CHAPTER 1

When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany,he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Luke 24

Luke 24 started with the resurrection, this brought great joy to his disciples, then He appeared to them and even ate.... I'm sure they would be assured that He is back with them and everything will be as it was before His crucifixion.

Then, He took them on a stroll and that was the last they saw of Him.

Then Act 1: 10-11 said "And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"

The disciples were so sure that Christ has risen to stay with them that they stood at that point looking at the sky....waiting that He will come back and continue the conversation.

My lesson from this is that sometimes, what we think is a concluding victory is just chapter 1 of the whole saga.  We will not be weak or weary on this journey to heaven in Jesus name. We receive grace to follow Him till the end. Amen.

Shalom!

HE KEPT ME

She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah. 1 Kings 17: 15- 16.

This morning, the word of God came to me concerning this season we are. The land is in famine and so many people are starving but God still make provisions for His own people.

Elijah was at the brook for a while and he was fed with bread and meat ONLY (morning and night). After a while, he was led to a widow with flour and oil ONLY. This means that it was bread everyday.

Have you been eating the same thing everyday during this season and you feel abandoned by God? Note what Prophet Elijah was eating.

When God was preserving Elijah do you think he was the only prophet in Isreal? I Kings 18 tells us about Obadiah who kept 100 prophets and fed them with food and water. Do you think they had a buffet? They were even in hidding (isolation). God is always mindful of His own.

Note, that God kept them but the bible did not tell us that they were in abundance.

I want us to look at that garri, bread, fish, crayfish stew, same same everyday and thank God from the bottom of our heart because He is keeping us and our home. Who are we that God is mindful of us?

And in our little, let's not forget to look out for those who are starving. Let us sow even in this famine and see God reward us. I am a witness.

Be Safe. May God continue to keep us. Amen.

Shalom

MYSTERIOUS GOD

You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both. Deuteronomy 23:18

The actions of King Darius and King Artaxerxes from the book of Ezra spoke to me loudly once again about the supremacy of God....Kabiyesi (who can question Him?).

The bible passage above tells us God does not want offerings from an unholy work but the book of Ezra tells us about heathen kings who funded (with gold and all taxes due to them), the rebuilding of the temple at Jesrusalem.

The world is quick to criticize a pastor that collected money from a yahoo boy/corrupt employee......yes, the bible says that it is wrong..... (just as the bible passage above said it, just as God asked the Israelites not to work on Sabbath and Jesus did)......still, Ezra collected from a gentile.

You can't box God that "He always acts this way and only this way". God commanded King Cyrus of Persia to build the temple in Ezra 1. He did not ask a Jew to fund it....God asks the person who He has given His wealth (though a gentile).

Ask yourself before you make that criticism ....will this comment save me or kill me? If that person you criticize is acting from Godly instruction, you just killed yourself o.

May our utterances always be Holy-Spirit-led so we don't speak in the flesh and perish. .....for His ways are not our ways.

Afterthought: Is God giving you instruction and you are busy saying its against the word of God? Uncle/aunty, if you can confirm that it is your shepherd's voice, obey now.

Shalom!

DREAMS

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. Isaiah 55:8

When we pray for breakthrough, most times we have a picture of what the pattern might be.

You work for the government so you pray to end your career as a top guy

You work for a private firm, you want to be MD.

You are an artisan, you pray for government contracts.

You are a student, get highest CGPA and work for a multinational

And so on.

Today's bible passage tells us that we will never be able to guess where God will take us to.

My mind went to Joseph; if he was praying for deliverance, it will either to be set free from jail which means he will go home empty handed or that Potiphar will see the truth and reinstate him as chief servant which means he is not free to go home.

But God has a better and bigger plan. Joseph will never (in his wildest dream) have imagined that end.

The General Overseer of RCCG wished to be the youngest Vice Chancellor in Africa....but look at who he is now with Christ.

It's good to dream but it's better to also be busy while you wait on God..... And as you wait, walk with God, be diligent in your works, be the salt, be the light, be holy and God himself will rise for your sake and you will be THE miracle.


Shalom!

SAFE IN CHRIST

Come unto me and I will give you rest Matthew 11:28


We all know that water dissolves flour. But flour inside a bowl can float on water safely. Even when the bowl is transparent and the flour can see the water....it is still safe.

Same applies to we humans. Trials, tribulations, challenges destroys/derails destinies that are not inside Christ. But when in Christ, even when it's staring you in the face, you are assured that it won't destroy you.

But when flour is half in and half out, it WILL get soaked and spoilt and when man is half in and half out of Christ, he will be destroyed.

When you are fully in and face challenges that makes you run out, it's certain destruction. Without Him, you can do nothing John 15

Decide this day whom you will serve Joshua 24 :15  Because of you are neither hot nor cold, He will spill you out. Revelation 3:16

Shalom!

MOCKERS

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites. Nehemiah 2:10

I also told them about the gracious hand of my God on me and what the king had said to me. They replied, “Let us start rebuilding.” So they began this good work.But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us Nehemiah 2:18-19

But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. Nehemiah 4:7-8

When the mockers heard that someone wants to do good to the Israelites, they were disturbed, they now looked for a way to make the Israelites stop, make the Israelites ashamed, the mockers started laughing at the Israelites. When they saw that their mockery yielded nothing and the job was being done, they showed their true colours and planned an attack.

Beloved, are you being laughed at on that task God laid in your heart?  Don't let their actions sway you. They are not your friends, they are enemies, they are not giving you wise counsel, they are discouraging you. Encourage yourself in the Lord like David, let the word of God build your faith in Him who sent you.

You are on the right path, be diligent, you will finish well to the glory of God.

Shalom!