Jan 2022. My Year of doing Great Exploit
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32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Exploits ( Noun) . a bold or daring feat. / An act or deed, especially a brilliant or heroic one.. Take action , Dearing
Verb . make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
But,
The People. Inrespective of colour or race or age . THE PEOPLE .
... of knowing God, being strong and doing exploits.
God’s people are characterised by
what they know :Revelation .. Knowing
what they are :Rightouness .. Being
what they do: Exploits… Doing
For only as we know God can we be strong; and only as we are strong can we undertake exploits in the name of the Lord. Conversely, if we are not doing exploits for God it is because we are not strong; and if we are not strong it is because we do not know God well enough. In this study we shall examine the three ideas in Daniel 11:32.
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.
32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
Know..
FIRST, WE MUST KNOW GOD
FIRST, WE MUST KNOW GOD
It is not enough to know about Him. It is possible to know much about the Lord, His nature and attributes, and yet not to know Him personally. We can, of course, only come to know God through the Lord Jesus Christ - look up and compare Job 22:21; John 14:6; 17:3. This is the initial sense in which we come to know God as our loving heavenly Father through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour; but we must go on to know Him progressively, for there are degrees of knowing Him, as John 14:9 and Philippians 3:10 indicate. How do we really get to know God?
We get to know Him as we spend time in communion and in fellowship with Him. We can only really get to know anyone by spending time in his or her presence, and we can only really get to know God as we spend time alone with Him and cultivate fellowship and friendship with Him - as Enoch did (Genesis 5:22-24).We get to know Him as we listen to Him speaking to us. When friends get together they talk and listen to one another, and thus they get to know one another; and as we wait in the presence of God regularly, He speaks to us in and through His Word, and we hear His voice and, like Mary, really come to know Him - look up Luke 10:38-42.We get to know Him by speaking to Him. Fellowship is mutual; it is not a one-sided affair, and when we come into the presence of the Lord and open our hearts and our lips to Him we get to know Him, as David did (Psalm 55:16-17); and as Daniel did (Daniel 6:10).We get to know Him by observing His ways of working. We get to know God as we see what He does and how He does it, and in this respect we can only get to know Him gradually in the daily paths of practical experience as we follow on to know Him - look up Hosea 6:3 KJV, and compare 2 Peter 3:18.
All this should make us ask ourselves: How much do I know Him? For the measure of our knowing
…will determine the measure of our being…
and our doing!
God .
I know…
Knowlegde gives you stability in the kingdom and on earth. Compromise is prove that you don’t know God. that u have to outsource other help.
Step to Knowing God.
Encounter.
The Dimension of God you have to encounter for the specific area of your life.
Men that have encounter, are different from General Men. All the Name of God are product of Man encounter with a side of God .
Jehovah Jiera .
The Name of Jesus.
2. Revelation.
The Knowledge only you can explained , that no one will fully understanding . The eyes of your understanding been enlighten.
3. Conviction.
No life sponsor your activites.
Why do u give , in anger and pride .
What is your ideal of me.
If you evil know how to give gift .
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Your need is an insult on God. so God I will have to supply
4. Step of Faith / Believe
5. Action of Obedeint
6. Action of Obedeint produce RESULT . ALL inspiring result.
Understand the Side of God that bring favour .
The knowlegde of God is powerful and bring you understand to work the earth.
David and Goliath.
What trip and family are u from.. David did not just kill Goliath .. Son of Jesse .
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Their was revelation that david know. Men Just don’t exploit.
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Their is nothing backing this man… The revelation of God and live .. Putting pressure on the integrity of God , Goliath was already dead while standing.
Your destiny is at the mercy of the dimention of God that you know. it matter which manof God introduce God to u.
Strong: Strength.
Capacity.
2. KNOWING GOD WILL MAKE US STRONG
2. KNOWING GOD WILL MAKE US STRONG
Yes, and the more we know Him the stronger we shall be.
Shall we be strong physically? We should remember that He is the source of our physical life as well as of our spiritual life.
Shall we be strong morally? Yes - as Daniel was when he was cast into the lions’ den; and as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were when they were cast into the fiery furnace.
Shall we be strong spiritually? Yes
As we go on to know the Lord:
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
We shall become stronger in our confidence in Him. We shall be filled with a holy assurance; we shall “know”
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
We shall have confidence in God and His enabling to endure in adversity, trial, sorrow and any kind of affliction.We shall become stronger in our power to meet and overcome temptation and evil.
How weak we are sometimes! Why? Because we do not know the Lord enough; but as we get to know Him better we shall receive more power to meet and to overcome those things that are displeasing to Him - look up Acts 1:8.We shall become stronger in our ability to be a strength to others.
A Christian once prayed, “Lord, make me as Thine arm, upon which the troubled and tried can lean!” Is that the kind of prayer we should pray and that God will answer? Indeed it is!
Thus, as we know God we become strong - look up Isaiah 40:28-31. And when we are strong, then what happens?
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, 31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Exploit
WHEN WE ARE STRONG WE SHALL DO EXPLOITS FOR GOD
WHEN WE ARE STRONG WE SHALL DO EXPLOITS FOR GOD
An exploit is: ”A heroic deed of achievement”; a great and daring feat.
The Bible is full of illustrations of men and women who did exploits for God.
Think of Gideon and his 300 (Judges 7:19-23);
19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers—they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing—and they cried, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!” 21 And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled. 22 When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the Lord set every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel gathered together from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and pursued the Midianites.
Samson (Judges 14:5-6);
5 So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Now to his surprise, a young lion came roaring against him. 6 And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
Elijah on Carmel (1 Kings 18:36-39);
36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.” 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!”
and see God’s picture gallery of the
heroes of faith in Hebrews 11.
Think also of the apostles and the early Christians who hazarded their lives for the name of the Lord(Acts 15:26),
26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
and turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6)!
6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.
If we really know God and are thereby made strong in Him, we also shall do exploits, and we shall do them in two ways:
By prayer. We shall find ourselves walking in the footsteps of men like George Muller and Hudson Taylor, who by prayer alone ”moved the arm that rules the world”
.By Witnessing. We shall find ourselves walking in the footsteps of the early Christians, whose hearts were so full of the love of Christ that their lips were constantly filled with the message of the gospel as they went from place to place witnessing to the power and grace of God.