”

Isaiah 37:1-20

he had departed from Lachish.

Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust

In the last article, we discovered certain things that can steal your strength. When you listen to the enemy, you become exposed to fear, and it will come into your life. You will also begin to

deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given

doubt God and His commitment to you. When

into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

11 Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria

this happens, you will eind yourself shifting

have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?

12 Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran

Remember The Potency Of God’s Word

Hezekiah understood the importance of God’s Word in his situation. He sent his people to

soon as they came to Isaiah, Isaiah said to

Word and learn to focus on the Word of God. Words have the ability to make you weak; words also have the ability to make you strong.

You may have spent time listening to the words

9 And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to make war with you.”

So when he heard it, he sent messengers to

in store for you.

of the enemy which has fed you with all kinds of nonsense, but now it is time to re-focus on the Word of God that is potent and powerful.

Words made you weak and words will make you strong again.

your trust from God to your enemy’s side and

God’s Word is as good as God because God’s

this is revealed in your comparing God with

Word is God. God’s Word is so potent that God

other gods. No one wants to come to birth and

Himself depends on His Word. So, if God

not be able to give birth.

Himself recognises the power and the potency in

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His Word, and He depends on His Word to do

ever way I wish. And I wish above all things

anything, then why can’t you? God doesn’t do

that you prosper and be in health even as your

Recognize A Mirage When You See One

anything outside of His Word. God’s Word is as

soul prospers”. So, anybody that is a king, or a

In verse 7 of our text, God promised to send a

good as God because God’s Word is God (John

decision maker, or anybody who in the natural

rumour when they prayed and He did. When

1:1). So, when you hold unto “…by whose stripes

is a person of ineluence, you already know from

you also pray, believing in your heart, God

you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24) or when you

the Word of God that God will take that

answers. He does not need time to go and

hold on to any of God’s promises, you are

person’s heart and turn it for two primary

deliberate with any counsel of elders before He

holding God by His Word. You have to

reasons: So that you may prosper, and you may

takes a decision. Once your supplication comes

remember the potency of that Word.

be in health. When God tells you, “I wish above

to Him in line with His Word, it stands as an

all things...” He has settled every situation in

advocate for you because you prayed in a

The Bible says, “By faith we understand that the

your life. There is nothing higher than that

language that He understands, God answers.

worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that

wish because that wish is for you to prosper

the things which are seen were not made of

and be in health.

When God answered and sent a rumour, the

things which are visible” (Hebrews 11:3).

enemy heard it. The most intelligent thing

Things that are seen were made out of things

for the enemy to have done at that time

that are not seen; so, when God spoke forth

was to run to his land that was “under

the Word, the invisible realm became visible.

attack” to save it. Instead, he decided to

That is the power and the potency in the

send a message to God’s people eilled with

Word of God; it brings what is in the invisible

deceitful and empty words (Isaiah

realm into the visible realm.

37:9-13). You may not have seen the manifestation of your prayers yet, but

The Bible says the Word became elesh (John

when you pray and you believe, God

1:14). Flesh is something that is tangible.

answers always.

There is something called plasticine. It is a soft moulding material, used especially by

God understands the language of a prayer

children. What plasticine is to your children

that is in line with His will, and He

is what the Word is in your life. When you

answers it. Sometimes, however, the

can submit to the Word and your speech

enemy sends a mirage, but when you

agrees with what God has said, you are

focus on the supremacy of God’s Word,

taking the plasticine of the Word and

the mirage will disappear because that is

moulding it into what you want. That is

all it was, an illusion. On the other hand,

tangibility. You will never see the glory of

when you pay attention to the illusion and

something until you can see it, speak it out from your mouth and it becomes tangible.

Realize That God Will Orchestrate Things To Favour You The Scripture says that the heart of a king is in the Lord’s hands and like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes (Proverbs 21:1). Somebody might say, “Well, how do you know what God wishes?” The Bible also declares that God wishes that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers (3 John 1:2). One way your soul prospers is by being dependent on the potent Word of God. When you put yourself in that state, God says, “The heart of the king is in the My hands, like rivers of water, I turn it which

give credibility to it, it becomes tangible or The children of Israel crossed the Red Sea in

real, meanwhile, it was a mirage, a trick picture,

panic, in haste and in fear, but they crossed the

and it is false. Besides, God has promised to

Jordan in obedience, in faith, trusting God

orchestrate things in your favour.

(Joshua 3:14-17). The Bible says that as soon as the priests who carried the ark stepped into

Recognize a mirage when you see one and

the water, the water began to part because the

ignore it. God says that He wishes above all

ark of the Lord had appeared. As a child of God,

things that you may prosper, and He has

you are the ark of the covenant of the Lord. You

already prospered you. All you need to do is to

are the temple of the living God; and not just

believe it. When you believe God’s Word to you,

any lord, but the Lord of all the earth.

you obtain the strength to give birth to His

Therefore, when you step into any “Jordan” by

promises to you in your life.

faith, it doesn’t matter how over elown it looks, once you step in, God begins to move things in

Refuse to be distracted by the mirage the

your favour and the water will part on your

enemy is sending your way. Remain focused on

behalf. You have to understand that you have a

God’s promises to you and receive strength to

Father who is willingly orchestrating things in

give birth to all that God has for you.

your favour.

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