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