GOD BLESS YOU PART 3 (I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES): PASTOR OLADIPUPO FATUKASI – SOUTH WEST ZONE PRESENTATION
DAY 1: RCCG 2021 SPECIAL HOLY GHOST SERVICE
THEME: GOD BLESS YOU – PART 3 (I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES).
MINISTERING (SOUTH WEST ZONE PRESENTATION): PASTOR OLADIPUPO FATUKASI
DATE: 4TH MARCH, 2021
TEXT: EXODUS 2:11-15 AND PSALMS 121:1-2
Can somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah?
Can we, all over the world, begin to bless the Name of the Lord God of Israel that had kept us through these Years, through these Months, through these many days?
Can we bless the Name.of the Lord for a bright, for a beautiful, for a wonderful day as this that the Lord has made unto Himself for Him to be Glorified?
Wherever you are around the world, keep giving God Praise, bless His Holy Name and Worship His Name!
SONG
You are worthy of my Praises today
You are worthy of my Praises today
Repeated!
OPENING PRAYER
Jesus, we say Thank You! We say Thank You oh Lord for this day.
We bless Your Name Father, for the Past Special Holy Ghost Services.
We give You Praise specially for the life of our Father-in-the-Lord, Daddy E.A. Adeboye.
We say Thank You for our Mummy-in-the-Lord, Mummy Folu Adeboye.
Thank You God Almighty for all the Youth in RCCG. We bless Your Name Father.
Today, Oh Lord God, let Your Will be done!
Let Your Word change our lives; Let Your Word shine light into our hearts and let it consume every darkness.
Let us never remain the same and let us make tremendous Progress.
For in Jesus’ Never Failing Name we Pray – Amen!
Can somebody shout Hallelujah – Hallelujah!
Glory be to God!
I want to specially bless the Name of the Lord, on behalf of all the Youth in the South West Region of Nigeria.
I want to use this Medium to say Happy Birthday once again, Daddy. And Congratulations on the 35th Special Holy Ghost Service of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
May the Lord bless you and keep strengthening you, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
I also want to appreciate the Grace of God upon the life of our Mummy. The Lord will continually make you relevant. And in the Name of Jesus, your light will never go dim – Amen.
I want to use this medium to say thank you to the Intercontinental Youth Pastor, Pastor Belemena Obunge, for this Special opportunity.
As well, all Regional Assistant Youth Pastors in this Mission – We Pray that God’s Grace would never diminish in your lives, in Jesus’ Name – Amen.
Lord take all the Glory tonight.
I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES.
My Bible Text is taking from Exodus 2:12-15 The Bible says;
11 And it came to Pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his Brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his Brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
14 And he said, Who made thee a Prince and a Judge over us? Intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
My second Bible Text is Psalms 121:1-2.
The Bible says:
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the Hills, from whence cometh my Help.
2 My Help cometh from the Lord, which made Heaven and Earth.
‘I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES’ – The Psalmist cried:
It was a cry and an expression of desperate desire for a change of levels.
And in this Kingdom, nothing changes till your Desire changes.
Bible records in Luke 16:21 that Lazarus desired to stay at the gate, to stay with the dogs; to feed from the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table.
“And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.”
Lazarus desired so!
The Bible also records in Mark 7:29 that the Syrophoenician went to Jesus to heal her daughter. And she desired to feed from the crumbs that fell from the Master’s Table.
The Bible says because of her Faith, her daughter was healed of the demonic attack.
“And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.”
Everything in this Kingdom is Subject to your Desire.
“I will lift up my eyes” was a cry – I am tired of the Valley, take me to the Mountain Top;
I am tired of the status quo. There has to be more! I am exhausted, I am frustrated by this Level of mediocrity. God I want more!
Enough of this level of retrogression, there must be Progress in my life.
Enough of looking around and looking down – I must look up!
The Bible says: “I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES UNTO THE HILLS.”
Why the Hills? Why not fix his eyes on the Temple? – Why the Hills?
Hills in the Greek means ‘HAR’. And “HAR” means Mountain.
So the Psalmist was saying, “I will lift up my eyes unto the Mountains.”
WHO RESIDES IN THE MOUNTAIN?
Twenty five Percent (25%) of the landmass is full of Mountain.
There are over seven Million (7,000,000) People who are living on the Mountain.
Why would the Psalmist desire to look up to the Mountain so choked with people?
I want to tell you this: “It is the Person residing on the Mountain that adds Value to the Mountain”.
Psalms 68:16 says: “Why leap ye, ye high Hills? This is the Hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.”
… The Lord desires to dwell in the Hills.
Friends, God is everywhere. But in varying Proportion.
There is a dimension of God in your room, there is a dimension of God in the Church and there is another expression of God on the Mountain Top.
