Making Miracles Happen

 

New Released Book: Making Miracles Happen

This book put in your hands the power to overturn circumstance, put you in authority over the affairs of your life.

An excerpt of the book is as displayed below:

Chapter 1

Whosoever Shall Call

Romans 10:13-14a

¹³ For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

^14a How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?

Whosoever shall call on...

Whosoever shall call on what? First off, it’s imperative to underscore here that there’s a great deal of difference between to know and to call. The former entail perceiving the truth, via your senses, concerning a thing empirically and mentally, while the latter entail to shout aloud. It could also mean to yell; to hollerto make a loud sound with the voice.

As a matter of fact, when you know a thing, you’ll almost act in accordance with the knowledge you have of that very thing. But when you call on a thing, that very thing will almost invariably act in accordance with the purpose for which it was called. Consider, for illustration, say you have at this very moment an Alsatian dog [German shepherd] as a pet; you know the potential of that dog as a large-sized breed of dog used as a guard dog or police dog.

Let us assume the name of that dog is Major. However, knowledge of the potential of Major does not make it act and demonstrate its proclivities. Rather it’s when you call on Major that’s when it’ll demonstrate its abilities of affection and protection for your delight.

Scripture says in the book of Daniel 11:32, “...But the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”

In other words, you shall be strong, and do exploits because you have knowledge of your God. In this verse of scripture, the emphasis is on the person with the knowledge, that is, you!

On the other hand, in the book of Romans 10:13, scripture says, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” In this verse of scripture the emphasis is not on the person with the knowledge, rather on the Lord.

In the former text, when you know, you do/perform the act. But in the latter text, when you call, the callee [the person/thing who/that is called by the caller] performs the act. Put slightly differently, when you have knowledge of the Lord and in the power of his might, the responsibility is on you to act in the knowledge of what you already know. But when you call upon the name of the Lord, the responsibility is on the Lord to act for you and for the purpose for which he was called.

A number of times, it is not the knowledge you have about the Lord that gets the job done, rather the job is done by simply calling upon the name of the Lord. Why? Because you might be knowledgeable at God’s Words, but fears and doubts could prevent you from acting on what you already know. Having the knowledge put the responsibility on you to act. But calling on the Lord relieves you of the responsibility and put it on the Lord to act on your behalf.

Matthew 8:23-26

²³ And when he was entered into the ship, his disciples followed him.

²⁴ And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

²⁵ And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

²⁶ And he saith unto them, why are ye fearful, o ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

Now, the disciples were on the same ship with the Lord Jesus when a great tempest arose and beat about that shipabout to capsize it. The disciples know the capabilities of the Lord because on that selfsame day they saw him put forth his hand, and touched a leper. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. A couple of hours later, they saw him heal the centurion servant who was sick of the palsy. In an hour time or less, they saw him touched the hand of Peter’s mother in-law; and she arose almost immediately and ministered to them. And when evening came they also saw him casting out devils from those that were possessed and healing all that were sick.

So it stands to reason that the disciples were not in anyways estranged from the miraculous working abilities of the Lord Jesus. And yet, when the storm and the waves beat upon that ship, they were sore fearful to be confident of what they’ve seen and heard of the Lord. But thank God they called, saying, Lord, save us!

Romans 10:11;13

¹¹ For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed

¹³ For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

The 13th verse of the above text did not say whosoever shall be holy and call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Nor does it say whosoever shall be righteous and blameless, and call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. No. But what does it say? Whosoever, including believers, unbelievers, thieves, prostitutes, drunkards, gamblers, occultists, witches and wizards, shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

So the disciples decided to call on the Lord who was having quiet forty winks onboard the ship, saying, Lord! Save us: we perish. At that instant, they devolve themselves of any responsibility to save their lives, but bequeath their safety onto the hand of the Lord.

So the Lord Jesus regained composure and act in accordance with the purpose for which he was awakened: he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. Bless God you too can be saved in the midst of storms when you call on the name of the Lord.

Luke 23: 36-43

³⁶ And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

³⁷ And saying, if thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

 ³⁸ And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

³⁹ And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him saying, if thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

⁴⁰ But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

⁴¹ And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds but this man hath done nothing amiss.

⁴² And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

⁴³ And Jesus said unto him, verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.

The first malefactor, in the above text, which railed on Jesus, knew and had heard of the miracles Jesus did, but he went ahead to probe, with some degrees of unbelief, whether he was the Christ. In his most excruciating dilemma on the cross, with eyes raised invokingly to Jesus, he unreluctantly quipped:  “If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.”

