1. What Is Excellency
•Excellency means fineness, brilliance, superiority, distinction, quality & merit. So, when we talk of personal and financial excellency, we mean the above description in our personal & financial lives.
•For one to have excellency, they have to decide to have excellency, they choose to be exceptional. There has to be some shifting or difference in thinking and or attitude.
•Excellency has to do first with one’s attitude or thinking before it manifests in the outside.
•Excellency also starts in one’s spirit but has to go through the decision and or thinking process
•So, you do not wake up one morning with the anointing of excellency, you have to cultivate that attitude or spirit
•Excellency denotes being or doing things in an extra ordinary way, outside the nom.
•Excellency is being outside the ordinary or outside mediocrity!
•For one to pursue excellency, there has to be some conviction in their spirit that they are not ordinary, they have to sense something great in their heart or spirit
•Excellency is worked for, it is not automatic, it is developed.
2. Examples
i) Joseph
Gen 39:2 But the Lord was with Joseph, and he [though a slave] was a successful {and} prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Gen 39:3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all that he did to flourish {and} succeed in his hand.
Gen 39:4 So Joseph pleased [Potiphar] {and} found favor in his sight, and he served him. And [his master] made him supervisor over his house and he put all that he had in his charge.
Gen 39:5 From the time that he made him supervisor in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the Lord's blessing was on all that he had in the house and in the field.
Gen 39:6 And [Potiphar] left all that he had in Joseph's charge and paid no attention to anything he had except the food he ate. Now Joseph was an attractive person and fine-looking.
Gen 41:38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find this man's equal, a man in whom is the spirit of God?
Gen 41:39 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as [your] God has shown you all this, there is nobody as intelligent {and} discreet {and} understanding and wise as you are.
To separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e. (generally) understand.
Attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, skilfull, can skill, teach, think, understand, make to understand, understanding, cause understanding, get understanding, give understanding, have understanding, view, wise, wise man, deal wisely.
•Pharoh says there is none like Joseph in the above qualities, so, Joseph deplayed some excellency!
•As a slave Joseph showed excellency to the point of being promoted “General Manager” in Potipher’s house
•In prison Joseph displayed excellency to the point of being made prison supervisor
•So, it does not matter the conditions or where you are, excellency will be seeing in your life.
•If you have excellency in your life, situations around you cannot change you
•That is why to prosper and succeed in life cannot be stopped by situations.
•Corruption cannot stop the spirit of excellency!
•Joseph was distinguished among the other slaves, prisons and everybody in Egypt
ii) Daniel
Dan 1:8 But Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself by [eating his portion of] the king's rich {and} dainty food or by [drinking] the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might [be allowed] not to defile himself.
Dan 6:3 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Dan 6:4 Then the presidents and satraps sought to find occasion [to bring accusation] against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion or fault, for he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him.
•Daniel was not alone but among many Jews that were taken captives
•He purposed or determined not to defile himself with the king’s food, excellency is a determination
•Excellency saw Daniel being promoted in Babylon
•Also Daniel’s promotion went across all the kings that he served, they all noticed his excellency, if you excellent, your promotion or success will not depend on individuals. Everybody that you interact with will notice. Change of leaders, managers, etc will not deter you if you have the spirit of excellency!
•I have seen people in work environments that gain favor with managers by slandering others, etc, that kind of promotion will not last, with change of management you also go!
•Excellency will preserve you even in adversity, Daniel had plots and mischief plotted against him but he prevailed.
•Even in the Babylonian “University” Daniel showed excellency and was 10 times more intelligent than the rest. (Daniel 1v20)
•I have problems with people who claim excellency and success only in spiritual matters or in church activities but that same excellency does not reflect in their everyday lives!
(For more on Daniel, refer to my notes about Daniel)
iii) Caleb
Num 14:24 But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
MLB Numbers 14:24 But because My servant Caleb has a different attitude and has wholeheartedly followed Me, I shall allow him to reenter the land on which he once set foot, and it shall always belong to his descendants.
•God says Caleb’s got a different spirit, the other version says, “different attitude”!
•Caleb followed God fully and refused to be like the rest because he had another spirit / attitude, he had the spirit of excellency!
Josh 14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to scout out the land. And I brought him a report as it was in my heart.
Josh 14:8 But my brethren who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God.
Josh 14:9 And Moses swore on that day, Surely the land on which your feet have walked shall be an inheritance to you and your children always, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.
Josh 14:10 And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while the Israelites wandered in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
Josh 14:11 Yet I am as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so is my strength now for war and to go out and to come in.
Josh 14:12 So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke that day. For you heard then how the [giantlike] Anakim were there and that the cities were great and fortified; if the Lord will be with me, I shall drive them out just as the Lord said.
•You do not loose the spirit of excellency because you grow older!
