Spiritual Mechanisms

 Mechanisms are internal set ups that make the internal systems of a machine, device or body function.

Mechanisms are needed to make things function properly and efficiently.

A faulty mechanism can disrupt the functioning process of the body it operates within.

The efficiency of mechanisms can determine the productivity and result of a system and body.

Mechanisms matter.

We have spiritual mechanisms too.

Spiritual mechanisms are those spiritual things that we do and those things that work in our favor for the greater good, plan, and purposes of God for our lives.

God is a God of systems.

Systems exist in everything God has created, nature shows this in an abundance.

The universe has many systems within it.

Our solar system is a system that has many other systems within it.

There are systems in every sector of the earth, science proves this.

From the animal kingdom, to the world of insects, from the aquatic world to the laws that govern life in the physical and spiritual world, systems exist everywhere.

Within systems we find mechanisms.

Mechanisms are "the organized interacting parts or processes within a system that are responsible for producing specific functions, behaviors, or phenomena."

Mechanisms are the link between cause and effect

Angels act as spiritual mechanisms.

They are part of the system of heaven, they are part of the system of God's kingdom.

A young man who had left home due to a  desperate situation was tired, didn't know where to turn and he arrived at a place now known as Bethel. His name is Jacob, he would go on to be one of the patriarchs of the faith. 

It was late and all he wanted was a good nights sleep, using a rock as a pillow he slept that night and he had a dream where he saw a long ladder which reached heaven from where he was and angels were ascending to heaven and descending to the earth on the ladder.

Jacob woke up fearful, realizing he had a dream that was no ordinary dream but a revelational encounter!

That dream shows a spiritual system.

It reveals the Lord's spiritual system.

And angels are mechanisms in that system.

The ladder is Christ, Jesus the Christ.

He is God's link between heaven and earth, He is God's connection between divinity and humanity, He is God's connection between the physical and spiritual realms.

The angels of God ascend and descend because of the ladder, they ascend and descend on the ladder as part of a divine heavenly system.

Angels ascend and descend between heaven and earth because of the prayer of the saints.

The rock Jacob laid his head on is symbolic of an altar, it also represents the rock of revelation.

Our lives should be built according to pattern.

Revelations show us the pattern.

The wise man builds his house upon the rock.

Seek revelations from God, covet revelational encounters.

The mechanisms within a device or product are not often seen.

When we switch on our electric appliances, we note that they work and carry out the desired expectation but we do not see the internal mechanisms working effectively to make the products function.

That's because the mechanisms are concealed, they are in an enclosure, they are covered in casings

Our prayer life, just like those mechanisms are not for the public to see.

Prayer is not for showing off or public attention. It is not for self glorification or self righteousness before men.

The prayer life Jesus encourages us to have is one of secrecy.

Jesus Himself would go away to a quiet place to pray or to a mountain, away from the eyes of men.

"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."

Your prayer closet or your room should be the cover, enclosure, or casing that conceals your prayer life from distractions and the interference of people.

Angels are spiritual mechanisms.

Prayer is a spiritual mechanism.

Altars are spiritual mechanisms.

Praise is a spiritual mechanism.

Giving is a spiritual mechanism.

Sacrifices are spiritual mechanisms.

The name of Jesus Christ is a spiritual mechanism.

The blood of Jesus is a spiritual mechanism.

Revelations are spiritual mechanisms.

Dreams can be spiritual mechanisms.

Fasting can be a spiritual mechanism.

They all work together effectively to bring about victorious and wonderful outcomes for our benefit and God's glory!

FAITH like GOLD

 Gold is a precious metal and one of the earths most valuable commodities that has a significant place and representation both spiritually and physically.

Gold is associated with wealth, glory, kingship, royalty and divinity.

Gold connotes prosperity.

Kings tend to have gold.

It is interesting to note that gold was one of the gifts presented to our Lord Jesus Christ when the wise men visited him when he was a toddler.

He was given gold, frankincense and myrrh, each gift has its own significance.

The gold represents the kingship of Jesus Christ, His prosperity and leadership.

This will be visibly seen and the whole world will come under this golden age during the millennial reign of Christ.

Frankincense represents the ministry and priesthood of Jesus Christ.

This was seen to some degree when He walked this earth, His priesthood continues in heaven for He is our great high priest.

