Have you ever wondered why are some people moving and some stagnant? Has it ever occurred to you to ask this pertinent question does God have interest in the progress of some people and the degradation of some?
Some times ago two friends were discussing- ‘We are doing the same business and you are just moving ahead while I have just been managing’ the other said ‘You should know best, because though we are doing the same thing but I am doing this same thing differently’. At a point, there discourse got to the point of argument that the other is using negative force against him and that is why his business is not moving. What a thinking model?
Until you learn to take responsibility, you will never move beyond where you are. It only appeared to you by virtue of thought that some people are moving ahead and some are stagnant or that God is interested in the progress of some, it is never the truth. God made everything with one thing in mind and that is to fulfil his purpose of existence, secondly God is never partial. Why you are where you are and others are where they are is as a result of what others are doing that you are not doing or what others are doing that you are not doing.
In Life it is certain that you can be in any of the three states at any point in time, you cannot be in two at the same time.
1. State of Progression 2. State of Stagnancy 3. State of Regression.
When you are progressing, you are on top, your today is better than your yesterday. When you are stagnant; you are just at a point. The state of regression is the when your yesterday is better than your today. The good news however is that you can move from any of the two states below to the one above because that is the divine destination of God for your existence.
The maker of all things is high hence, he loves to see his creature move high no wonder he failed to allow the earth remain formless and void at creation “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep… And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Gen 1:2-3
Never subscribe to the school of thought that some people are destined to be up and some to be down, it is the permanent desire of God that things move up and you get more than you are currently getting the limitation is not God but you.
“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase” Job 8:7
COME UP HERE!
In as much as it is in the divine interest of God that his creature moves up, he placed it as a command and not just an advice. “Come Up Here”. This is a command and not a counsel, the difference between a command and an advice is the tune of speech and the position of the speaker. If it is against his mind why would he command you?
To come up connotes moving from a lower ground to a higher ground, it could also mean to increase or to change levels. For God to command ‘Come Up Here’ the word ‘Here’ means there is a desired place God wants you to be, and the place is specific. Man has a desired place; God also has a desired place. No matter how good a man is, your desired place can never be greater than God’s desired place for your existence. Therefore you must learn to submit your desired height for God’s height; else you might labour under fruitless effort if your desired height is not God’s desired height for you.
For every ‘up’ there must have been an existing ‘down’.
“I John who also am your brother and companion… was in the isle that is called Patmos…” Rev 1:9
The repositioning of John the beloved whose life this command moved up in the book of revelation exemplified the states of being every individual lives could be, Consider his testimony I am in the Isle of Patmos, indicating the fact that his position was low, but alas the book did not finish before he was repositioned to come up here. God desires that you move up in all facets of life- Spiritually, Financially, Morally etc.
It does not matter how low you are today or how far you are to your breakthrough I can hear the voice of the Spirit if only you can shout amen as you read this saying unto you Come up here in the mighty name of Jesus.
To come up here also means to change levels, for everyone that changed levels in the scripture there is always a voice- Mephiboseth did not just find himself in the palace of the king, Daniel did not just get out of the lions’ den, neither did Joseph just find himself as the prime minister of Egypt, A voice brought them forth.
“And David said is there any left…” 2 Samuel 9:1, “Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out….” Daniel 6:23. “Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph…” Gen 41:14.
The result of these voice(s) provoked a positioning to higher grounds, As you read this every voice that is necessary to serve as a catalyst to move you up this year, wherever they are may the Lord stir them up to speak in Jesus name.
SIX THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU COME UP HERE!
Until you come up, you can never get up, once you get up you will experience:
Change in Levels
– When you come up to the desired place of God for your life, your levels will change, and things must change for you. When Paul the Apostle came up to God’s desired height for him he became the chiefest of all Apostles. 2 Cor. 12:11-12
Destiny Fulfilment
– The ‘Here’ place of God is the destined place of God for you, thus when you come up here you automatically fulfil the mind of God which is your destination. When Joseph came up here through the divine intervention of God who gave the King a dream no man could interpret except him he fulfilled the destiny hanging upon his life. –The Dream. Gen 42:5-6
Experience more of God
- The desired place of God is where he wants you to know and see more of his person. When you come up here you start enjoying more of God. John the Beloved enjoyed and experienced God on large scale when he moved up. – Rev. 4:1b
Sing New Song
- For every new thing, there is always a new song. When you move up you sing a new song because you have a new experience. Exodus 15:1-5
Command Respect & Honour
– For every new height, you command new right; since there is a change in levels, there is also a new height of respect and honour. The moment Daniel came up he commanded new respect from the king and the society. Daniel 6:25-28.
New Challenges:
Challenges are part of achievement, for every height you get to in life; you must expect new challenges, because they justify your movement and make you better. The moment you start experiencing newness external challenges and internal challenges will rise. External – people and internal- yourself. You might be tempted to see yourself as superior and the power behind the success – Pride. It is a challenge your must fight to overcome. While David should be at battle he was doing nothing at home. – 2 Samuel 11:1-4
HOW DO I COME UP HERE?
It is not enough to know where you are going, you might never get there if you fail to identify how you will get there. You must understand that it is not all about power neither is it of might, but the Spirit of the Lord makes things work out. The Earth and the Heavens were not made to be in isolation of one another, what ever will happen on Earth must have a Supernatural element. It starts from the appearance of the day, how did today found it’s way out to become what we call it, there is a supernatural force that controls the move of the day.