•Excellency will give you confidence and then boldness. It will strengthen your faith. When in sin or deceit, it is difficult to exercise faith,
Ps 137:1 BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts].
Ps 137:2 On the willow trees in the midst of [Babylon] we hung our harps.
Ps 137:3 For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors {and} they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Ps 137:4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
•Israel could not sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land, they hung their harps!
•You also or faith cannot work in a foreign land, lack of excellency will rob you from fully exercising your faith
3. Rewards or results of excellency
i)Prosperity & success
ii)Promotion
iii)Favor
iv)Confidence, boldness & faith efficiency
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
You Are In Charge Of Your Destiny
MLB Romans 5:17 For if, through that one person’s transgression, death is king through that person, far more surely will those who receive the overflowing of grace and the gift of righteousness reign as kings in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
Young's Literal Romans 5:17 for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one -- Jesus Christ.
1.We are Kings
•The bible says we shall reign through Christ in life (our domain / sphere of influence)
•A king rules, and is sovereign / have absolute authority in his domain. In the natural, kings (presidents, prime ministers) have dominion or authority in their territories / countries
•No king has legal authority over another country unless granted. That is the reason why many powerful nations have been talking about Zimbabwe but could not do anything because we are a sovereign state. America may talk or advise but cannot invade us. If another state gets into another state without permission, it is invasion or war
•In the same way, we were created kings of the earth, the devil cheated Adam, became the king but Jesus came to restore back the lost kingship, we are now kings in our lives
•As kings, we are sovereign, we have final say, we decree things and they be so
•There is power or authority in the word of the king. Proverbs 16:10 “A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.”
•The king ruleth by his word, what he says, is obeyed. Your words are ruling your life, what you say whether positive or negative rules you.
•So, limits and boundaries are removed by you because God has given you that authority
•Jesus said, “Luke 10:19 Behold, I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
•When Jesus was teaching, there are things that He said I will ask the Father to this or I will do this for you, e.g. about the Holy Spirit He said, “I will pray the Father to send you the Holy Spirit…” But when talking about exercising our kingship rights or authority he did not talk about us praying or Him praying for us, He said “I have given you…” in other words you can now exercise that right.
•Psalms 82:6, “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High”
•John 10:34 “Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken”
•The bible in says we are gods and Jesus said that scripture cannot be broken, so, we are kings and gods under the sovereign God!
•Job 22:28 “Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.”
2.The Territory
•We have said that a king has a territory that they rule in. So, legally speaking, your territory cannot be unlimited.
•God and us are governed by the Word.
•Psalms 138:2, “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”
•God is governed by His word, we are also governed by the Word, our freedom and governance should be within the boundaries of the Word
•Your territory should be within God’s purpose or call for your life, He says “…from … to… shall be your territory…”
•Joshua 1:3 “Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”
•As other kings do not have authority in your domain, you also do not have authority outside your jurisdiction.
3.How To Maximize / Enlarge Your Territory
•Lift up your eyes and see, … that land will I give you
•Genesis 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.”
•Genesis 15:5, “And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.”
•Your vision or seeing is very key, it is like before you become great in life, you have to see
•All the people that achieved much in life whether in the bible or in history, they sensed or saw those things before they manifested.
•Joseph dreamt, Moses refused to be called Pharaoh’s grandson, Abraham was asked to see the land that would be inheritance for his children, David sensed his kingship when still a shepherd boy, Jesus sensed his call at the age of 12, Nelson Mandela sensed South Africa’s freedom years before it came to be, Martin Luther King sensed Black American freedom long before it came to pass and even died before it manifested.
•You cannot wake in the morning and have an enlarged territory without sensing or seeing it before!
•2 Corinthians 5:7, “for through faith we walk, not through sight”
4.Stand By Faith Even In Challenges
•2 Corinthians 4:13 “And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, ‘I believed, therefore I did speak;’ we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;
•2 Corinthians 4:18, “we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen are temporary, but the things not seen are age-during.”
•Ecclesiastes 11:4, “Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.”
•In the midst of all odds and situations that are against you, enlarge your territory and refuse to quit or give up
•When things are against you, that is the time to be strong and hold on!
•Your territory can be but should not be determined by: history / background, Economic situation, present circumstances, natural disabilities, family, education, money, etc
•Your attitude will affect and influence your territory
•Your willingness and obedience needed to enlarge your territory
•God has blessed you, enlarged your territory, yours is to walk in that light / revelation
•2 Peter 1:3, “As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness, 4 through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.”
•Ephesians 1:3, “Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,”
•We believe and therefore speak, decree a thing and it shall be
•Your responsibility: see, believe, press towards, prepare yourself, seize every opportunity, be aggressive
5.Areas Of Influence / Where Your Territory Will Be Seen
•Education,
•Finances,
•Politics,
•Business,
•Ministry,
•Children
•Let it be evident that your territories are enlarged. When you are successful, everybody will see it
•You are in charge of your destiny, confess and believe the right things, walk in light of the proper revelation of the Word
•Do not spoil your future, live right, do not loose your territory through silly and reckless living.
