February-Your Midnight Have Come Acts 16:25-34
Many of God's people are walking in a difficult season. For some of us its been a season of turmoil, struggle and unrest in your soul. You may feel like you have been imprisoned by your circumstances. It looks like the more you try to advance the more the enemy tries to keep you bound and chain. You find yourselves in situations that should have lasted 3 months have now gone into a year. And your soul is restless because you feel the heaviness of the attacks, and the pressure that the enemy is bringing on every side. And your wondering how long will it be before you'll be able to get out of this situation?..How long will it take for you to go to the next level?..How long will it be for me to receive my healing with evidence that it is gone?.. You feel that you don't know how much longer you will be able to bare it. I know its tough, but God says hang on in there. It feels like nothing you are praying for is coming to pass. It feels like YOU are at a standstill and that you have been in the darkest season in your life. You have all these wonderful plans as to how you want to expand the kingdom, but is wondering how will it happen?..We look at the ungodly prospering that have no thoughts of Kingdom Building. While it feels as though you are barely making ends meet. Your saying to yourself this shouldn't be. You are living all you know for Christ, Your paying your tithes, your show kindness to the less fortunate, your praying and decreeing the promises of God every morning, noon and evening. Your trying to hold on to your faith all that you know how, despite the opposition. Well, My Brothers and Sisters you maybe in your Midnight Season. Webster defines Midnight as a deep or extended darkness or gloom. Midnight is the transition from one day into a brand new day. Well, let me encourage you on today. You are about to MAKE A TRANSITION! Let us be reminded of Paul and Silas. If we can just learn to PRAY & PRAISE our way through our Midnight season, you will find that suddenly the bars of your imprisonment will begin to crumble and the doors will suddenly come open. Could it be out attitude, as we walk in our Midnight Season that may be holding the doors from opening?.. Brother and Sisters don't give up NOW! God is about to transition you from your midnight season to your abundant place. The place flowing with milk and honey. Paul and Silas chose to pray and praise during the gloomiest time of the night, when everything looked bad. When everything looks bad and at its worse that is when you muster up a prayer and a song in your heart. Sing that song until you feel Jesus in your heart.
I petitioned HEAVEN for you on yesterday. I made a demand on Heaven to hear our prayers. I reminded heaven of the promises. I am expecting an increase in your spiritual life, your finances, your home. I am no longer going to worry about the circumstance, I am no longer going to worry about how the bills are going to get paid. How God is going to turn the situation around. It is not for us to know how He is going to do it. It is for us to BELIEVE and TRUST that he will. Some of us believe God can only move between 8-4:30. If he hasn't moved during that time, then our hope for paying that bill, or moving that situation is over. NO I don't care if it is 6am, 5pm, 10pm When God want to move on my situation, circumstances such as day or night will not stop the hand of God. The economy, my situation, my job, my health, my banker, my landlord will not stop the hand of God from moving on my situation. Keep the faith, praise GOD through your circumstance and watch the doors of your prison doors fall open. Be Bless. DONT GET DISCOURAGED...KNOW THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO TRANSITION! So let's thank God for the Midnight, because the Midnight has come only to Transition us to our DESTINY!
The Lord says today “It’s time to change your prison clothes”. Some of us have been going through lots of adversities. Some of it has been to our own doing and some have not. But the Lord says whatever the case that which seek to hold your bondage (mind, body, spirit, finances, relationships, and career) is no longer. The enemy has tried to imprison your thoughts that there is no hope. He has imprisoned you to believe you will never be healed, never prosper, never get promotion, and never have enough. The enemy has come in the form of supervisors, bosses to make you believe that they are in control of your finances. The Lord says, “Today it stops”. The spiritual bullying stops today! “God says today “I will remove any antagonizer, man, woman, business that try to conform you, hinder you, put you in a box, stop your growth or attempt to spiritually imprison you.” God says again, “they will be removed. The Lord says “Your release will supernaturally happen not in a few months, or years but expect it to happen in a few days! “God will get the Glory out of this!
If we were to study King Jehoiachin’s reign of Judah, you would see he didn’t reign long. It is said that he may have reigned 3 months and a few days prior to King Nebuchadnezzar capturing him. It is told that he was captured at the age of 18 years old and was imprisoned for 37 years because of the sin of Judah, and his father. But what a miraculous surprise now at age 55 years old, He is told he will be released. Although imprisoned for 37 years, God had never forgotten him. King Jehoiachin most likely had fail to recall what it felt like to be king or royalty. He forgot what it meant to wear royal clothing, and to have prepared royal food, and to be in the presence of noble people. The lush lifestyle he once had was a far distant memory, only a dream. I’m sure looking at his situation, he was imprisoned by the same routine, the same clothing that he wore day after day. The imprisoned clothes were a constant reminder of his dismal future. His life as a prisoner had taken his identity, cause him to conform to the norm of prison-hood. He was no longer thought of as a person but downgraded to only a number. Jehoiachin was born to be king, a man of power and authority and yet, because of the sins of his people, he was taken into exile, put in prison, to be forgotten by all. This King born to make decisions now is told when to eat, drink and sleep; made to do manual labor. But it is just like God to show mercy to us even when unworthy. I’m sure King Jehoiachin had lots of time to review his life, the actions of his father and the life of the people. I believed he may have repented for that which was done evil in the sight of God.
After 37 years, God supernaturally release him from prison. God reminds us that he can step into any situation, and within a Planck time (shortest theoretically measurable time), microsecond (one millionth of a second), nanosecond (one billionth of a second) changed your life instantaneously! So Never Give UP! Hang on in their help is on its way. “Change” is about to happen. A transition is about to take place. Old things will be done away, and behold new things are coming! King Nebuchadnezzar, who had imprisoned him was removed, now deceased. The word says that the new Babylon King spoke kindly to King Jehoiachin and had supernatural favor with him and set his throne over the thrones of the other exile kings. It goes on to say that once released, Jehoiachin “changed” his prison clothes! And for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.
God says where you were a year ago, month ago, where you are now is not where you will be for the rest of your life. It is only for a set time, before I release you of that which sought to bind you. Deuteronomy 28:7 says “The Lord will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but free from you in seven.
The Lord says, “I will show supernatural favor, kindness to you and where I am taking you, the old garments, mindset, cannot be taken there.” God says “today get rid of the imprisoned thoughts, and behaviors that does not represent me. Change your mindset, begin to take your rightful place as Sons and Daughters at the Kings table. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
The Lord says, “I will show supernatural favor, kindness to you and where I am taking you, the old garments, mindset, cannot be taken there.” God says “today get rid of the imprisoned thoughts, and behaviors that does not represent me. Change your mindset, begin to take your rightful place as Sons and Daughters at the Kings table. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Say Today “I’m Release. No chains holding me. Today I change my imprisoned garments for my royal garments. Taking my rightful place at the kings Table for the Rest of my of My Life!” Everything I need is for my asking. Again, I’m no longer bound, I’m Free in Jesus Name!
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