Sunday, 17^th September, 2023

Bible Reading: Genesis 26: 1-5, 12-15; Deuteronomy 1:6-8

Memory Verse:  Do not be wise in your own eyes. Proverbs 3:7a (NKJV)

Pastor Dele wrote an article especially for teaming youths who want to leave the country. He said, “Take Heed! This is a word of caution for believers currently planning to relocate abroad. Trust me on this; if you do not hear a definite word from the Lord about this, please don’t make a move. So many have relocated in the spirit of ‘Japa’ and regretted it today. Yes, I live in the UK, yes I left Nigeria but I did not do this without a definite word (from the Lord).

Before relocating to the UK, I had visited the UK almost 30 times without thinking of living there but preaching, resting, transit and leaving. The reality is that not only did the Lord say go He also said for how long it would be…trust me, and I won’t be in the UK any longer! I had great opportunities in the US, UK and Canada but never considered relocating until the Lord said so.

Yes, I know things are tough in our beloved country. But, like Isaac, once the Lord is not saying go abroad, He is saying ‘stay in this land, and I will bless you.’ Over the last 15 years of travelling extensively abroad, I have met a lot of Nigerians who are better off at home. Relocating abroad is not easy, especially if you do it to ‘survive.’ The things of God are rather geographic, the wrong geography, the bad experience.

Sadly, this is the story of so many believers today. That was why He had to find a way to reach the disciples on their way to Emmaus when they were supposed to be in Jerusalem. Those disciples decided to leave as they could not process and live with those things happening in Jerusalem. The Lord still does this today as He does not want anyone in the wrong geography.

However, there are two principal reasons God is sending believers abroad this season.

1. Revival: It has pleased the Lord to activate a specific genre of spiritual capital in Nigeria that must be expressed globally. Nigeria is now the epicentre and at the intersection of moves and revivals, so Nigerians are needed here and there.

2. Harvest: 400 years of harvest is hanging in the air, and the Lord of the harvest is sending you to take that which was taken from Africa back to Africa.

So, for those who are instructed to go, please go. You cannot just go without understanding what this is all about. It is beyond studying and working. It is an agenda of God. So you are packaged as a functionary in either revival or harvest. You are blessed if you are both!

Quote: Outside your divine location is satanic frustration.

Prophetic Decree:  Receive grace for geographical accuracy per time, in Jesus name.

Prayer Focus

1. I will not miss the prophetic location of God for my life, in Jesus name.

2. I will not rush out of my destiny, in Jesus name.

3. Like unto Isaac, O Lord, please reveal to me your divine location for my life, in Jesus name.

4. Like unto Paul when he was tempted to enter into Bithynia, O Lord, establish me in my own Macedonia, in Jesus name (Acts 16:6-10).

5. I refuse to be tossed to and fro by every wind/flow, in Jesus name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Ezra 1-3