In my
previous article,
I dissected the mysteries of ‛âzar. I believe you understand the meaning of
‛âzar. As children and creatures of God, we need help in our life journey.
Even God needs help in his works. God needed a man to stand in the gap of
Israel so that he would deliver the Israelites. God needed a man to transact
divine business so he would enforce his justice.
Boetheo of humankind
Son of man, say unto her, Thou [art] the land that is not
cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
[There is] a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof,
like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have
taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the
midst thereof.
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things:
they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they
shewed [difference] between the unclean and the clean, and have hid
their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the
prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered [morter],
seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD,
when the LORD hath not spoken.
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and
have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger
wrongfully.
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and
stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I
found none.
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed
them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their
heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 22:24-31 KJV
In verse thirty of the above Holy Scriptures, God declared that he
searched for a man. God needs us in times of decision-making. He needs our
contribution. God needs our help (boetheo).
God wanted to show mercy on his people, but he found no man to persuade
Him. God became a man (Christ
Jesus) to save us from sin and Satan (meditate on John 1:1-14, 1
Timothy 3:16).
God needed the body and blood of man to save humankind. He had to
sacrifice himself for our sins so we could reconcile with the
Trinity. God needs men to spread the gospel. People will not be saved
without human beings preaching and teaching the gospel.
God needs us to expand the kingdom of heaven through evangelism and
intercession. He needs our help. Although He can use angels, the earth is not
their domain. The earth is the domain of human beings; therefore, God must use
the right people.
God created the earth for humankind. He needs human beings to perform
his roles on earth. Although God can use anything to complete his plans,
humankind is needed in his works. As stated in the previous article, God can help
us without human beings.
We cannot undermine the help of humanity. Before Christ Jesus (God
Almighty) could fulfill his ministry on earth, he needed John the Baptist.
John the Baptist (a human being) had to baptize and announce Christ Jesus to
the Jews, religious people, and Gentiles.
Christ Jesus needed John the Baptist because He was the recognized prophet.
John the Baptist was the authority figure in that season. Christ Jesus (God
Almighty) needed the validation of John the Baptist and the Trinity to complete
his assignment.
Christ Jesus had to train disciples (human beings) and empower them with
the Holy Spirit to spread the gospel. This means there are circumstances you
need the help of human beings. If the people God has assigned to help you fail
to assist you, God, in his sovereignty, can use angels, animals, and anything
to help you.
This is one reason I am writing on the ‛âzar (help) of God. Some people
take advantage of the power God has given them. They use this authority to
abuse those they are supposed to help. Secondly, humankind is vulnerable to sin
and evil spirits.
The people that are supposed to help you can be corrupt. They can change
their mind towards you (meditate on Numbers 23:19). The people supposed to help
you can be manipulated by jealous people, demons, and Satanic agents.
When this happens, you need the ‛âzar of God. This is why I am writing about
the help of God. I want you to put your faith in God. Your faith in God must be
higher than your faith in humankind.
The fact that God can use humankind to help you does not mean you should
put all your faith in them. Put your faith in God. If the person supposed to
help you fails, God can use a different person to help you. God can use
anything to help you.
The mysteries of the fish
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute [money]
came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented
him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take
custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the
children free.
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and
cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast
opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto
them for me and thee.
Mattjew 17:24-27 KJV
When Christ Jesus came to Capernaum, the tax
collectors needed tax (money) from his disciples. In that season, Christ Jesus
and his disciples had little or no money on them. Christ Jesus did not want to
borrow from people.
Christ Jesus did not want to embarrass himself and his disciples, so he
told Peter to go to the sea. When he gets to the sea, he should cast out his
hook. The first fish that comes out from the sea will contain money.
After removing the money from the fish, he should send a portion to pay
the Romans (tax collectors) and bring the rest of the money to him. Child of
God, this is a miracle! God can send miracle money!
If money could appear in a fish's mouth, what can’t God do for you? Where
did the money come from? How did the money enter the fish? An angel of the Lord placed the money in the fish! That’s the hand (help)
of God.
God can send money into your bank account if you believe it with all
your heart. He can command angels to wire money into your account. An angel of
God can appear in human form and supply your needs and wants.
Believe God for a miracle! You have to cast the hook into the sea. Until
you cast the hook into the sea, the fish carrying your miracle will not appear.
Obey the commands of God. God can speak to you through the Word, His servants,
dreams, visions, trance, loved ones, and the Holy Spirit. Act on the Word of
God as led by the Holy Spirit, and you will catch the miraculous fish (money,
healing, favor, job, contract, and deliverance) with your hook (faith).
My testimony of miracle keceph
I needed money (keceph)
for a church program. I had my Visa card (bank debit card). I could not use my
Visa Card on any Automated Teller Machine (ATM) except the bank ATM I received
the Visa Card.
That was the system of the bank I received my Visa card. Although the
bank had several cards one could use at different ATMs, the Visa card I
received could only be used in a specific bank ATM.
