TOPIC: Attaining Alignment and harmony with God
TEXT: PSALM 104:35; Genesis 1:31
INTRODUCTION: Waiting and offering the right sacrifice at the altar of prayer are precursors to coming into the reality of God. Getting to this height in the spirit requires total surrender and losing oneself in the praise and worship of God. At this stage, there is a total hatred for sin and all that interferes with harmonies of God’s order. The psalmist entered into this phase after cataloguing the creations of God and seeing the order and care that God expends to sustain them. “I wish sinners would disappear from the earth. I wish the wicked would be gone forever” Being in alignment and harmony with God in prayer enables one to tap into His power. It is at this stage that He directs with the Rhema word which if obeyed yields prosperity and good success. It is a phase many do not attain due to various reasons. My prayer is that as we stand on our altars this year we will get this phase and receive answers to prayers in Jesus name.
1.What is alignment and Harmony: The description of the feelings God after the creation best summarizes alignment and harmony in creation “ and God saw all that He had made, and it was very good”(Gen.1:31). God loves order and that was one of the first things He enforced as He saw the earth in darkness and in a state of disorder. It is a state of equilibrium between the creator and the creation where everything works as intended and in their purposes. Light is enthroned and darkness is neutralized because God is light. It is the greatest thing in the world, an unparalleled sweetness and joy never experienced before. It gives you confidence and power because you are so tight with God that nothing can make you afraid. All you want to do is praise God and talk of His goodness. It is a reflection of Heaven on earth, where all the believer’s joy and happiness come in this life.
- How to achieve alignment: It is aligning or letting your thoughts, words and actions, your deepest values, and beliefs with God’s word in prayer. It all boils down to total obedience. Submit yourself to God , resist the devil and he will flee from you. God’s preference is for obedience over sacrifice. “If you love me, keep my commandments. It means to obey and in essence obedience is the key to alignment. If we hearken to the voice with all might, heart, mind and do not stray to the right and left, He will speak. And as you adjust your position, you will walk in the path to prosperity and success. Lucifer became satan or adversary when he rebelled against the order of God’s harmony. He went out of alignment and ever since he had been an opposer of God. The bible tell us that his agenda is to steal kill and to destroy. Man, who was made in God’s image became his prime target (Rev. 12:10). This is why sin, which is a spiritual issue, cannot be overcome by physical effort but by depending on the Holy Spirit.
- When Alignment is achieved: Alignment is that place where all else on earth fades away and like Jacob was granted access to peer into the mysteries of the spirit. He had been seeking for the ratification of his father’s blessing and appointment as the heir of the Abrahamic covenant confirmed to Isaac (Gen.17:19-21). Then in the vision of the night, he had a dream of a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen 28:12). It is the point that angels can be perceived to be ascending and descending. It tells him that heaven and earth are united, and that there is a way from one to the other. Upon these stairs “messengers of Elohim are ascending and descending,” carrying up to God men’s prayers, and the tale of their wants and sorrows, of their faith and hope and trust; and bringing down to them help and comfort and blessing. Jehovah from His heavenly post confirms to Jacob all the promises made from the time when Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees, and assures him of His constant presence and protection (Gen.28:13-16).