WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?

Jeremiah 1v11-12, “Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch {or} shoot of an almond tree [the emblem of alertness and activity, blossoming in late winter]. Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I am alert {and} active, watching over My word to perform it.”

2 Kings 6:14-17, “ So [the Syrian king] sent there horses, chariots, and a great army. They came by night and surrounded the city When the servant of the man of God rose early and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. Elisha's servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do? [Elisha] answered, Fear not; for those with us are more than those with them. Then Elisha prayed, Lord, I pray You, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the young man's eyes, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.”

MLB 1 Corinthians 2:9-12, “But as it is written, “No eye has seen, nor ear has heard, neither has the human heart thought of what God has prepared for those who love Him.” Through the Spirit, however, God has revealed it to us; for the Spirit fathoms everything, even the deep things of God. For among men who knows a person’s thoughts, except the man’s own inner spirit? Similarly, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. And we have received, not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that comes from God, in order that we may know the things which God has freely given us.”


•What is it that you see this year?
•What is it that you see in your life?
•What is it that you see in the remainder of your days here on earth?

Which Specs Are You Putting On?
•We may all be in the same situation but see and or conclude things differently
•It depends on which eyes or specs are you putting or seeing from.
•In the natural, if you put on shades or tinted glasses, you may see things being the color of your glasses. The color or shade of your glasses may distort the color you see on things.

Spiritual vs Natural
•You need to see beyond the natural and into the realm of the spirit
•You need to see in or by the eyes of your spirit
•Do not limit your seeing to the natural realm.
•You need to get your spiritual eyes to be opened.
•Elisha prayed for his servant’s eyes to be opened, the guy was seeing the soldiers coming to attack them but was blind in the spiritual.
•It is possible to be seeing in the natural but blind in the spirit, it is equally possible to be blind in the natural and see in the spirit
•If you restrict yourself to the natural realm or sight, you may miss God and fail to see what God is doing for you in the spirit
•You may be complaining and fail to see what God is doing in the spiritual
•You may not benefit from what you do not see and understand. The servant of Elisha was afraid but the host of angels was with them.
•You may be afraid and miss benefiting from God’s provision around you

Eccl 11:4, “He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.”

Matt 6:22-23, “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light. But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness”


What Do You See In The Midst Of Situation?

Acts 7:55-56, “But he, full of the Holy Spirit {and} controlled by Him, gazed into heaven and saw the glory (the splendor and majesty) of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand; And he said, Look! I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at God's right hand!”
•Ask God to open your eyes so that you may see what He has for you in 2008 and beyond.
•You may be in the same place and situation with other people but see different things.
•Steven saw heavens opens and the glory of God but the Jews did not see anything
•You can choose what to see and concentrate on, Steven could have chosen to see the Jews that wanted to kill him, but he chose to see the glory!
•In this year, we see different things, politicians, business people, general public, etc, we see different things
•What do you see?
•Train yourself or your eyes to see through situations into God’s glory
•In the current world with wars, floods, hunger, hatred, threat of wars and other negative things, you can chose to see the glory of God.
•In our current world, there is no peace, there is a threat and possibility of a world war, America / Iran/ Russia / Europe are in bitter threats against each other.
•In Africa there is no peace, Kenya, Somalia, DRC, etc there is war. South Africa is seemingly not promising to be stable.
•You need to chose to see the future that God has for you
•Choose to see the promises of God
•Choose to see your destiny and purpose that God has for you
•In Zimbabwe, currently the situation is not good. The natural sight in our country is not good.
•But you can chose to see beyond the current negative sight!
•Our political environment is obviously not good and does not promise to be improving in the natural.
•Some are predicting the Kenya scenario, elections are at hand, in the last general elections we had trouble, but you can chose to see beyond.
•How you see / what you see may determine what will happen to you.
•Let us continue to see the positive and pray God to heal our land despite the negative and evil we see in the natural.
•In the midst of difficulties, corruption, insecurity, uncertainty, hatred, poverty, etc you can see opportunities and victory!
•Is 7:4 “And say to him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands--at the fierce anger of [the Syrian King] Rezin and Syria and of the son of Remaliah [Pekah, usurper of the throne of Israel]. Is 7:9 And the head (the capital) of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son [Pekah]. If you will not believe {and} trust {and} rely [on God and on the words of God's prophet instead of Assyria], surely you will not be established {nor} will you remain.”
•Your being protected, blessed and benefiting from the promises of God depends on how you see. If you do not see or believe what God says, you will not benefit from His Word.
•What do you see about your life?
•What vision drives you?
•Ask God to reveal His plan and opportunities He has given you.

Can There Be Discrimination?
•Ex 14:19-20, “And the Angel of God Who went before the host of Israel moved and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them and stood behind them, Coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. It was a cloud and darkness to the Egyptians, but it gave light by night to the Israelites; and the one host did not come near the other all night.”
•In the above scripture, what made the difference was where each group was standing, the different standing gave different sights of the same thing!
•The same angel or cloud of God gave the Israelites light and Egyptian darkness. It depended on what angle they were seeing!
•Dan 10:4-12,” On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was on the bank of the great river Hiddekel [which is the Tigris], I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz. His body also was [a golden luster] like beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and his feet like glowing burnished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the noise of a multitude [of people or the roaring of the sea]7 And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision [of this heavenly being], for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them so that they fled to hide themselves. So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me, for my fresh appearance was turned to pallor; I grew weak {and} faint [with fright]. Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep, with my face [sunk] to the ground. And behold, a hand touched me, which set me [unsteadily] upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. And [the angel] said to me, O Daniel, you greatly beloved man, understand the words that I speak to you and stand upright, for to you I am now sent. And while he was saying this word to me, I stood up trembling. Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind {and} heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come as a consequence of [and in response to] your words.”
•Daniel had been praying and when God came for his answer, he singled him out of the people that were with him.
•Daniel is the only one that heard and saw the glory! Others ran away and hid from the presence of God!
•If you chose to see right, God will reach down for you in the midst of other people.
•When others are murmuring, complaining, and suffering, you can see the glory!

2 Cor 5:7 For we walk by faith [we regulate our lives and conduct ourselves by our conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, with trust and holy fervor; thus we walk] not by sight {or} appearance.

•When others see evil, gloom and disaster, you can see opportunity and favor
•The current situations cannot stop God’s favor, promises and favor in your life. Your eyes can!
•See yourself in the eyes of God, see yourself in the Word, see yourself in the Spirit.
•You are successful, you are what God says you are, you are triumphant, you are highly favored, you are victorious, you are blessed, you have authority.

Yini oyibonayo? Chi chaurikuona ? What do you see?