"Seeing then that we have a great high  priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

The priesthood of Jesus Christ is his ministry and service, more so before our heavenly Father.

Myrrh represents the servanthood of Jesus Christ, it's symbolic of his suffering.

We have seen this in full effect when Jesus walked the earth.

He came to serve, not so much to be served.

He washed feet, slept in various locations, and ate in different homes, without owning a property of his own.

His death after being scourged is the climax of His suffering.

Thank God it didn't end there, He resurrected to an age and season of glory as King of kings and Lord of Lords!

The golden age of Jesus Christ has started in the heavens and the earth.

Our faith is likened to gold in the scriptures, in terms of its purifying and perfecting.

Tested faith is more precious than refined gold!

"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:"

Faith and gold are both legal tenders.

One is a legal tender in the spiritual realm while  the other is widely regarded as a legal tender globally in the physical realm.

The golden age or season is the kingdom of God age.

We can't talk about a kingdom and not consider thrones, crowns, royal attires, the king and queen's sceptres,, wealth and opulence which gold represents.

God who is King is surrounded by and clothed in light, with lots of royal splendor around Him.

When John the Baptist and Jesus Christ came teaching and talking about the kingdom of God they were declaring the golden age of God to humanity.

They were sensitizing people to the knowledge and understanding of the kingdom of God finding expression on earth, through Jesus Christ.

It was to bring about sons raised unto God through Jesus Christ.

It was to bring about a generation of royal priests, a new kind of people; kings and priests unto our God!

It is truth that's meant to be accepted by faith and prayed into in faith.

Faith is so precious and important!

Faith plays a big role in the golden age of the kingdom of heaven on earth, we come into that kingdom through faith in Jesus the Christ!

Faith like gold is more valuable when it has been processed, tested and perfected.

Gold is refined through a process that involves the application of heat and fire, quite similar to how diamonds are forged and perfected.

Faith is more valuable than gold, diamonds and precious stones.

The most important people in your life are people who help you discover, grow and use your faith, 

Our faith is called precious in the good Book.

Our faith is worth contending for.

Like gold, true faith is not common.

We don't find real gold just everywhere, its the same with real faith.

The purest and the most costly gold is not what it is until it has been tested and processed by fire, so is faith.

The hardships, the challenges, the strange warfare, the loss, the trials and tribulation can be part of the perfecting process for your faith.

They are the fire, they are the heat that removes the dross from the gold that is your faith.

True faith has been tested, and just like gold it is more precious, valuable and rare when it emerges from the 'heat'.

Gold is great but faith is better.

Faith can bring gold but gold does not bring faith.

There is gold in your faith!

Value your faith. Protect your faith, fight for it and defend it.

Ensure you have the real faith.

Every original has counterfeits.

There's a lot of counterfeit faith out there.

Even Jesus wondered as a man, whether He would find true faith when He comes back to the earth.

"Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?"

Gold is a blessing.

God put it in the earth for man to discover and use.

King Solomon was blessed with an abundance of it.

His temple built to the glory of God was layered in coatings of pure gold.

Just image how that temple shore in the sun, on bright sunny days or sunrise at dawn.

What a sight to behold it must have been!

Due to God's blessings, gold was so common in the time of Solomon it was seen as frequently as the stones by the roadside.

Indeed, the reign of Solomon was a golden age of the nation of Israel.

It is worth praying, to ask the Lord to manifest the golden age of your life now!

Solomon built artifacts in the temple for the worship of God and the adorning of the temple.

Each one had a spiritual representation and meaning.

One of such artifacts were shields forged from pure gold!

Small ones were made which represent small faith but they are equally as potent as the big shields.

The shield is the representation for faith.

Shields are very important armor warriors and soldiers use for protection.

Our faith is called the shield of faith.

In Solomon's temple large shields made of pure gold were also there!

They represent big faith or the gift of faith which God gives, this is faith that's larger than the measure of faith everyone else receives at salvation.

Part of the beauty of faith is that it is effective irrespective of its size.

Its not so much its size but its application/use that matters!

And Jesus said unto them, “Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, ‘Remove hence to yonder place,’ and it shall remove. And nothing shall be impossible unto you".

May your faith shine like the purest gold under the sun's full intensity, may your faith prove to be even better than gold!