Vision 2-2-2 Christian Ministry

DELAY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
John 11: 21 – 23, 38 - 45
Delays come through different ways. It is true that God can use everything to His glory but it is not all delays that come from God.
If you say your own case is too late, then I agree with you. But if you say that your time has come then you will see the glory of the Lord.
CAUSES OF DELAY
1. God can delay to be able to give you a better thing
2. You, yourself can be the architect of delay in some ways as –
i. Allowing sin in your life
ii. Disobedience - Israel in the wilderness were examples
iii. Not rising up to the challenge
iv. Not giving the sacrifices needed
v. God may be waiting for your praise- like Jehoshaphat 2Chro 20: 22
3. Satan and his agents are the main agents of delay and can even cancel the blessings through his – Embargoes, barriers, limitation, exchange programme, evil pronouncements, hijacking your destiny or destiny exchange, etc

Sometimes there’s no logical solution to life’s challenges. Fear says your situation is permanent. Logic says it's impossible. Facts say it doesn't make sense. Science says follow logic and consider the facts. Math says it doesn’t add up. Time says it’s too late. Age says you’re too young or too old. Education says you’re not qualified. Experience says you’re a novice. People say it’s never been done before. The past says check your history. Scars say you’re about to get hurt again. Comfort says it is really not worth the trouble? The future says you don’t belong here. The pocket says I can’t afford it. But faith says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13). Don't seek logical solutions to every life’s challenges. Sometimes you just have to believe. "We walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). Feed your faith and all the other negative voices will starve to death.
May God bless you.

LORD CHANGE THE LANGUAGE OF MY ENEMIES
Every being has enemies, if you do not know that, you are defeated already. The goal of the enemy is - to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: John 10:10
Some enemies are very powerful that you may not be able to face them on your own. The type of enemies you have depends on your destiny.
Among the children of Jacob, Joseph had more problem than the rest of them. Among the children of Jesse, David had more problems than all of them. How your tomorrow will be will determine the problems and the type of enemies you will have.
If you can pray, ‘Lord, Change The Language Of My Enemies’, God will give you a new song.
We shall look at two cases in the bible and use them as stepping stones for prayer.
PHARAOH
Exo 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bo***ge, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bo***ge. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Exo 12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
The children of Israel who are the children of covenant were suffering in Egypt and they cried unto the Lord and the Lord sent deliverance to them through Moses. Pharaoh resisted but when God handled him, he allowed them to go and requested for blessing.
Pharaoh had seen the children of Israel as slaves and therefore their God must be inferior to him. When God handled him in different ways, he bowed and requested for blessings. God change his language. Pharaoh changed his language when he discovered the greatness of the God he was dealing with.
NEBUCHADNEZZAR –
Daniel 3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Dan 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. 27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar was ruling the land up to India at that time and all the countries he conquered, none of their gods meant anything to him, so, he disdained the Almighty. He saw himself greater than the Almighty and God showed him a little of His power. He was a great and powerful king but when he saw the greatness of God, he changed his language.
All the enemies that had been bragging over your life, ministry, family, finance and even your nation, pray and God will change their languages. They will start to praise and magnify the Almighty God and your victory will be the demonstration of His power.
Hindrances shall give way and victory shall be yours.