Your Unfair Advantage
Achieve Great Things with Ease and Confidence
Did you know that God's Glory in you gives you an unfair advantage that helps you do great things and achieve success in everything you do?
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1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13
1 The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel, came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the City of David, which is Zion.
2 All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month).
3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark;
4 they carried the ark of the LORD and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels that were in the tent. (The priests and Levites carried them.)
5 King Solomon and the entire community of Israel present for the occasion sacrificed before the ark sheep and oxen too many to number or count.
6 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place beneath the wings of the cherubim in the sanctuary, the holy of holies of the temple.
7 The cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark, sheltering the ark and its poles from above.
9 There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets which Moses had put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel at their departure from the land of Egypt.
10 When the priests left the holy place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD
11 so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the LORD’s glory had filled the temple of the LORD.
12 Then Solomon said, “The LORD intends to dwell in the dark cloud;
13 I have truly built you a princely house, a dwelling where you may abide forever.”
Dearest Father,
Today, I would like to reflect on how we can take advantage of our unfair advantage to help us achieve great things according to:
1 Kings 8
10 When the priests left the holy place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD
11 so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the LORD’s glory had filled the temple of the LORD.
King Solomon just finished building Your Temple and he and the Israelites were bringing the Ark of the Covenant into the Temple, where You may abide forever.
Thank You, Jesus, that by Your Blood and Passion, You have given me the Holy Spirit and now my body is Your Temple where You may abide forever.
1 Kings 8
9 There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets which Moses had put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel at their departure from the land of Egypt.
Thank You for making a covenant with me sealed with Your Body and Blood, a covenant that is eternal and will never be broken. You are bound to me forever and will always be with me.
1 Kings 8
10 When the priests left the holy place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD
11 so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the LORD’s glory had filled the temple of the LORD.
I am now the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of His Holy Spirit. And His glory is in me, fills me, and follows me everywhere, all the time.
That's my unfair advantage.
Everywhere I go, I am the Temple of the Lord, who dwells in me and fills me with all His glory.
In His glory, the supernatural becomes natural. The impossible becomes possible.
Whatever I do prospers because the Lord is with me.
The Story of Alice Eduardo, the Billionaire Woman of Steel
Lately, I've been watching the lifestyle of millionaires and billionaires, how they got to where they are, and, now, how they live with all their successes.
I was watching yesterday an interview about Alice Eduardo, one of the Philippines’ billionaires, known as the Woman of Steel because she's the Chairman and CEO of her own construction company, Sta. Elena Construction, involved in making billion-peso transactions in the construction industry.
What amazed me was that she did not set out to build her business in the pursuit of money.
She actually just loves being involved in construction, in using a hard piece of metal or steel and transforming it into something useful. That's excites her.
She loves seeing all her hard work being used by many to better their lives, like the NLEX: the Northern Luzon Expressways, and the many skyways they have built, power plants, as well as the many SM Mega Malls, etc.
Every project excites her.
She shared, and this stuck with me, that every morning before she starts work, she prays and spends time with God in her prayer room. After work, she also prays. At least once a day, she prays in that room.
When asked what she prays for, I thought she'd be asking for wisdom for all her big projects.
But no, she said she is just always thanking God for everything because she knows God is going to give her everything she needs and wants. She never has to ask and so she just thanks Him.
That's her unfair advantage.
Her Unfair Advantage at Work
She knows the Lord is with her.
Even from her very first project, she admits she was so blessed - P60 million mega project. She didn't have any equipment, no experience in construction, not an engineer. She's into rice milling but wanted to start her own construction company.
But because of her passion and her determination, her first client trusted her with this major project - a power plant - and the bank trusted her with a loan for her equipment worth P30 million. Her second project was also a big one.
Nothing is impossible for her. Everything is possible.
Everything can be done. Even if she doesn't have what it takes for a project being offered, she'll always say “Yes!”, studies it, and then gets back to the customer with a finished product or a “No, I'm not able to do that after all” as soon as she determines she can't.
She became an instant millionaire the moment she started her company, Sta. Elena Construction, with this P60 million power plant project when she was around 28 years old. 20 years after, she got her first billion.
Now she's able to buy anything she likes. Her house is a 3000 sq meter foot building, 3 stories, with such opulence and trimmings, with all amenities - swimming pool with jacuzzi, wet and dry spa, hair parlor, gym, basement so huge, 2 huge kitchens, probably hundreds of wine from all over the world - all for her children and family, so they never have to go out.
She travels often with her family and bought vacation mansions big enough for her entire extended family: her own 3 children, her parents, her 3 siblings and their families - in Beverly Hills in LA and in Tagaytay, are the few she mentions.
She gives generously to her family, her church, and to a lot of charitable causes.
And she remains ever humble. She said she's just an ordinary woman blessed with extraordinary opportunities and extraordinary wealth. How can she brag?
She certainly is a source and symbol of God's blessing.
That's what I meant to do with myself. That's what I meant to do with my ventures:
To inspire and encourage ordinary people, like me, to live extraordinary and supernatural lives of health, wealth, love, and victory in Christ so that we can all be God's source and symbols of blessing.
She's now definitely one of my role models and I'll follow her work.
Thank You, Father, for this inspiration and encouragement that I got from You in her.
Now Your Turn, my dear SpeakChrist Nakama
Do you want to do great things in your lifetime?
Take advantage of your unfair advantage, my dear.
Use the power of the Holy Spirit in you, that can do mighty things in you, for you, and with you.
Remember, you are God’s temple filled with the Glory of God in Christ - the Holy Spirit, the Wisdom and Power of God.
You can do mighty things in your life, in your family, in your school, in your profession, in your business, in your country, and in the world.
But not by your own power. Only by the power of the Spirit of Almighty God.
Zechariah 4:6 GNBDK
[6] The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the LORD: “You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my spirit.
If you want to do great things:
Know that God most High is in you - your unfair advantage
Take advantage of your unfair advantage
Live in Christ and work with the Holy Spirit daily.
🙏 Let's Pray
For all these to work, you need one thing: a change of allegiance.
If you already know Jesus personally as Lord and Savior, you are already a child of God and a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven, not of this world. You have given Him the authority to invade your life with His glory and power. Let's pray for the grace to take advantage of our unfair advantage daily.
Dearest Father,
Thank You, Jesus, that by Your Blood and Passion, You have given me the Holy Spirit and now my body is Your Temple where You abide forever. Your glory is in me, fills me, and follows me everywhere, all the time - my unfair advantage! Use me to do great things for you, not by my own power but by Your Spirit.
I ask this by the power of the Holy Spirit, through the intercession of Mama Mary, in Jesus’ Name.
If you've not yet received Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, and you want to, this is your day. He wants you to give Him your life so He can make you His child and you can have everything in abundance, more than you expect until you overflow! Just pray with me:
Dearest Father, forgive me of my sins. Today, I receive Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I give You my life, my everything. Thank You, Father. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Now you’re all set. Let Jesus inspire and encourage you daily as you grow in your faith and knowledge of how God’s kingdom operates.
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If you want to do great things…
Take advantage of your unfair advantage, my dear.
Christ in you, the hope of glory. You are now His Temple where His glory dwells.
1 Kings 8:10-11
When the priests left the holy place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the LORD’s glory had filled the temple of the LORD.
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