Make Room

How do you think Obed Edom felt 
when King David insisted on moving 
the Ark of the covenant out of his 
house to a central place where it 
would benefit the whole of Israel?
How do you think the people around 
Obed Edom felt?
What do you think Obed Edom's wife 
and children said to their father
If you were Obed Edom, how would 
you feel?
You were born without much in terms 
of money and property
Your family house was located in 
Jabesh Gilead (The outskirts of Israel 
sharing boundaries with the land of the 
Philistines
The Ark came to you by sheer 
happenstance 
It was captured in battle by the 
Philistines and taken to their land
The Philistines placed the Ark in 
the House of dagon, their god
The Ark visited the land of the 
Philistines with great wrath and 
vengeance
The Ark also broke dagon to pieces
The philistines went to consult the 
their elders to know what the cause 
of the plague visiting their land was
Everything pointed at the Ark
The Philistines placed the Ark on a 
cart driven by a cow that just delivered 
new babies
The instinct of a mother was to feed 
her children after giving birth to them
The breast becomes heavy with milk 
and this is often very uncomfortable 
for the mother if the calves don't suckle
The cattle didn't think of the young ones
Without a guide, it moved the Ark 
straight to Israel as if controlled by 
a GPS
The Israelites saw it and were excited
Arrangements were made to move the 
Ark back to the temple in Shiloh
While the Philistines can be pardoned 
for their ignorance in how they handled 
the Ark, God expected better from the 
Israelites
The Ark was their inheritance, their 
piece of Heaven on earth and they 
were given adequate instructions on 
how to handle it
The inevitable happened
The Ox pulling the cart upon which 
the Ark sat stumbled
The ark almost fell off the cart
Uzzah instinctively reached out to 
steady the Ark and he was struck 
dead for his irreverence
Just like that!
David realized God was unhappy 
with them 
He decided they must wait and 
see why
This was how the Ark ended up 
in the House of Obed Edom
The Ark had visited the philistines 
with vengeance and struck Uzzah 
dead but in the House of Obed Edom 
it commanded great wealth for his host
Within three months, Obed Edom 
became very wealthy
When the news got to David, he 
didn't say "It seemed the Ark is 
being well cared for by Obed Edom, 
let us convert his house to the temple 
and leave the Ark with him"
Obed Edom took all the risk, brought 
a strange presence into his house 
and exposed his family to its power 
They could have taken one wrong 
step and died for it
He bore all the risk and yet, 
King David made preparations to 
move the Ark away from his house 
in a jiffy
If you are in Obed Edom's shoes, 
how would you feel?
In the book of Judges 17, a young 
Levite named Micah stole eleven 
hundred shekels from his mother
His mother was very distraught by 
the loss and cursed whoever stole 
the money
Micah repented and restored the 
money to his mother
His mother decided the money 
would be dedicated to God
She added 900 shekels to the 
eleven hundred that was stolen and 
gave it to the blacksmith to make an 
idol for her
This idol and others were placed in 
Micah's care
Michah consecrated one of his sons 
and made him a priest to care for 
these idols
A young priest from Bethlehemjudah 
traveled down to Michah's house and 
Michah made him his household priest
A few years later the tribe of Dan 
discovered that Michah had a household 
full of idols which has its own dedicated 
priest
They couldn't believe it
How can one man keep God to himself 
without sharing?
