Consignment [n.]: The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.
Agent [n.]: One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one entrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
(I). THE CONSIGNMENT IS RIGHT WITHIN YOUR ASSIGNMENT
New King James Version Genesis 2:7-18 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Life in God’s Garden The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
The assignment was in the garden of Eden, then immediately, the details of the consignment too began to run.
Animals, crops, rivers, precious stones, gold and mineral resources and so on and so forth.
Again, as Adam was about starting his assignment of cultivation, God couldn’t live him alone in the assignment, so God had to search for animals that can be helpers to him, but in God’s own judgement animals could not deliver.
Resultantly, God had to spare out of His tight schedule to form a woman to be a suitable helper for Adam.
What are we saying, God will go out of His own way to RAISE HELPERS FOR YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN THE LINE OF YOUR GOD GIVEN ASSIGNMENT.
Your DESTINY HELPERS are within your GOD GIVEN ASSIGNMENT.
(II) . THE NECESSITY OF THE REVELATION OF THE CONSIGNMENT IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT
New King James Version Genesis 1:27-31 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
The Lord said in verse 29
SEE, I HAVE GIVEN YOU EVERY…… TO YOU IT SHALL BE FOR FOOD.
- …… I have given you every…
Note that used past tense here. Man was just created on the sixth day, which was the last day of creation venture. He was just being introduced to his life assignment, then God told him, “I have given you…”
That must have sounded like a lie to man because as far as he was concerned, there was no previous day. Meanwhile, to God, there had been five gracious and productive days of providing every damn thing (consignment) man will ever need to carry out his assignment on earth.
- See……
God said to Adam, ‘see, I have given… ‘. That’s striking! Even though God has long settled many burning issues of our lives, we can never benefit from them until the REVELATION of the provisions come within our firm grasp.
This explains why Jesus said it was expedient for Him to go, so that the Holy Spirit can come and REVEAL to us, ALL that HAS BEEN FREELY GIVEN TO US by God.
King James Version 1 Corinthians 2:9-12 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, Neither have entered into the heart of man, The things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Now, is possible for a believer/worker in the house of GOD to die and waste away in the name of lack, while everything he will ever need to fulfil his life purpose has already been freely given by God, if he lacks the revelation of the provisions.
For instance, Hagar, the concubine of Abraham in Genesis
King James Version Genesis 21:14-19 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Hagar has left the boy to die of thirst just beside a spring of water, all because she couldn’t See what the LORD has already made available for the boy’s journey since He told Abraham to send the boy on a divinely decided journey.
(III). TWO DIMENSIONS OF THE REVELATION OF DIVINE PROVISION
When God SAID, ‘SEE…’, there are two things God was calling Adam’s attention to
- God (Himself) &
- The Provision.
- REVELATION OF GOD (HIS NATURE & THE INTEGRITY OF HIS WORD)
To access the consignment in your assignment, you must possess a very sharp and clear revelation of God’s Nature and the integrity of His Word(written and spoken).
GOD’S NATURE:
God is not a taskmaster (like Pharaoh)
God is fair and just
God is good
God is Jehovah Jireh (the provider)
God is our maker (our creator/manufacturer)
God is our father (mean His children, his responsibility)
King James Version Matthew 10:5-10 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
King James Version Matthew 7:7-11 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
King James Version 1 Corinthians 9:7-18 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
King James Version Matthew 6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 6:25-33 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
King James Version Luke 1:37-38 For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Luke1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
King James Version Genesis 22:7-14 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
2. REVELATION OF THE PROVISIONS (THE ACTUAL CONSIGNMENT)
You have to SEE what you are trusting God for with your eyes of FAITH before it will be handed over to you REAL TIME.
You must see it before you can receive it.
On mount Moriah, until Abraham lifted his EYE, and behold the Ram, he lacked a replacement. It is amazing to note that God did not ask him to look, Abraham took the initiative to look. Again, God did not ask him to take the Ram, Abraham took the initiative to take the Ram. This is the FAITH dimension of revelation.
To possess the CONSIGNMENT for your ASSIGNMENT , you must possess the REVELATION of the CONSIGNMENT within your ASSIGNMENT , and to possess the revelation, you must possess the FAITH OF GOD.
King James Version Mark 11:22-24 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
King James Version Romans 4:16-22 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Living Bible Philippians 4:6-7 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank him for his answers. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus.
The Message Philippians 4:6-7 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
FINALLY…….
DON’T EAT THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT OF YOUR LIFE ASSIGNMENTS
King James Version Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
There are usually, FORBIDDEN FRUITS in the garden of our life assignment. God in His wisdom, allow them to be there, to test our HEART (MOTIVES) and assess our FAITH , from time to time.
King James Version Deuteronomy 8:2-10 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
*Eating the forbidden fruit disconnect one from the consignment for his assignment and the God of his life assignment.
*Eating the forbidden fruit means different things to different people
*It means different things under different circumstances
*It means different at different times
Eating the forbidden fruit can mean…….
- Disobedience to a divine institution or a scriptural injunction
- Defrauding in tithe
- Extending God’s intentions in the assignment
- Derailing from God’s set pattern
- Missing divine timing
- Wrong location
- Not yielding to divine dealings
- Murmuring
- Arm of flesh
- Pride
- God’s glory e.t.c
PRAYERS
King James Version Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- O God my father, in the name of Jesus, I receive grace to never again in my life touch any forbidden fruit of my God given assignment.
King James Version Genesis 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
- O God my father, open my eye, and grant me the revelation of the divine provisions for my God given vision.
King James Version Joshua 6:1-2 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
King James Version Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
- O God my father, possess me with the spirit of BOLDNESS and COURAGE in Jesus name.
- O God my father, in the name of Jesus, I decree and declare, every wall of Jericoh locking up the consignment for my life assignment, fall by fire.
- O God my father, in the name of Jesus, I possess my Jericho, the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
