3RD OCTOBER 2024 SEED OF DESTINY WRITTEN BY THE SENIOR PASTOR OF DUNAMIS, DR PAUL ENENCHE

SEED OF DESTINY WRITTEN BY THE SENIOR PASTOR OF DUNAMIS INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL CENTRE, DR PAUL ENENCHE.

THURSDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2024.

TOPIC: RUNNING TO FULFILL DESTINY

SCRIPTURE:
That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 1st SAMUEL 3 verse 4 to 5. Hallelujah!

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Running is a character of those who fulfil destiny; you must run in order to fulfil destiny.

It has been confirmed through Scriptures that people who fulfil destiny are those who handle their lives with a sense of urgency. Running is a character of people who fulfil destiny. You must run in order to fulfil destiny.

Let me give you two examples:

#1. Prophet Samuel
When Samuel heard the call of God, he didn't walk; rather, he ran.

1st Samuel 3 verse 4 to 5 says,
That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

High flyers in the kingdom operate with a sense of urgency. Anyone existing in spiritual authority, material prosperity, operates with a sense of urgency.

As Samuel laid down before the Ark of the Lord, and God called him, he thought it was Eli calling him, so he ran to meet Eli.

#2. Elisha.
1st Kings 19 verse 19 to 20 says,
19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

Verse 20, And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

Elijah found Elisha, and cast his mantle on him, and Elisha ran and followed him. Elisha left his yoke of oxen and ran after Elijah.

You see, we live in a generation where people do things casually. It is a generation where people are casual about everything. They drag their feet in every situation, even in situations that require urgency. They put their hands in their pockets as they walk.

It is a generation where people want to take everything easy. The truth is, life is never easy for those who take everything easy.

Beloved, be determined never to walk through life lazily; run to God; run with God, and run to fulfil destiny.

Remember this: Running is a character of those who fulfil destiny; you must run in order to fulfil destiny.

Take this ASSIGNMENT with you:

#1. Refuse to walk casually through life with a lazy attitude.

#2. Live with a sense of urgency. Yes sir!

Our PRAYER today: Lord, I repent from every attitude of laziness and unseriousness. I receive the grace for speed in life, Lord, in Jesus Name. Amen!

FOR Further UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: EXISTENCE AT THE TOP - THE POWER OF SWIFT ACTION AND MOTION.

QUOTE: We must live with the consciousness that we are not just living for ourselves; we are living representatives of a Kingdom, and as such, we should impact as many as we come across. That is the pathway to finding real fulfilment in life. Culled from the book, “21 Foolish Things People Do” by Dr Paul Enenche.

Today's DAILY READING: from Zechariah chapter 9 to 11.

We start with Zechariah chapter 9, The burden of the word of the Lord Against the land of Hadrach,And Damascus its resting place(For the eyes of menAnd all the tribes of Israel Are on the Lord); Also against Hamath, which borders on it,And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. For Tyre built herself a tower,Heaped up silver like the dust,And gold like the mire of the streets. Behold, the Lord will cast her out;He will destroy her power in the sea,And she will be devoured by fire. Ashkelon shall see it and fear;Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.The king shall perish from Gaza,And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. “A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod,And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. I will take away the blood from his mouth, And the abominations from between his teeth.But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,And shall be like a leader in Judah,And Ekron like a Jebusite. I will camp around My house Because of the army,Because of him who passes by and him who returns.No more shall an oppressor pass through them,For now I have seen with My eyes. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!Behold, your King is coming to you;He is just and having salvation,Lowly and riding on a donkey,A colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem;The battle bow shall be cut off.He shall speak peace to the nations;His dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea,And from the River to the ends of the earth.’ “As for you also,Because of the blood of your covenant,I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to the stronghold,You prisoners of hope.Even today I declare That I will restore double to you. For I have bent Judah, My bow,Fitted the bow with Ephraim,And raised up your sons, O Zion,Against your sons, O Greece,And made you like the sword of a mighty man.” Then the Lord will be seen over them,And His arrow will go forth like lightning.The Lord God will blow the trumpet, And go with whirlwinds from the south. The Lord of hosts will defend them;They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.They shall drink and roar as if with wine;They shall be filled with blood like basins,Like the corners of the altar. The Lord their God will save them in that day,As the flock of His people.For they shall be like the jewels of a crown,Lifted like a banner over His land, For how great is its goodness And how great its beauty!Grain shall make the young men thrive,And new wine the young women. Hallelujah!

Zechariah chapter 10, Ask the Lord for rainIn the time of the latter rain.The Lord will make flashing clouds;He will give them showers of rain,Grass in the field for everyone. For the idols speak delusion;The diviners envision lies,And tell false dreams;They comfort in vain.Therefore the people wend their way like sheep;They are in trouble because there is no shepherd. “My anger is kindled against the shepherds,And I will punish the goatherds. For the Lord of hosts will visit His flock,The house of Judah,And will make them as His royal horse in the battle. From him comes the cornerstone,From him the tent peg,From him the battle bow,From him every ruler together. They shall be like mighty men,Who tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle.They shall fight because the Lord is with them,And the riders on horses shall be put to shame. “I will strengthen the house of Judah,And I will save the house of Joseph.I will bring them back,Because I have mercy on them.They shall be as though I had not cast them aside;For I am the Lord their God,And I will hear them. Those of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,And their heart shall rejoice as if with wine.Yes, their children shall see it and be glad;Their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. I will whistle for them and gather them,For I will redeem them;And they shall increase as they once increased. “I will sow them among the peoples,And they shall remember Me in far countries;They shall live, together with their children,And they shall return. I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt,And gather them from Assyria.I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,Until no more room is found for them. He shall pass through the sea with affliction,And strike the waves of the sea:All the depths of the River shall dry up.Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,And the scepter of Egypt shall depart. “So I will strengthen them in the Lord,And they shall walk up and down in His name,”Says the Lord. Hallelujah!

Zechariah chapter 11, Open your doors, O Lebanon,That fire may devour your cedars. Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,Because the mighty trees are ruined.Wail, O oaks of Bashan,For the thick forest has come down. There is the sound of wailing shepherds!For their glory is in ruins.There is the sound of roaring lions!For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins. Thus says the Lord my God, “Feed the flock for slaughter, whose owners slaughter them and feel no guilt; those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do not pity them. For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.” So I fed the flock for slaughter, in particular the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock. I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. Then I said, “I will not feed you. Let what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.” And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples. So it was broken on that day. Thus the poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord. Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”, that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter. Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. And the Lord said to me, “Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd. For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in pieces. “Woe to the worthless shepherd,Who leaves the flock!A sword shall be against his armAnd against his right eye;His arm shall completely wither,And his right eye shall be totally blinded.” hallelujah!

AMAZING FACT: Your blood makes up about eight percent of your body weight.

Today's PROPHETIC WORD (and DECLARATION): Receive an impartation of urgency today, in Jesus Name. Amen!