The man called Zaccheus

Zacchaeus was a tax collector who saw the goodness of God. By his status he was described as rich. Nevertheless he made a bold decision that many are afraid to make today. He could have chosen to ignore Jesus Christ, but he decided to get a clear view of Jesus when our Lord was passing through his area. He knew that making the effort to climb on top of a tree, would rightly position him to see Jesus.

He decided to be in the Will and on the Way of our Lord Jesus Christ and amazingly, he saw Jesus and it did not end there, Jesus also saw him!  Zacchaeus, climbed 'on top of everything' when many were merely walking on the ground.

Zacchaeus positioned himself. This is what you need to do in this season, to be in position to see and declare the glory of the Lord. 

Now let me tell you about my newly released book titled "The destiny of a Man." This book explains the dynamics of  how God designs destinies for humanity, it tell you the benefits of living your God given destiny and teaches you how to live your destiny as planned by God.

Hearing From God

I have recreated the hearing from God series for posting on this blog and here you would see the topics that I taught at conferences and churches which I compiled into a booklet titled "Tune Into Heaven and Listen to God." This booklet is available for free as a PDF file at www.elshaddaipublishing.net.

Due to the deceptions of the flesh many are led to believe that God does not speak as He spoke to the Patriarchs and other bible personalities. This is a lie being peddled to the ignorant so that they would be cut out of the goodness of God. 


God has a divinely designed destiny for every man and every nation, which many believe there is. But the question is how do you live a destiny designed by God if you cannot hear the directions He is giving you concerning your destiny?

We have a commission from the Lord God to teach the nations about how to call on the Lord. Men must call on the Lord for Him to reveal their next destination in life and how to accomplish that destiny. 


Jeremiah 33:3 assures us that when we call God will answer us, and so, what we should be working to perfect is how to hear from God, this should be everyone's priority in this dispensation, in accordance with the promises of God in Joel 2:28-29, "And it shall be afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; your old men shall dream dreams; your young men shall see visions. And also I will pour out My Spirit on the slaves and on the slave women in those days."

This is the season God was speaking about in that scripture; telling us that all men young and old, male or female, slave or free will have access to the Holy Spirit and be able to hear from God through visions, dreams, prophecy and other manifestations of the Spirit of God.

If you are a God seeker, it is good that you found God, now the next level is to hear what God is saying to you so that you can obey and please Him as a God pleaser; a man walking with God without blame, as the bible described Job and others.

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We know the direct line to God but we refuse to pick up His calls when He calls.

Hearing from God

Part 1 -   God Created Mankind to hear from Him

God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them Genesis 1:27.

God created man as a Spirit like Himself so there was no barrier to speaking to God and hearing from God, look at Genesis 3:9" And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?"

When Adam and Eve chose to be more of a fleshly being by choosing the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God did not take the ability to hear from them.

However the order changed when flesh gained control in man and the spirit was subdued and relegated to the background. Remember, Man has a Spirit, Soul and body.

The revelation here is that, as fleshly beings, man has to die to be back in spirit form to be able to speak to or hear from God.This is what the devil desires, that throughout the course of the life of a man on earth, he would not hear from God, be cut off from God and be only under his control.

Thus his main aim to deceive Adam and Eve to make the wrong choice, so that when they are not able to hear from God, they automatically cannot live a destiny that would please God.

But despite the impossibility that was created by the disobedience of Adam and Eve, and the fact that they were kicked out of the Spirit controlled life; the only wise God left a channel open so that He could still talk to his creations despite becoming more of the flesh. Jesus is that channel; he came to fully restore man to the state of a revived spirit being.

The plan of God is that we remain as Spirit beings; refer to Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth."

In the perplexing times what do you do?

In the perplexing times what do you do, how have you coped, did you come out triumphant? We all go through the perplexing times, and what we do in our perplexing times determines our status in Christ. It determines whether we are victorious or we have to build more faith to stand the next round of perplexing times.

Look at what the Apostle said "In every way having been troubled, but not having been hemmed in; having been perplexed, but not utterly at a loss; having been persecuted, but not having been forsaken; having been thrown down, but not having been destroyed."

In the scripture above, in 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, the Apostle Paul talked about being perplexed but not utterly at loss. It takes a revelation from God not to be discouraged during a perplexing time. 

I want to also bring you  the message translation of this scripture to give you a clearer view, "We've been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we're not demoralized; we're not sure what to do, but we know that God knows what to do; we've been spiritually terrorized, but God hasn't left our side; we've been thrown down, but we haven't broken. What they did to Jesus, they do to us—trial and torture, mockery and murder; what Jesus did among them, he does in us—he lives! Our lives are at constant risk for Jesus' sake, which makes Jesus' life all the more evident in us. While we're going through the worst, you're getting in on the best!"

Our God is a God who patiently and carefully accomplishes all that needs to be done in our life, in the same way He created the world in seven days instead of one, two or three days.

So during the periods when God is busy working out something for us; because we are not focused, not in tune or not being still, we definitely stand to be perplexed in that interim, because we simply do not understand what is going on, we cannot comprehend why stuff is not working out despite being in church every Sunday, attending the week day teachings and constantly listening to our favorite televangelist.

However, if we come to the point where Paul got to; it is very easy not to fret ourselves during the perplexing times because we know that if we do not become confused and perplexed as Satan wishes, Christ will be glorified in our lives.

Saul was in such a perplexing situation when he set out to search for his family's' donkeys, as narrated here "Kish owned some donkeys, but they had run off. So he told Saul, "Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys." Saul and the servant went through the hill country of Ephraim and the territory of Shalishah, but they could not find the donkeys. Then they went through the territories of Shaalim and Benjamin, but still there was no sign of the donkeys," 1 Samuel 9:3-4.

In that situation he listened to counsel and made the decision to seek the face of God through the Prophet Samuel and through that, he found the will of God for his life.

Our Lord Jesus faced the perplexing times but through it all He kept connected to the Father and He did not miss the glory, He received the strength to go through that dark alley, at the end of which He was lifted up, read this "Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross. Then God gave Christ the highest place and honored his name above all others. So at the name of Jesus everyone will bow down, those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. And to the glory of God the Father everyone will openly agree, "Jesus Christ is Lord!" Philippians 2:8-11.

Are you perplexed, do not throw up your hands in despair because there is a change of destiny for you around the corner, just keep your eyes focused on the hill and remain STILL, and you will not miss the glory.