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Sunday Sermon with Apostle Chisale
GREETINGS beloved nation, in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Today, we are going to talk about the many dimensions of God’s visitation in our lives, but I would like to focus on three essential aspects that attract God’s presence into our lives.
These levels can invoke God to act in specific ways in our circumstances. As we study scripture, we see that God has always desired fellowship with His highest creation — man. In the book of Genesis, we learn that God would come in the cool of the day to commune with Adam.
One of the primary reasons Jesus had to die was not only for our blessings, but also so God could have fellowship with humanity: i) as individuals, ii) as a church (corporate fellowship) and iii) as informal fellowship outside structured gatherings.
Let’s begin with individual fellowship. This is the highest level of experiencing God’s attention, one that leads to corporate fellowship and informal gatherings. Many believers struggle to attain this profound level of intimacy.
Scripture reveals that God regularly visited individuals in this close relationship. For instance, it was when Mary, the mother of Jesus, was alone that the angel Gabriel spoke to her about the Messiah to be born. In Mark 1:35, we find Jesus withdrawing from His disciples to a solitary place to pray, emphasising the importance of engaging with God in privacy.
He often distanced Himself from the crowds to commune with His Father and receive divine instructions.
Unfortunately, many believers have not mastered this essential practice due to our busyness and reliance on communal gatherings, causing us to miss out on God’s visitation.
I pray that we learn to carve out time for solitude with God. This brings to mind Moses, who spent 40 days and nights on the mountain with God, during which he received the Ten Commandments.
In that intimate space, he encountered God’s glory so profoundly that he needed to wear a veil when returning to the Israelites, to shield them from the radiance on his face.
Many in the Church struggle with this level of one-on-one connection, where we spend significant time in God’s presence until His glory manifests in our lives.
During the lockdown, many Christians experienced spiritual stagnation — not due to a lack of resources, but because they had become reliant on corporate fellowship. Some backslid, believing that God only spoke to them in gatherings, neglecting the fact that individual intimacy is the foundation for corporate anointing.
The Church needs to prioritise solitary time with God to gain spiritual nourishment from the Holy Spirit, enabling us to fulfil His purposes and plans.
Nature illustrates that every woman carries a child in secrecy, a process invisible to others. The lockdown provided a unique opportunity for intimate one-on-one connection with God — away from performance, applause and distractions. It was a season where God sought our undivided attention, yearning to deepen our prayer and Bible study lives.
This is where new births occur — new callings and revelations emerge from intimate encounters with God. Matthew 6:6 urges us to “enter into your closet and shut the door”, reminding us that God values our secret devotion.
He rewards what is done in secret in public ways. This is the call God makes to the Church: to remove our distractions and seek Him intimately.
Finally, we mentioned the third dimension: informal fellowship outside structured settings, which we touched on in the last article.
Once again, I invite you to receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour. Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and you shall be saved.
May God bless you all and this beautiful nation, Zimbabwe. Amen.
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