The Keys Of The Kingdom

Apostle Grace Lubega

Matthew 16:19 (KJV); And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

The keys of the kingdom are our epignosis. They represent our complete and perfect knowledge in God, touching our part, mandate, assignment and spiritual offices.

These keys define our liberties in God and the boundaries thereof.

The Church is advancing from glory to glory and this experience is made possible by these keys of epignosis.

In Isaiah 33:6, the Bible says, ‘wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation…’

It means that the growth of the church of Christ is hinged on its knowledge of God and this knowledge is shaped by the keys in our hands.

Our glory to glory experience means that doors are opened before us as a church; there are places in the spirit that are being unveiled to the body of Christ; there are territories we are being introduced to.

But it’s a sad thing to stand before these great doors of access and not know how to open them.

This is why He has equipped us with His Word because by epignosis we unlock realms; by epignosis we access deeper places in Him; by epignosis we walk where no man has walked.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Isaiah 33:6, Isaiah 22:22

GOLDEN NUGGET:
The keys of the kingdom are our epignosis. They represent our complete and perfect knowledge in God, touching our part, mandate, assignment and spiritual offices.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for the abundance of revelation that you have availed in these times. Even as I stand before the great doors of the spirit, I know how to open them. I know where to access greater depths in you and how to interpret the mysteries of the kingdom. I am advancing in glory because of the knowledge in my spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Essence Of Revelation

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 2:9-10(KJV); But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

There are truths in God that one can never appreciate by systematic theology. This doesn’t mean that systematic theology in itself is wrong but it has its limitations.

It is limited to what has been revealed to a man and the place he is in God.

God can meet you on a higher plane than that of another man’s walk with him. The revelation and understanding of another man is not your standard. In this wisdom, even Paul refers to what he teaches as merely the foundation and calls on you to build.

This doesn’t mean that we do not learn from those that have gone ahead of us or from other men’s teachings.

Rather, you must remember that the access you have is to the bottomless things in God. You have the liberty to draw it out.

God does not want to merely open your eyes to the truths and mysteries in the scriptures; He wants to open the scriptures to you. That is the essence of the Spirit of revelation.

In these times, God is raising men who will teach truths that cannot be found on another man’s CD, in another man’s book or in a Bible Study guide.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 3:11, Ephesians 1:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God does not want to merely open your eyes to the truths and mysteries in the scriptures; He wants to open the scriptures to you. That is the essence of the Spirit of revelation.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. I carry understanding in my spirit and with this wisdom, I draw from the bottomless depths in God. I see that which no eye has seen and hear what no ear has heard. Revelation is my portion and story. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Christ The Door

Apostle Grace Lubega

John 10: 1-2; 7(KJV); Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

There are many ways through which men enter the gospel or join ministries.

It is a sad reality but some of these include manipulation, listening to those who discredit other men of God’s labours, false doctrine and deception. The scriptures call any man who uses such ways to draw men, a thief. If a person joins a ministry through these means, he or she one did not use the door.

In the seventh verse, Christ says, ‘ I am the door.’ Christ is the only DOOR by which men enter the kingdom.

When we preach Christ in truth, we point men to the door. This is what attracts; it is what causes multitudes to follow; it is what opens nations; it is what makes the world listen to your message.

He said that when He is lifted up, He draws men to Himself(John 12:32).

If a minister of the gospel understands this truth, he cannot worry about who leaves his church for another ministry.

As a minister, learn the right door and build it. This means that you must grow in the knowledge of Christ, understand His desires and exercise your spirit to His constant inspiration.

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: John 12:32, John 14:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

As a minister, learn the right door and build it. This means that you must grow in the knowledge of Christ, understand His desires and exercise your spirit to His constant inspiration.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I receive it as a pattern of growth in ministry. If we lift up Christ, He draws men unto Himself. I choose to exalt you in everything that I do. It is all about you. I decrease even as you increase. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Of Sowing To The Spirit

Apostle Grace Lubega

Galatians 6:7-8(KJV); Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

You cannot manifest anything in the physical realm if that thing has not been created in the spiritual realm. The spiritual begets the physical.

You cannot receive anything from the spiritual realm without giving to the spiritual realm. This is what our theme scripture refers to as sowing to the spirit.