The time for the church was up. I did not have physical cash on me. The
ATM of the bank I received the Visa card was not working that day. By faith, I
went to a different bank ATM. I prayed from my heart.
I told God that I needed the money urgently for the church service, so
he should allow my Visa card to withdraw cash from that ATM. I have tried using
my Visa card at that ATM and several ATMs.
It did not work. My Visa Card only works in the bank and their branches'
ATMs. By faith, I inserted my Visa card into that bank ATM. I could withdraw
money from the ATM using my Visa card!
My Visa card was not linked to that bank ATM, but it worked! After the
withdrawal, I went to the church program. Child of God, we serve a God of
miracles. As stated, I have tried my Visa card on that ATM and different ATMs, but
it didn’t work.
My Visa card only worked on my bank and their branch ATM because it was
linked. However, my Visa card worked on a different bank ATM which was not
linked to my bank. I could attend the church service with the physical cash
that night. Glory to God!
If Christ Jesus could supply money through a fish's mouth, what can’t he
do for you? It’s time to build faith in God (Christ Jesus) and His Word. With
God, all things are possible. The place you never expected help would be the
exact location God will use.
God can command animals to supply your needs and wants if you have faith.
If money can come out from a fish, your needs and wants can come from animals
and anything. Believe God for a miracle. Act on the Word of God as led by the
Holy Spirit.
The seed of the five artos and two ichthus
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said
unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country
round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no
more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all
this people.
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples,
Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
And they did so, and made them all sit down.
Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to
heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the
multitude.
And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of
fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
Luke 9:12-17 KJV
Many people followed Christ Jesus and his disciples when he walked on
earth as a man. People loved to be around Christ Jesus because he preached the
gospel and performed miracles.
In one of Christ Jesus’ missionary works, the people around him became
hungry. The people had traveled far to hear Christ Jesus's teachings. If Christ
Jesus sends them home, most of them will die out of hunger.
At that time, there were no cars, airplanes, trains, and motorbikes. Few
people had donkeys, camels, and horses to travel long distances. Their main
system of traveling was by land. They had to walk.
Christ Jesus did not want the people who came to hear the gospel to return
hungry. He had to feed them. Examining the people in Christ Jesus' crusade, they
were over five thousand (excluding women and children).
This means they were about fifteen thousand people. Note that the
population at that time was small. The food available was five loaves of bread (artos) and two fishes (ichthus). There
is no way two fishes and five loaves of bread can feed over ten thousand hungry
human beings.
I could consume two fish and five loaves of bread within three hours,
and there was no way that food could satisfy the multitude. Christ Jesus had to
perform a miracle. He commanded his disciples to group the people.
After grouping the people, Christ Jesus blessed the two fishes and five
loaves of bread. After blessing the two fishes and five loaves of bread, they
multiplied. The people (over ten thousand people) ate to their satisfaction.
Extra twelve baskets remained after the people ate. This should tell you
that the number of fish and loaves of bread increased. Sometimes God needs the
little in your hands. If you can give a little of what you have to God, his
church, and servants, He will multiply it by a thousand seeds. I have had
several testimonies in giving and receiving.
I have observed that when I give from my heart or give the little I
have, God returns it to me miraculously. I don’t know how He does it. When I
give, I receive from God. The help of God will come when you take a step of
faith.
You cannot expect the help of God if you cannot do something to prove
your faith. Christ Jesus needed two fishes and five loaves of bread to feed
over ten thousand people. God wants you to do something with your life.
Maybe you need a job, write an application letter to a company. Believe
God for a miracle. The company will call you. You cannot sit in your room and
expect God to write an application letter for you.
If you write and submit the application letter, God and his angels will
do their part. Your little is the five loaves of bread and two fish (writing of
the application letter). God will bless your artos and ichthus.
Maybe you believe in God for healing, take some medicine, exercise, and
believe in God for healing. Perhaps you need a husband or wife. Come out of
your room (hiding place) and let people see you.
God will touch the heart of someone to propose marriage. Maybe you need
money to start a business. Start with the little you have. God will send
helpers to your side. When God sees your little effort, He will multiply your
labour.
God will reward your effort. The reason you cannot receive the help of
God is that He has not seen your input (artos and ichthus).
Let God see the little in your hands and heart. He will multiply your little
seeds (two fishes and five loaves of bread).
Don’t sit in your room without doing anything. Start something. Do
something positive with your life. When God sees your effort, He will help you.
If you are called into the ministry, start evangelism, follow up, and pray, God
will send helpers.
You cannot sit in your room and expect God to send helpers. Go into the
market and streets. Start winning souls. When God sees your effort, He will
help you. If you hold your two fishes and five loaves, you will not experience
the ‛âzar of God. Are you holding unto your ichthus and artos?
The seed of the 'almanah
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the
prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest
that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him
my two sons to be bondmen.
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast
thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the
house, save a pot of oil.
