TURNAROUND

He is called The Unchangeable Changer; thinking about so many things this evening and I remembered the words I used to encourage a friend some months ago. “If this organization asked you to go today, has God told you that He is no longer in control? Don’t you know that this is part of His plan for you to get to where He wants to take you to?”

So many points in our lives which counts as “still waters” as said in Psalm 23 (stagnant situation), but let’s not forget that “He leads me”, He is still with you in it. The enemy might plan it for bad but God turns it around for your good.

So many examples in the bible of where God did a turnaround in people’s lives and destiny from “still waters” to living water. From seemingly hopeless situations to a wonderful turnaround, from nothing to something priceless.
1, Sarah (from barren to mother)
2, Jabez (son of sorrow’s destiny changed)
3, Joseph (sold to slavery becomes a savior)
4, Tomb Mad Man (from legions of demons to being at the foot of Christ)
5, Lazarus and Dorcas (dead and brought back to life)
6, Zaccheus (Corrupt official to a righteous philanthropist)
7, Apostle Paul (from Saul the prosecutor to Christ’s apostle)

The most amazing turnaround which we often overlook is the one in Genesis 1; from “the earth was void and without form and darkness covers the face of the deep” to the amazing sights we see around us to today; the 7 wonders of the world, water falls, hills, sunsets, exotic animals, flowers, foods, e.t.c.

God is still in the turnaround business; He has not retired nor is he asleep; Wait on Him, I say wait and He will not fail. The bible says “……the expectation of the righteous shall not be cut off”, the clause being “the righteous”. Without Christ, turnaround is not guaranteed from God.

Accept Christ as your Lord and Saviour today and let God “lead you” through it all, you can’t survive it alone.

Shalom!

FAITH WITH WORKS

Today we all want Abraham’s blessings but what did Abraham do to be blessed? Despite the various promises in Genesis 13:15-16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 15:18-21 and Genesis 17:2,4,6-8, it took Abraham’s obedience to sacrifice his son for God to swear by Himself. This means that every other promise could be cancelled due to one reason or the other (most especially the sin of idolatry) but when God swears by himself, He will do it no matter what.

And said, by myself have I sworn saith the Lord, for because thou has done this thing and has not withheld thy son, thine only son. That in blessing, I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea shore and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voice (Genesis 22:16-18)

Abraham could have negotiated with God to accept a thousand cattles to redeem his son (he is wealthy enough to own such) and he could have lost his son’s bright future one way or another as Matthew wrote that For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. (Matthew 16:25)

For born-again Christians, we claim this promise God made to our father Abraham by faith due to the scripture that says that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith (Galatians 3:14). Today, Christians also love to claim the promises of God for them that was revealed to them through men of God, through dreams or/and The Word of God but they sometimes forget that there is a test coming and the fulfillment of the promise is tied to our excelling in that test. That test is the WORK required for our FAITH to bring forth our blessing. James Chapter 2:14-26 spoke about how faith without works is dead. The sooner you are ready to face your TEST, the sooner your FAITH will WORK and the sooner you pass your test, the sooner you are moved to the NEXT LEVEL; are you ready for your WORK with FAITH?

For those who are not born-again Christians, Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE, there is nowhere blessed/fruitful you wish to go on earth and for eternity that you can go without Christ. Accept Him today, confess Him as Lord and let Him take over your life and your life will be better for it. His word says “come unto me all who are burdened and heavy laden and I will give you rest”. Come to His rest and have life in abundance so that you also will be a partaker of Abraham’s blessings.

Shalom!

CHRIST OUR HIGH PRIEST

Most of us know the story of how Hannah ( wife of Elkanah, mate of Peninnah)got her son Samuel after being thought to be drunk by Prophet Eli.  The bible text for today: 1st Samuel Chapter 1 which tells us the persecution Hannah faced and how she got the solution to her problem, let's note verse 3 which says And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

Chapter 2 verse 12 tells us who the sons of Eli really were, Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD, this means Elkanah was giving his sacrifice to Yaweh under the supervision of priests who do not know Yaweh, year - in,  year - out and so, all Elkanah's sacrifices did not reach its intended recipient. .....Yaweh. Not until the prayers and supplication was done with the authority of a Godly Priest that the prayers were answered in Chapter 1 verse 17:Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

I ask you today, who is the priest supervising your worship and sacrifice of praise to God, is he still in the faith or he no longer knows God Almighty but only serves his stomach/pocket. The death and resurrection of Christ has given us a High Priest Who is one with God and will always take our supplications to God. He is the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the father except through Him.  He is the solid rock that will never sink us unlike other god's who are sinking sand.