Some people want to reap where they have not sowed. They have not sowed to the spirit but seek to manifest spiritual realities in the physical realm. They want to receive from the spirit what they have not provided for in that realm.

The primary place of giving to the spirit is sowing the Word. The words we speak are seeds in the realm of the spirit and as we cultivate our language and speech, whether negative or positive, we harvest what we sow.

This is why you must tame your tongue. Deliberately align your speech to the things you want to achieve and the success you envision.

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 9:6, Hosea 10:12

GOLDEN NUGGET:

You cannot receive anything from the spiritual realm without giving to the spiritual realm. This is sowing to the spirit.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this word. My speech is aligned to this knowledge. Grace is upon my lips and power in my tongue. What I decree, I establish. I eat the beauty of the fruit of my mouth because I have learnt to speak in wisdom. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Of Divine Responsibility

Apostle Grace Lubega

Luke 19:13(KJV); And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

Every Christian must understand his or her assignment.

If you expect to sail through this life without ever doing your part in the gospel or contributing to the expansion of the kingdom then you have not understood the faith in which you are.

In Isaiah 45:19, the Bible says, ‘I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.’

The Hebrew word for vain is ‘tohu’, which is translated to mean nothingness or emptiness. 

God has not called you to nothingness, that is, a life without purpose.

Christ in our theme scripture tells us to occupy until He comes. It is in the places of occupation that we yield to divine responsibilities, which responsibilities make us heads and not tails, above and not beneath.

Live life in the understanding that you have a part to play in the gospel; there is an expectation that heaven has of you. You have a call upon your life; a grace through which many will be blessed.

Eternity is counting on you.

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Timothy 4:7, Romans 8:30

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Live life in the understanding that you have a part to play in the gospel; there is an expectation that heaven has of you. You have a call upon your life; a grace through which many will be blessed. Eternity is counting on you.

PRAYER: Loving Father, thank you for the race that you have set before me. Thank you for the gifts and calling upon my life. Thank you for the word I receive every day that has made me a minister and a steward of the mysteries. I spend and I am spent for the sake of the gospel because I know my part. I will finish well knowing that you are my end. In Jesus’ name, Amen

Discernment Of Doors

Apostle Grace Lubega

Galatians 2:7-8(KJV); But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

Not every door that is open, is for you to enter. Simply because you have the potential for a thing does not necessarily mean that it is you who must execute it.

This is the wisdom of discerning which doors to enter and which ones to ignore.

Do not be deceived by the keys in your hands. You may have a key to a door but it is only so you can open it for another to go through it.

Take the example of Peter in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10). By the Spirit of God, Peter opened the door for the gospel unto the gentiles. However, like our theme scripture reveals, his apostleship was to the circumcised(Jews) and not the uncircumcised while Paul’s apostleship was to the Gentiles.

God used Peter, a man on whom He had placed a grace for the Jews to open a door for the gentiles. Simply because he opened this door to the uncircumcised did not mean that he was called to the uncircumcised.

Paul paid a huge price every time he went to the Jews because he was called to the Gentiles. In fact, his greatest persecutions were by Jews in whose synagogues he went to preach. Even if he had a zeal for them, he had not been given the grace for them.

You must know which doors to enter. Exercise your spirit to understand the boundaries of your godly assignment. Entering the right doors will save you many wars while entering the wrong doors will attract many unnecesary wars.

FURTHER STUDY: Acts 10, Acts 18:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Not every door that is open is for you to enter. Simply because you have the potential for a thing does not necessarily mean that it is you who must execute it.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this wisdom. I understand my assignment, the places and the people to which you have called me. I go where you send me and not just where zeal leads me. I serve in the perfect will of the Father. To the glory of your name, Amen.

Potential For World Change

Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 82:5(KJV); They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Every child of God is exceptionally good at something. That is the beauty of God’s wisdom in creation.

However, the foundations of the world are out of course because there are many people who do not know the abilities that God has placed at their disposal.

Many are moving in the shadows of other people’s potential and have not tapped into what is inside them.

The foundations of the world seek a reconciliation of the best potential with the best opportunities.

When opportunity meets the best, the stage is set for world change.

God has not called you to be a cheap copy of a great original. You have treasure in an earthen vessel. You have all sufficiency to do what you must. You have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places.

