THERE IS A DAY OF SHOWING UP.

SONG

I know that I can make it, I know that I can stand.

No matter what, may come my way. My life is in Your hand.

TEXT

"And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred." - Matthew  4:2

  In every man's life, there is always a time for preparation and a time for manifestation.

   The man who is to take a high place before his fellow must hide in a low place with God.

   Jesus, our perfect Example did not venture into the work the Father sent Him to do without taking time out to prepare. From our  reading today, we've seen Jesus going into the wilderness to pray and fast before He started His ministry.

 In our message, of 7-3-2023 titled WE SHALL COME FORTH AS GOLD;  I made mention of Moses and Joseph who were specially prepared by God before their showing forth.

God is not interested in half-baked children, rather He takes His time to put the necessary things in place in them before letting them out for the assignment He sends them.

  As a true child of God, you've got to know that the name of God is a stake over your life. He would not want you to rubbish His person, so therefore, He takes His time to make the best out of you, so that you can be His true representation and representative.

  You do not have to be in a hurry over anything. There is certainly a set time for you to show forth and that is what is called the "fullness of time".

"But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law," - Galatians 4:4

  Wherever you are today, see it as a preparation ground. Give it your best, don't look at it as a place of no relevance or low estate or misfit for your standard.

"And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither." - 1Sam.16.11 -

  David, like the other men mentioned above, was prepared in the wilderness. He was forgotten by the father; almost not counted as a son among his brothers, but God did not forget him. When his time of fulfillment came, no one could take a seat until he arrived and no one could deny him of the throne at the latter part of his life.

Wherever you are now is not out of God’s view. Men might have forgotten you, but God has not.

  God is merely preparing you for that high place set for you, He wants you to fit in properly.

Like King David, you will assume that very place that God has designed for you at the appointed time, in Jesus Mighty name.

PRAYER

Thank you Lord, for the high place and the set time that You have prepared for me. I occupy it by Your Power and Authority in Jesus Mighty name.