WHERE FOCUS IS LOST, DESTRUCTION BEGINS

WHAT TOOK YOU INTO MINISTRY MUST BE WELL DEFINED. WHAT YOU ARE OUT FOR MUST BE DEFINED

YOU CAN MAKE NEWS WITHOUT MAKING NOISE.

 

- Dr Pastor Paul Enenche on "THE STRENGTH OF ASSOCIATION" || International Ministers' Flaming Fire Conference 2024 || Day 4 Morning Session || Glory Dome Abuja || 30th August 2024 || Part A

 

Joshua 11:13.

I am speaking on STRENGTH THROUGH STILLNESS AND FOCUS.  Our objective is to understand the strength of stillness and focus. A major secret of strength is stillness that is accompanied by focus. When I talk about stillness, I am talking about noiselessness, rescued from unnecessary business or restlessness. Noiselessness! Church Gist. You can make news without making noise. Rescued from unnecessary business and restlessness. Isaiah 30:7. There is strength in stillness. There is strength in focus. Their strength is to sit still. Isaiah 30:15. Isaiah 41:1. Ensure stillness, ensure focus so you can renew your strength. The Bible is filled with examples and situations where focus and stillness brought strength.

 

1. The Tower Of Babel

Genesis 11:6. They are focused, they are target specific so nothing becomes impossible for them.

 

2. Abraham’s journey to Canaan.

Genesis 12:5. There was a focus that Abraham had. He maintained the focus on Canaan and he allowed nothing to stop him until he arrived in Canaan. He went forth into the land of Canaan and into the land of Canaan he came. Genesis 11:31-32, his father didn’t do that.  His father could not face where he was going and he died. He was going to Canaan but he allowed himself to be distracted off where he was going. Church Gist. He dwelt in Haran and in Haran he died. Where focus is lost, destruction begins. There is a proverb in our place that says what took you to the house of the blacksmith must be defined. If you went to the house of the blacksmith, whatever took you there must be defined. What took you into ministry must be defined. What you are out for must be defined.

My niece, my senior sister’s daughter, was giving an account of how she saw me at the beginning of the ministry. She saw me when I was leaving Jos for Abuja then for the call, she said my face was like a flint. Church Gist. A flint! A no nonsense flint. Maybe we will listen to one of the clips one of these days. Abraham’s journey, he went forth to go into the land of Canaan and into the land of Canaan, he came.

 

3. The Jericho March

The march around the Wall of Jericho, there was focus plus quietness. Joshua 6:10. Concentrate your energy for now. Don’t lose energy through talkativeness. Joshua 6:20. They focused on the task, March around Jericho Wall, six days once daily and on the seventh day, seven times. Church Gist. Don’t talk to anybody until I ask you to talk. After marching, then they spoke and the wall crashed. There are many ministers of the gospel, it is not a problem they have with potential, but a problem with focus. Energy divided and scattered. It is not a problem with potential, it is not a problem of the anointing but a problem of focus, concentration and target specificity.

 

4. Elisha’s Pursuit Of Elijah

2 Kings 2:1-5. This was a man that was focused on something and there were people around that were trying to take away his focus. He followed his master and when he arrived at the end of the journey, the master asked him “what do you want from me?” Church Gist. He was not confused at all. A double portion of the spirit that is upon you. He followed and pursued with focus and that strength of focus imparted on him a double portion of the mantle. The focus that brought you here shall drop on you a mantle that you have never seen before.