PROVOKING MY TURNAROUND
Pastor Favour
TURNAROUND means "an Abrupt or unexpected change
causing a favorable situation"
This month has been prophetically declared to us to be our
turn for a turnaround. This simply means that this is a season for us to start
experiencing unprecedented changes in our lives.
All through scripture we see God to be God that turns around
the situation. God is not pleased when people are suffering, his desire is to
see men enjoying life and getting the best out of his creation. God put is here
on earth live like gods.
What does this divine turnaround demand from me?
1. A turning
If you are expecting situations around you to turn around
you need to be ready to turn yourself. A turn around in your circumstances will
be provoked by a personally initiated turn around from you. Until you turn,
nothing else turns.
2 Chronicles 7:14, If my people, which are called by my
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their
wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will
heal their land. 15 Now mine eyes shall be
open, and mine ears attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place.
What does the turning of men do?
- Provokes God to forgive their sins
It means if you don’t turn, if don’t start doing things differently,
you’re wasting time asking for forgiveness coz the qualification for forgiveness
is first you need to turn.
- Provokes God to heal their land.
A land that is not healed is not a fertile land. Plants don’t flourish
in such a land, only weeds do. Everything planted in a sick land dies. The land
here refers to our lives. It’s only after God has healed our ‘land’ that things
start to be fruitful, prior to the healing this will be dying one after another
regardless of the effort we put in.
- Opens heaven to hear their prayers. It makes God attentive to their prayers
You don’t want to operate under a heaven that is deaf to your prayers.
Its very frustrating to pray and not be heard. The reason many people give up
on the faith is because they get to a point of frustration because all they
have asked God to do, has not happened. Please note that God is not to blame,
if he heard, he would have turn, the truth is he hasn’t heard.
- Gives you the boldness to approach God in prayer (Hebrews 4:16, Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.)
Boldness is key in getting whatever you want, either from God or from
Man.
What are you turning from?
- Sinful life
- Failure to give tithe
- Ungrateful attitude/Always complaining
Prayer is key, you cannot
avoid prayer and expect a turn around. Things in the spirit are moved by things in
the physical. Whatever happens in the physical has already happened in the
spirit. Prayer is what gives men access to the spiritual realm.
Gaining access in the spiritual gives you control of
things and circumstances in the physical.
2 Kings 20: 1-6
1 ¶ In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah
the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine
house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and
prayed unto the LORD, saying,
3 I beseech
thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a
perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept
sore.
4 And it came
to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the
LORD came to him, saying,
5 Turn again,
and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of
David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I
will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
6 And I will
add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of
the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake,
and for my servant David's sake.
The
fate of Hezekiah had already been decided in the spiritual and that was
happening was that Hezekiah was only being informed. He was wise enough to
access the spiritual himself and his case was turned right there.
This month of turnaround, as
you turn from your prayerless ways , God will start moving things in your
favour, things will start turning around for you. In Jesus name.
3. Studying the word
God’s word is the turnaround
tool for all our situations.
The word not only imparts us
with knowledge, when we read the word we get to interact with God himself and
in the process we are turned to his nature.
God’s word ministers to our
Spirit man who is the real us
