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Read Acts 3:1-10 “Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have giveI thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. [7]And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. [8] And he […]

Read Acts 3:1-10
“Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have giveI thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. [7]And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. [8] And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.”
Acts 3:6-8
This cripple was expecting some coins but he got a huge surprise. Get ready for a huge surprise today! I like this miracle; it highlights many things.
This man must have envied people who walked past him every day and wished he too could walk. As days and months passed by, he must have given up hope and resorted to begging for survival. But a fateful day came in which he had an encounter that completely changed his life. Now he could walk like others, run like others and leap like others.All those you envied before will soon begin to envy you!
You may have been looking at people driving their cars past you and you wonder if you can ever own one. Soon, you will be driving like others. You may have looked at people living in their own houses and wonder if that can ever happen to you. You may have looked at those who are married as a single and wonder when yours will be. Perhaps you have longed for children of your own and wonder if it will ever happen. God is about to change your story!
5 Ways to have a divine surprise
1.    Love to be in the temple. David said, ‘I was glad when they said let us go the house of God’ Psalm 122:1. The miracle of Acts 3 happened because of the location of this man. He was not at home but in the temple. His disability did not prevent him from attending church. Mount Zion is where deliverance is. It is God’s appointed place for solution. A woman whose one leg was shorter than the other had the shorter leg grown out by about 2 inches her very first day in church. Another was healed of cancer after many months. Keep coming and your day of encounter will come. Those who stay away from church lose out.
2.    Pay attention to the right person. Most people pay attention to their TV, newspapers, rumours and listen to the wrong persons and wonder why things are not happening in their lives. Do not pay attention to people who speak about your problem and criticize you; pay attention to those who speak solution to your problem. Pay attention to those who speak the Word of God into your destiny. Pay attention to the prophet ordained for you. Pay attention to the wise and anointed. If you pay attention to the wise and anointed long enough, you will command the attention of others. You will command respect, success and wealth if you pay attention to the commands of God. Pay attention to the preacher or prophet in the house. Pay attention to Jesus. Pay attention to the Word of God. Meditate on it day and night. Pay attention to spiritual principles and people and you will never fail.
3.    Expect to receive. “For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.”(Proverbs 23:18).Expectation is a powerful force that draws your miracle to you. Expectation positions you to receive. Expect to win. Expect to make it. Expect to be healed. Expect to receive your miracle. Expect to be married to the right person. Expect to succeed.
4.    Believe you can make it. A renowned author, Claude M. Bristol said, “Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and all achievement.”In Mark 9:23,the Bible says a man is what he thinks. All things are possible to him that believes. Blessings are either coming towards you or pass you. It takes faith to make them your own.
Work on your faith until it can feed you. Focus on the promises of God; meditate on it day and night until you develop a strong conviction. Nothing can happen in your life unless you first believe it can happen. Until you change your beliefs, you cannot change your results. Your God is only as big as your faith.
5.    Take a leap of faith. Faith is the spiritual force that brings your miracle into your life and the proof of faith is obedience. It is the step you take based on your belief that makes things happen. Every miracle is traceable to a step of obedience. Naaman dipped himself seven times in River Jordan; his leprosy disappeared. In the miracle in the marriage in Cana of Galilee (John 2), the people obeyed the instruction to fill the water pots with water and they got wine. The widow made her last meal for the prophet and the source began to multiply. The blind man was asked by Jesus to wash his eyes in the pool of Siloam; his sight was restored.
You are one instruction away from your breakthrough or miracle. God will always prompt you to take a step each time you have a need. What you do with this prompting determines what God will do next.
Consequently, every deprivation, loss or failure is traceable to an act of disobedience. Adam lost the Garden of Eden and all its comfort because he ate of the fruit God told him not to. Saul lost his throne because he failed to completely destroy the Amalekites as instructed by God. Obedience is what separates you from tragedy.
Find out what is required to overcome paralysis and start doing them. Do what you couldn’t do before. Try something new. To overcome financial paralysis, start paying your tithe faithfully and sowing seeds for every need. Get rid of unforgiveness if that is the root of your problem.
This man’s attention and obedience got him more than he expected. God gave him a divine surprise. You are receiving a divine surprise right now! Today God will bless you with more than you bargained for. If you expect the Lord to touch you only in one area, He will touch you in every area of your life. He will meet that need you thought was impossible. Those you envied before will begin to envy you. Divine intervention turns every cause of shame in your life to a source of fame.
God will take what was intended to embarrass you to empower you!
Jesus is giving you a hand right now; rise up and begin to do what you could not do before. Receive your miracle now in Jesus name!
The era of failure is over! The era of struggling is over! The era of lack is over! The era of depending on people to survive is over! God will give you a miracle and you will command respect from now on in Jesus name!
You will leap out of poverty. You will leap out of that sickness and infirmity! In the name of Jesus, rise up from that sickness; rise up from that pit; rise up from that financial mess; rise up from that barrenness; rise up from that marital problem. You are next in line for honour and celebration!!
Bishop Dr. Charles Olowojoba is the General Overseer of Dayspring Bible Church Worldwide with HQ in Abuja, Nigeria & President, Dayspring Christian Ministries Int’l. Website: www.dayspringcmi.org e.mail:[email protected] Help lines: 08035150515, 08054224779, 08036387989