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going to use the story of the walking on water as a case study to show why and
how we believers can walk on water, thus do the miraculous like Jesus did.
Peter Saw Jesus walks on water and he requested that he meets Jesus. Am sure
due to the things that Jesus had been teaching the disciples about who they are
in Christ Peter wanted to prove it, hence he decided to walk on water like Jesus and he almost
sank after a few meters of walking on water. Have your thought of it? Peter
actually walked on water like Jesus did! However at some point in his adventure
he went back to some doubtful thoughts and it almost sank him. We are going to
learn a lot from this story.
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The
first lesson here is that Jesus is a miracle God and we are like Him. We have
to know that Jesus is God and He does miracles and we are also supposed to do
the same. He said, ‘greater things than these shall ye do because I go to my
father’. Jesus has relegated the job to us because He is in heaven. He has wired
us for the life of walking on the water; a life of doing the unusual things.
The bible says, ‘ye are gods’. We are a special breed of people, more than all
children of God who ever lived on earth! The bible says that, ‘for as many as
believe in him, to them he makes the sons of God’. Every believer is a ‘son of
God’ like Jesus. This implies that we
have the same powerful ministry; ‘for the earnest creation waits for the
manifestation of the sons of God’!
In
this New Year, believers who have caught this revelation are going to do mighty
deeds; because we are well able and more than able to do it. The things that
the Lord has asked me to do this year are only big things! Because the Lord
knows that we are big, we are powerful and nothing can stand in our way He
gives us big assignments!
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The
second lesson is that we have to make it our prerogative to walk on water. The
Spirit of God will ask you to do only big things. We have a worldwide ministry
for He said, ‘go into the entire world’. We are international people and these
assignments are big and require us to walk on water. If you want to function
from your natural abilities then you are out of the equation. You have to face
every task and challenge from your divine status as a child of God. The tools
that the Lord has given us should be used. We have the Holy Spirit in us, and let’s
not do a single thing without involving him.
You
have to walk on water because it is the rise to your destiny. Every believer
has no choice! The days on bowing down our heads is over, we have to lift our
heads and show our chests because we conquerors!
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The
third lesson we have to know is that water has the ability to sink people and
so we have to walk in faith of the word of God. Scripture says, ‘the just shall
live by his faith’. This is the purpose of faith, to check the sinking problem.
Faith is the bridge with which we walk on water. Faith is the force that keeps
us on the water and prevents us from sinking.
We
get faith by hearing the word of God. If you are going to do mighty works then
it is time for you to believe. You have to delve into the word of God till he
gives you the revelation of who you are in Christ. When that revelation becomes
revealed in your spirit, nothing can stop you again because you will function
from a different level!
Read
your bible and let the Spirit of God give you the revelation. Attend
conferences and learn more about God. Moreover scripture says Daniel, ‘but the people that do know
their God shall be strong, and do exploits’ (11:32). Once you walk with the Lord and you chalk more
victorious experiences you faith will rise. You will begin to believe more.
When David was asked whether he could fight Goliath what he gave for his
audition was the fact that he had killed the lion and the bear. Cement your
faith with victories.
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The
final lesson here is that as a believer you are going to face a test of faith. Peter
was tested and he almost sank except the Lord helped him. When you get born
again, spiritually everything changes for a divine life. Yet your outer life is
still the same. You may be living in certain conditions that do not reflect your
present spiritual status. It is at this point that you have to be strong in
faith and believe that what God has said concerning you is the truth. The bible
says, ‘let all men be liars and God be truth’. Let’s say that you are broke,
yet the bible says that ‘He became poor that you through his poverty will
become rich’. Now this means that you are rich but at the moment your riches
are not showing. You have to think and believe that you are rich. Don’t confess
poverty but confess that you are rich and also believe for finances to live as
a rich person. As you do this the miracles will start happening and you will
begin to walk on water.
Believing
in God might not yield the miracles immediately but the bible says in Galatians
that ‘the fruit of the spirit is longsuffering’ (5:22). Meaning the Holy Spirit
is going to provide patience in you till you see the fruit of your faith
materialize. No matter what situation you are in, financial hardship or any
sin, believe that you are out of it and think as one; talk in line with it and
the miracle will start to happen.
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