The Audacity of God's Grace: 10 Strategies To Living Your Best Life Now (29 page)

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“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
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Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in his entire splendor was dressed like one of these.
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If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
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So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
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For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
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But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
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Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

God’s Grace is Available. Accept it Now

We have greater chance to live our best life now and even today, when we accept without hesitation and ultimately, the grace of God, not man’s grace. There is nothing like free grace from men and women. Many times, when people render their grace to you, they always expect some sort of compensation either sooner or later. Most people may even offer you grace because they want to take advantage of you. But this is not what the grace of God is about. The grace of God is what makes people succeed because it is durable. It is eternal. The durability of God’s grace can outlast every obstacle and setback. God has always longed before you were born, to give you his grace. But you must be open to receive it. Many lives are in shambles today, because of displacement of priority. You can make it big. You are loved by God. You are power-full. You are a very special person with unique abilities. But you cannot go far in life unless you accept and depend on the grace of God. Friends will fail you. Banks will disappoint you. Religious people may betray you. Your spouse can cheat on you. Sickness can get to you. Death can kill you. But you cannot outrun the grace of God to set you free because it has the capacity to grant you success in every life endeavor, and the life after.

Jesus Is Enough

This is why Jesus is enough. I repeat that Jesus is enough because it is only the person of Jesus that can be enough for all the troubles that life brings. I am taking about Jesus Christ—the kings of kings and the Lords of Lords. Can I hear you say amen even louder to this? I am living my best life now because of what I just said. I know that Jesus is enough because I have experienced him over and over in my life situations. That is why I am going to continue to live my best life even after now. Again, I said Jesus is enough because Jesus is bigger than you. Jesus is bigger than your problems and greater than your failures, deadly mistakes and inabilities. He is our life captain, for he holds the keys to uncommon favors, and he has the keys to uncommon blessings. Jesus has got the one key—the master key that unlocks every stronghold and set free, any bondage. It is Jesus that holds the key to your victory. Christ has the keys that unleash prosperity; he has the keys to every promotion, the keys to the fount of every blessing, and the keys you need to attain every new height in your life. These are the reasons Jesus is enough for me.

What You Must Never Forget

Do you know Jesus is the ultimate grace embodied? Do you understand that Jesus is the grace per excellent? I want you to know that you are the sons and daughters of the ULTIMATE! When you understand who you truly are in the image and likeness of God and the power that God has deposited in you by his grace, the devil will not even stop you; while men and women may try to interrupt you, when you unleash what God has deposited into you through your creative power, people will begin to marvel and respect you. Women and men cannot frustrate you and you will never be stranded because at the name [i.e. when the name of Jesus is mentioned] of Jesus Christ, every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and every tongue acknowledge [confess] that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the father! (Philippians 2:10 NIV).

I encourage you to know his names and believe the efficacy of God’s name to work in your life and in your lived experiences. He is the Jehovah-Rophe—that means “the Lord God that heals” (Psalm 147:3). That means that those sickness and disease shall not terrorize your life anymore, but even if it tarries, Jehovah-Rophe shall set you free, and because he shall set you free, affliction shall not rise again, the second time (Nahum 1:9). Jehovah Rophe shall give you a onetime prescription of grace. Never forget that Jesus ran the best pharmacy (drug store) at the hem of his feet that set the woman with the issue of blood free after twelve long agonizing years (Matt 9:20-22). I decree that, affliction shall not arise the second time in your household and in your life.

You Can Live Your Best Life Now

You can live your best life now by the special grace of God. God wants to heal not only your sicknesses and physical health but your emotional health and even your land—your nation. This is why I am asking you to take authority from Jesus and begin to decree into your own life right now. The promised power of God’s word in 1 (Chronicles 7:14) included that God will bring vitality to your land. This is a promise of prosperity. Lands are great possessions that always appreciate. People who are landless have always been economically disenfranchised in every society throughout history. Apart from the physical landed properties we have, when God said that he will add vitality to our lands in 1 Chronicles 7:14, God was making reference to everything that is of value to our everyday lives. The lands heretofore, can include the provision and sustainability of what gives us promotion—our careers, our businesses, the expansion of our dreams, our health which also, is our wealth, our spouses and children’s ability to do well.

Believe the Promise.