The children of Dan took all the idols 
and the priest away from Michah
Michah protested and the children of 
Dan told him they would kill him if he 
does not shut up and walk away
Michah saw that they were too strong 
for him and he left them alone
Jesus told the disciples to stay in 
Jerusalem until the Holy Ghost was 
given to them but he also instructed that 
they should spread to Judea and 
Samaria and all over the world
It started as Jesus told them it would 
on the day of Pentecost
They received power but they stayed 
put in Jerusalem because Jerusalem 
was their comfort zone
Just as it happened with Obed Edom 
and Michah, what was meant for the 
whole world cannot be kept in a 
household or in a tribe
As a young minister of the gospel, 
I worked with a pastor who tacitly 
discouraged church growth
She insisted she didn't want a crowd
She wanted the church to be like a 
family church
She would discourage evangelism but 
encourage events within the church 
members so that church members 
could bond
One day I saw a vision, candlelight 
was burning in a small room, suddenly 
the light started shining brighter and 
brighter until it overwhelmed the room 
and i couldn't see the room again
I went to the pastor and told her that 
the Holy Spirit is not meant to be an 
idol worshipped by a few
His light was meant to shine through 
us to the whole world
If indeed you have the power of the 
Holy Spirit, you cannot and will not 
want to keep him as a household 
idol
Religion would encourage that but 
the Holy Spirit is not to be 
domesticated
Perhaps i was too young and didn't 
use the right words, the pastor 
dismissed my words
Within three months the church she 
kept as a family church scattered
Members suddenly became 
discontented and they started leaving 
one by one
A few months later, this pastor was 
withdrawn and another pastor was sent 
to the church
The new pastor understood what had 
to be done and the church grew
"In the city of Ephesus, so mightily 
grew the WORD of God and it 
prevailed - Acts 19:20
Where the word of God and the Holy 
Spirit are the driving force of a ministry 
or a church, growth is evident
The prophet told the widow to borrow 
many vessels for the oil to pour into
It is never about the size of the oil, 
it is always about the availability of 
the vessels to pour the oil in
The moment the widow's son said 
"There are no more vessels" the oil 
stopped flowing
A wise minister of the gospel does 
not say enough when it comes to 
the move of the Holy Spirit and the 
opportunity to win souls and birth 
fellowships
You must never settle
You must make room 
Unwise people will say "Why is that 
G.O building a bigger auditorium, 
why is that church building a bigger 
space, where will they get people 
to fill the space. The money should 
have been given to the poor, why 
are they not contented..."
The wise will say "Enlarge, expand, 
grow!"
If an entity is not growing, it is dying
grow, expand, do more for the spread
of the gospel daily
Imagine Apostle Paul stopping at 
Rome, or Ephesus, or Laodicea, or 
Corinth or Macedonia or Berea
Imagine the preachers of the gospel 
stopping just before they got to you
We must continue to break fallow 
grounds, enlarge the place of our 
tents, make more room for the 
Holy Spirit to express his love and 
stay in fellowship with His people.
The Holy Spirit has never said Enough 
since the day of Pentecost, He 
continues to marshall and prepare 
the church and He will do this until 
Jesus returns.
Work with Him, not with sentiments
Remember...It is not about YOU 

PS: In response to the Covid-19
crisis and in order to provide an 
opportunity for many to stay in
fellowship while they keep away
from large gatherings GSWMI will
be starting online Sunday services
The first service will hold from
5AM - 6AM on Sunday Mornings
This will afford those who join
us online to also attend physical
services or the online service of
their local churches
The second service is from 
9 AM-11 AM
This service will be our healing and
miracle services which will keep
everyone in the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit.
The services are not an attempt by
the ministry to poach members from
local churches or discourage people
from attending local churches
GSWMI as a ministry is not built 
around people's offerings and tithes
The local assemblies that has hosted
our meetings had always kept 100%
of the proceeds realized from our
meetings
All we are doing is ensure that the
unchurched, the new converts and
those in circumstances where they
cannot be in church will not be 
excluded from fellowship
Our mandate is to make room for all
to be in fellowship
The inaugural service will hold this
Sunday, the link is hereby posted below.
GSWMI is inviting you to its Inaugural 
Super Sunday Ministration
When: Jan 24, 2021 09:00 AM West 
Central Africa
Topic: GSWMI Super Sunday 
Ministration: Healing and Miracle 
Service 2021
Please click the link below to join 
the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89983851136
Webinar ID: 899 8385 1136