Also, I want to encourage you to make out time to visit “MOUNT CAMEL” at Ifewara (Osun State in Nigeria) – You will experience God on that Mountain.
In Exodus 19:16-19, God visited Moses on the Mountain.
In 1 Kings 19:11-13, Elijah met with God on the Mountain.
Even Jesus loves the Mountain – In Matthew 5:1-2, He went to the Mountain so that He could Teach the Disciples.
I wonder why Jesus didn’t teach His Disciples on the Land. He Preferred the Elevated Platform on the Mountain.
In Matthew 24:3, Jesus was frequent on the Mountain.
In Matthew 11:1-8, the Bible says Jesus was transfigured on the Mountain.
So it is God’s Presence on the Mountain that makes the Mountain Valuable.
In our Text, we read about Moses, a child of Destiny – Born with a Divine Mandate to deliver God’s People out of the Land of Bondage.
But along the way, a Problem developed.
The Bible says in Exodus 2:11 – “And it came to Pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his Brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his Brethren.”
Meaning he stopped lifting his eyes unto God (the Mountain). And started looking around.
Listen: If you look around, you will look like those around.
If you look down, you will eventually come down.
Youth, one of our Major Problems is that we spend time looking down and around; thinking and worrying about our circumstances.
We spend hours on Social Media, scavenging for Likes and Followers. Whereas, in the ‘Spirit Media’ we are nowhere to be found!
Oh, we love the Blue Bird App, while ignoring the ‘White Bird’ signifying the Holy Spirit.
We ignore the Call to Worship and Fellowship; but turn up for every Party (invited or not).
No wonder we are where we are. No wonder our lives are not Testimonials of Greater Works.
Youths, it is time to wake up and look up to God.
Now, very quickly, What are the Indicators that shows that you have been looking down and looking around?
- Misplaced Priorities.
When your eyes are not lifted unto God, everything looks blink.
There’s a Pigin axiom that says: “Every way na way?”(Meaning is it: Every way that is a way?)
That’s what Moses was thinking, that he forgot what the Bible says in Proverbs 14:12.
The Bible says: “There is a way which seemeth right unto a Man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”
Moses lost his Identity – He was born to be a Saviour and not a Tribalist. He was born to be a Lifegiver not a Lifetaker.
He was doing the opposite of his assignment.
Why? – Because he stopped looking up to God and started looking down and around.
- Mistakes and errors become common in your Life.
When you start looking down and around, many mistakes and errors become common in your life.
Nothing you do is correct, Nothing you do is successful.
It will look as though nothing is working – All your Applications, and Proposals are not granted.
The Bibel says in Exodus 2:10-12, about Moses – He was a “Crown Prince”; he was given the best Education but he was not taught that he has to lift up his eyes unto God.
Moses Preferred looking down and around and that led him to make a mistake that took him Forty (40) years to correct.
You might not receive that Grace Moses received – That the Lord will correct all the mistakes and errors you have made.
And that is why you must stop looking around, looking down and start looking up to God.
- Trouble increases.
Once you begin to make mistakes and commit errors, your troubles increase.
The mistake Moses made, by killing an Egyptian, as recorded in Exodus 2:15; the King and the entire Nation sought to kill Moses.
Those who once loved Moses began to trouble him. Pressure mounted for Moses, and he ran for his life.
- Help becomes Scarce.
Moses killed an Egyptian to defended a fellow Hebrew – Which was his “Original Purpose”. But because he was not looking up, but looking around; the devil hijacked his Purpose and used him negatively.
And from that day, those who who loved him hated him; he lost touch with the Throne, he lost touch with the King, he lost touch with his father, he lost touch with his mother.
Help could no long reach him, so he became a man of Great Dishonour. And he ran away as a Prince to become a Shepherd.
At that time, when there was no Geographical Information System (GIS), when there was nothing to use and track him; it took God forty (40) years to go find Moses.
And that is why I know that, regardless of your age, today or as you read now on the Label of DMC, the Mercy of God will locate you, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
And it’s going to turn your life around, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
Exodus 3:1-4, Moses had an encounter – Moses was tending the sheep of his father-in-law at the backside of the desert, and all of a sudden, he stumbled into a Mountain.
The Mountain was called Mount Horeb – It is called the Mountain of the Living God.
I want to believe that there are some People reading this message on the Label of DMC. Guess what? – You have stumbled into Mount Horeb – Amen. You have stumbled into the Mountain of the Lord, where your life is about to be Changed – Amen.
The Bible says something caught the attention of Moses – He saw that there was a “Burning Bush” but the fire did not consume the bush.
And for the first time in many decades, Moses looked up and beheld the fire, and noticed that the bush was not consumed.
Because he had been looking down and around for so long, the Bible says in Exodus 3:3:
“And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this Great Sight, why the bush is not burnt.”
Meaning: I will not only lift my eyes unto the Hills. I will stay around it and see what’s happening.
