Luke 4:18, Psalms 66:5, 1 Sam 7:12, Genesis 2:20, Psalm 121:1-8, Hebrews 12:2, Job 42:5, Exodus 14:10, Joshua 5:13, Daniel 3:15-18, Daniel 6:22, Esther 7:10, Nehemiah 1:11

Men and brethren, we all need an Encounter with Jehovah to reach our Canaan. Therefore, by my spoken word today, I decree, anyone here under demonic oppression, anyone ruled and rattled by failure, anyone here who labours like an Elephant but nothing to show forth for it, anyone here mocked for not having a child, for not getting married, for not having a job, Jesus is here to grant you a miracle and grant you a divine encounter. You shall have an Encounter with Jehovah this 2020. I declare your freedom. Let your miracle be delivered to you now in Jesus name Amen. See, David, the man after Gods heart described how he had an Encounter with Jehovah in Psalms 66:5 “Come and see the works of God, Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men”. Friends, if you are reading this devotion, you will surely agree with me based on the testimonies in your own life that this God we serve is Your Awesome Deliverer‘. He will deliver to you even now. Therefore, it is important to appreciate God and count His many blessings just like Prophet Samuel did. 1 Sam 7:12.  Start looking at God beginning  this April 2020 and expect him to give you the tools, courage and strength necessary to enjoy the rest of the year and finish well because God is your eternal helper. We must remember that God gave us freedom and liberty so that we could work with Him in bringing His rule and reign on the earth. He alone can allow you to have an Encounter with Jehovah. He wants you to take charge. He wants you to take responsibility. He created the animals but Adam named them (Genesis 2:20). What are you still waiting for God to do for you that he has given you power to name and become! I announce, beginning now, God will decorate you with favour and this week shall announce your agenda for greatness.

I have seen many people who just lay down in complete to the poundings of life, they feel they have prayed too much, sowed seeds too much, fasted too much, they are now lost without a cause, some are fighting the battles they never initiated. Some have given it their all. Some are waiting in anticipation for the storm of life to hit them, and to hit them hard, darkening their sun, their star and then they have nobody to turn to. Strength gone hope faded. And then the storm of life comes again and again hammering their family, their businesses, and their marriage and sometimes it seems that God is absent. I want to announce to you, there is hope this year because God has remembered you. The coming months are loaded with blessings and opportunities. The Psalmist said “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2. He knew that God is the author and finisher of all he ever wanted. May you be connected to God in grand style.

The scripture says “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” Hebrews 12:2. Many people dwarf their lives and hinder the best possibilities of growth in their souls by looking downward, looking at the past. Dont look at the past years or past months, they are gone for good, allow your past to become a past tense. Friends, we grow in the direction in which our eyes habitually turn. We become like that toward which we look much and intently. Yet there are those who never look upward at all. They never see anything but the things that are on the earth. They never see the stars. They never think of God. They do not pray. They have no place in their scheme of life for divine things. They cannot see Jehovah Ebenezer, where He started and where he has led them to. Today, as you appreciate this God who is your Awesome Deliverer who gives divine encounter and Power to command attention freely, may you witness  afresh the blessings that will dazzle your mockers.

Right where you are, it is important to note that the land God gave the children of Israel was neither flat nor monotonous nor without Giants. It had hills and valleys and you need both. Sometimes you may have to climb some mountains; you must persevere to get to the crest. It is here that we discover not just the finger of God but taste His goodness. From here we will have a clear view of what life is all about. In Job 42:5, Job gave us the summary of his valley experience ‘I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee’. In going through the valley of tears Job discovered God anew. He went through the tunnel but he came out knowing God’s faithfulness and awesomeness. Despite all he lost, God was there and would not allow Satan go beyond his brief. God brought Job out stronger and richer than the enemy had imagined. So will God give you victory as you stand on all the declarations He has made over your life if you gaze your eyes and fixed your eyes on Him.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills’ is a resolution born of intense longing. Now the hills that the Psalmist is thinking about were visible from no part of that long-extended plain where he dwelt; and he might have looked till he wore his eyes out, before he could have seen them on the horizon of sense. But although they were unseen, they were visible to the heart that longed for them. He directs his desires further than the vision of his eyeballs can go. Just as his possible contemporary, Daniel, when he prayed, opened his window towards the Jerusalem that was so far away. Daniel 6:10; Also, Abraham was commanded by God to look. Genesis 13:14; and just as so this psalmist in Babylon, wearied and sick of the low levels that stretched endlessly and monotonously round about him, says, ‘I will look at the things that I cannot see, and lift up my eyes above my frustration and predicament, to the realm that sense cannot behold, but which I know to be lying quiet and concrete beyond the narrowing horizon before me because the Lord is ‘The Unbeatable God. My Awesome Deliverer.

Looking is a choice, a determination, a prayer.  The reason we must look and keep looking to the author and finisher is that God is:
THE SOURCE OF OUR HELP – Psalm 121: 1-2
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.
THE SLEEPLESSNESS OF OUR HELP – Psalm 121: 3-4
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. [4] Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
THE STRENGTH OF OUR HELP – Psalm 121: 5-6
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. [6] The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
THE STEADFASTNESS OF OUR HELP – Psalm 121: 7-8

I announce to you today, the Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Have you come to the place where you are losing your breath of life by slow motion? With no more fighting spirit left? Your boat is fast sinking and searching for open door seems not realisable. And every road of life you had taken brought regret to your today and you feel you cannot make it, you have come to the point of no return. One thing is left to do, look up to God. God will take care of you even as you face evil. How does He do this? He promises that nothing will ever separate us from the love of God. Romans 8:25-29. I decree, heaven shall fight your battles beginning today, you shall have an Encounter with Jehovah that will allow miracles to overflow from you to your family members and village in the name of Jesus. Let me share these testimonies before the concluding prayer.