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even]
empty vessels; borrow not a few.
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon
thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside
that which is full.
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who
brought [the vessels] to her; and she poured out.
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her
son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a
vessel more. And the oil stayed.
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil,
and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
2 Kings 4:1-7
KJV
This widow ('almanah) was in debt. Her creditor was ready to compensate the
debt with her two sons. The only thing the widow had was a pot of olive oil.
God used Elisha to deliver the widow from poverty and her creditors.
God used the little the widow had to save her family. He multiplied the
pot of olive oil. After multiplying the olive oil, the widow sold them to pay
her debt. She used the rest of the money to supply her needs and wants. Her
children did not struggle anymore because she exercised faith in the little she
had. Are you ready to sacrifice
the little you have to attract the help of God?
The second seed of the 'almanah
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and
dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the
city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he
called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel,
that I may drink.
And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and said,
Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake,
but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I
[am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my
son, that we may eat it, and die.
And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go [and] do as thou hast
said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring [it] unto me,
and after make for thee and for thy son.
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not
waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day [that] the
LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and
he, and her house, did eat [many] days.
[And] the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of
oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
1 Kings 17:9-16
KJV
A widow and her son in Israel were about to die from hunger. This widow
was about to eat her last meal with her son. After the last meal, they would
starve to death.
When this widow gave (sacrificed) some of her small meal to Prophet Elijah
(which symbolizes God), she had abundant food in her house.
God wanted the widow to give her little. When the woman exercised faith
in God and gave the little, she had, God supplied her needs and wants. As
stated, “the barrel
of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of
the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.”
The woman did not lack food in her house because she gave a portion of her
little. What God needs from you is your little faith (seed). He wants you to
exercise faith. When God sees your little input (seed), He will stretch forth
his hands.
God will come to your aid when you sacrifice your most treasurable asset
to build his house and help his servant. The widow could have ignored Elijah
because that was her only meal. Even her last meal was not enough for herself
and her son.
However, she gave a little to Elijah (a symbol of God). When God saw her
generosity (faith) and integrity of heart, He helped her. Are you holding your
last meal from God? God needs a portion of your last meal (money, land, time,
energy, and asset). God wants you to sow a seed to his church and servant.
Through your meal (seed), the help of God will flow into your life, family, and
business.
The ‛âzar of David
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine
to fight with him: for thou [art but] a youth, and he a man of war from
his youth.
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and
there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered [it] out
of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught [him] by his beard,
and smote him, and slew him.
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the
living God.
David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the
lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of
this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
1 Samuel 17:33-37
KJV
When King Saul examined David, he recognized that David was not fit for
the philistine champion (Goliath). However, David made a profound statement, “The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the
lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of
this Philistine.”
Lions and bears are strong animals. It is almost impossible to fight and
kill a lion and bear with your bare hands. David convinced King Saul that God
empowered him to kill a lion and bear in the wilderness.
David was a young shepherd who looked after his father’s sheep. Jesse
(David’s father) did not like David. Jesse dumped David in the wilderness to
look after his flock. Wild animals such as lions and bears occasionally
attacked Jesse’s sheep.
As a shepherd, David endangered himself. David was exposed to strange
animals such as wolves, tigers, lions, bears, hippopotami, snakes, and several animals. A time came David had
to face a lion and a bear because the lion came after his life and the lives of
the sheep.
Child of God, if God could empower young David to kill a bear and lion
with his bare hands or staff, what can’t he do for you? God would deliver you
from your enemies if David could survive in the wilderness with lions, bears,
tigers, pythons, and several poisonous animals.
If God could deliver David from the lions and bears, what can’t he do
for you? It doesn’t matter how strong and destructive the enemy is; if God is
for you, nobody can destroy you (meditate on Romans 8:31, 1 John 4:4, Psalms
118:6). Your family may ignore you just like Jesse dumped his son (David) in
the wilderness. God has not abandoned you.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
Psalms 27:10 KJV
When your family, loved ones, and people in the workplace reject you,
don’t give up on life. Don’t
commit suicide because life looks hopeless. God has not rejected you.
The people in the workplace, school, and home might not like you.
That doesn’t mean God dislikes you. God loves you with all his heart! You
might be facing some lions and bears. God will give you the strength (grace) to
face them. The enemy might be stronger than you physically.
You have the strongest and greatest God by your side (Christ Jesus). The
King of Kings and Lord of Lords live in you. God Almighty (the Holy Spirit) is
with you. His angels are protecting you (meditate on Psalms 34:7).
King Saul tried to kill David several times. However, God delivered
David in every attempt. God will not allow your enemies to destroy or kill you.
The enemy cannot kill you without God’s permission.
Face your Goliath with faith. God will take the lead. His angels will
fight for you when you place your faith in His Word. The lions and bears are
nothing when Christ Jesus is on your side (meditate on Hebrews 13:5, Psalms
34:7).
To be continued…
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