A Revelation of Power and Grace

UV 702/10,000 A Revelation of Power “But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Exodus 9 v 16 The Lord raised up both Pharaoh and Moses for the purpose of showing both Pharaoh and all Egypt as well as Moses and all Israel His power and might. Through this revelation of power, the name of God is proclaimed in all the earth. We would not have heard of Moses unless we had also heard of Pharaoh. There would have been no King David but for a Goliath raised up to reveal the power of God. Every event of deliverance in history and in our lives happens to proclaim the name of the Lord. Proclaiming the name of the Lord implies giving the glory due to Him, acknowledging His presence, power and attributes in humble worship and adoration. He has raised up those who oppose us as well as we who believe to reveal His power and so that His name is proclaimed in all the earth. This explains why even today some are sensitive to the move and voice of the Lord and obey the Word while some harden their hearts to be stubborn in disobedience. It does not depend on man’s desire or effort but on God’s mercy. If a newspaper called Times of Heaven is published, it will daily reveal how the Lord has allowed some temporal power to rise up and how He caused a person endowed with His anointing and spiritual power to counter it. It will publish the good news that the latter has ultimate victory. The Lord has mercy on those whom He chooses to have mercy upon. He hardens the heart of those He chooses to harden. Every time Pharaoh hardened his heart not to free the Jewish slave-nation, it only gave God another bigger opportunity to use Moses to perform a more amazing act of God. When Moses struck the dust, it turned into lice that afflicted the Egyptians. Pharaoh in his time was a super-power but his power proved to be temporary. Today, he and his successors are only a trace of a memory of a mighty power who was overthrown by the power of Almighty , Jehovah El Shaddai. Moses continues to be remembered as one through whom God made manifest his victorious power. We are his descendants by faith. The laws revealed through Moses is the very basis of global civilization. Wherever the law exists and prevails, the name of the Lord is proclaimed. Yesterday, the Lord revealed in a time of prayer in The Tabernacle, “ You and your family are like an ‘oxygenal banyan tree’, giving oxygen to many.” Such a beautiful expression of a scientific reality and a spiritual truth for the banyan tree enriches the atmosphere with more oxygen than all other trees. He has raised up for this very purpose. He raised up the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and then from the terrible circumstances of his assassination, lifted me up, though bruised and battered, to proclaim His name in all the earth. Moses, the “reed” (as his name signified) had become Moses, the banyan tree. Like Moses, we will be a banyan tree in this generation. We will spread like a banyan tree with many shoots and offshoots. He has raised us up in this generation to reveal His power and grace. Power and law was revealed through Moses while grace and truth came through Christ. Today, the Lord raises believers to reveal His power, grace and truth in all the earth. We have only one duty- claim and proclaim. Claim victory and proclaim the glory of God. Prateep V Philiphttp Listen to this Blessong: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lh5IxRmgcY