If you will ever come up here, the following three fundamental things must be in place:
The Looking and Beholding:
“After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in Heaven…”
Rev 4:1
In life there is always an opening, but not all eyes can see. Get this points right. ‘I Looked’, and ‘Behold’ ‘Door Opened in Heaven’.
Until you look at the right direction, you will continue to miss the right result. It takes a looking to behold. John the Beloved had a longing to get more that was why he was looking. What makes a man to look is a desire. Therefore if you will ever come up to the desired place of God, you must have a desire to move out of your present level and look forward to a more desirable height in the direction of God. When he looked he beheld, for him to have seen the opened door in Heaven, it means that he has been looking upward because Heaven is up. If you don’t look up you don’t get up.
Joseph had a desire to leave the prison, listen to his conversation:
“But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee unto me, and make mention of me unto pharaoh, and bring me out of this house…” Gen 40:14
His desire was right but his looking was wrong, he was looking at the direction of pharaoh’s servant but the bible said he forgot him. The moment he focused on God to bring him out he found his way to destiny.
It takes heavenly release for an earthly manifestation. “A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven” John 3:27 including moving up.
Look up; it takes divine help to meet divine demand. There is a place for you at the top but until you see it, you cannot get there. Looking and behold has the following sub-element: Desire, Vision, and Concentration.
The Hearing of the Voice
“…the first voice I heard… talking to me…”
Rev 4:1
Every life that lack direction ends up in frustration. The Hearing of the voice here connotes direction, for everywhere God wants you to get to, there is always a thing God wants you to do. Somebody said God will never do for you what he knows you can do and you need to do in order to get what you need.
God must speak for you to know what he wants you to do, though God speaks not everybody hears him. “He that has ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit is saying…” Rev 3:6 if everybody on earth speaks and you fail to hear what God wants you to do; you will automatically fail in getting to where he wants you to get to.
The one that defines a thing knows what he wants you to do to get such a thing. Since the Here (Higher Grounds) is defined by God, you need to hear him to know what must be done to get there.
Ruth the almost forgotten lady did not just find herself as a mother and not just a mother but a channel through which the prophecy of our Lord Jesus Christ came to being, she did what is needed for her to do for her to change levels.
Naomi her mother in-law which could stand as a director for her told her what should be done and this marked the instrument which made her coming up. “And Naomi her mother in-law said unto her, my daughter…wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy rainment….” Ruth 3:1-4
The direction she had paved way for her breakthrough, there is always what you need to do to get to the desired place of God for your life; the only way to know is by hearing God speak. Secondly, John expressed the nature of the voice “Speaking to me” In order words the voice was specific, and not just speaking to anyone but him, get this right there are general instructions, and there is specific instruction. You must know what God want YOU to do and not what others are doing, the place ‘Here’ remains His place and not any other persons place.
To hear God specifically requires an intimate relationship with him, because the specific instruction of God remains his secret. What made Joseph was what God wanted him to tell pharaoh and not what the magicians said. No wonder Jacob changed levels in the house of Laban and became more prosperous than Laban against all odds because he has insight into the secrecy of God. Genesis 31:1-11. You must hear God to know what to do which is only possible through relationship, this you can get giving yourself to selfless study of the Word of God and Prayer. You cannot leave out of God and enjoy the intimate things of God. Psalm 25:14.
The Movement
“.And immediately….”
Rev 4:2
Whatever you know and you don’t do stands more or less as not known. Until you take action you are never an actor, actors are those that acts on what they have been instructed to do and they do with the way they have been instructed to do it.
God is not just interested in speaking to his people but he has more interest in his people doing whatever he wants them to do. Somebody once said when you fail many times to follow God’s direction he will stop giving you direction even when you ask tirelessly because he is waiting for you to do the ones he has ordered you to do.
Esther did not just get what to do but she did it by going to the king on behalf of the Jews and the result was the promotion of the Jews. Having known what God wants him to do Paul the Apostle took the required step necessary for him to get where God wants him to get to, no wonder he confessed “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7.
The moment he took responsibility, it was possible for him to make it and he said it to all I have finished, you can never finish what you don’t start. God gives direction, getting the result of the direction lies in your hand as an individual. If you don’t move, you don’t get to the desired place of God. If God could be working, then you need to work, higher grounds do not just come automatically, you must work it out, through the direction of God. Things don’t just work until they are made to work.
“Seeth thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. “Proverbs 22:29.
Without controversy, before whom you stand is a function of how you do what you do the difference between kings and mean men is higher grounds or levels. If you ever desire to be where God calls ‘HERE’ you must be ready to work which God wants you to work out.
Higher benefits does not belong to lazy people, don’t just pray ask what needs to be done. Come up here remains a command, but God is not going to push you up, he has spoken come. The word come means take responsibility to move.
Where are you now? Where do you want to be by God’s Standard? Have you discovered the height God desires for you? Everything is possible if only you can see it, get direction and move. You can’t miss God’s best.
Never allow mediocrity and ignorance to keep you below when there is a place provided for you at the top, higher grounds is not only for some, it is for all, your portion is there, make up your mind today to move up, hear the voice of the Spirit saying to you COME UP HERE……
CME
