MINISTERING PASTOR SAMUEL OKECHUKWU JONAH.
GENESIS 25-21-23, ROMANS 9-10-13.
When Rebecca the mother of ESAU and JACOB conceived the two twins they had not done anything bad or good but right in the womb God had chosen the greater one.
Right from the womb God said JACOB have i loved and ESAU have i hated,and God said the younger shall serve the elder,the younger shall be greater right from when they were still in the womb.
This children were still in the womb and God crossed his hands,that is the reason why sometimes children are born in the family and the younger one is over shadowing not because he wants to overshadow but the blessings of God continue to increase on this person, he finds himself to be a leader even when he does not want, he finds people coming to him, why is it so, its because the hands of God have been crossed.
I would advice you if the hand of God is crossed on someone over you don't envy the person, don't fight the person,just know that it is the mercy of God that have crossed over the person.
And you if God have crossed his hands over you don't be proud,don't look down on those who are above you.And you know sometimes when God chooses a person to be a leader not because the person is more brilliant than others,not because the person is more better than others,but sometimes God will even choose someone that is the list and make him the head so that all the glory would belong to God through his mercies,
I pray today that may God in his mercies cross his hand over your life in the name of JESUS,may god cross his hands of mercy, cross his hands of favor, cross his hands of lifting,cross his hands of promotion, cross his hands of divine transformation in your life in the name of Jesus Christ.
GENESIS 38-27-30 We have another situation were Judah had slept with the daughter in law not knowing and she conceived,when this children were to be born the first one came out first' with his leg and the navies decided to tie a red cloth on the leg saying this one is the first one, but since he came with leg not head the leg went inside again.
As soon as the head entered inside the other twin came out with speed and they now called him PEREZ, Perez means breakout.
your brother was coming out first why did you come out like that? that is when God hand crosses, so he became the first son not the one that started coming out first, God chooses in his mercies to make someone first my brothers and sisters.
It may look as if someone would be first but God chooses who comes first,because even the younger becomes the first.
Is it not amazing that me as an IGBO man, My father is Igbo, my mother is igbo my grand parents are all igbos,my linage all of them are igbos,and today by grace we have a church were 95% are tiv people this happens when God hands crosses over a man.
When God hands crosses over you people would forget your name,people would not care about that,when you are struggling over something, brother stop struggling,just seek the mercies of God,seek the hand of God across over your life,stop fighting people,stop fighting people who are blessed,stop fighting people who God is promoting,stop fighting people who God is lifting,Stop fighting who God is helping because it is the hand of God that have crossed over them,go and meet God let his hands also cross over you.
In GENESIS 48-1-5 read through to 20 you would find a situation were JACOB had goon to meet JOSEPH in EGYPT and then JOSEPH brought his two sons MANASSEH and EPHRAIM for blessings and as at this time JOCOB could not see clear his eyes had gone dim.
Since Manasseh was the firstborn of the two brothers, Joseph had placed him on Jacob’s right side. The primary blessing was always given through the right hand (considered the hand of strength and dominance). The lesser blessing would be given to Ephraim by being blessed with the left hand. That’s how the blessings would have been given if Jacob had merely reached forward and blessed them. But he did something unexpected.
Jacob stretched out his right hand to the boy on his left (Ephraim) and his left hand to the boy on his right (Manasseh). In other words, he crossed his arms. This wasn’t a mistake, but was the full intention of Jacob under the inspiration of God (verse 14).
Joseph was confused when he saw this occurring and tried to correct his father (verse 17). But Jacob assured Joseph that this was the way it was meant to be,the younger shall be greater than the elder.
We come across another story in JUDGES 11-1-11, were a man called JEPHTER was born from a harlot, and when the father hath re married to another woman and had four children, his sons grew up and drove JEPHTER away that he was a son of a harlot and that he can not be a part of their family so they drove him far away from them.
He went somewhere far away and stayed but one day the community had a problem, trouble came and they were looking for someone to lead them,they ran back to JEPHTER to plead with him to lead them,remember this is the same man who was rejected by his brothers, my brothers and sisters when the hand of God is crossed over you, he would put you were he wants you to be.
JEPHTER came and faught for him and he became the captain of ISRAEL.
