Meeting: Season of the Spirit (Day 6)
Minister: Pastor Moses Omokhafe
Pastor Moses Omokhafe
1st Tongues and Interpretation
Glory call!
Even the glory of God beckoning over you
For I desire truth in the inner man
There is a panting and beckoning of glory over you
For your will to be involved
For you to be intentional in following
In obeying the spirit
There is a glory call
A higher glory call
A call into Glory
For you to be ambitious in the following of Jesus
In the looking for his appearing
It’s a Clarion call
A cry over you
It’s a cry of the father
A cry to bring many into Glory
Glorious appearance
Follow the glory
Be intentional about your ambition
Let it come from inside
Message Begins..
When we compare one vessel to another vessel in their uniqueness, we’ll miss the blessing in those vessels. Through our peculiarities and uniqueness, Jesus will supply us with blessings. The body of Christ has these peculiarities and everything is needed for growth.
The Lord has been speaking to us with so much grace in line with the glorious appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Father. (Titus 2:11-12) – “11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.” When the Lord begins to come like this, they are teaching a people, even though some of the things that have been taught, we may not understand them all to a large extent. However, what is important for us to use in these teachings, we must lay hold of them.
These teachings are showing us things that we must deny – “13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” (Titus 2:13) We cannot gain the mastery of this if we’ve not done what has been demanded of us in verse 12. Verse 12 is a preparation of verse 13. We can focus on verse 13 and deny 12. So, what we should focus and preoccupy our minds on is how to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts.
(Esther 2:8-9) – “8 So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.”
In this story of Esther, the journey in Titus 2:12-14 can be seen. Esther found favour and so the things she needed for purification were given to her. Same as us – what we need for purification is being given to us because we found favour in the sight of God. That was the first step for Esther’s purifications – the giving of materials for purification. These materials can be seen as doctrines. (Esther 2:10-11) – “10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. 11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.” The seven maidens are like activities of angels around us, and the king is God the Father. Those that have found favour are the elects.
(Esther 2:12) – “12 Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women.” Sanctuary is a place of purification, a place where you’re tried and led against your nature. (John 21:18) – “18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.” We’re led against our preferences. We’ll be led against many things we’ve learnt. The Lord is doing that sufficiently in this house.
Using Esther 2:12 as an analogy, we qualify for the perceiving of sweet odour if we’ve used the butter odours well. One of the things we must not do in this season is not to grumble, feel cheated or feel used.
Love those who hate you, pray for those who despitefully use you. This is for the perfection of myrrh. The Lord is very intentional in the season of myrrh, when we have prospered here, the Lord will take us to the season of sweet odour.
(Esther 2:15) – “15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.”
Inspite of the preparation of the chamberlain, the king still has to decide. (Esther 2:13) – “13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.” Each one of the maiden has their own will that wasn’t purified, because they requested for what they personally desired. However, she didn’t desire her will but whatever the King’s Chamberlain gave her.
Esther was a lamb, and we should be too. We’re meant to keep being led like fool – yes, we’ll think, but our mind is injurious. Grace taught Esther how to deny her own will.
One of the characteristics of sheep is that they vibrate, they tremble. They’re not confident in themselves. And as humans, Satan has made us confident in ourselves. We plan our ways and perfect it. This is what they want to take away from us. And Esther was preferred by the king because of her lambic nature. However, Vashti was disqualified because she couldn’t deny her own will.
(Esther 2:17) – “17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.” How we’re recognized in the spirit by the Father is by denying our own will. This is also how we show that we love the Father – “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” (John 14:21)
The grace Esther found in verse 17 was for the second appearance because she was chosen to be queen afterwards – this is glory.
(Titus 2:12) – “12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.” This activity is for purification. This is a preparation for something higher. Titus 2:13 is what we start looking for after denying the things in verse 12. Any man that gets here to do this must have done what Esther did to have a well done purification. A heart that has been raised and dealt with sufficiently is the heart that can look for these things. There are different hopes, but this particular hope saves.
Eventually, every one of us is still in the season of purification. But the Lord will keep painting the hope. It’s the hope that strengthens us to go through the purification.
For us in this season, the Lord has achieved something and wants to do something. That’s why He’s sending His choice servants to us in this season. So, if we don’t understand, let’s be honest to say we don’t. God understands our various grace levels and capacities.
God would be unfair if everything that has been said flies over our heads and He expects glory from us. So, we need to cry out to God to help our understanding, this is meekness.
If you’re hearing something contrary to what is being said in this season, cry for mercy. Reach out to your brethren or seek counselling. This is so we don’t get disqualified. This time around, a Vashti will not be qualified to be a queen because the king that sits on the throne sees it all – the undone purification.
THE END