•Live a holy life, when you sin or miss it, repent, do not stay with known and unconfessed sin.
•You cannot live anyhow, be lazy and expect God to enlarge your territory!
•Live and do things like a king! You are a child of God!
Young's Literal Romans 5:17 for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one -- Jesus Christ.
1.We are Kings
•The bible says we shall reign through Christ in life (our domain / sphere of influence)
•A king rules, and is sovereign / have absolute authority in his domain. In the natural, kings (presidents, prime ministers) have dominion or authority in their territories / countries
•No king has legal authority over another country unless granted. That is the reason why many powerful nations have been talking about Zimbabwe but could not do anything because we are a sovereign state. America may talk or advise but cannot invade us. If another state gets into another state without permission, it is invasion or war
•In the same way, we were created kings of the earth, the devil cheated Adam, became the king but Jesus came to restore back the lost kingship, we are now kings in our lives
•As kings, we are sovereign, we have final say, we decree things and they be so
•There is power or authority in the word of the king. Proverbs 16:10 “A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.”
•The king ruleth by his word, what he says, is obeyed. Your words are ruling your life, what you say whether positive or negative rules you.
•So, limits and boundaries are removed by you because God has given you that authority
•Jesus said, “Luke 10:19 Behold, I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
•When Jesus was teaching, there are things that He said I will ask the Father to this or I will do this for you, e.g. about the Holy Spirit He said, “I will pray the Father to send you the Holy Spirit…” But when talking about exercising our kingship rights or authority he did not talk about us praying or Him praying for us, He said “I have given you…” in other words you can now exercise that right.
•Psalms 82:6, “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High”
•John 10:34 “Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken”
•The bible in says we are gods and Jesus said that scripture cannot be broken, so, we are kings and gods under the sovereign God!
•Job 22:28 “Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.”
2.The Territory
•We have said that a king has a territory that they rule in. So, legally speaking, your territory cannot be unlimited.
•God and us are governed by the Word.
•Psalms 138:2, “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”
•God is governed by His word, we are also governed by the Word, our freedom and governance should be within the boundaries of the Word
•Your territory should be within God’s purpose or call for your life, He says “…from … to… shall be your territory…”
•Joshua 1:3 “Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”
•As other kings do not have authority in your domain, you also do not have authority outside your jurisdiction.
3.How To Maximize / Enlarge Your Territory
•Lift up your eyes and see, … that land will I give you
•Genesis 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.”
•Genesis 15:5, “And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.”
•Your vision or seeing is very key, it is like before you become great in life, you have to see
•All the people that achieved much in life whether in the bible or in history, they sensed or saw those things before they manifested.
•Joseph dreamt, Moses refused to be called Pharaoh’s grandson, Abraham was asked to see the land that would be inheritance for his children, David sensed his kingship when still a shepherd boy, Jesus sensed his call at the age of 12, Nelson Mandela sensed South Africa’s freedom years before it came to be, Martin Luther King sensed Black American freedom long before it came to pass and even died before it manifested.
•You cannot wake in the morning and have an enlarged territory without sensing or seeing it before!
•2 Corinthians 5:7, “for through faith we walk, not through sight”
4.Stand By Faith Even In Challenges
•2 Corinthians 4:13 “And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, ‘I believed, therefore I did speak;’ we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;
•2 Corinthians 4:18, “we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen are temporary, but the things not seen are age-during.”
•Ecclesiastes 11:4, “Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.”
•In the midst of all odds and situations that are against you, enlarge your territory and refuse to quit or give up
•When things are against you, that is the time to be strong and hold on!
•Your territory can be but should not be determined by: history / background, Economic situation, present circumstances, natural disabilities, family, education, money, etc
•Your attitude will affect and influence your territory
•Your willingness and obedience needed to enlarge your territory
•God has blessed you, enlarged your territory, yours is to walk in that light / revelation
•2 Peter 1:3, “As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness, 4 through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.”
•Ephesians 1:3, “Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,”
•We believe and therefore speak, decree a thing and it shall be
•Your responsibility: see, believe, press towards, prepare yourself, seize every opportunity, be aggressive
5.Areas Of Influence / Where Your Territory Will Be Seen
•Education,
•Finances,
•Politics,
•Business,
•Ministry,
•Children
•Let it be evident that your territories are enlarged. When you are successful, everybody will see it
•You are in charge of your destiny, confess and believe the right things, walk in light of the proper revelation of the Word
•Do not spoil your future, live right, do not loose your territory through silly and reckless living.
•Live a holy life, when you sin or miss it, repent, do not stay with known and unconfessed sin.
•You cannot live anyhow, be lazy and expect God to enlarge your territory!
•Live and do things like a king! You are a child of God!
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