And Moses then turned aside to see!
And the Bible says, that the Lord called out to Moses and said: “Lift up your eyes.”
- And as Moses lifted up his eyes, as his gaze changed, his life changed;
- As the gaze of Moses shifted, his Mindset shifted. He began to look Upwards. And his life began to go Upwards.
Very quickly:
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAY WILL HAPPEN TO YOU WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LIFT UP YOUR EYES?
According to Exodus 3:
- Moses said, ‘I will lift up my eyes and I receive a Revelation from God.
The Bible says that God introduced Himself to Moses in Exodus 3:14:
“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.”
“I AM THAT I AM” – This was a New Revelation to Moses: I Am undefeatable, I Am the Unquestionable, Unprobeable, Undethroneable, Inexcusable, the Uncreated Creator. I AM THAT I AM.
“You need a Revelation from go to reclaim your Position from the Opposition.”
Matthew 16:15-19, Jesus Christ asked His Disciples: ‘Who do you say that I Am?’ Simon Peter answered “You are Christ, the Son of the Living God.”
And Christ responded “by this revelation, I give to you the Keys of Heaven: that whatsoever you bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven. Whatsoever you loose on Earth shall losed in Heaven.”
*Say with me: Whatever it is that has held me bound, whatever it is that has shifted my gaze from looking Upwards, to looking around, I bind them now – Amen!
… In Jesus ‘Name – Amen!
- I will lift up my eyes and I will receive Boldness and Confidence.
… I will receive Supernatural Ability and Capacity.
Moses fled from Egypt, but the Bible says, after he lifted up his eyes, he became audacious, courageous, veracious.
That same man that ran away from Egypt went back to meet Pharaoh.
He went back to meet his enemies, and with no Army; the Bible says that Moses destroyed Pharaoh and his Host in one night.
The same thing happened to Apostle Peter – The Bible says he hid himself from a little girl after he had denied Jesus because he looked down (instead of looking up to Jesus).
But something happened after Apostle Peter lifted up his eyes in the Upper Room.
In Acts 2:14, the Bible recorded that Apostle Peter came out one morning and spoke and got the attention of a City. And that day, about three thousand (3,000) Souls were won for Christ because he decided to lift up his eyes.
… Supernatural Boldness and Confidence.
- I will lift up my eyes and my Wealth shall be Restored.
Moses was a Destiny child. Wealth was written all around him.
In fact, at his birth, his mother relocated to the Palace.
Moses full of riches; but because his eyes were not lifted up to God, he forgot what the Bible says in Proverbs 10:22:
“The Blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.”
He forgot this, and in one day, he lost all his wealth – Everything! But something happened – He lifted up his eyes!
And in Exodus 12:36, the Bible says: “And the Lord gave the People favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians:”
Can I Prophesy to your life? – Every wealth you have lost to the Egyptians, today, you are getting restoration for you losses, in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
The same thing happened to Peter – Before he lifted up his eyes to Jesus, he toiled all night.
In Luke 5:1-10; he toiled all night with nothing to take home.
But immediately he lifted up his eyes to Jesus, the Bible says he caught a great multitude of fish. But he didn’t just stop there; the same Apostle Peter got money from the mouth of a fish.
I declare: Wealth is returning back to you, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.
- I will lift up my eyes, and Grace and Power for the Supernatural shall be restored unto me.
“There can be no supernatural without Faith. And there can be no Faith without the Word of God.”
Romans 10:17 says: “So then Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.”
Immediately Moses lifted up his eyes, the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 3:8, that his countenance changed and he began to glow – He began to interact with God and he began to glow.
“How shall not the Ministration of the Spirit be rather Glorious?”
Also, the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 3:18 – “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the Glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from Glory to Glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
There can be no Spectacular without Fasting and Prayers.
In Mark 2:9-10, the Disciples tried to chase out a demon from a girl and failed. They said to Jesus, Lord, why couldn’t we do this?
And Jesus replied: “This kind can only come forth by Prayer and Fasting.”
Say after me: I receive fresh hunger for Prayer and Fasting.
Before Moses lifted up his eyes, he didn’t know God. But the Bible says after he lifted up his eyes,he began to Perform Miracles.
The rod of Moses that could only lead and beat sheep was now used to hit the rock and water gushed out of it.
That same rod that was used to direct sheep, the Bible says he stretched forth that rod and Red Sea Parted.
The same thing was done by Apostle Peter; the Bible says the best he could do with his hands was to fish. But after lifting up his eyes, Peter began to Pull up the Lame, heal the sick. And his Shadow raised the dead and heal diseases.
Now, this is your inheritance – If you are lifting up your eyes unto the Lord, can you say: “Enough of Spiritual Barrenness in my life; enough of lukewarmness in my life, in the Name of Jesus – Amen.”
