Who owns you?

There are moments when we reach a crossroads and begin to doubt if God even remembers our existence.

Have you ever gotten to that point?  

Most times, we may not say it aloud, but we act it out—living in silent frustration—until it becomes a full-blown crisis. Then we finally phrase the question: “God, do You even know that I’m still alive?”

This morning, I woke up with this song in my spirit: “Amaram Onyewem”—an Igbo phrase from Nigeria meaning “I know the One who owns me.” “Amaram” translates to “I know,” and “Onyewem” means “the One who owns me.”

There is no question as to whether God knows us or considers us His own—unless we consciously choose the way of the enemy and reject Him. Yet, even in such moments, God extends mercy. He still says, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” There is always room for redemption in Him.

But the bigger question is: Do you know the One who owns you?

Someone once said, “More people talk about prayer than actually pray,” and I believe the same goes for knowing God—we often speak of Him more than we truly seek to know Him.

 Do you know your God?

Not just the God of heaven and earth in theory—but the personal, intimate, ever-present God. Because Scripture says, “Those who know their God shall be strong and do great exploits”(Daniel 11:32). Not just those who know about Him—but those who truly know their God, it could be any God but if you have chosen Yahweh do you know Him?

Have life’s situations given you a distorted picture of who God is?  

Has the enemy caged your mind and limited your sense of what’s possible in God?  

Has constant struggle made you doubt the power and love of your Father?

Let me remind you today: God knows you.

That’s the truth you must anchor yourself in. You may have forgotten Him for a season—or maybe even longer—but He has never blotted you out of His sight. His eyes still roam the earth, and just like He encountered Saul on the road to Damascus, He can find you again.

Here’s the good news: The God who owns you—your true Owner—longs to be gracious to you.  

He promises you perfect peace.

And you know what beloved God in the building doesn't mean they won't be wars, it is just our victory sound, our victory chant, our victory posture,our ultimate victory song. 

I AM OWNED BY GOD.

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Made to fulfil a need.

 

We were not created by accident or simply just for existence. The bible tell us that, “The LORD has made everything for His purpose” (Proverbs 16:4, NKJV). There was a need in the heart of God — a divine assignment — and He looked for someone who could fulfill it.

Sometimes we pray fervently and yet see no answer. In such moments, it is wise to pause, watch, and reflect. Hannah’s story in 1 Samuel 1 illustrates this truth. For years, she prayed for a child, but it was when she discerned what God needed that the breakthrough came. She observed the corruption of Eli’s sons (1 Samuel 2:12) and realized Israel needed a priest who would honor the Lord. Her prayer shifted from personal desire to aligning with heaven’s agenda: “O LORD of hosts, if You will… give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life” (1 Samuel 1:11).

Our deepest pain can become the place where we perceive heaven’s need. In that holy moment of alignment, purpose is revealed — and purpose is always tied to fulfilling something in God’s plan on earth.

Friends, have you sought the Lord — with the guidance of the Holy Spirit — to know the need you were created to meet? Jesus Himself said, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work” (John 4:34). When Hannah understood God’s will, she prayed with focus, made a vow, and kept it. She gave Samuel to serve in the Lord’s house, and in return, God blessed her with more children (1 Samuel 2:21).

May we, like Hannah, find the joy of living for the purpose in God’s heart — for in meeting His need, we discover the fullness of our calling and truly live.

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The Sound of Intimacy.

Lately, I’ve come to realize that no matter how silent you may seem, your voice makes a sound in the realm of the Spirit. In fact, the strength of your declaration — even in saying, “In Jesus’ name” — is deeply rooted in your intimacy with God.

God is our Father. Like an earthly father, He provides what we need to be taken care of. But when it comes to the deeper desires of our hearts, He reserves them for those whose hearts truly pant after Him.

What does your heart pant after?
What moves you?
Why do you really desire the things you’re asking for?

We are all created in the image of God, each designed to reveal a unique dimension of Him. But how can we manifest that dimension if we do not seek Him daily, aligning ourselves with His direction? Without divine alignment, we risk hearing what isn’t needed and chasing what God never intended for our lives.

Scripture reminds us:

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” — Proverbs 14:12

The Adamic nature — the nature of fallen man— doesn’t have the capacity to lead us into true life. It compels us to pursue what seems good in our own eyes, often outside of God's plan. But God's way only becomes evident when we surrender — when we say, “Take it all, Lord. My life, my plans, my mind, my ears, my perception — use them as You will.”

If we truly desire intimacy with God, we must be willing to lay aside every weight and simply come hungry — hungry to know Him, not just to get from Him. Intimacy is built in the place of prayer. Not just prayer filled with requests, but a prayer that seeks the heart of the Giver. Constant requesting without truly knowing the Giver is manipulation, not relationship — and that posture is not of God.

In these end times, God is calling us deeper — into a place of intimacy, a place of seeking His will and His plans, a place of building altars for Him. Yes, we’ve been given the mandate to dominate (Genesis 1:26), but to walk in consistent dominion, you must know the One who gave the mandate. It is He who gives the power to rule.

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” — Genesis 1:26

So today, come to Him and say:
“Jesus, I align with Your plans. I align with Your purpose. Teach me how to truly live, that I may not live outside what You’ve written concerning me.”

I align, and I ask, Holy Spirit, mold me. Bring forth the best version of me. I know the fire will come, but I will not be burnt. I know the issues of life will arise, but I ask for wisdom to respond rightly. I choose to grow in the knowledge of You.

Heavenly Father, today I say, Yes — to Your instructions, to Your path.
I choose you.

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A Thing of Great Joy.

The troubles that the enemy plotted for us—to make us curse God—James, being filled with the Holy Ghost, says there is a thing called Great Joy.

I know I wouldn’t always consider it that way. There are moments I’m filled with faith and strength, and there are moments I simply coil in and cry my eyes out.

Beloved, what does Great Joy mean to you? I know it may seem like that moment when everything goes just as we desire—no errors, no challenges. But God, through His Word, is saying that our joy shouldn’t be based only on pleasant and pleasurable things. When we encounter troubles, we should see them as an opportunity for Great Joy.

He’s not saying we should pretend or put on a false front. He’s not asking us to live in deceitful expressions. But instead of being overwhelmed by sorrow and confusion, we should search out and draw out Great Joy.

The most exhausting moment is drawing joy from a place of brokenness and pain—but the enemy knows this. He stirs up every reason why we should reject joy. Yet God's solution is clear: With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Do you desire to draw from the depths of God?

We don’t have to manufacture joy from within ourselves. We can go to God and ask for a fresh infilling of joy.

The enemy’s strategy is to build strongholds through our lack of joy. But God says, You can start from where you are.

This thing of Great Joy is recognizing that our joy isn’t just a feeling—it’s an opportunity. It’s how we navigate life with God as our anchor.  

We may not be free from troubles, but we can grow in strength that says to the enemy daily:

“You can’t steal my joy.”  

Because I’ve found a place called holy endurance.

James 1:2-4 (NLT):

Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.  

For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.

So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

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