On the 1st of October, 2025, I received three (3) ministrations at around 9:30 pm to 9:35 pm, while I was stepping out of the house, and I had to do a voice recording on it, so I don't forget. While I considered the ministrations to be personal, one of it deals with the issue of mantles.
The key points from that ministration highlights three realities;
1. The subject of mantles is being abused in our generation.
2. Everything a believer needs, have been provided.
3. The problem with many believers today is with the "KNOWING", not because what should be known is absent, hence what is not known cannot be applied.
✍️ Mantles are real, but the first and the greatest mantle of any believer is the knowledge of his or her authority in Jesus Christ. This is the foundation for every believer in Christ, and the greatest challenge for many believers. It is becoming easier to believe a man of God for mantles, than believe Jesus Christ who is the custodian of our authority in God. There is a culture of dependency being created from both sides - Pulpit and Pew, which tries to take away Christ from the picture.
✍️ Mantles in the new creation realities, is the level of expression of the Holy Spirit in a vessel, and not the vessel itself. So when we see a man or woman of God, or a believer expressing the power of God, it is actually the level of the expression of the Holy Spirit in that vessel, and not the vessel itself. Hence all glory goes to God, because without Him, you can't do anything. So while you seek to hold people's legs, so you can tap anointing like a palm wine tapper, you should seek for the Holy Spirit to become more expressive in you.
✍️ Mantles in the new creation realities, are power transfers which unveils what is already in the believer, and helps him or her to keep expressing it for the benefit of the Kingdom of God. It does not create anything new, it unveils by bringing to light what was not initially known. If it's not known, it can't be applied, and if it is known and not applied, it fizzles away or becomes dormant. The power of God helps to stir up giftings that lie beneath.
- Some are healing ministers, but they have never prayed for the sick, because they don't know that the healing gift was right inside of them. Others knew, but they never applied it by constantly praying for the sick, hence the gifts were no longer active in expression.
- Some are teachers, who are meant to disciple their environment and nations, but they are not aware. Some are missionary doctors, others are leaders to their countries and Nations at large, but are still looking for mantles from the shoe and sucks of ministers who discovered the secret by tarrying with God.
✍️ Mantles flow with purpose. The Holy Spirit will express Himself at the corridor of your purpose. This is why preachers like Dr. Myles Monroe hammered on it. The Spirit ministered to me saying, if a man who is meant to be a pastor, becomes a banker, he has wasted his existence on the earth.
Let me stop here.
Stop the search for men, but seek God earnestly. In your seeking of God, He can lead you to a son or daughter, but don't make the search of men your goal.
While I reminisced on this, the life and times of Baba Uma Ukpai became worthy of note. Thesame man that we all celebrate today, even in death, had a time in his life when nothing was working. He did not go looking for mantles, he sought God earnestly, to the point that his wife thought he would die. He was desperate to seek God, and he found Him, and everything changed. The men and women who had the privilege of coming in contact with him, will almost relate thesame experience of being in the presence of an oracle.
Please note the following;
1. That the Holy Spirit is in you, does not automatically translate to your knowledge of Him. You need to seek Him, to know Him.
2. That the Holy Spirit is in you, does not automatically translate to your knowledge of His steps and His deep mysteries. He needs to show you and guide you, and it requires intimacy.
3. That the Holy Spirit is in you, does not automatically translate to His workings in your life, if you do not draw from the well of His depths.
🎺 It is time for my generation to seek God in honesty and purity.
🎺 It is time for us to separate ourselves from the world and it's ways, if we desire to see the power of God in our lives.
🎺 It is time for us to hunger for the fulfilment of God's promises in line with His agenda for our lives.
"If you know what the bible promises and you look at where you are, you will cry everyday" - Dr. Uma Ukpai.
Baba, Uma Ukpai, may you continue to rest in power, and may your exit from this world stir up more men and women to seek the Lord like you did, and may they see what you saw in the Lord, Amen.
Min. Awe Hilary
#TheMessenger
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