SWEET IN THE MOUTH, BITTER IN THE BELLY – Pastor Isaac Olutimehin
SWEET IN THE MOUTH, BITTER IN THE BELLY – Pastor Isaac Olutimehin
TEXT:
Revelation 10:9-10 KJV.
“And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.”
[10] “And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.”
*MESSAGE*
☆☆☆ This was the encounter of John the beloved, in a revelation involving an angel of God.
☆☆☆ The book being spoken of here is the Word of God. This can be confirmed from the book of Jeremiah:
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.” – Jeremiah 15:16
☆☆☆ Now you would have discovered, from our opening verses for today, John said that the Word “was in my mouth sweet as honey…, my belly was bitter.”
☆☆☆ Beloved, the Word of God will remain sweet as long at it remains in your mouth.
☆☆☆ The Yoruba tribe, has a saying: “the truth is better.” It is the truth (the Word of God) that you have swallowed that can do you good.
☆☆☆ The “Word” of God that you speak merely from your mouth and not from the inside of you will only end up entertaining your listeners.
☆☆☆ This is why you hear such listeners yelling for more, because it is sweet in their ears.
☆☆☆ You will hear the church shouting “ride on pastor”. “Tell them pastor”. You will see them applauding and praising the preacher.
☆☆☆ During the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, did you ever read anywhere, in the bible, that people would be applauding him and yelling for more whenever he was preaching?
☆☆☆ Jesus gave them the bitter truth, that was why the Pharisees hated him so much.
☆☆☆ Beloved, you need to swallow the bitter pill of the Word of God for it to transform your life.
☆☆☆ Today, there are so many orators on the pulpit entertaining people rather than feeding them with the bitter truth in the Word of God.
☆☆☆ It is this bitter truth that can refine, fine tune and take us to heaven, not the sweet words that some ears are hitching to hear today.
*PRAYERS*
1. Father, purge me with the bitter truth of your word.
2. Oh God my father, let your word keep me standing against the activities of the devil.
3. I refuse to obey the devil at the expense of the bitter truth of the word of God.
4. Let your word continually be my guide Lord as I journey through the dark pathways of life.
5. Please Lord, when I’m weak and I stumble, let your word keep me standing.
6. Father, give me a fresh hunger to eat your Word daily. Let Your Word be found by me, and let it become the joy and rejoicing of my heart. Jeremiah 15:16.
7. Oh Lord, let your Word be sweet as honey in my mouth. Let me delight in it, love it, and confess it with boldness. Psalm 119:103.
8. Father, when Your Word becomes bitter in my belly, when obedience becomes painful and costly, give me grace to endure and not vomit it out. Revelation 10:10.
9. Lord, deliver me from only tasting your Word in my mouth without digesting it in my belly. Let your Word move from my lips into my life. James 1:22.
10. Holy Spirit, help me to digest the Word until it changes my character, my choices, and my conduct. Let it not remain on my tongue alone. Ezekiel 3:3
*PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS*
According to Revelation 10:11, I pray for you today and I decree, may the Lord give you courage to speak the truth even when it will bring persecution, rejection, and bitterness.
May the Lord graciously make you a John who will eat and yet speak the truth.
I decree and declare, after the bitterness of the belly, may Lord let there be fruit, power, and testimony in your life.
According to Hebrews 12:11, I decree, may your trials turn to triumph through the Living Word of God.
According to 2 Timothy 2:3, Father, please raise a generation that will not only enjoy the sweetness of your Word, but who will endure the bitterness of carrying it.
I pray for somebody out there today, may you receive the grace and the courage to receive, accept and swallow this bitter pill in the Word of God.
May you not forsake the truth and be running after falsehood in Jesus name.
May you receive the boldness to get out of those churches where people are being caged with falsehood in Jesus name.
To the preachers of the Word, I pray that the Holy Spirit will convict us all and release the grace to preach the undiluted truth with boldness in Jesus name.
To whom much is given, much is expected, may we as preachers of this Word be good ambassadors of the truth in Jesus mighty name.
According to 1 Corinthians 9:27, I decree, having preached to others; may we not be a cast away in Jesus name.
May the blood of others not be required of you and I in Jesus name.
At the end of our race here on earth, may we reign with Jesus Christ in heaven.
Happy Blessed Sunday
Shalom.
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