Creation is groaning for the manifestation of the sons of God(Romans 8:19). There is something in you that is destined to align the foundations of this world.

Understand that you have a part in the great equation of global transformation. Look within you for therein is potential for world change.

FURTHER STUDY: Ecclesiastes 3:11, Romans 8:19

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The foundations of the world seek a reconciliation of the best potential with the best opportunities. When opportunity meets the best, the stage is set for world change.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I know what you have placed in me; the seed of greatness and the ability to transform nations. I draw from within to influence all that is around me. I put systems, economies and institutions in order because I know who I am. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Responding To Greatness

Apostle Grace Lubega

Gen 41:33-37(KJV); Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

If you must succeed in this life, you must know how to respond to greatness.

There are people who stand before greatness and it is ready to grant them an opportunity, but sadly, they do not know how to respond to it because the language they speak is contrary to the communication that greatness invites. As such, they live mediocre lives, never reaching their fullest potential. How sad!

A very important principle on how to respond to greatness is revealed in our theme scripture.

When Joseph stood before greatness, he did not present himself as an answer, he simply gave a solution to the problem.

He did not tell Pharaoh that he could fix the issue at hand but rather told him how to fix it.

He said, ‘Let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.’ He did not say, ‘If Pharaoh gives me the opportunity and appoints me as a leader, I will be able to change this situation.’

One might have thought that Joseph was desperate for a change in his circumstances. He had just come out of jail after years of imprisonment. He could have jumped at the opportunity to be seen as an answer but wisdom restrained him.

Many men have closed the doors of opportunity by presenting themselves as an answer when greatness was seeking for a solution.

The world is looking for men who are able to give solutions but do not present themselves as answers because some solutions are bigger than just the individual. Give greatness a solution, greatness will see the answer in you.

FURTHER STUDY: Genesis 41:16, James 4:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The world is looking for men who are able to give solutions but do not present themselves as answers because some solutions are bigger than just the individual. Give greatness a solution, greatness will see the answer in you.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this word. I respond with wisdom to all the opportunities presented to me. I refuse to exalt myself above measure in the knowledge that honour comes from above and that it is you who exalts the humble. I rise to greatness in this understanding. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Power Of Opportunity – 4

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ecclesiastes 9:11(KJV); I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 

There are no coincidences when it comes to opportunity. You must know how to open doors for your sake. 

This is what makes the life of faith deliberate and not a matter of chance and luck. No one stumbles into success or greatness. If they do so, they will also stumble out of it. 

Opportunity does not waste time with the timid and unprepared. In fact, if you are unprepared and the spotlight of success is ever trained on you, you will not be able to hide your unpreparedness. 

When you look through the scriptures, you will find a pattern of deliberation for the men and women who received from Christ by faith. 

The friends of the paralytic man broke through a roof (Luke 5:17-39). That was deliberate. 

The woman with the issue of blood reached for the hem of his garment, that was deliberate (Luke 8:43-48). 

Blind Bartimaeus called out to the Lord and ignored those who asked him to be quiet (Mark 10:46-52). 

Opportunity is not for the passive who sit idly waiting for something to happen. 

It is for those who climb out of their comfort zones, defy the odds and reach out for destiny. 

What do you want to achieve? 
Where do you want to go? What do you want to build? Who do you want to become? 

Step out in faith. Do the things that point you to destiny. Act like a man or woman on a mission to greatness. Start that business, take that job and roll out that idea. 

The doors of opportunity respond to those who are deliberate in faith. 

FURTHER STUDY: Luke 5:17-39, Luke 8:43-48 

GOLEN NUGGET:

There are no coincidences when it comes to opportunity. No one stumbles into success or greatness. If they do so, they will also stumble out of it. 

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for the power of opportunity. There is great potential inside me. I step out in faith to do the great things you have ordained for my sake. Success is mine because I am deliberate. Greatness and increase are mine because I am deliberate. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Power Of Opportunity – 3

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ecclesiastes 9:11(KJV); I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

If you want to embrace the power of opportunity, never take lightly the man who gives you the slightest chance to express your potential.

The reason why some people miss out on their opportunities is because they ignore this simple but powerful principle.