But the second malefactor rather than probe the saving capacity of Christ, went ahead to plead guilty of their heinous crimes; he decided to cast all his cares and anxieties on the Lord, saying: “Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.” He called upon the Lord! And Jesus said unto him, “Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Bless God he called on the Lord and was saved. Hallelujah!

I don’t know about you, but the greatest miracle I’ve ever received from the Lord is the miracle of salvation. In the book of Romans 10:9 we were meant to understand “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”  The repentant thief confessed with his mouth the Lord Jesus, and believed in his heart that Jesus is the Christ; and that he will come again in glory. Expressed somewhat differently, the repentant thief so much believed that God will raise Jesus from the dead. Small wonder that he said, “Lord, remember me when thou comest to thy kingdom.” This thief exhibited great faith. Blessed be God, in the end, he received the greatest miraclesalvation.

A number of years ago, the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa in one of his myriad seminars, narrated the story of one of his good friends who is a minister; and that he needed loan from the bank to complete a church project. “This minister met with the managing director of the bank and demanded for US 20,000$ loan to pay back on an agreed date. As this conversation was going on, another man walked into the office and sat down with a view of obtaining loan from the bank also.

As fate may have it, in the presence of this other man who had only walked into the office; and listening in on their conversations, the manager signed the loan for the minister. He arranged the money in his briefcase and decided to take his leave. No sooner had this minster take a step toward the door than the other man told the manager he’s on his way out: he dashed past the minister and waited for him outside the banking premises.

The minister who was carefree and vibrating to abundance decided to open his car and start off when the other man who was lying in wait, came from behind and graced his face with a thunder bolt lightening slap: he grabbed the money from the minister and decided to start running to his car.

As the minister regained composure, and saw the other man running toward his car, the minister said in a loud voice: “In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to bring back that briefcase. Bring it here now!”

Almost immediately, the other man frolicked back to the minister with the briefcase in hand; and knelt down, handed the briefcase over to the minister. The minister then opened his car, took-out one of his complimentary cards and gave it to the other man.

Today, that man who attempted to steal the minister’s money is an ordained deacon in his church.” Praise God! The name of the Lord saved both the minister and the criminal. Hallelujah!

It is pretty evident in the story that the minister has quite an understanding of the wonder working power of God; that God has given his angels charge over him; and will deliver him from evil: see Psalms 91.

But had the minister not called on the name of the Lord: exercised authority in the name of Jesus by commanding the man to bring back his briefcase that man would’ve carted away with the money.

Friends, knowledge of the Word of God alone won’t get the job done. Rather, exercising your legal right and authority by calling upon the name of the Lord Jesus will always get the job done. Praise God!

Matthew 20:30-34

³⁰ And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

³¹ And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

³² And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, what will ye that I shall do unto you?

³³ They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

³⁴ So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Now, those two blind men in the above text knew and had heard of the miraculous working power of Jesus Christ because it was accounted for them to have heard that Jesus passed by. But ‘till they yelled and called on the Lord, both men remained blind as a bat even with the knowledge they had.

A man who is well vast in the Word could be afflicted and weak in strength; and yet, not act on and/or confess the creative power of the Word to his body because of doubts. He looks at bodily condition and physical appearances, instead of professing the Word.

On November 10th 1980, Kenneth E. Hagin teaching on God, the Covenant and the Contradiction said: “Having divine light upon conditions and circumstances, why give a moment thought to deceptive appearances. Under such circumstance, they should be utterly ignored.”

Our thinking and confession ultimately should be based on what the Word says.

Scripture says in Joel 3:10, “Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears: Let the weak say. I am strong.” When you confess this divine truth to yourself that “I AM strong,” you are actually magnifying God in your body because the word exactly says: “I AM strong,” that is, God is strong. Consequently, as you continue in this consciousness of I am strong, even in the face of apparent contradictions, you will receive divine strength. The Psalmist put it best, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

Therefore, all that is necessary for this man to do is to act on the Wordto say “Lord you are the strength of my life; and according to your Word I call my body strong.” And he should go about his normal business. And the strength of the Lord shall come upon him at the time of need.

But no! Many Christians want to receive strength first before confessing the Lord as the strength of their life. That is ignorance and unbelief. And the worse form of ignorance is arrogance. Remember, scripture says in Mark 11:23 “For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”

In other words, you shall have it [strength], after you have confessed it [that the Lord is the strength of your life; and that I am strong].