DIVINE SETTLEMENT
1 Peter 5:10”10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
Divine settlement means compensation. It means rest from struggles. It means moving into a new home and job. It means entering the place of rest. It means to get married or finding favor in marriage.
Prayer: May God Almighty settles you today in Jesus’ name. Amen.
The good news is that God does settle His children.
However, there’s a price to be paid, a principle to be followed, and an exam to be passed, before God can settle you.
Let’s examine 1 Peter 5 :10 critically….You will discover that there are four things that must happen before God settles you. First, you must suffer. Second, you must be perfected. Third, you must be established. Fourth, you must be strengthened.
You must suffer. Do you want God to settle you? You must suffer in prayer and fasting. You must suffer in memorizing the word of God. You must suffer in denying yourself the pleasures of sin. You must suffer in living a life of holiness. You must suffer in carrying the cross of Christ. Unfortunately, most people want to be divinely blessed without going through the School of suffering, which accounts for their inability to advance forward in their Christian life .
Prayer: You shall emerge victorious in the School of divine suffering in Jesus’ name
You must be perfected. Do you want God to settle you ? Then, you must be ready to be perfected. You must be perfected to produce the fruits of the spirit. You must be perfected to kill your flesh and die to self. You must be perfected to cut off your old habits…anger, impatient, gossip, lying, lust, envy, etc You must be perfected to become a saint. Unfortunately, most Christians want to receive miracles and breakthroughs without going through the School of perfection. No wonder, they are yet to be settled by God.
Prayer: You shall become a lamb without blemish in Jesus’ name.
You must be established. Do you want God to settle you? Then you must be established as a Christian. Are you merely a church goer or a servant of God? Are you merely a follower of Jesus or a disciple of Jesus? What are you doing for God? How many souls have you won for Christ this year? What are you doing for God that brings joy to the kingdom? Beloved, you must be established as a dependable, fruitful, reliable servant of Christ before God can focus on you, for divine settlement. Yet again unfortunately, most Christians are not willing to pass through the School of establishment. ; they are not doing anything for the kingdom of God. Alas, God also refuses to settle them as they have no value to the kingdom.
Prayer: You shall be valuable in the sight of God in Jesus’ name.
You must be strengthened. Do you want God to settle you? Then you must be strengthened by the Holy Spirit to receive divine settlement. The Bible says in that day the burden shall be lifted up and the yoke shall be broken because of the anointing. It is the anointing of God that strengthens you spiritually making you a candidate of divine settlement. How long do you pray in the Spirit daily? How long can you do personal worship. Beloved, unless the power of God falls on you, and strengthens you to break the evil bondages and cages, your divine settlement may not materialize. You must pass through the School of spiritual strength before you can receive divine settlement.
Prayer: May the fire of God fall on you today in Jesus’ name.