Take the example of people in the workplace who are given assignments outside their scope of work and have rejected them simply because the tasks are not in their job descriptions. Out of this indifference, they have missed out on opportunities to learn and to grow.

There are people in ministry who have been asked to serve in one capacity or another and have trodden on such opportunities because they wanted the limelight and not the back door tasks.

By this alone, they turned their backs on greatness because they did not understand that every beginning is a door and one’s faithfulness in the little promotes them to the next level.

How about the people you interact with? Some in abusing the authority of their bosses have turned their destinies in the wrong direction. Others by neglecting instructions from their spiritual authorities have scorned at the spirit of greatness and shut the doors of their opportunities.

Respect every beginning and the man who gives it to you. Do everything you are tasked to do as though it is the greatest task you will ever perform. Serve with zeal and fervency.

With this attitude, nothing on the surface of the earth can keep you from your God given destiny.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 6:10, Zechariah 4:10

GOLDEN NUGGET:

If you want to embrace the power of opportunity, never take lightly the man who gives you the slightest chance to express your potential.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this great wisdom. I receive it with all humility and embrace it as the standard of my life. I give honour where honour is due and treat with respect those you have placed above me. Thank you for every opportunity that comes my way. I embrace it with understanding and serve with diligence. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Power Of Opportunity – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ezekiel 22:30(KJV); And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

In this life, I have learnt that the fastest man by the standards of the world might not necessarily be the fastest man. The fastest man might be in the remotest part of the world, sprinting for miles across grasslands as he moves from village to village.

It is possible that the fastest swimmer is not the man we watch during the olympics. The fastest swimmer might presently not even know how to swim. If he can swim, he might be doing so in lakes and rivers while hunting for his next meal. That man may leave this earth and never know that he was its greatest swimmer.

The greatest artists might not be the ones on television but men and women too hidden from the public eye for the world to know that they exist.

How is this so? These men and women do not have the opportunity.

How then does one unlock the doors of opportunity?

One of the principles of unlocking the doors of opportunity is availability because the Spirit of greatness responds to yielded men and not merely talented men.

There are men who are available to their families, available for their jobs, available to their businesses but they are not available to greatness.

Opportunity responds to a man who is available to greatness. A man available to greatness lives his life with a vision of his future in mind. There are sacrifices he makes because of the future he sees. Such a man knows that where he presently is, is not where he will end.

FURTHER STUDY: Ecclesiastes 9:11, Romans 12:11

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Opportunity responds to a man who is available to greatness. Such a man knows that where he presently is, is not where he will end.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for the opportunities you have laid before me, for the great things that I must do in this world. I am available for your work and purpose because there is nothing greater than serving God. I never lag in zeal, I am fervent in spirit, in doing the will of my Father. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Power Of Opportunity – 1

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ecclesiastes 9:11(KJV); I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

There are many people in this life who have prepared themselves for great things but have never had the opportunity to be who they want to be. They have studied hard for years, obtained master’s degrees and yet they do not have jobs.

There are men with the ability to work in certain positions but men with less ability have occupied those positions.

There are men and women with great voices who have never recorded an album or stood on platforms where their crafts can be appreciated.

In our theme scripture, the Bible reveals that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither bread to the wise but time and chance happen to them all.

This means that opportunities are available to us all.

Opportunity is the only blessing that allows a man to release his hidden potential. If this potential is not released, the person will be like a pregnant woman who has exceeded the nine months of pregnancy and has entered the tenth month without bringing forth her child.

We all have the ability to express our potential through the power of opportunity.

God has not designed for you to have too much in you and yet not have the platform to express it.

He has not placed treasure in you and not created the place for you to shine. He has not anointed you to hide you. He did not light you and put you under a bushel.

He made you light and set you as a city on a hill. He lit your spirit so that gentiles can come to your rising. He wrote your story so you can be read by all men.

What is in you must come forth. What God has invested in your spirit must manifest. That is your portion and story.

Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 5:14, 2 Corinthians 3:2

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God has not designed you to have too much in you and yet not have the platform to express it. He has not placed treasure in you and not created the place for you to shine. He has not anointed you to hide you. He did not light you and put you under a bushel.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I know that great doors are opened to me because I never underestimate the power of opportunity. The world will see the greatness in me and know that I am called of God. I live a full life because I manifest all that you have placed inside me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.