THE WONDERS OF HIS NAME
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. – John 6:35
I prophesy unto you that throughout your life, you will never hunger. Throughout your life, you will never thirst. Whenever Jesus gives a name, He goes ahead to prove that He is what he says He is. Let me illustrate this with an example.
In John 11:25, Jesus says…
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Jesus called Himself the resurrection and life. Less than one hour later, a man who was dead and buried for four days came out of the grave completely whole again. This is because He proved His name – Resurrection and Life. At this particular moment, as you are reading this book, He is saying to you as it is written in the key text, “ I AM the Bread of Life ” :
From this moment onwards, your hunger will be over. Your poverty will end; not because the enemy wants it to end; not because the economists want it to end; not because your bankers want it to end (because they are hoping you keep borrowing from them and they keep making some interests); not even because the government wants it to end (when they are still struggling to pay N18, 000 minimum wage in Nigeria, then they are not in a hurry for you to get wealthy). But one thing is clear: Whether the devil and all these people want it to end or not, the Bread of Life will end your hunger, in the name of Jesus.
In John 6:5-13, a young man handed over his launch to Jesus, made up of five little loaves of bread and two little fish. He proved to everyone present that He is the Bread of Life.
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered
him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. – John 6:5-13
If you hand over bread to Jesus, He multiplies it. As Jesus broke the loaves of bread, people watched. But what they eventually saw, they could not believe. The more they looked, the less they saw. The bread that was multiplied was coming from the Bread of Life. The little you have in your hand right now, the Almighty God will multiply it, in the name of Jesus.
In Proverbs 11:24-25 Jesus says,
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
This moment of your life, like never before, give more if you are tired of labouring; if you need favour. There is a world of difference between favour and labour. Jacob laboured for fourteen years to get the woman he loved. Isaac just went for a stroll and got his wife. One laboured while the other was favoured. You need to make up your mind to enjoy the favour of God from today. One of the things you will therefore do is to sow like you have never done before.
In 1 Kings 17, we learn that if you give God a cake, He will give you flour and oil on an unending basis, and expect you to do the baking. Do you know that God will open many doors for you? Are going to walk through them? God will not rain down money from heaven. In fact, there is no money there. But God can open mighty doors of blessings and expect you to walk through them.
Hebrews 11:6 says,
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
God rewards those who seek Him with open doors. He expects you to work through them diligently. Hard work is inevitable. This year, you will sing how great God is. In every facet of your life, God will prove himself. Before the end of this year, doors you did not know existed will begin to open to you, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Isaiah 55:10 says:
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
God will give you seeds and expect you to sow. There is food for eating, and there is seed for sowing. After you have sowed, God expects you to see that the seed is watered. Do not just give; get ready for hard work. Sowing is the easiest part of farming. One single fellow can start from one end to another, sowing in less than one hour. But when it comes to weeding, hard work begins. You have to get rid of the weeds competing for nutrients with the seed you have sown so that according to 1 Corinthians 3:6 you can say, “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase”. God gives the increase. Surely, God will increase you.
In the story of the boy I mentioned earlier in John 6, the boy did not just give bread to Jesus; he also gave fish. Jesus did not say He is the “Fish of Life,” but the“Bread of Li fe”. However, if you give Jesus more than bread, He will multiply it too. The boy gave bread and fish; Jesus multiplied bread and fish so much so that the boy went home with twelve baskets of bread and fish. When you give Jesus more than bread, He will give you in return, more than bread.
To illustrate this, I will like to use 2 Kings 4:8-17. The great woman of Shunem started by giving bread (food) to Elisha and later on decided to go beyond the bread to give Elisha an accommodation in her house. She did not need extra money in her life. She already had enough. In the name of Jesus, I decree to you that a day is coming when you will say, “I have enough money”. God looked at her and knew that she needed something beyond money– a son. I pray for you that you will get what is beyond money, in the name of Jesus.
