o not be afraid of any ¡°tomb¡± in which you might seem to be buried at the moment because it is not going to be your permanent domicile; remember our Lord Jesus Christ was once buried in one and it only lasted for a weekend. He was buried in a borrowed tomb, because He needn¡¯t own any permanently since it was only going to host Him for a short while. That problem that has caged you is transitional and not permanent. Wherever you are now is a transit station and not your final destination. Jesus had no business staying in the grave any longer than necessary because God had programmed the power button of His resurrection to switch on and detonate the tomb on the third day. Ladies and gentle men, that¡¯s exactly what God has done in your own case whatever they might be; you are not going to be trapped in that quagmire of sickness, oppression, poverty, stagnation, retrogression and near success syndrome for too long because there is hope for your deliverance.

God is looking at your day three which is your resurrection day right before Him. I call it your ¡°Time for check out.¡± No satanic program or agenda will succeed against you or hold you back inside that tomb when ever God says it your time for check out. The bible declares that our times are in God¡¯s hand. Your time may differ from mine and mine from others, some people might be on their day one right now, some on their day two while others are right on their day three (a day of remembrance and divine intervention from above) but one thing is certain; your own time will definitely come and God who cannot lie will surely fulfill His promises in your life.

Child of God, don¡¯t be intimidated and frightened by the machination and intrigues of your arch enemy Satan and all his cohorts to stop you from coming out of those humiliations, mockery and shame to a place of abundant life in Christ.: if they couldn¡¯t stop Jesus from coming out of His own tomb neither can they stop you. They rolled a large stone across the door of His tomb, they cemented and sealed it, they set guards over it but all those devices put together couldn¡¯t withstand the power that checked Him out of the grave. In the same way no weapon fashioned against you shall ever prosper on the day of your divine visitation.

If Jesus was a victor, you can never be a victim, if he was a conqueror; you are more than a conqueror. As in the case of Jesus, there will always be a moment of final show down when every fresh cord of affliction Satan tries to bind you with will be shattered and every tomb of frustration, discouragement, defeat, fear, terror and lack will be crushed and whatever the enemy tries to cement, seal and monitor in your life will enjoy freedom and blossoming. It¡¯s not just going to happen only when you die and leave this world, it will happen while you are alive because I strongly believe that like King David the psalmist, you will not die till you see the goodness of the LORD ¡°in the land of the living¡±.

How will it happen? And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. Matt 28:2-4.God will bring about an earthquake that will rock the foundation of every trouble in your life and expose their roots; the Angel of God will come down with the resurrection power and roll back the stone that is covering, obstructing and limiting you. He will sit upon the stone as he did when he rolled it away from the tomb of Christ, and I believe the reason he will sit on it again in your case is to see which witch, wizard, principality, and power, spiritual hosts of wickedness or authority that will try to stop your miracle by rolling it over you again.

You must not be ignorant of the devil¡¯s devices and tricks, don¡¯t just see yourself dead and buried without hope in that situation and circumstance around you. The future of a man is not guaranteed by never dying but by a better and glorious resurrection; the joy and beauty of resurrection is better than the sorrow and ugliness of death and burial. There are times when you might seem to be totally unpopular or unnoticed. Once a shining star but now eclipsed by the shadows of unforeseen circumstances; people thinking your own era has gone into oblivion even though you are Child of God. I urge you in the name of the Lord not to throw in the towel nor surrender hope to fear; in that ugly situation where you are right now; God is working out His purpose against the third day, to the chagrin and disappointment of your enemies. It is not yet over until it is over!

As Jesus was in Gethsemane, passing through the excruciating pains and agonies of impending death, He had ample opportunities to rescind and revoke the salvation deal of mankind but instead He allowed His own will to be subjugated to the supreme will of His father. ¡°Not my will father but thine be done¡± He said. That was a statement made in anticipation of a resurrection. Even on the cross of Calvary He had the power to walk down and walk away to prove to the people He was the son of God as they demanded but He saw the joy that was before Him and the purpose of God on the third day. The time for check out was in His mind.

Beloved, you may not be shielded from ¡°a tomb life situation¡± but don¡¯t be complacent and religious about it. No matter how quiet, peaceful and serene, a tomb might seem to be, no matter how beautifully painted and decorated, the epitaph might be catchy and inspiring yet the fact remains that it is nothing but a tomb. The ugliness of it can only be seen from the inside. The tomb is not a place to dwell for too long. For any of such situations and circumstances in and around you, always yearn and look forward to the third day, your day of ¡°check out¡±. If you have not received Jesus Christ into your life to be your Lord and Savior, you are like a painted and decorated tomb. You might look healthy and beautiful outwardly but rotten and stinking spiritually full of skeletons and dry bones but I have good news for you. If you will repent of your sins today and accept JESUS CHRIST as your personal Lord and Savior, even your dry bones shall rise again. This is your day and time for ¡°CHECK OUT¡±. Remain blessed of the Lord.
Rev.Basil & Eby Ukaere Senior Pastors: Oasis of His Presence International Church /i>