Mensa Otabil - Declaring the Lord
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Psalm 92:15 declares that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. The person who is planted in the house of the Lord becomes fruitful, and because they are fruitful, they have a testimony. A testimony is an expression of something that has happened to you, something you can speak about, something you can give evidence for. This means that when God makes us fruitful, we don’t just become fruitful in theory; we become fruitful in reality, in practice, and our fruitfulness can be evidenced. It can be tendered as evidence. People will see that God has indeed made us fruitful. Those who are planted in the Lord show forth their fruit; they manifest what God has done in their lives and boast in the Lord. They truly speak well of God because of what He has done for them. The psalmist says that our testimony would be that the Lord is our rock and that there is no unrighteousness in Him.
Testifying that God is our rock means saying that He is the source of our stability. We are planted in Him; He is the one who keeps us together as we come into a new year. That’s what we want to settle in our hearts—that God is our rock. May the Lord be your rock in 2021. May He strengthen you when the winds blow, may He be your rock, and may He hold you firm in Him without shaking. The Lord has no unrighteousness in Him. In other words, God will not do you evil; God will do you good. God will do you right, and He’ll treat you well. When you trust Him, He will honor His name in your life. Those who trust in the Lord and those who are planted in Him will declare that the Lord is upright, that the Lord is our rock, and that the Lord is our righteousness.
As we come to the end of the first week of 2021, I pray for you and speak the blessing of the Lord into your life—a blessing not only for today but for the rest of the year. The Lord will give you a testimony; there will be evidence of fruitfulness in your life. By the time you get to the end of the year, you should be able to hold something in your hand that God has done and say, «Look what the Lord has done!»
Set your heart on the Lord; be planted in Him. Be planted by the waters. Allow His word to refresh you, allow His word to renew you, allow the Holy Spirit to strengthen you, and allow yourself to be planted in the house of the Lord. Be deeply committed to the Lord; be committed to the work of the church. Be part of the church; don’t just take your Christian life lightly—one day you are in church, the next you are not; one time you are reading your Bible, the next you are not reading it. That’s not planting. If you plant a seed and uproot it, it never settles and it never bears fruit. So, be stable in your Christian life. Be committed to the Lord, be committed to the church, and be committed to other believers. Just watch what God will do for you; He’ll give you a testimony that will cause the world to declare that the Lord is a good God. He’s a rock; He’s upright, and there’s no unrighteousness in Him. May the Lord give you a fruitful year in 2021 in Jesus' name.
Let’s share a word of prayer together. Say with me, «Heavenly Father, You are my rock and my helper. Let my life be a testimony of Your greatness in all that I do. In Jesus' name, Amen and Amen.» You will end 2021 with a massive testimony in Jesus' name. I’m Pastor Mensa Otabil. Shalom—peace and life to you.