Let us forsake our efforts in futility by channeling our prayers through Jesus Christ who is The Way and our High Priest; then, will we "ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find,knock and the door shall be opened to you" "...for His hands are not too short to save nor His ear too dull to hear...."

Prayers to/through Christ can only be answered if you are of Christ's household; are you with Him? Anyone who is not for him is still outside the fold, He awaits you with open arms. Come home, His heart yearns for you, He wants to bless you, He wants you with Him in eternity...Come Home.

Shallom!

ADVISE WITH LOVE

Happy New Year 2016 to us all, this year will be a year of fruitfulness to us all in Jesus mighty name, Amen.

The bible says that the power of life and death is in the tongue; today we see how Koran and Jethro fared in advising/accusing a prophet. Some of us are bible scholars in our own right and are so passionate about God that we want to add our "2 cents" to any discussion about Him; we know what should be or should not be done at every situation and we have taken it upon ourselves to be vicious about it in the guise of "being truthful".  Let's not forget 1 Timothy 5: 1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; But Koran and Co did not heed this. God Himself asked parents not to provoke their children (This goes to all elderly persons to their younger countrparts)because he knows that such is the case sometimes but He still did not permit us to dis - honour them.

Numbers 16:1-3 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown. And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?

Being a priest, Jethro knew that no matter how young Moses was, as God was using him to lead israel,he is the highest authority and so cannot  be spoken to anyhow; so Jethro adviced Moses; not accuse nor commanded, he advised Moses with love and prayed for him.

Exodus 18:17-20 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

This write - up is to inform us that God qualify those He calls and if you had what God was looking for, He might have called you; don't cause the wrath of God  on yourself and household  by rising against God's chosen, he might pray Moses' prayer of verse 30 on you (invent a new punishment) which will teach others a lesson and you will have no time to repent which means hell. May God use us for good wonder and not bad and in any way you are rising against God ordained authority, there is still time to repent now. "Next time" Might be too late.

Shallom!

AFTER OUR RAPTURE, THEIR APOCALYPSE

I saw a hole under a huge drainage and jumped inside with my “protector” praying that no gang will find us there. It’s a world of chaos and everyone is doing what is right in their own sight. No law, no government and no Holy Spirit to control humanity as the bible have said. For mothers with babies…. It’s almost impossible to protect yourself and the baby in your arms (Matthew 24:19).

As a female with little or no brute strength, you attach yourself to a man who has and if you are lucky, he will not share you with others. You are safe until he is killed. As a man, you either have the strength of a lion to stand alone (even lions live in packs) or you join a gang for protection.

Looting, rape, cannibalism and several evils are being perpetuated (2 Thessalonians 2:7) all around and no hope as to when it will end. This is not a movie; this is what will happen after rapture when the righteous will be caught up (1 Thessalonians 4:17). Do you want to be here to witness it? The desolation after Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be child’s play.

Let your weeping not be heard after the righteous has been called. He is knocking at the door of your heart, live for Him now for a blessed life and an assured heaven for yourself and the lives connected to you (nuclear and extended family members, friends, acquintances,e.t.c.).

Now is the time for repentance, now is that time for redemption, 1minute away could be too late.

Shallom

DIVINE APPOINTMENT

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.Exodus 4:14-15

When God set Moses apart at birth for the deliverance of Israelites, He did not include Aaron in the plan apart from Aaron rendering the assistance of a brother (sibling support); but a situation that could have caused Moses’ destruction (God’s anger), brought an executive vacancy for Aaron to fill.

The above verses brought to my mind, God’s words that say “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy”. Moses’ excuses could have brought punishment but maybe God knew Moses’ fear was genuine or God did not have time to change plans. Whatever the reason, God did not think of reprimanding Moses in any way but of an instant and acceptable solution.

I am sure Aaron was chosen for several reasons apart from being Moses’ brother (and speech ability) but his trust in God would be a deciding factor which was seen as he accepted his brother’s mission without doubt and played his part. One way or the other, we might have heard of unexpected/life-transforming favours and we yearn for such in our lives but to experience such, we must be in right stand with our creator among other things and trust in Him alone….No divided heart, No doubting mind. Complete trust. Submit to His will.