- I will lit up my eyes, and I will give my Consecration.
We have always believed that the Strength of a Church and that of the People is due to long hours of Prayers and Fasting.
But I want to tell you that this: It is Plus the Strength of our Consecration.
The devil fears the Believer that holds his or her Consecration; than a Believer who Prays for long hours but he is not Consecrated.
Consecration speaks of your Separation unto God, in Purity of heart and Action; for a Special Assignment.
Great Men in this Kingdom are Men of Great Consecration.
Yes, I know there are Pressures and distractions around – even as Youth but you must keep reminding yourself, as a Disciple and as a Soldier of Christ, of this Song:
“The world behind me,
The Cross before me;
The world behind me,
The Cross before me;
The world behind me,
The Cross before me;
No turning back,
No going back!”
Remember Lot’s wife; she lifted up her eyes to the Lord. And God brought her and her family out of Sodom and Gomorrah. But she turned back! And what happened? She became a Pillar of Salt.
… May this not be your Portion, the Name of Jesus – Amen!
You can’t behave like Everybody and become Somebody.
Watch your Consecration and trust God for Divine Guidance!
- I will lift up my eyes, and I will Return to my Father.
Luke 15:11-22 tells us about a Young Man who went to his father to claim his inheritance before time.
He went ahead and sqandered his inheritance in a distant Land riotously. He ravished his inheritance as if money is being Plucked from a tree.
He had no Plan,no Budget, no Meaning, no Purpose. Hence, he wasted his life and inheritance.
And the Bible says,after a while, there was nothing left.
All his friends who used to Party with him and hail him were no more because he had no more money to spend.
The Bible says there was famine in the Land and this Young son of a rich man began to be in want, begging and even had to dine with Pigs.
But one day, this boy lifted up his eyes and said: I will return to my father; he has so much in stock that his servants eat as Kings. How can I, his own son beg and live in want and Penury?
I will return home and be a servant of my father than die here, eating with Pigs.
ALTAR CALL
I know there might be some People here now or reading this Message on the Label of DMC; you have wasted your inheritance.
You have soiled your Garment of Salvation with “Get Rich Quick” Schemes.
You have consulted oracles, demonic Powers all in the name of making money.
The Bible says that the end thereof is the way of death.
But something happened to the Prodigal Son again; he truly returned to his father.
And the Bible says his father lifted up his eyes and sighted him afar off – Ran to meet me and gave him a warm embrace and he kissed him.
That same day, the father decorated him; changed his ambiance, put a Gold ring on his finger, killed the fattest of the fattest cows, organised a large Party.
Why? Because his son returned home!
Your Heavenly Father is waiting to welcome you back to Him too.
I am aware that Life has not been easy with you – It is because you have refused to lift up your eyes to the Lord.
Right where you are now, I want you to lift up your eyes and ask the Lord for Mercy, to save you, redeem your Soul, and wash away your sins.
Why? – It is because He wants to give you fresh Revelation, the Boldness to face your enemies.
He want to restore to you all the Years and lost Fortunes that the cankerworm and the caterpillars have eaten.
He wants to revive you, quicken your mortal body and help you live Holy; bring back your lost Honour.
Go ahead and ask the Lord for Mercy Now!
In Jesus’ Name we Pray – Amen.
PRAYER FOR SALVATION.
Lord, I Pray for these ones that have lifted up their eyes to You – in surrendering their Souls or in rededicating their lives to You.
We have chased the cloud long enough. Lord, by Your Mercy we look unto You:
Send us Help, Save their Souls, Write their names in the Book of Life. Father, restore to them all that they have lost in the Name of Jesus – Amen!
One more Prayer before we conclude:
1 Samuel 12:6 says: “And Samuel said unto the People, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the Land of Egypt.”
Friends, it is the Lord that relieves, it is the Lord that advances!
…. Two (2) Prayer Points in one:
Say Lord, tonight, I lift my eyes unto You, deliver me from Egypt; bring me out of Egypt and advance me to my Promised Land.
In the Name of Jesus we have Prayed – Amen!
CLOSING PRAYER
Lord, I declare over as many who can say a Believing Amen:
From now on, no more Stagnation!
As you lift up your eyes, the Lord will introduce Progression into your life!
As you lift up your eyes, the Lord will lift you from one Level of Glory to another!
As you lift up your eyes, the Lord will redeem all the lost Years, all the lost days, in the Name of Jesus!
As you lift up your eyes, the Lord will Decorate you, the Lord will Advertise you!
As you lift up your eyes, the Lord will Strengthen you for the race ahead and help you live a life Consecrated unto Him alone in the Name of Jesus.
Thank You Father for answering our Prayers!
In Jesus’ Mighty Name we Pray – AMEN!
Let somebody shout Hallelujah – HALLELUJAH!!!!
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