John 2:1-12, the Bible narrates a story of Jesus attending a wedding and the wine was finished. Mary approached Jesus to do something, but he appeared a bit reluctant. However, Mary told the people around Him to do whatever He asks them to do. Jesus then asked them to fill the jars of wine with water. The people there could have said to Him“, It’s not water they want; it is ”wiBnue.t they
remembered what His mother said. They filled the pots with water. Then Jesus told them to take the water to the Chairman of the ceremony. They could have sa“idS,ir, it is not water that the Chairman wants”. But they remembered what Mary told them: “Whatever He asks you to do, do” Sito. they took the water, carrying it to the Chairman. How the water they were carrying became wine is something they could not understand. How God will make you laugh, you will never understand. You will not be able to fathom how God will give you unlimited prosperity. If only you obey Him to the letters, He has a surprise for you.
When you talk about signs and wonders, you can never beat the story in 2 Kings 4:1-7:
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
The instructions given by Elisha looked like stupid instructions. The widow could have said,“I told you I need ed money, and you are asking me to borrow vessels. How does that relate to the problem?” “I told you I had just a little oil, and you ask me to still pour it out into an empty vessel?” “How will one bottle fill one vessel; let alone many vessels?” The secret to unlimited prosperity is thisB :lessed are those who do not argue with God’s instructions . This is one of my greatest secrets. I do not argue with God. He has asked me to do so many things that appeared foolish. I discovered a long time ago that my brain is too little to understand Him.
When God told me that the current location of our camp is our headquarters, I did not argue. It was far away from Lagos; the headquarters of armed robbers; without electricity; there was no water; the total number of cars in our church was about five. How were we supposed to move people down there from Lagos to this type of location? I did not argue with God. Today, you can see the results. If you will obey God in detail, He will perform signs and wonders. Imagine the amazement on the faces of the two sons of this widow as their mother began to pour out the oil in the bottle into the vessels. The oil never finished. It kept flowing until all the vessels were filled. They would have thought, “How could the oil in this little bottle in mummy’s hand fill all the vessels with oil. talk about signs and wonders!
Jesus’ Blank Cheque
In John 15:16, Jesus tells us He chose us; we did not choose Him:
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Jesus has chosen us to win souls for Him and nurture them, and establish them in the Lord. It is then you can ask anything in Jesus’ name, and you will receive it. Anything to ask for includes unlimited prosperity.
Finally, anytime you read Genesis 22:1-18, where God said to Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac; something is striking. After Abraham obeyed God, God said, “…I swear…” Each time I read this text, I shake. If any of my children come to me and ask for a million naira, I will only promise to give him, and probably ask him to come back at a later date. He will go away very happy, knowing that daddy has promised to give him what he asked. I will not say, “I swear!”
God was so moved by what Abraham did (by giving Him his first fruit sacrifice) that he swore to bless and multiply him. Not only that, but that the whole world will be blessed through him. This is mega blessing. In Yoruba language, when someone has become so rich that it is impossible for his generations to become poor again, they say the person’s wealth has become ‘lame’. This means that the legs with which the wealth could have walked away with has been cut off. It will stay with the family through generations. In the name of Jesus, receive that wealth that will stay put in your family generations!
Make sure that from now on like never before, you serve God. Make sure that
you give to God like never before. Also, make sure you obey God to the letters like never before. Put God first in all things. Win souls for God, and make sure they abide. I guarantee that so shall your exceeding financial breakthrough alight on you.
Prayer Points
- Father, before the end of this year, that kind of blessing that I will say,“Lord this is too much”, send unto me, in the name of Jesus.
- Lord, I am tired of labouring; I need favour now, in the name of Jesus.
- Father, showcase your signs and wonders in my finances, in the name of Jesus.
- Father, give me a heart of winning souls for you, in the name of Jesus.
- Father, give me the grace not to argue with your instructions, in the name of Jesus.
- Father, take my brain; I submit it to your lordship, in the name of Jesus.
- Father, let that which looks like an impossibility, become possible, in the name of Jesus.
- Father, remove everything in my life that has been blocking my joy, in the name of Jesus.
- Father, give me a pleasant surprise, in the name of Jesus.
- Bread of Life, may I never go hungry again, in the name of Jesus.
