how to build your Capacity spiritually..
Spiritual capacity building.
capacity building is the process by which individuals and organizations obtain, improve and retain the skills, knowledge, tools equipment and other resources needed to do their job competently.
Mat 25:14 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
Mat 25:15 "And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
Mat 25:16 "Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
Mat 25:17 "And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
Mat 25:18 "But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money.
2Ki 4:1 A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves."
2Ki 4:2 So Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" And she said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil."
2Ki 4:3 Then he said, "Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors--empty vessels; do not gather just a few.
2Ki 4:4 "And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones."
2Ki 4:5 So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out.
2Ki 4:6 Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another vessel." So the oil ceased.
It is your capacity that will determine your ability to receive. The vessels you provided will determine the quantity of oil you will receive. The oil stopped running because there was no more container to be filled.
Automobiles are developed based on capacities.
1.6 1.8, 2.4, 4.8, 4 cylinder, 5 cylinder, 6 cylinder 8 cylinder engines.
the capacites of the engines determines the speed and the performance.
A 20 Tons truck cannot carry a 50 tons load, if it tries it the Tyre will burst.
Eph 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.
God can only work with you according to the capacity of the engine your supply or according the size of the generator your carrry inside of you. these generators comes in different sizes, 1.5 KVA, 3KVA, 5KVA, up to 5000 to 50,000 KVA etc.
when you have i pass my neighbor, all you can do is to connect your bulbs and fan, you dare not connect electric iron or air-conditioner, it will immediately shot down because it does not have the capacity to carry those appliances. But if you have 10,000 to 50,000 KVA generator, you can connect every and anything you want because there is an inbuilt capacity to carry them.
Spiritual speaking, you will expand your capacity to receive and operate when you trade with your present abilities, skills, knowledge, gifts etc. that God equipped you with.
Mat 25:19 "After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
Mat 25:20 "So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.'
Mat 25:21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
Mat 25:22 "He also who had received two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.'
Mat 25:23 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
Mat 25:24 "Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
Mat 25:25 'And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.'
Mat 25:26 "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
Mat 25:27 'Therefore you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
Mat 25:28 'Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
Mat 25:29 'For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
Mat 25:30 'And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Pro 24:10 If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
If you fail in the day of adversity and challenges, it means that your capacity is small.
anytime you face a challenge and you could not pravail, it simply means that you need to update your capacity.
in the gospel of John 20: 19-23, Jesus first commissioned His deciples to work,
Joh 20:19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you."
Joh 20:20 Now when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
Joh 20:21 Then Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
Joh 20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
in John 21, He came again when He noticed that they are reluctant to move, Peter had to lead them back to familiar trerrean (fishing business).
He had to come back the third time in Acts chapter one and taught them for forty days before the pentecost, why, because He noticed that they lacked the ability to act. until the power from on high came upon them and their capacities was enlarged before they could act.
Act 1:1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.
Act 1:2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,
Act 1:3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Act 1:4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, "which," He said, "you have heard from Me;
Act 1:5 "for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Act 1:6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
Act 1:7 And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
Act 1:8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Your depth with God will determine your height with men, the depth of he foundation determines the height of your building, depending on the type of building you intend to build.
For the deciples, their capacity to evangelize was predicted on the ability the Holy Ghost will bring in Acts 2. which resulted in 3000 souls being added to the church.
the same Peter that was afraid to go out for evangelism in John 20 and 21, was the same person that spoke and three thousand souls gave their lives to God. what was the difference? his abilities was worked on by the Master.l
in the circular world, the individuals and the organizations builds their capacities through the knowledge they gather from seminars, conferences and trainings.
in the kingdom of God, we develop and build our capacities from the word of God and by separating and waiting on the Lord for instructions. We also develop our capacities by spiritual education and Spiritual exercise.
2Pe 3:18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
2Pe 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
2Pe 1:3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
2Pe 1:4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2Pe 1:5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
2Pe 1:6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
2Pe 1:7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
2Pe 1:8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Apostle Paul's capacity was bigger than that of other Apostles, that was why i believe that Jesus acosted him on the way to Damascus and recruited him into His army.
Apostle Paul caught some Revelations that other disciples did not have.
Apostle Peter had to warn people that this guy knew something that is too dangerous to handle.
2Pe 3:16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
Apostle Paul's capacity was so deep that he had four world views.
He was a
1. A Roman
2. A Jew
3. Greek
4. Christian.
When you desire and Hunger for the knowledge of the Lord and His word, your capacity will increase.
we will move a little bit forward by looking at Apostle of Healing and his testimony.
John G. Lake,
in 1910 was in South Africa when a pleague that killed 1/4 of the people. it was so contagious that the government were offering $1000 to any nurse that will care for the sick.
Then Lake and his assistant volunteered to help free of charge. They will go in, bring the Dead bury them without contacting the sickness. A doctor asked Apostle Lake what were you using to protect yourself, because you must have a secret? "brother it is the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, i believe that just as long as i keep my soul in contact with the living God so that His Spirit is flowing into my soul and body, that germ will never attached itself to me for the spirit will kill it"
Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
This is exactly what Dr. John G. Lake knew that made him to expand his capacity for healing.
He later took it further by inviting the doctor for experiment. "you can fill my hand with them and i will keep it under the microscope and instead of these germs remaining alive, they will die instantly"
this was after eight of siblings had died of sickness and diseases, before he developed his own capacity.
for you and me, how do we build and develop our various capacities? in that your field of pursuit, seek the necessary information that help you to develop your capacity.
for you that is reading this message, you have the inbuilt capacity to do the impossible but the difference is you are complaining of not having enough while others have developed and others are still developing their own, others are like catapillars that are packed waiting to start, but because iba, fufu kpomo, orishi orishi meat coveted the whole engine and you even have the mouth to blame the master for not giving you enough.
don't forget that Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
Pro 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
The common denominator for the inventors, producer's and spiritual gladiators is the quest for knowledge, separation and perspiration.
it is unfortunate that in Africa our leaders has destroyed our capacity for research, unless you think out of box and brake the mould, you will be thinking like the guy with one talent.
i will encourage you to conciously develop your spiritual capacity so that you will be able to take your moutain.
i will teach you how to recognize and take your moutain in my next teaching.
meanwhile let me conclude by showing you how to excersise and enlarge your capacity.
knowledge.
Heb 5:11 of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
Heb 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
Heb 5:13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
separation
Isa 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall,
Isa 40:31 But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Psa 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Dan 11:32 "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.
perspiration.(Action)
Heb 4:2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Jam 2:14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
Jam 2:15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
Jam 2:16 and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
Jam 2:17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Jam 2:18 But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
Jam 2:19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe--and tremble!
Jam 2:20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Jam 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
Jam 2:22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
Jam 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God.
Jam 2:24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.
Jam 2:25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
Jam 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
As you take these steps to greatness, i see a genius in the making. only cross your tss and dot your iss and watch God perform the impossible in your life.
Remember that not all closed doors are locked, please go and open them.
please Stop wishing and start working, because if wishes are horses all begers will ride.
finally I hope you have not forgotten that the secret of getting ahead is to start, so go and dig out that your talent you hid in the ground, that manuscript, that book you wrote half way, even the ones in your mind, that song that comes to in your bathroom, that movie you had wanted to shoot but you believed that there is no money.
in all, just take a step of faith and watch the Spirit of God attract men and machines that you need for your glory to shine.
ahaa e don do, e dooooo till i see you again, God bless you.
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