Text: Deut. 6:1 to 3.
“1. NOW THIS is the instruction, the laws, and the precepts which the Lord
your God commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land to
which you go to possess it,
2. That you may [reverently] fear the Lord your God, you and your son and
your son’s son, and keep all His statutes and His commandments which I
command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be
prolonged.
3. Hear therefore, O Israel, and be watchful to do them, that it may be
well with you and that you may increase exceedingly, as the Lord, the God
of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.”
Amplified Version.
As we move into this New Year, this scripture gives us clear instructions
on what to expect and what to do to see what you expect come to pass. It
is a new year just like a new land, a new territory, a new career, a new
house, a new car and a new life. What do you expect when you get something
new? You expect something different from what you were used to. You expect
so much from this new thing that you just can’t wait to open it.
One, it is a new land. You have never been here before. Approach it with
great zest and expectations. Let your expectations go beyond the sky.
Expect more than what you have ever known or had. God wants you to aim
high and expect the best. This land is a promise from God to you. So you
are entering your promised land as you walk into the New Year. God
promised you. Now He has delivered His promise to you by letting you walk
into this Promised Land called 2012. You have entered your Promised Land.
Get excited about it!
Two, it is a land flowing with milk and honey. It does not look like when
you stepped into it, you will see milk and honey line up the streets.
There are people who will live in this land and will never see the milk
and honey God promised them in this new land. You must make up your mind
to see only what God told you that you will see in this new land. Choose
to see milk and honey in this new land. Milk is food for growth. Honey
makes your life sweet. In this new land, you shall have food that will
cause you to grow well and healthy in Jesus name. Your life will be sweet
so that you can add sweetness to life. You will no longer be an addendum
in life. You will no longer be a spare tire in Jesus name. Amen. By this
word, your name will be removed from the supplementary list to the chosen
list in Jesus name. God is upgrading you from the backside to the front
stage.
Three, it is a land where your life will be prolonged. Your life will be
elongated. In other words, your significance and relevance will span
several coasts. While you are located in Port Harcourt for instance like
me, your significance and relevance will extend beyond the continent of
Africa to other parts of our known world. You will be touching lives in
Asia, Africa, America, Australia, Europe and the Oceania from where you
are. This is what is called dominion. It is your capacity to touch many
lives from one place. You may never be able to travel to faraway places in
Africa or Asia, but your relevance and significance will be felt by people
in these distant lands. This is the reason we extend partnership to people
like you. It is an opportunity for you to extend your life and to make
your life really significant. You can partner with us today from where you
by sending us an email: mike@aggressivefaith.org. I will send you more
information on this.
Now that you expect new things in this new land, what do you do when you
get a new package? The first thing to do is to read the manual for the
working of this new thing. Right? Most black people don’t read the manual
and that is why the black men have been behind. In fact, it was a white
man who told me that if you want to keep a secret from a black man, put it
in writing. This is true. As I travel around the world with my books, I
have seen that they are mostly purchased and read by white people. Reading
is the key to living. God is so big that we can never know Him. However,
He has reduced Himself to words that we can read so that we can live. So,
if you don’t read, how then can you know God? God is the Word.
From our text, you can see that God gives instructions for living in the
new land. If you must enter the new land, you must follow His
instructions. If you must live in the new land, you must follow His
instructions. If you must see and enjoy the milk and honey in the new
land, you must follow His instruction. If you must live well and long, you
must follow His instructions. It seems to be that His instructions are
what carry the new land. That is why some people can live in the new land
for ever and never see the milk and honey simply because they are not
following the instructions God has given. The new land is not a location
in America or Africa or Asia or Europe. The new land is in God’s
instruction to you as a person. The milk and honey is not lining the
streets of the Promised Land. The milk and honey is in the instruction
that He has given. No wonder as long as any man listens to God’s
instructions and follow them, he will see the milk and honey. This will be
in spite of the economic state. God does not know economic recession. He
has more than enough to take care of the over seven billion people on
earth today.
God commands the preachers and teachers of the word to teach the
instructions of God to the people. This is the reason I send you this
devotional weekly. I am teaching you the instructions that will enable you
enter your Promised Land and enjoy all that God has for you in this new
land. 1 Corinthians 4:1 tells us, “So Apollos and I should be looked upon
as Christ’s servants who distribute God’s blessings by explaining God’s
secrets.”The Living Bible. Each time I am teaching you the word, I am
distributing the blessing of God to you by explaining God’s secrets. By
this message, I am distributing the blessing of God for 2012.
God’s instruction to you as you read is to hear His word and observe to do
them. Hear and obey His instructions to you. That is the key to the
Promised Land. It is the key to the new land, the New Year, the new house,
the new car, the new life. May you hear His voice loud and clear this year
so that you will observe to do what He tells you to do per time in Jesus
name. Amen. Happy New Year!
Copyright© Bishop Michael O. Amamieye, 2012. www.aggressivefaith.org
It is well!
Yours truly,
In covenant bond with Jehovah,
Bishop Michael O. Amamieye
Evangelist/Teacher to the Nations
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