Jide Oladimeji

Isaiah 43: 19 “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

This is another special area for God, doing NEW THINGS

It is the nature of God to do things in new ways. God is saying that He will do it now.

He will make a way in the wilderness; wilderness is an uncultivated area and also undeveloped. Yet He will make a way, make impossibility to be possible.

He will bring rivers in the desert; desert is dry and without water or rivers.

All these are telling us that in this month and after, impossibility shall be possible for you in an easy way.

We shall see some cases in the Bible to be able to understand His ways on this area.

1. How He destroyed the world at the time of Noah – By water
2. How He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah – By fire
3. How He brought Joseph to the throne
4. How He opened the Red Sea – by East wind
5. How He fed the Israelites in the wilderness – Through manna
6. How He handled Korah, Dathan and Abiram Numbers 16: 28 – 33
7. How He opened the River Jordan – the Priests’ legs
8. How He handled Jericho walls – Joshua 6: 1 – 5 – with a shout
9. How He helped the judges to rescue the people from their enemies
10. How He chose Saul and David 1Samuel 9: 15 – 17; 16: 1, 12 – 13
11. How He won the victory at the time of Jonathan
12. How He killed Goliath – with a stone
13. How He handled every battle of David 2Samuel 5: 18 – 25
14. How Esther became the queen
15. How He rescued Mordecai
16. How Jesus was born
17. How Peter was rescued from prison on the two occasions Acts 5: 17 – 20; 12: 5 – 11
18. How He rescued Paul and Silas from the prison Acts 16: 23 – 30

You can see that in all these cases and many more, Gpd did not use the same method twice. Whenever He wants to do anything, it is in new way.

IMPLICATIONS

1. God will treat your case in a new way
2. Do not compare your case with another person’s case.
3. There is no difficult case for God
4. There is the need to trust Him
5. Exercise patience
6. Release yourself and your case to God
7. Agree with Him and obey Him in every area.
8. Just relax in His hands

Whatever you are going through now, go to; the Lord and request for new thing to happen, you will be happy you did.

Days, weeks, months, and years pass but it is what we put in it that remains. July this year has passed forever and ever but for some of us, it did not pass without notice, there are things to show for it.

au·gust adj. 1. Inspiring awe or admiration; majestic’ … 2. Venerable for reasons of age or high rank

AUGUST’, a. L. Grand; magnificent; majestic; impressing awe; inspiring reverence.

Now is August.

• You have to agree with yourself that – ‘this is my time’
• You must become an August personality and receive August blessings

WHO IS AN AUGUST PERSONALITY?

2 Samuel 7:9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Deborah, Rehab the Harlot, Jephthah, David, Peter, Paul, Mary the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

These were men and women who came from obscurity to become AUGUST PERSONALITIES.

WHAT CAN BE CALLED AN AUGUST BLESSING?

1. An unexpected blessing
2. An expected blessing that is beyond expectations
3. Solutions that are supposed to take years becoming days
4. Solutions to chronic, incurable and perennial problems
5. A blessing from unexpected source

EXAMPLES OF THOSE WHO RECEIVED AUGUST BLESSINGS

1. Joseph – from the prison to the throne
2. Gideon – a fearful man who became a captain to marshal the army- Judges 6: 11 – 16
3. David – a humble king given eternal covenant – 2Samuel 7: 1 – 19
4. The widow woman of Zarephath 1Kings 17: 8 – 16
5. The widow woman – 2Kings 4: 1 – 7
6. The Shunammite woman 2Kings 4: 8 – 17
7. The widow of Nain Luke 7: 11- 15
8. Peter Luke 5: 1 – 8

WHAT HELPED SOME OF THEM?

1. Come to Christ Matt. 11: 28 – 30
2. Remained committed to the Lord in the face of all odds
3. Grace
4. Decided to build a house for the Lord
5. Gave even her last 1Kings 17: 8 – 16

1. Cried to the man of God and ventured out 2Kings 4: 1 – 7

1. Built an apartment for the man of God  2Kings 4: 8 – 17
2. He gave out his canoe without charge for preaching the gospel Luke 5: 1 – 8