Accept Christ, Follow Him, Obey His words, Be a committed member of His Army and His mercy will locate you for a life-transforming miracle in His vineyard.

Shalom!

DOUBTING THOMAS.

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, we have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith He to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. John 20:24-29 (KJV)

Atheist have looked for ways to dismiss the existence and sovereignty of Christ; they have had strong arguments that even Christians sometimes could not deny  but they cannot take away the fact that He died and He rose again as flesh and blood!

I read the passage above and it dawned on me that doubting Thomas actually did me a favour.  Apart from the blessing his action brought on me for being among those who did not actually see Christ and yet believe, doubting Thomas actually ensured NO ONE will ask me if it is written anywhere in the bible that Jesus resurrected as flesh and blood and might have been a ghost.

This confirmed the fact that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28(KJV)

 

Shalom!

TO YOU….. A WOMAN.

I was led to read Esther and it triggered the memory of other women in the bible whose action had serious/far-reaching consequences (See list of a few below).  Chapter 1 told me the magnitude of King Ahasuerus’ empire (“over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces” KJV) and google showed me that India to Ethiopia is 4,310km which is 453.92hrs of brisk walk (no sleep, no rest). This is not a mushroom man; this is a man that has power and so is not used to rejection. But he got rejected by Queen Vashti because God wants someone to be in a position to help His people when the enemy raises his head in future (don’t forget God “knows the end from the beginning thereof”).

 

Good Consequence

·         Queen Esther (Esther)
·         Rahab the prostitute (Joshua)
·         Ruth (Ruth)
·         Virgin Mary (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John)

 

Bad Consequence

·         Eve (Genesis)

·         Queen Vashti (Esther)
·         Delilah (Judges)
·         Jezebel (1Kings)

As women, we give life; every action of ours carries consequences either to ourselves, our spouse, children or descendants. Let us choose wisely…. There are times when it seems the world is not fair and we are made to give, give and give; let us know that our reward will come and when it comes, the people that were mocking us for being stupid will envy us.

This does not say you should stay in a life threatening situation without being led by the Spirit of God HIMSELF; what I am saying is for you to be like God who GAVE His son and when the Son ascended, He SENT the Holy Spirit. God gave and is still giving till today but where He is not wanted, He leaves....... and waits.

God will help us to make the right decisions always. Amen.

SHALLOM!!!

EMPTY HANDED.

Looking at the picture of the bear in the middle of the stream, it further buttresses the fact that God caters for His creatures; even those who cannot cultivate fields and store food. This bear only has to stroll to that stream, position himself strategically and open his eyes/mouth. The food just comes jumping up and he eats as much as he likes or as much as his catching skill allows.

Note that the bear did not come to lunch with the remnant of his previous meal; he came empty-handed trusting that THIS meal is certain.

The bear’s picture reminded me of one of the verses in Psalm 23. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies (Verse 5a). None of us goes to lunch with the remnant from breakfast; we come empty-handed just like the bear and God provides. Being empty-handed signifies that there is “capacity to receive”; it is a signal to heaven that the next blessing is being awaited!

Let’s stop being deceitful with our tithes (calculating from net income instead of gross income) by remembering the boy with the 2fishes and 5 loaves who gave his ALL and got 12 baskets back from the ALL SUFFICIENT GOD. This write-up is not for us to be frivolous in spending nor stop saving, this is to wake us up to the words that says “store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal” Mathew 6:20. This is to urge us to live our lives under the guidance of the Holy Spirit because “what good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” mark 8:36-37

The bible asked us to learn from the ants (in being hardworking) and I’m also asking us to learn from the bear (in being guided by and trusting HIM) who positioned himself where his lunch is to be served; let’s ask Him to lead us to Trust Him to provide for us so that fear of the future, greed or any of the “lusts” (lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life) will not be found in us.

He is the God of ALL flesh (man and animal), is ANYTHING too difficult for Him to do?

SHALLOM!!!

I'M SORRY

I’M SORRY.

For going MIA (Missing In Action).

For letting my readers eagerly waiting for each and every post down .

For allowing events and circumstances distract me from posting messages.

I PROMISE

That I’m back, better and stronger.

That I’m going to pass THE message across as often as I’m given.

 No distraction will keep me away.

SO HELP ME GOD. AMEN!