Our lands could mean a number of things and life’s necessities that guarantees our ability to live our best life now. To fully understand this promise, and why Jesus is enough to handle your situations no matter what you are going through right now, I want you to consider the story of how God for the sake of a covenant of grace made with Abraham, blessed Isaac’s lands in Genesis 26 out of proportions even in the middle of a great recession (famine). Genesis 26:1-32 [NIV] states: Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
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The
LORD
appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.
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Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
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I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring
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all nations on earth will be blessed,
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because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”
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So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
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Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the
LORD
blessed him.
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The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
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He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
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So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.
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Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”
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So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
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Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
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Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
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But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.
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Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
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He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the
LORD
has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

Remember: Your Blessing is in Obedience

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From there he went up to Beersheba.
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That night the
LORD
appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
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Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the
LORD
. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.
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Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.
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Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”
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They answered, “We saw clearly that the
LORD
was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you
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that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the
LORD
.”
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Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
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Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
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That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”
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He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.

God’s Name Can Stand for You

One of the Hebrew names of God is Jehovah Rapha. It means that God has the ability to restore things to its original state. But you must be willing to believe it to work miracles for you. Restoration means that there is no situation that can topple God. The story of Isaac in Genesis Chapter 26 clearly shows that Jesus is enough to compensate you, no matter where life has placed you in the past. Maybe you have lost yourself and your potentialities in the wilderness of unpleasant circumstances which many times, sin, misfortunes, and bad choices or people around your circle of influence can subject you into. Perhaps, you have lost your dreams, your joy, and reasons to be thankful and hopeful. Maybe, you have lost your peace due to so many crises and now it is so difficulty for you to trust again. In the audacity of God’s grace, God is speaking to you. God wants you to know that you can live your best life now.

“Your future days are going to be brighter than your small beginnings”!

Jehovah Restores

Jehovah Rapha shall restore to you, even stolen landed properties, real estate, your business, your health and finances and whatever the enemy has stolen from the treasuries of your life. God shall restore your finances, your stolen investments, your potentials and the joy that the enemy as stolen from you. Jehovah Rapha shall restore your hopes. He shall restore your peace; he shall restore your dreams. He shall restore all the stolen wells in your life and your promotion has just begun! For you, Jehovah Rapha shall restore order in whatever disorderliness that has characterized your life lately. Jehovah Rapha shall restore your stolen justice and there shall be restitutions in your life. This is why you must be stubborn with your success. You cannot quit now.

God Is Able To Meet Your Needs

Jehovah El Roi the God that sees shall meet with you. He has seen all the struggles you have been through. You are going to live your best life even now. God has seen your afflictions and the sufferings of His people, and since you have humbled yourselves and accepted the audacity of God’s grace today, God will come to your aid (Hebrews 2:18). Your situation shall never remain the same. God has seen your needs. He shall meet you at the points of these needs. That promotion shall come. That victory shall be won. That struggle shall be overcome! You are already a winner! You are going to live that best life God has promised, if you can begin to claim the promises of God in your life today. He is the Jehovah-Sabaoth, the Lord God of Hosts, “the Commander to the Angelic Host and the armed forces of heaven”. I don’t know the trouble and difficult situation you find yourselves lately. I don’t know the battles that are going on in your life right now, the battles in your family, the battles in your finances, but what I know, and what I am here to declare to you today is that if you believe the promise and the power of God’s word, you shall overcome!

It’s Ok to Celebrate

You can go ahead and start celebrating even right now by calling on Jehovah-Sabaoth. If you have lost all hopes, if you have been silenced by injustice, if your voice and opinion no longer counts in your situation, if you have become defenseless, if you are in trouble, if you are feeling trapped like you have armies of enemies and spiritual forces surrounding and holding you on all sides, you can break free right now because God has given you the power you need to. Your moment of deliverance has come. You will shed no more tears. You can shout on top of your voice, for Jehovah-Sabaoth are here to help you. Maybe your promotion which is long overdue has been suppressed. Perhaps you may have been pressured and pressed on every side by troubles, now what I want you to know is this: You have not been crushed! Maybe you are perplexed, but you have not been driven to despair, although you are hunted down, but the God of grace has not abandoned you, although you’ve been knock down, but you have not been destroyed, because the God of grace is here to lift you even right now, (2 Corinthians 4:8-9). You can live your best life now, your worst days are over, and a new dawn has come for you. Even though your nights have been so long, I decree that your day break has finally arrived; you can begin now to call on Jehovah-Jireh, “the Lord that provides”.