Author: Pastor Henry Chisengi

1 Samuel 16:6-7
• When God looks at you, He looks at two things:
1. The state of your heart before Him.
2. The state of your spirit towards Him.
• The state of your spirit is determined by the state of your heart.
• The state of your heart is determined by the principles that you are loyal to.
• If the principles you are loyal to are wrong, you will be a wrong person altogether.
• Life is spiritual and it is controlled from the spirit realm. It operates / functions on divine principles and ordinances, and it is regulated by the word of God and the actions of men.
• Your actions are a by-product of your belief system and the principles that you have subscribed to.

• What is loyalty?
1. The act of binding yourself intellectually or emotionally to a course of action.
2. The quality of being faithful in your support of something.
3. Your inclination, allegiance, dedication to something.

• Loyalty is the character of your heart.
• When God is looking at you, He looks at how loyal your heart is.

4 THINGS GOD IS LOYAL TO
1. HIS WORD (Psalm 138:2, Mat 24:34-35)
2. HIS COVENANTS (Deut 7:9, Psa 89:3-4, Isa 11:1-5, Gen 15:12-15, Exo 2:23-25)
3. HIS PRINCIPLES (Gen 8:22, Eph 6:6-8, Gal 6:7-9)
4. ANY VESSEL OR MAN WHO
a. Trembles and abides by His word (Isa 66:2)
b. Observes in obedience and godly fear the principles and statutes of God (1 Sam 2:29-30)
• The displeasure of the Lord towards you is your weakness.
• The devil understands this well and causes men to be disloyal to the things God is loyal to.

• Priesthood is not a person.
• A priest is a person but priesthood is an office.
• Don’t view the priest as am ordinary person.
• Saul disregarded God’s principles (1 Sam 13:8-13, 15:1-35).
• God cannot prosper you if you are disloyal to things God is loyal to. This makes some christians to keep going around is circles and it look like God’s word doesn’t work because their lifestyle is against God’s principles.
• God is loyal and honours a man who has a deep and sacred approach to His covenant.
• You need to be loyal to people that God has anointed and assigned in your life.
• There are people that are divinely orchestrated to come into your life (Ruth 1:4-17).
• Be loyal to God’s messenger, he operates in an office which is supposed to usher you into your divine destiny.
• When you are loyal to God, He will show you the man that you should submit to.
Deut 28:1-2, 14-15
• When you are sinning, it doesn’t show right there and then.
• When God wants to entrust something to you, He looks at the state of your heart.

• Hear the voice behind the word.
• God operates with principles.
• If any man can work the principles of God that man will experience the righteousness of God.
• When you shift your eyes from the prophetic word it ceases to work for you.
• You need to set your gaze on the prophetic word.
• In your walk of faith there will also be other voices.
Mark 12:30, Deut 6:5
• In your walk of faith there will also be other voices
Mark 12:30, Deu 6:5, 1 The 5:23
• In the Old Testament men were dead spiritually, but after Jesus died, the spirit was made alive.
• Man is a spirit living with a soul in the body.
• The heart is not that organ that pumps blood, it is formed by man when the spirit, soul and mind agree to form a character.
• If your heart is not right, it doesn’t grow in the things of God.
1 Sam 16:7
• Fruits of the soul, body, the mind, if they are not transformed, they will lead you to death.
Prov 4:23, 21:1, 16:1
• It is your duty to prepare your heart before God.

TYPES OF HEARTS (Mark 4:14-20, Luke 8:11-16)
1. OPEN UNGUARDED HEART
2. STONY HEART
3. THORNY HEART
4. GOOD (PREPARED) HEARTS

• It is possible to do the right thing with a wrong heart.
• That does not attract the blessing of God.
• God looks at the intents of your heart
• There is no prophecy that has no conditions attached to it.
• God will only fulfill his word to a man that fulfilled his will and purposes.

HOW TO PROVOKE THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY
1. BELIEVE HIS WORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART (2 Chr 20:20, Luke 1:45)
• If God gives you a prophetic word, work on your heart and believe what he has said.

2. WORK ON YOUR HEART AS YOU ALIGN IT TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, WILL AND COMMAND (Mat 6:33)

3. FEAR GOD GENUINELY AS YOU ALSO ALLOW HIS FEAR TO REGULATE YOUR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS
4. TRUST AND LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
4. TRUST AND LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART (Psalm 91:14-16)
5. BY PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING. (Phil 4:6-7)

What is loyalty?

⭕️The act of binding yourself intellectually or emotionally to a cause of action.

⭕️The feeling of allegiance.

What does it mean to be loyal?

⭕️Unwavering in devotion to a friend, vow or cause.

⭕️Your loyalty is a character that you need to protect and guard jealously because where your loyalty lies can mean life or death.

⭕️Your loyalty in life determines your rewards.

⭕️Some people have aborted destinies simply because of their misplaced loyalty.

⭕️We serve a loyal God and if you are to understand what true loyalty should be, you need to understand how God looks at loyalty and what He is loyal to.

There are four things God is loyal to:

1.His word [Psalm 138:2, Matthew 24:35]

2.His covenants [Deuteronomy 7:9-10, Psalm 89:3-4, Isaiah 11:1, 10, Genesis 15:12-15, Exodus 2:23-25]

⭕️He keeps His covenant regardless of the state of a man.

3.His principles [Genesis 8:22, Ephesians 6:8]

4.Any person who honours the above three (3) [1 Samuel 2:29-30, Acts 10:34-35]

What is disloyalty according to God?

⭕️When you choose to dishonour or be disloyal to what God honours or is loyal to.

CASE STUDIES OF DISLOYALTY

1.ELI [1 Samuel 2:12-36]

⭕️The sin Eli committed was ignoring the principles of God and choosing to honour his sons.

⭕️Ensure in your life as a child of God, that you honour the principles of God.

⭕️If you are to be successful , be loyal to things that God is loyal to and disloyal to the things God is disloyal to. That is how you will receive favour.

⭕️Our duty is to check ourselves and align our lives according to the word of God and the principles of God.

2.SAUL [1 Samuel 13:8-14, 15:1-3, 7-9, 18-20, 23]

⭕️Saul was not loyal to the voice of the Lord and that cost him his kingship.

⭕️Your loyalty will be tested.

3.JEROBOAM AND THE YOUNG PROPHET WHO DELIVERED THE WORD OF THE LORD TO HIM [1 Kings 13:1-24]

CASE STUDY OF LOYALTY

1.RUTH [Ruth 1:1-6, 15, 2:1 – 4:22]

⭕️Which man is following God, that you are also following?

⭕️There should be people on earth that you should be loyal to. One of those is the servant of God.

⭕️Saul disregarded the office of Samuel.

⭕️Ruth was loyal to the God of Naomi and loyal to Naomi.